Palin Strikes Back at Kathy Griffin: 'Pick on Me But Leave My Kids Alone'
Sarah Palin on Saturday struck back at the vulgarian comedienne that has been attacking her and her family for years.
Appearing on Fox's "Justice with Judge Jeanine," the former Alaska governor challenged Kathy Griffin, "Come up to Alaska and pick on me, but leave my kids alone" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
JEANINE PIRRO, HOST: Rumors are that Kathy Griffin is going to play a Sarah Palin Tea Party type on "Glee." What do you make of that? She hasn't been kind to you or your family, what do you think?
SARAH PALIN: You know Kathy Griffin can do anything to me or say anything about me, because you know, she's kind of this - she's a fifty-year-old adult bully really is what she is. Kind of a has-been comedienne and she can do those things to me. I would just ask, you know, for respect to my children as she had stated on CNN that her New Year's resolution was to destroy my sixteen-year-old daughter. That takes it a little bit too far. Kathy - pick on me. Come up to Alaska and pick on me, but leave my kids alone.
PIRRO: Well, that, we’re all with you on that one, Governor.
As readers are likely aware, Griffin said earlier in the year, "I've already gone for Sarah, Todd and Bristol obviously. But I think it's Willow's year to go down. In 2011 I want to offend a new Palin."
And, as NewsBusters reported a few weeks ago, "Hollywood's favorite D-list vulgarian, will apparently be playing a Tea Party candidate loosely modeled on Sarah Palin in an upcoming episode of Fox's 'Glee.'"
Unfortunately, as all this Palin-bashing gets her a great deal of attention, it seems a metaphysical certitude Griffin's not going to back off now.
This seems especially unlikely as after being tweeted by a fan of the news concerning Palin's remarks Saturday, Griffin responded, "U made my day!"
(H/T Fox Nation)
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Typical example of the
Submitted by ant on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 8:22pm.
Typical example of the hypocritical, two-faced left. If given half a chance, Griffin would jump at the chance to do PSA's against gay-bullying and not have the introspection to realize that she, and others like Wanda Sykes, act like the biggest bullies around.
Two-faced left
Submitted by TheHistorian on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 10:01pm.
I got this stupid picture of someone with two left faces. Sorry, had to share it.
Dennis Prager
Ha-ha
Submitted by ant on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 10:10pm.
That would be possible if they ever held up a mirror to their face, but I don't think they do. Can you blame them?
Vampires don't have
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 10:37am.
Vampires don't have reflections in mirrors.
Now That is a Fight I Would Pay to Watch; Sarah vs. Griffin
Submitted by gruyere cheese on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 8:47pm.
I am no fan of Sarah Palin, but I would bet my money on her if she ever came face to face with Griffin.
Sarah would mop the floor with that skinny, old wrinkled, surgery enhanced hag named Kathy Griffin.
Kathy is your typical liberal women; they are ugly, mean spirited and miserable and so they always have an ax to grind with women who are the opposite of what they are.
I don't even think my dog would be interested in peeing on Kathy Griffin's leg...my dog has more class than that!
Palin vs Griffin
Submitted by buckd on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 9:30pm.
Gruyere Cheese,
I like your intelligent Dog; and I bet my friend Sarah would like him also. I wouldn't lift my leg either if I were standing beside this dirty mouth dingbat and had the same chance to relieve myself that your wonderful Dog might have had.
I wouldn't pee on Kathy Griffin's leg
Submitted by TheHistorian on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 10:04pm.
I decided that I won't stand in long lines anymore for anything!
Dennis Prager
Too kind, Sarah
Submitted by Vivaldi5 on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 8:58pm.
Sarah calls Griffin a "has-been"? Seems much too kind as Kathy is really sort of a never-was. The only traction her career has gotten is among vulgarians who admire her blasphemy against Jesus and slams against the Palins, and among the gays to whom she shamelessly panders; before that she was just a forgettable second banana on a forgotten Brooke Shields sitcom. But Griffin has learned, like Bill Maher, that outrageous comments "sell"--and if the Palins hit back, Griffin just tallies up the money it will make her as more people tune in to see what kind of disgusting thing she'll spew next.
Don't do it, Sarah!
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 9:11pm.
You'll just get dirty, and the pig will enjoy wrestling with you.
CA
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 9:37pm.
Good one!
But, it would be a hoot
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 10:11pm.
To see Kathy try to bully Palin to her face.
"To her face."
Submitted by Mike Bratton on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 10:08am.
Those are the key words.
We all saw how Tina Fey wilted when Sarah Palin was in the same room.
No doubt Kathy Griffin would behave in precisely the same way.
Bullies? Not face-to-face.
--Mike
Griffen typifies the liberal double standard
Submitted by merly1 on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 9:14pm.
they "detest" bullies but love to bully, hate war but cant get enough of Afghanistan, dont like budget deficits but never met a program that should be cut, etc etc etc
And really, Griffen truly is a NEVER WAS, I love that comment ;o)
Palin v. Griffin
Submitted by sarge329 on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 9:15pm.
Who is Sarah Palin? Let's see. Former city councilmember and mayor of Wasilla, AK. Former governor of Alaska. Running mate to unsuccessful Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain. Author of two highly successful non-fiction books. Star of a highly-rated reality TV show. Wife and mother. So, who is Kathy Griffin? I see. Well, then, I rest my case.
A foul-mouthed, uneducated never-was
Submitted by TheHistorian on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 10:07pm.
You asked who Kathy Griffin was? Does the above fit?
Dennis Prager
Come Visit Alaska
Submitted by Samaritan01 on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 9:32pm.
I would pay real money to watch Kathy Griffin go into the backwoods with Sarah!! After that litle excursion Kathy would be off of the "B" List and on the "M" list......as in Menu. Let the crying, begging, snivelling and pleading begin.
The most obvious example of the double standard.
Submitted by Ashrak on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 9:56pm.
The left so often times goes after the kids, and is given a pass.
The right, doesn;t go after the kids at all, but is endlessly called uncivil.
because one fights with
Submitted by angelstew on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 4:59pm.
because one fights with emotions, and emotions get dirty, if they have nothing else, well in their mind kids are fair game to get what they want. The other fights with facts.
For unfunny comics
Submitted by BobcatConservative on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 10:13pm.
Rule of thumb for D-List celebrities: When you can't think of any original material that will make people laugh - just make fun of Sarah Palin! B
Kathy Lee Griffin is a master at this D-List comic art. Hence why she is still on the D-List. Lets just hope she slips to the F-List and we can FORGET her FOREVER
And I forgot her name
Submitted by BobcatConservative on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 10:15pm.
I just realized I mixed up what Kathy Griffin's real name is. I guess this is proof for me that she really isn't relavent at all anymore...
Sarah should had said
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 10:25pm.
Kate who? Oh, the Moose faced bimbo who makes fun of my kids?
Cowards like Kathy Griffin
Submitted by NotFondOfLibs on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 10:35pm.
Kathy Griffin is a pathetic excuse for a comiedenne who wouldn't come within 10 miles of Sarah Palin. The people on the left are always saying "leave my children out of the discussion, but are always the first to go after any children of Republicans/Conservatives. Their attitude is "my family is off limits, but yours is not."
For the safety of your dog
Submitted by Pharmer on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 11:00pm.
(Re: posts by Gruyere cheese, Buckd, The Historian)
Certain individuals should not be considered as a fireplug substitute. The splashback could contain dangerous microorganisms, and dogs, who are prone to licking themselves, could be endangered by such accidental transmissions.
;-)
Yes but can Kathy
Submitted by gailannr on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 11:07pm.
play basketball against the Barracuda???? I think not! Kathy needs to go back to her skunk hole. You know the one that comes from the ole saying "ya play with skunks (Bill Maher) pretty soon ya starts to smell like skunks!!!!!!!!" Kathy.....GO TO THE DARK HOLE where you belong!
D Lister...
Submitted by JPTSO3 on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 11:09pm.
Kathy Griffin is D-list provocateur who makes a living being a bigger ass today than she was yesterday. She’s an A list ass, and a D-list provocateur. Why Palin bothers responding to snipes like Griffin is the curiosity. Griffin makes herself "relevant" when she's calling children of conservatives prostitutes. She's just part of a large clique jackasses.
Take by example, Arron Sorkin. He just won an Oscar for penning Social Network He’s best known for writing West Wing scripts and having a cocaine habit Scareface would envy. Sorkin’s also an elitist prick and makes Griffin’s bile resembles a Sunday sermon. He wrote a hate screed for the Huffington Post months ago about Sarah Palin’s now canceled reality show “Palin’s Alaska”. Apparently Sorkin was traumatized by Palin shooting a moose. For a 1000 words Sorkin excreted venom from his keyboard blathering about the moose “murder”. He slapped out a hit piece that was prattling and invective rage. Sorkin first assumed the reader was beneath his level of intelligence (he used “visceral” and instructed the reader to “look it up”) and then went into full guttersnipe with words like “f***” and “sh**”. Sorkin writes “op-eds” like he’s talking to a group of drunken teenagers at an anarchist rally. Like Griffin even when Sorkin's crap makes little sense the lib base cheer him like he just penned The Great Gatsby. The same with Griffin – as long as the attack is a conservative the base will cheer.
Even though Sorkin eats meat and wears leather, he blasted Palin for killing a moose. But, he claims, he’s “not a hypocrite”. Well, there you go - he’s not a hyprocit. Sorkin didn’t object to the killing of the animal or the slaughter of its body for food. He doesn’t complain when its skin is used to shoe his two left feet – no, his objection was to the method of postmortem regale by Palin. For Sorkin, an Inuit chant to the great sprit for a good death must follow the slaughter of a moose; or, it must be done as an act of necessity – or it must be done in a slaughterhouse in Iowa, but not by Palin - ever.
Palin’s an easy target for West Wing elitist like Sorkin. I never watched Palin’s Alaska. It didn’t interest me. I don’t convulse over Palin gaffes because I don’t care if Palin is inventing new words or killing moose – By example, I loathe Bill Maher because he’s an asshole. But I wouldn’t watch his show just so I could scream at the TV and throw a shoe at his image. I don’t usually give his passive-aggressive rants a second thought. But Sorkin found it necessary to watch Palin kill a moose. Why? BecausePalin killed a moose and enjoying the moment. Never mind that Palin has been hunting since 8 and killing moose for food for as long. Hunting moose is apparently a right-of-passage for Alaskans. Everyone that can, does – kinda like Sorkin hunting down coke lines and killing them up his nose at Hollywood parties –So it is of little interest and little wonder that Palin would, on a reality show about life in Alaska, shoot and kill a moose. Sorkin, like Griffin will never “get” Palin because they are ivory tower jackasses with a view of the Hollywood Hills and egos the size of California. Sorkin would eat a moose steak, he just won’t kill it – Killing is for the unwashed masses to do. He’d prefer not to see it until it’s shrink-wrapped and in the fridge, next to his Pinot Noir and Brie.
Sorkin wants his meat cooked and his leather soft, but he doesn’t want to know the method of slaughter or to believe, apparently, that some people enjoy the hunt and they eat what they kill. Sorkin is the definition of a hypocrite not because he eats meat and hates the killers who provide the steak. – No, Sorkin in fact, doesn’t hate the killers or the killing or meat. He only hates the killer, if the killer is named Palin.
Sorkin’s hatred of Palin doesn’t keep him in the relevant category - it’s just a sidelight. But for Griffin she needs to continue to go full cokcroach, lest she lose her D-List audience which expects her to gutter-snipe about even children. Griffin stays relevant by barfing out invectives. Perhaps someone will put a fist in her pie-hole and tell her to put that in her D-List “act” after they unwire her D-List jaw.
Now THAT'S a rant.
Submitted by Blonde on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 1:35pm.
A+
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except
Submitted by Marat on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 12:16am.
I would agree with sarah palin except for Bristol. Bristol is 20 years old and has put herself in the National light so she is, whether we agree or not, game.
Read the article carefully
Submitted by biggoofer on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 2:17am.
Kathy has already tackled Sarah, Todd, and Bristol.
She wants to go after Willow in 2011.
Palin Lowered Herself By Commenting
Submitted by Boil It Down on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 2:54am.
I don't believe it was wise to respond to that low life gutter-snipe. Griffin makes a living out of behaving like a vulgar, revolting human being. For Palin to smack back gives Griffin validity she does not deserve.
The time comes.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 8:22am.
If some slob is insulting you, take the high road and ignore them if you want.
When an adult goes after your children, kick their ass!
Why in the world would Sarah
Submitted by Liberallies on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 5:18am.
Why in the world would Sarah Palin even utter Kathy Griffin's name?! Griffin's career is being resurrected by all this. If Conservatives and Palin ignored her, guess what...the has been would stay a has been.
But I believe this type of back and forth gives Griffin satisfaction and it makes Griffin popular with the Left wing, who sadly hate Palin.
Ignore Griffin and she will go away. She is inconsequential.
Don’t throw your pearls before Swine.
Ignore it, it will go away
Submitted by Ozconservative on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 6:18am.
The vile creature known as Kathy Griffen has a worth somewhere in between the dried up boogers you get on long-haul flights and the crap you wipe out of your eye when you wake up in the morning. Sarah would do well to ignore the vile jabberings that come out of its mouth and instruct young Willow to do the same. Do not give it the attention it craves and it will go back to whatever sewer it crawled out of.
If you watch the interview
Submitted by Free Stinker on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 5:47pm.
If you watch the interview where Palin made the remarks, she was specifically asked about Kathy Griffens attacks on her family. Sarah Palin didn't just respond to Kathy out of the blue./// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
I'd be much more impressed
Submitted by vaboxrboy on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 7:13am.
if she threatened to go on Meet the Press!
Sarah Palin vs kathy griffin
Submitted by truckinmann on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 7:31am.
So this kathy griffin, human impersonator, (It doesn't even deserve capital letters at the beggining of its name) has threatened a sixteen year old girl publicly and has not been arrested? I know that if any conservative said it was time for some liberals sixteen year old daughter to "go down", they would be arrested in a heartbeat, and charged with child endangerment. it said it wanted to offend a new Palin in 2011? Does it think there's any Palin that it hasn't already offended? The human impersonator, kathy griffin, is just worthless slime off of some misplaced tird, left by some lower lifeform, that devolved into an even lower life form. I don't normally call people names, but then again, I don't consider it (kathy griffen, devolved tird slime) to be a person.
Kathy Griffin
Submitted by 612chris on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 9:07am.
So, Sarah is upset that someone, ANYONE, would have the temerity to criticize her.
I do not know what this woman expects when she makes herself a public figure and has no problem criticizing others, including members of her own little party.
Sarah, if you can not take the heat, just go back to being what you really are, a failed politician that helped elect President Obama because of your addition to the ticket with Sen. Mc Cain.
Are you stoned?
Submitted by ant on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 10:55am.
Palin has been criticized and attacked endlessly since she showed up on the scene, and in most cases it has been the ugliest, unwarranted kind of attacks filled with reference to violence and sexual assaults, and she has put up with it and stood her ground, while NOONE from the "compassionate, women-empowering left" has stood up for her or even allowed her to speak her side. Yet, here you are in all your stupidity, complaining that Palin is upset about attacks directed at her.
She is clearly talking about low-lifes like Griffin that go after the children of her and other public figures. The children, even teens, of "celebrities" are not fair-game, unless you're a washed-up leftist POS like Griffin, apparently. And anyone who goes after someone's children, even verbally, should expect to get their ass kicked by the child's guardian. DO_YOU_UNDERSTAND_NOW_OR_IS_THIS_GOING_TO_FAST_FOR_YOU_?
so, name calling is the best defense you have
Submitted by 612chris on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 11:03am.
At least bring something new or fact based to the discussion. Insulting me shows how completely devoid of factual arguements your side has.
Thank you for helping me make my point.
What's the matter? Did I hurt
Submitted by ant on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 11:28am.
What's the matter? Did I hurt you're little feelings? Isn't you're reaction to being insulted exactly what you just criticized Palin as being guilty of two posts ago? Typical lib hypocrisy, first go after Palin for, allegedly, not being able to take the 1000's of insults she has suffered and then get all upset when someone calls YOU stupid because you missed the point of the article that is actually in bold print within the headline.
Philosophy or bigotry?
Submitted by needle on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 11:48am.
I am guessing here; however, I suspect if people started making snotty remarks about Obama’s children, and suggesting that they are suitable prey for sexual predators –you know, the kind of folks that the Liberals always rushing to defend, I guess because they are all Democrats – then maybe we would find out how much people like 612chris are motivated by philosophy and how much by bigotry.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
ant---
Submitted by matthewdean on Tue, 03/08/2011 - 3:50am.
Very nice job.Thanks, MD. I can say that to
Submitted by ant on Tue, 03/08/2011 - 9:42am.
Thanks, MD. I can say that to you, too. I saw you guys taking on trog over at a another thread, but I was late to the party. Trog's okay, at least he comes back and tries, as exhausting as that must get.
612chris, Hmmm....your side
Submitted by Liberallies on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 4:30pm.
612chris,
Hmmm....your side is so devoid of ideas that the only thing they have left is to insult the children of politicians that your side hates.
Palin is not criticizing Griffin for attacking her, in fact, 612chris, she asked Griffin to go to Alaska and insult her. What Palin is criticizing Griffin for is attacking her family, her children!
We were informed by the Left during the 2008 election that the family of politicians of the Left were off limits. Funny how that works, eh? Don't say a word about the family of Left wing politicians, but attack, lie, insult the children and family members of Right wing politicians.
and don't whine about getting insulted when you just attack Sarah Palin for allegedly crying over someone insulting her. LOL
c'mon Liberals, I know you can do better than this!
Liberals live in a "do as I
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 4:39pm.
Liberals live in a "do as I say not as I do" world.
No, thank you, for while
Submitted by ant on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 4:44pm.
No, thank you, for while conservatives want to take on the issues facing us and actually do something about it, the "progressives" (including Griffin) have nothing to offer but to sit back and insult and demean everyone, including the children of political figures and the American people as a whole. Thereby showing, by your own logic, that your side has nothing of substance to offer.
Want to talk about race relations? Shut up, Americans are cowards.
Want to talk about illegal immigration or government spending? Shut up, you people are racists, nativists, anti-immigrant, teabaggers.
Want to debate the Ground Zero Mosque or Sharia compliance? Shut up, you people are Islamaphobes. Knuckle-dragging, homophobic "clingers" that think the money you earn belongs to you. We should "bloody the streets" with you, and "gang-bang" you teabaggers. Now, shut up and be civil or we will continue to falsely, knowingly blame you for every act of violence perpetrated by anyone in an effort to shut you up.
Yep, so much bi-partisan "progress" can be achieved with you "progressives" screaming insults and accusations at every bend. Like now,despite the fact that Republicans have been a majority in the House for, oh, about a month, they are all of a sudden to blame for unemployment and the debt, while all the new fixes they come up with are met with "NO!, that's MINE!".
So, to use your own complaint, how is attacking Palin and her family an offering of solutions?
chris
Submitted by Radical1979 on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 11:06am.
Do you have a problem with reading comprehension or something? Palin said bring the fight to her and keep her children out of it. Pretty much what every politician says, but somehow the left feels Palin's children are fair game. How do you feel about that?
It's always a good idea to read the post before commenting.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 11:25am.
Typical union under-achiever.
Palin has a reason to be cautious*
Submitted by cajun2 on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 11:59am.
She is a target and accepts that but like all parents, she will protect her family from whackos
Because they argue with
Submitted by angelstew on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 4:57pm.
Because they argue with emotion, and emotion is dirty. The other argues with logic and facts.
kathy's only 50?
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 6:01pm.
She doesn't look a day over 59.
The lowest of the low
Submitted by tinydancer on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 7:11pm.
This woman deserves to have her face pushed into a pie made of dog shit. She must stay awake at night thinking of ways to sink even lower. If that is even possible.