Hmm, maybe Millcreek has a point, since Alan Dershowitz came out on the "it's antisemitism all the time" side of the debate.
OK, well maybe not:
http://biggovernment.com/publius/2011/01/12/exclusive-alan-dershowitz-defends-sarah-palins-use-of-term-blood-libel/The term “blood libel” has taken on a broad metaphorical meaning in public discourse. Although its historical origins were in theologically based false accusations against the Jews and the Jewish People,its current usage is far broader. I myself have used it to describe false accusations against the State of Israel by the Goldstone Report. There is nothing improper and certainly nothing anti-Semitic in Sarah Palin using the term to characterize what she reasonably believes are false accusations that her words or images may have caused a mentally disturbed individual to kill and maim. The fact that two of the victims are Jewish is utterly irrelevant to the propriety of using this widely used term.
So your argument boils down to unless this issue relates to Jewish people 100% of the time, it doesn't count as being anti-Semitic. And if a source disagrees with your thesis, it must be biased.
OK. I am convinced. You are absolutely right and I am absolutely wrong. Governor Palin was no doubt expressing her support for the heroic struggles of the Jewish people and we must not question her. Clearly, I was led astray by the mainstream media.
I know the the simpering crapweasels in the media spin like crazy and keeping their story straight as they change it to suit current necessity can be a challenge, but your statement is pretty high-larious given one of the anti-Palin narratives picked up and discarded in late 2008.
See, one of the earlier interviews Sarah Palin gave in the Alaska Governor's office showed an Israeli flag in the background. In addition to speculation as to her uterus, some of the Palin-haters started to speculate if she had "dual loyalties" some Jews in America get accused of.
Here's one of the posts:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2008/09/dual_loyalties.html
So, which is it? Is she an antisemite, or a crypto-Jew her own self, a sorta wanna-be "Frozen Chosen?"
Or, is the truth of the question something we need to determine by its utility --right now--as a club to beat her with?
I think Gelnn Reynolds is onto something with his "credentialed-but-not-educated" meme.