Colbert: ‘Sarah Palin is a f**king retard’

By David Edwards
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 -- 9:00 am

Colbert: Palin is a retardStephen Colbert has fine words for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who defended Rush Limbaugh's use of the word "retard" this weekend after attacking an Obama aide for the same offense.

"Sarah Palin knows that it's okay to call someone a retard if like rush you clearly don't mean it which is why we should all come to her defense and say: Sarah Palin is a fucking retard," Colbert quipped.

Palin's son, Trig, has Down Syndrome. She had criticized Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel for telling liberal activists that a political strategy was "fucking retarded" during a private meeting in the White House.

But when Rush Limbaugh used the same word, Palin declared that his usage was acceptable because it was satire.

On his radio show, Limbaugh said: "Our political correct society is acting like some giant insult’s taken place by calling a bunch of people who are retards, retards. I mean these people, these liberal activists are kooks. They are looney tunes. And I’m not going to apologize for it, I’m just quoting Emanuel. It’s in the news. I think their big news is he’s out there calling Obama’s number one supporters f’ing retards. So now there’s going to be a meeting. There’s going to be a retard summit at the White House."

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Palin had no problem with Limbaugh's remarks during an interview with Fox News on Sunday.

"They are kooks, so I agree with Rush Limbaugh," Palin said, claiming Limbaugh was merely "using satire."

This video is from Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, broadcast Feb. 8, 2010.

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  • KissMyGrits
    I have tried to watch Stephen Colbert's show, but the man has a sick sense of humor and just like Letterman will go as low as he can to get a better rating. Sorry but he is no fun and those who do think he is funny should start seeing a doctor ASAP.
  • wolvedrive
    oh i can think of way more descriptive "adjectives than that,?,do they have to be slang,deraugatory,profane or just plain insidious,maybe even the most accurate definition currently available in the political correct lexicon of garbage and sleeper code phrases,the crowd winks and nods as they stumple back into a semi catonic state of stupidity and dis-belief
  • LPM49
    Long after Colbert and Stewart are relegated to the sidelines of the comedic elite - Rush will still be kicking ass and taking names....
  • mramerica4u
    TALK SHOW HOST LAMPOONS A POLITICIAN!!!!! WOW,IS THIS A BIG NEWS STORY!
  • Frank Fredenburg
    Sarah Palin is a f**king retard, and that isn't satire! That's my opinion of her! And that opinion comes from a former Republican, not a Democrat. I say former because, after 8 years of War Criminal and traitor George Bush destroying our Constitution and Bill of Rights, I'm no longer a Republican! I use to believe that it was the Democrats, and not the Republicans, that wanted to take our freedoms away. Now thanks to that bastard, who one report claimed he referred to our Constitution as a God Damned piece of paper, I'm no longer a member of that criminal party, and I intend to stay that way!
    The people that continue to support those criminals in the Republican party, don't give a flying f*ck about this country! All they care about is their precious Republican party! Whoever heads that party, is the Pig God they worship!
    Blowhard Rush Limbaugh spent eight years attacking Bill Clinton over everything. He turned right around and spent the next eight years, defending all of the lies, corruption and war crimes that Bush and his cronies could muster. Rush Limbaugh is a hypocrite and phoney, and so is Sarah Palin. I agree with the other person that said, just the sight of her turns your stomach!
  • jim7634
    The ultimate Tea Party ticket for 2012 -- Palin/Bachmann.
  • TaterSalad
    Colberts ratings aren't to good so it would seem he has to use Palin as a ratings getter it seems.
  • vixz
    Colbert using the word 'retard' is satire. Rush's use of 'retard' is also satire. Emanuel's use of it is not satire. It seems okay for Colbert, because he is attacking the hated Palin. That is hypocrisy.
  • ANU
    Sarah Palin calling others "kooks"? Now if that isn't the pot calling the kettle black!
  • wial
    She would have criticized Limbaugh too, but she was too afraid of him and his power over her base. She betrayed her own child out of fear of Rush Limbaugh.

    She'd make a great president, by republican standards.
  • Independentgal
    If she's going to run for President, she'll need bigger hands.
  • dnamj
    Sarah Who? Her 15 minutes are over.
  • terrymo1
    trig is a fvcking pile of retarded sh!t!
    and IT is her daughters baby to begin with.
  • Scuby
    What most people seem to not grasp is that the use of the word "retarded" as an adjective describing a NON PERSON is not derogatory at all. It is simply describing "something" as being non normal. It is used all the time as a perfectly acceptable adjective in all forms of life.
  • eunsuh
    what's even more fucking ridiculous is that the media portrays here as a viable candidate for the US presidency. Jeezus, Mary and Joseph...what the hell is that all about. This bitch makes me want to puke when I see her. I swear I will leave this shithole if that bitch is ever elected.
  • dave4AMERICA
    MY FRIEND CALLED IN FROM LONDON TO MOCK ME ABOUT SARAH PALIN'S HIGH SCHOOL HAND JOB.ALTHOUGH,I'M A REPUBLICAN,IT'S BECOMING EMBARRASSING TO CONTINUALLY DEFEND THIS WOMAN.I AM BEGINNING TO DOUBT SHE EVEN COMPLETED HER JOURNALISM DEGREE.

    IF SARAH PALIN COULDN'T HANDLE JOE BIDEN IN THE DEBATE,HOW IS SHE GOING TO HANDLE BARACK OBAMA(A FORMER LAW PROFESSOR AND A HARVARD FIRST CLASS DEGREE HOLDER).I'M WORRIED.
  • Frank Fredenburg
    She's not only a jackass, she's a hypocrite too! I remember Glen Beck asking her who her favorite founding father was, after she talked about the founders of this country. There was a long pause. She couldn't think of one. She is real selective in her moral outrage!
  • Everett Hartman
    Mr. Colbert someone needs to teach you some manners. I hope this is brought to the attention of your wife and children, mother and dad should be real proud of you. If there is something you want Sarah to know have her on your show.
  • Everett Hartman
    Mr. Colbert, someone needs to teach you some manners. What would you wife and children say about a comment like this. Why don't you bring her on your show and say that to her face. She could probably whip your a--- with ease.
  • tggary
    Sarah Palefin is as dangerous as a large but diminutive brained shark, and her befriended money sucking neocon cohorts are actually pitching her for President in 2012 at this point.
    They are as out of touch with reality as Obama is - we will need a Romney or Clinton in next time to correct the mess and get America going strong again, working from the middle and on a conservative economic path with an eye out for all in the Country.

    We must vote her down in the primaries and hope for better leadership representation from both sides. Palefin is so deficient it is embarrassing that a huge population of dullards and duncetons have latched onto her.

    TG Gary
  • candlejack
    This is truly insulting to the mentally challenged for being compared to Sarah Palin.
  • kay360
    You have to wonder if between Sarah Palin and Michael Steele if there is some conspiracy by women and minorities to blow the Republican party into oblivion.

    Tea-tards 2012
  • Billy
    Am I the only person sick of hearing people use the word 'Satire' to sound smart? i've heard Bill Mahr refer to himself as a 'satirist' and now this bimbo is trying to mentally injure her base by using it. She should have said that Rush limbaugh was using 'edgy humor'. Or just humor. Or he's a comedian, just making a joke. Didn't need to bust out the thesaurus. Swift, Voltaire...satirists, Limbaugh: a dumb jerk in a golf shirt.
  • kay360
    The irony is that Colbert, unlike Rush, is a brilliant satirist and ripped her a new one like a rabid dog.
  • jenna.hastings
    Any woman who doesn't know she should be using birth control after she turns 40 is truly a retard.
  • Mihail
    "The Jewish people as a whole will become its own Messiah. It will attain world dominion by the dissolution of other races, by the abolition of frontiers, the annihilation of monarchy and by the establishment of a world republic in which the Jews will everywhere exercise the privilege of citizenship.

    In this New World Order the children of Israel will furnish all the leaders without encountering opposition. The Governments of the different peoples forming the world republic will fall without difficulty into the hands of the Jews. It will then be possible for the Jewish rulers to abolish private property and everywhere to make use of the resources of the state. Thus will the promise of the Talmud be fulfilled, in which is said that when the Messianic time is come, the Jews will have all the property of the whole world in their hands."

    — Baruch Levy, Letter to Karl Marx, 'La Revue de Paris', p.574, June 1, 1928
  • Clevelandchick
    Steven Colbert is a national treasure. This has got to be one of his funniest segments ever. The thumb bit, Palin's bumpersticker, Palin writing 'retard = sometimes funny' on her other hand, calling Palin a f**king retard in the name of 'satire'...so awesome.

    I'm so glad the younger generations watch TDS and Colbert, it gives me that 'hopey feelin' for the future.
  • Max
    USA is fucking retarded...
  • Truth teller
    One reason to love America. In very few countries are the citizens allowed to call their leaders f'#$king retards and not have to worry about being arrested.

    Sarah Palin is beyond retarded. She is dangerous. Sarah Palin should not be trusted to run a coffee shop, much less a state.
  • HAHA
    When is Colbert coming out of the closet? He's so deep in the closet he's finding Christmas present's.
  • Hologram5
    Like always, Cobert is spot on! Just calling them like he sees them.
  • nines
    rush does that all the time, he just doesn't use that specific word. So uh, it's kind of what he's talking about in the first place.
  • LPM49
    Yeah, but if this story applied to Obama, you all would be tripping over yourselves decrying that Obama was correct in his assertion that mental handicap should not be made fun of. But, it's is Sarah Palin, so you have to jumnp on the lemming bandwagon and do your nest to kick the shit out of her like a schoolyard bully.
    You are all pathetic.
  • PR_Jr
    You know, now that Sarah Palin has become a Fox News "product", she should be subject to truth in advertising laws. Henceforth she should be referred to as "National Joke Sarah Palin"
  • Ld Elon
    Thee only reason you dont find liberalism acceptable is fear of what tommorrow may bring.
    Personally im swayed to and from.
  • r v
    I think if we had a Congress, Supreme Court and White House full of real retards they would do a much better job of governing the country than the bunch of criminals we have now. Bet they wouldn't be wasting trillions of dollars on needless wars. OK, I realize we tried this with Bush but he wasn't a real retard, just a mean drunk brain damaged asshole.
  • tlceagle
    I would love to see someone ask her for the definition of retard. Emanuel was saying that the plan that some democrats had to attack blue dogs would actually impede their goal of getting health care for everyone. He did not call liberals, democrats, little Trig, or any person or group retarded. It was not used in a derogatory way - unless the brouhaha is about using the F word. But in regards to profanity: either you never heard it before, and therefore don't know what it means, or you heard it before and survived, so it won't kill you. Although, it seems that Faux News and commentators have heard the word 'retard', have no idea what it means, but likes to use it, just doesn't want anyone else to.
  • Weever
    Stooge bitch attempts to hijack a legitimate third party movement.
    There is such antipathy for the Republic party, which ushered in the 911 criminal fraud mass murder, did everything to frustrate any investigation and cover it up, then created a blood libel against Muslims (using Michael (Wiener) Savage) as the disinformation scumbag so that they could invade Iraq.
    Remember that the false-flag fraud of 911 gave us the Patriot Act (unconstitutional), TSA theatre (what horror show did this grow from), homeland security and the wars in Iraq and Iran.
    Amazing that the Democrats are not any better and may even be worse than the Republicans.
  • thepoliticalcat
    I don't know if you know this, but the Tea Party movement has already been coopted by the Republicans. You think working class, even middle class, folks could afford airfare + hotel accommodation + $600 to hear Babble Spice babble? Or cover her $100K speaking fee?
  • nader paul kucinich gravel
    The dumbing down of America
    She insults intelligence
    Proof
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