Is Martin Bashir Really Sorry?

You probably have heard that Martin Bashir said some nasty stuff about Sarah Palin recently on MSNBC.  Mrs. Palin had made comments comparing the national debt to a form of slavery.  She said we would someday be beholden to the foreign governments that hold a large amount of this debt.  Mr. Bashir responded, calling Mrs. Palin ignorant and suggesting that she should be subjected to the same punishment that was reportedly practiced by a slave owner, Thomas Thistlewood.  According his diaries, the slaves were kept "in line" by the minority white slave owners by extremely brutal treatment ranging from floggings to other less "mainstream" tactics.  When a slave committed an "offense" requiring punishment, they sometimes had another slave defecate or urinate in their mouth.  Then, the mouth was wired shut for four or five hours.

I'm not sure which is more offensive, Mr. Bashir making the personal attack on Mrs. Palin or suggesting that she should be treated brutally for expressing an opinion that is different from his.  If any of you watch MSNBC, I'm surprised.  The odds are certainly against it considering their ratings.  The folks running MSNBC or even NBC News certainly would have editors reviewing the verbiage on the teleprompter before it is read and broadcast.  It seems just a little disingenuous for the MSNBC "big wigs" to apologize and demand that Mr. Bashir take it all back.  I'm sure they are really appalled.  Ha!  Ha!

Was Martin Bashir really sorry about the stuff he said?  I doubt it.  Did management at MSNBC regret that he made those comments?  Not at all.  They used the whole thing to get mentioned extensively on every news outlet in America, including Fox News.  I'll bet their ratings have gone up dramatically.  I hope you aren't one of the 10 extra people that are watching now, doubling their viewership.

Now, what would have happened if Rush Limbaugh had made a comment like this aimed at Hillary Clinton?  Can you hear the outcry from every mainstream media outlet?  Can you imagine the calls for advertisers to boycott Rush?  Just think about the folks that would demand that advertisers be boycotted as well.  Why can't we demand a similar boycott?  I'd love to tell you the names of advertisers on MSNBC, but I don't know who they are.  I am asking for the help of any of you that might watch MSNBC.  What companies should we avoid when making our purchase decisions?  Please respond by commenting on my blog.

I think we should squelch free speech in the same way the liberals do it.  If you can't stop the MessAPolitico any other way, then let's use the tactics they have demonstrated so many times.