Some Terrorists Are More Terrorist Than Others

Brian Williams: Is an abortion clinic bomber a terrorist under this definition? Governor?

Sarah Palin: [Sigh.] There’s no question that Bill Ayers, via his own admittance, was one who sought to destroy our U.S. capitol, and our Pentagon — that is a domestic terrorist. There is no question there. Now, others who would want to engage in harming innocent Americans or facilities that– it would be unacceptable to– I don’t know if you’re going to use the word “terrorist” there, but it’s unacceptable and it would not be condoned, of course, on our watch, but I don’t know if what you’re askin’ is if I regret referring to Bill Ayers as an unrepentant domestic terrorist, I don’t regret characterizing him as that.

It’s clear to me now that Sarah Palin has some sort of listening disorder. She asks if Brian Williams is asking whether or not she regrets referring to Bill Ayers as a terrorist. Is this because she didn’t hear his question, which was quite clear? Or maybe she has some sort of stupid disorder? Because Brian Williams did not ask what she thought about Bill Ayers. Brian Williams asked what she thought about abortion clinic bombers.

Thanks anyway for repeating the talking points.

So here we have two kinds of people bombing things. One kind of people is Bill Ayers, whose group, the Weather Underground, did successfully bomb the Capitol and the Pentagon, causing $300,000 in damage to the former. But no one was killed or even hurt; in fact, the Weather Underground called ahead of time to notify the authorities of the bomb. The only people who ever died as a result of a Weather Underground bomb was some of the members themselves, in an accidental explosion. On the other hand, we have abortion clinic bombers, who did kill people. Six of them in the 1990s. The Weather Underground’s bombing was for a stated political purpose: the U.S. invasion of Laos. The abortion clinic bombers’ political purpose was to protest abortion.

So please explain how Bill Ayers, whose group killed no one, is an “unrepentant terrorist” and how abortion clinic bombings that killed six people are “unacceptable.”

This is a rhetorical question, of course. The real answer is that Sarah Palin is an unrepentant hypocrite who would no doubt be quite happy to see every abortion doctor in the United States killed for the “wrongs” they have done. Of course, she can’t actually say what she really thinks, as that would alienate everyone in the United States who isn’t stark raving crazy.

You’ve got a real culture of life there, champ.

(h/t Daily Kos.)