Sarah Palin


Former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin is no stranger to jokes and taunts from the likes of Saturday Night Live skits to Kathy Griffin's live skits.

Sarah Palin's latest joke at her expense came from comedian and political commentator Bill Maher.

Referring to the recent devastation in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami, Maher reportedly said, "Did you hear this - Sarah Palin finally heard what happened in Japan and she's demanding that we invade Tsunami. I mean she said, these Tsunamians will not get away with this. Oh speaking of dumb tw**s." As Palin had made no such statement, Maher was offering a humorous imagined Palin response to the crisis, but Terry Dougherty of Women Magazine attacked the comedian for his 'misogyny', saying, "Maher's choice of words shows an enormous lack of respect for women. If his preceding joke had been about a man, I can't imagine him using an equally derogatory term to describe a male. That type of language shows a lack of consideration toward women".

The National Organization of Women - Now director of communications Lisa Bennett has a slightly different take on the situation. Lisa released a statement via the Daily Caller, saying,

"Listen, supposedly progressive men (ok, and women, too): Cut the crap! Stop degrading women with whom you disagree and/or don't like by using female body terms or other gender-associated slurs". However, the statement goes on to say, "Sorry, but we can't defend Palin or even Hillary Clinton from every sexist insult hurled at them in the media. That task would be impossible, and it would consume us".

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