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Sarah Palin's Top 5 WTF Moments [VIDEOS]

There were lots of reactions to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address this week. But Sarah Palin's response may have been one of the most puzzling. On Wednesday, she went on Fox News' "On the Record" to talk to Greta Van Susteren about how the State of the Union was a "WTF" moment. Watch: Watch the...

Opinion: Sarah Palin and the End of American Anti-Semitism

In her first interview since the Tucson, Ariz., massacre, Sarah Palin defended her use of the phrase "blood libel" in a video statement she posted last week. She told Sean Hannity that the term "obviously means being falsely accused of having blood on your hands. And in this case that's exactly what was going on." The...

Sarah Palin Returns to Twitter to Promote 'Blood Libel' Post on Facebook

The wait is over. After keeping her Twitter account silent for several days following Saturday's shooting at a Safeway supermarket in Tuscon, Ariz., that killed six and injured 13 others -- including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords -- Sarah Palin returned to the popular social networking site on Wednesday. As is often...

'Blood Libel': 5 Reactions to Sarah Palin's Choice of Words

Where Sarah Palin goes, strong opinions tend to follow. As such, it's hardly surprising that the former vice presidential candidate's release today of a video message about Saturday's shooting in Arizona has been met with a wide and varied response, largely focused on her use of the term "blood libel." While that term...

Palin Charge of 'Blood Libel' Provokes Controversy

If Sarah Palin's seven-minute video blaming the media was meant to tamp down the rhetoric in the aftermath of the assassination attempt against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, she may have added fuel to the fire by hitting a jarringly off-note: Within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a...

Background on blood libel

Blood libel (also blood accusation) is a false accusation or claim that religious minorities, usually Jews, murder children to use their blood in certain aspects of their religious rituals and holidays.

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