Wonkette Pulls Offensive Post About Sarah Palin's Handicapped Son
As NewsBusters reported Wednesday, the liberal website Wonkette published a truly disgraceful piece earlier in the week about Sarah Palin's Down's syndrome son Trig.
Under intense pressure from readers and advertisers, the site's editor took the post down Thursday:
A post on this page satirizing Sarah Palin using her baby as a political prop was very badly done and sounded like the author was mocking the child and not just Sarah Palin/Sarah Palin’s followers.
The writer, Jack Stuef, has apologized for it. And we have decided to remove the post as requested by some people who have nothing to do with Sarah Palin, but who do have an interest in the cause of special needs children. We apologize for the poor comedic judgment.
After our article and others from conservative as well as liberal websites expressed outrage for the now deleted post, pressure was put on Wonkette editor Ken Layne by some unlikely sources including Mediaite's Tommy Christopher and Slate's David Weigel.
When Layne unrelented, companies such as Papa John's Pizza, Huggies, Nordstrom, and others cancelled their ads.
Maybe this will finally teach these vulgarians that children shouldn't be used as pawns in this dirty game of politics.
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Interesting, Noel, they did this ...
Submitted by Tom Blumer on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 4:49pm.
... after Layne spent all kinds of time saying it was useless to take it down because of Google cache, etc.
Looks like $omeone talked some $ense into him.
I love the deflective excuse about pulling it because of special needs kids, and not because it was outrageous from beginning to end, including a hit at Todd Palin that I can't repeat here. I guess that one's still OK?
$aid $ublimely by Mr. Bloomer
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 5:40pm.
Well played.
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No way, Noel
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 4:59pm.
It just proves these vulgarians need to have the Government exert a little more pressure on Huggies and Nordstrom.
Sit back and watch while this President gives Boeing its comeuppance. Ain't gonna' be pretty.
Good
Submitted by Brad90956 on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 5:00pm.
You know, it's really sad that this disgusting article was posted in the first place. It's also sad that they decided to delete the article only after pressure from advertisers. Obviously Mr. Stuef and Mr. Layne have absolutely no dignity or a single ounce of character.
I'm gonna trademark the phrase...
Submitted by jdlybrand on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 5:03pm.
..."I apologize to anyone I may have offended." Seems to be used a lot lately.
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
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What I don't understand is why any self-respecting business...
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 5:32pm.
...operation would want to buy advertising space (and thus help financially support) a site that is written by and for people who are doing their damndest to tax and/or regulate them into the toilet.
And that goes double for Papa John's, which has franchisees (small business owners) all over the country, and who Obama is taking dead aim at with his hideous tax increases.
That makes about as much sense to me as advertising maternity wear and baby cribs on Planned Infanticide's site.
-Dave
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Reality Check
Submitted by richb313 on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 6:06pm.
The biggest corperations and companies already have bought special tax breaks and more regulation and taxes helps protect them from competition. Look at GE. This is nothing new and both political parties are complicit in this travesty. You want real competition then we need to get rid of most of the regulations which do nothing to protect the consumer but do protect the entrenched intrests.
Comments disabled
Submitted by Model850 on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 5:40pm.
Curious (to me) that comments on the "apology" article are disabled.
It would have been interesting to see if (or how badly) regulars at that site would have savaged the ones responsible for the decision to pull the article.
Shows Their Level of Hate
Submitted by tcm14 on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 5:42pm.
What's most disgusting to me is that they are still attacking Palin and her supporters in the apology. ("it sounded like the author was mocking the child and not just Sarah Palin/Sarah Palin’s followers" and "we have decided to remove the post as requested by some people who have nothing to do with Sarah Palin").
In other words, Palin deserves to be attacked this way.
yes!
Submitted by michiganruth on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 9:04pm.
exactly right. and really disgusting.
the libs talk about Beck being such a "hater," but I have never heard Beck say the kinds of things these lefty websites and TV commentators say every nite...
So since they pulled the post
Submitted by katiejane on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 5:53pm.
everything is supposed to be ok now? Will they whine if the advertisers don't return? Are people supposed to forget they went that low in the gutter?
Good point.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 6:27pm.
I would hope the advertisers would read some of the other posts by little Jackie Stuef. While this one was truly outrageous, the others are equally venomous. Same for his boss Ken Layne's posts.
And true to Wonkette principles, Layne lashed out at the advertisers who bailed for being homophobic, if you can believe that.
Of course little Jackie is, you guessed it, a homosexual.
Not surprising
Submitted by Ozconservative on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 9:18pm.
Some of the pics of Trig were done in the same style as what Perez Hilton does on his (hers, its???) site. I wouldn't be surprised if Jackie called up Perez and asked for advice on them.
Satire?
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 5:55pm.
This was supposed to be "SATIRE?!" Well, at least I agree it was poor judgement -- comedic and otherwise.
Such vile human beings these Palin haters are.
attack on Mrs. Palin's son
Submitted by sarge329 on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 8:51pm.
Well, of course they went after Trig. He can't defend himself. So, in a lib's eyes, he's the ideal tar-get. They don't dare go after his mother. Pit bulls bite back, lipstick or not. As far as calling it satire, I must have missed something. Calling that satire would be akin to calling Obama a credible president. or is that just a little too far out?
I heard on Cam and Company
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 5:58pm.
I heard on Cam and Company last night that a lot of people called Papa John's Pizza and told them about it. They made Wonkette take their ad down
Sweet
Submitted by Chicagoray40 on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 7:08pm.
Nice work. We all barraged that dump yesterday from my net-world as you all here did too, I'll tell you that much
Great to see they backed down. It goes to show there's more of us out here than those vile sick and demented leftists who like going around kicking Christian conservatives because far too many have lost their teeth and their will to kick assss when it needs to be kicked. Yesterday it needed to be kicked and do it enough times these people will chill out soon enough.
I'm a God fearing American too out here, but I don't take any crap from those people and they back down very quickly when you show em your teeth and growl, is all it usually takes. They're like so called Holy Warrior Muslims. They hide behind women and children, and once challenged they run like girls.
Just like they eventually did, because early in the day they refused to 'pull it down' as was noted here and at Mediatate where I also fought many of em as well.... I seriously commented over there 20 times each just myself, beating the snot out of those ignorant kids with their own vile medicine one by one through the afternoon, of which it gladly consumed most of mine.
We really need to get back that old (I know people will bash this but it's true), that old Christian "look here Muhammad and lefty loons, you either chill or you perish" attitude that Christians finally had to take during the Crusades, when leftist radicals Muslims ran ramshod all over Europe, as lefties are doing here now. They are OUT OF CONTROL. Some people just can't be reasoned with.
The Old 1950's America at it 's peak would have leveled the Middle east after 911, not tried to 'save' them. We've become too PC and nice, all of us and it's obviously not working out.. Not anymore for me.
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Submitted by Avitar on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 8:48pm.
They may think that toning down their behavoit for a few days will let them off the hook. Let us hope that they are wrong and people will remember their Saturday night as well as Sunday morning.
Mr Big Mouth - yesterday
Submitted by Texndoc on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 8:49pm.
Oh, yesterday the jerk was all proud of himself and NEVER would it be pulled and NEVER would they apologize.
Not a real apology, since
Submitted by robert108 on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 9:09pm.
Not a real apology, since they claimed the original article was "comedic". That kind of crap is only "funny" to sadists.
We apologize for the poor
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 9:21pm.
We apologize for the poor comedic judgment
Who the heck over there "judged" that sewage to be comedy???
Trig...the gentleman scholar
Amniotic fluid leaked across 8 states
Someone thought people would find that hilarious?
Only in liberal-land.
It doesn't matter what Wonkette does...
Submitted by Chris Norman on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 9:48pm.
It's not that you were shamed into pulling it, it was that you had the absolute depravity to write and post it in the first place.
We really are in a cold civil war in this country...
Exactly right..
Submitted by Mark81150 on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 10:38pm.
"Cold Civil War".....
The body count maybe in the murdered unborn, and the lives destroyed in pursuit of a guilt free hedonistic lifestyle,.. but it's a war none the less. I've heard the phrase before, and I believe it's entirely accurate. Two philosphies deadlocked in verbal combat..
One, the hard left, openly agitating for the criminalization of speech, to outlaw opinions, accurate news reports on their behavior, facts, both historical, and newly discovered that run contrary to liberal doctrine....
The right, holding to the original American dream, fighting a multifront action against the media left, religious(heh) left, the academic left, the political left... all in lockstep to indoctrinate the next generation in their belief system no matter what those useless to the state parents think. Well, useless in any capacity other than government ATM depositers.
The fight is over the American soul, wether we'll be the nation of responsible individuals who believe in hard work and fair rewards for that labor.
or another failed nanny state with a complient citizenry so focused on what the next doggy treat will be from big government.. they forgot how to feed themselves on their own.
it seems a no brainer..
But we all know how savagely some will fight to keep that government money train to their favored friends going... where we leaped from cutting spending to being the cavedwellers who want grandma to live on cat food in a dumpster.
You need an especially evil mind to say that about your own countrymen, when you know it's a lie.
We had better win this one too, or they'll make sure there are fewer of us to ever rebel against them again.
and after this weekend, yes, some of them are exactly that evil.
Atta boy for those who pulled their advertising $
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 9:55pm.
Like Pappa Johns and Huggies
So I will continue to eat my favorite Pizza, and now provide all the libtards with comfy Diapers
Why did he take down?
Submitted by OldJoe on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 10:04pm.
Is he suddenly ashamed of his awesome advantage over a 3 year old?
Liberal compassion at it's best!
Gutless, cruel cowards...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 11:17pm.
No one should be truly surprised by Stuef’s comments or by the fact that Wonkette posted them in the first place…This is a further example of the sick, twisted, vicious bile that spews from the left every single day. Where’s the outrage about these comments from the MSM? All we hear are crickets. The corrupt left wing media are more than happy to allow a pass on comments such as these, but if someone from the right had said something similar, the MSM would be screaming, and rightly so…But, those on the left look the other way when one of their own says or writes something reprehensible like this, particularly against Sarah Palin and/or anyone in her family. The left appears to be brimming with miserable, despicable people who have no problem at all attacking an innocent child in an attempt to trash his mother and her family…Sick, sick, sick.
The fact that this piece has been pulled matters not...It never should have been posted in the first place. And let's not make the mistake of thinking that the cretins behind these despicable comments have learned anything from this episode...They haven't. They'll do it again, and again and again, as long as they feel it is a useful tool to bash Sarah Palin with...It's that simple.
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Submitted by GeneralAl on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 6:50am.
"but if someone from the right had said something similar, the MSM would be screaming, and rightly so…"
Someone from the right would now stoop so low as to trash an innocent child. The left is in sole possession of that act!
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Thought they could get one over...
Submitted by Rukus on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 12:05am.
On a 3 year old special needs child. Hah! I would have titled this thread: Trig Strikes Back!
A victory for decency.
Submitted by Phryj1 on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 3:47am.
And a hard fought one at that.
Did you see how whoever writes their Twitter feed lashed out like a spoiled child over Papa John's pulling their ads? Wow. That alone should make any advertiser think twice about supporting Wonkette.
Just to give you an idea of exactly what Wonkette is all about: They claim Koch Industries forced it's employees to vote for Tea Party candidates. What really happened was Koch Industries gave it's employees a pamphlet asking them to vote for Tea Party candidates and telling them why it's good idea, including reasons why leaving the Dems in charge would have dire consequences for the country. Wonkette twisted that around to say Koch Industries threatened employees with dire consequences if the didn't vote for the Tea Party. Wonkette is a bunch of liars.
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
How does this work?
Submitted by okiehawk44 on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 7:15am.
Leftists have to explain to us how Charles and David Koch can "force" any employ to vote for/against someone. What do they do? Follow each voter whom they employ into their voting booths all over the country? How do they do that?
Leftists are just lying loons.
Nasty, hateful, arrogant,
Submitted by Andrew H. on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 4:06am.
Nasty, hateful, arrogant, self-asbsorbed, silly, mean, spiteful, lying sons--that is the left.
The so-called mainstream media is the propaganda arm of the criminal DNC.
Wonkette Isn't Sorry
Submitted by txradioguy on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 4:47am.
"Maybe this will finally teach these vulgarians that children shouldn't be used as pawns in this dirty game of politics.
No it won't.
All you have to do is read the email exchance between the Mediaite reporter and the Wonkette editor to know they didn't pull it down because they feel they crossed a line they shouldn't have crossed.
They're doing it because of financial reasons.
They are only sorry that they got caught posting this vile filthy attempt at "humor".
One thing Palin bashers don't
Submitted by GrannyGrump42 on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 1:27pm.
One thing Palin bashers don't get is that her supporters genuinely LIKE kids, including kids with disabilities, and that we welcome them. Lots of people brought their kids to Palin rallies, and would have seen it as weird if Palin herself hadn't brought hers. It'd be like showing up at Thanksgiving dinner without them. But libs don't get that because they don't really actually LIKE kids, so the idea that people want them around is alien to them. You must have an ulterior motive, they think, because they don't get that anybody actually likes the little abortion fodder.
People at the Palin rallies wanted to see Trig and Piper just as much as they wanted to see the mom. I saw buttons all over the place saying "Piper's Mom '08" and "Piper Palin 2036". Piper was eating it up. Why should her mom deny her something she enjoys? The crowd went nuts when Bristol brought Trig out, cooing and making happy sounds. What mom doesn't like it when people gush over her baby? When Trig got tired of being on stage, Bristol brought him backstage, where no doubt a staffer took care of him so he'd be happy.
They just don't get it.
Leftists are the biggest personal cowards.
Submitted by okiehawk44 on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 7:36am.
When leftists think it's funny to verbally/physically attack older Americans who protest the bankrupting of this country through Tea Party activism or a developmentally disabled 3-yr old you have to start questioning their personal courage.
where's the outrage?
Submitted by rowdygirl on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 9:14am.
Where's the outrage from the left, especially the kennedy clan? You would think that that group would have said something since Eunice Shriver was an advocate and a member of their own family was disabled.
i guess it doesn't count unless you're a liberal.
Tam
Advertisers Jump Ship
Submitted by Free Stinker on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 10:12am.
Here is the latest list of advertisers that have jumped ship:
Papa John’s, Huggies, Vanguard Group, Holland America Cruises, Nordstrom’s, Bob Evans Farms, Reliant Energy, DealSwarm, Coldwell BankerJ. Jill, Starkist, Starwood Hotels, T Mobile, Verizon, REI, Toyota, Betty Crocker, Finish Line, Adobe, Choice Task Force, (Texas Education Agency), Ford, Kodak
We need to make sure we reward the businesses on this list by buying their products/services.
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Pizza?...............
Submitted by Mark81150 on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 10:48pm.
I think that Papa John's bookmark on the computer is going to get quite the workout from now on, even if it's just to order some salad...
I'll help in my own small way with those I can.
Hypocrite Jack
Submitted by Harbinger041 on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 10:13am.
So I'm still of the impression that JACK turned Trig into a political prop. Trig is a part of Sarah Palin's family--- what was she supposed to do? Leave him at home? Cuz then Jack would have jumped all over her for hiding him in the closet....
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Hmmm
Submitted by ARAGORN2123 on Sat, 04/23/2011 - 12:36am.
My question is...why was Papa Johns and these other companies advertising on this despicable blog, anyway?