Palin Counters AP Slam: “The Associated Press is Wrong.”

"The heels are on, the gloves are off."

“The Associated Press is wrong. The comments are about an association that has been known but hasn’t been talked about and I think its fair to talk about where Barack Obama kicked off his political career, in the guy’s living room. And he of course, having been associated with that group, a known domestic terrorist group, it’s important for Americans to know. Its really important for Americans to start knowing who the real Barack Obama is.”

The “fluffy bunny” is a little angry at Democratic strategist Jenny Backus

AP reports:

It’s a giant changing of the subject,” said Jenny Backus, a Democratic strategist. “The problem is the messenger. If you want to start throwing fire bombs, you don’t send out the fluffy bunny to do it. I think people don’t take Sarah Palin seriously.”

Analysis: Palin’s words carry racial tinge (AP)

A few blogs have started to pick up the story, but Michelle Malkin says it best:

Palin-bashing Associated Press cries “RAAAACISM!”

Putting the “Ass” in “Associated Press,” one of the wire service’s Obama water-carriers attempts to smear Sarah Palin as a racist for spotlighting Barack Obama’s longtime relationships with Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers…

PowerLine calls it The Most Bizarre Journalistic Malpractice Yet?

Little Green Footballs says Associated Press Hits Bottom, Digs

Hot Air: AP: Palin’s a racist for bringing up Ayers, or something

Sweetness & Light say AP Shows Bias With ‘Racist Palin’ Hit Piece

Sarah Palin is taking a bigger beating because she’s a Republican

Before we sprain our shoulders patting ourselves on the back for our color-blind, bias-free selves, let’s acknowledge that certain prejudices are far from taboo. I’m thinking of the overt, outrageous prejudice that infuses some of the contempt on the left for Sarah Palin.

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