Yet another reason to despise Palin. No end to her ignorance.

She's right. How can we prevent another Oklahoma City Bombing if we don't screen for right-wing crazies who believe wacky conspiracy theories, are loudly anti-federal government and who belong to secessionist organizations.

"Bailin'" Sarah Palin said she's "all for" profiling Muslims if it saves "innocent American lives."

Wouldn't those Muslims she's in favor of profiling be innocent Americans as well?

Hey Sarah, how about internment camps for Muslim-Americans too? Ya know, just to be safe. You betcha!

Perhaps we should profile all Pro Life, or as they should be called anti-choice Christians. We wouldn't want another Dr. Tiller killer wandering around in our churches. Perhaps we should question all Christian soldiers about their views We don't want any of these womb chasers learning how to use a gun!

Notice the demeanor of palin here when she knows she is with "one of her own".

Then go watch a segment of the oprah interview, or any interview where the host isnt falling at her feet.

Seriously, who the fuck cares. I had kind of hoped TPM wouldn't fall for the MSM trap of reporting every bit of crazytalk that comes out of Palin's piehole. Guess I was wrong.

In other words, to not discriminate against a Muslim is over-the-top PC.

But to discriminate against Christians is un-American.

Sarah who?

What she really meant - "I'm all for profiling Muslim - American people - if it saves non- Muslim-American lives."
welcome back to the concentration camps seen across the US during WWII that held Japanese-American. was wrong then - is wrong now

I'm all for profiling conservatives if it saves innocent American lives.

Nobody has said that this is Obama's fault, yet almost every comment says something about George Bush being president at the time, as if that is turning the tables. In fact, that point turns the tables on the liberal agenda, showing that the military under the Bush Administration was not racist or discriminatory.

Political correctness and the fear of losing your job, being reprimanded or branded a racist, sexist, or any of the myriad phobias used to lever people is bigger than the President. It's about our society not doing what needs to be done. Nobody is talking about internment camps, they are talking about taking these threats and warning signs more seriously when they come from a person or group that espouses terrorism. You guys are lemmings.

I don't know what's worse...the fact that she said this, or the fact that she is unaware of how truly awful it is that she said it, or the fact that most other people won't realize how truly awful it is that she said it.

Not very Christian of her, is it?

Hasan was a devout Muslim in the military; the only people who believe that he wasn't being watched have an ideological axe to grind - and are now ranting and raving with the benefit of hindsight.

I'm sure Timothy McVeigh and Dr. Tiller's killer were both on watchlists; that didn't make the government clairvoyant enough to know when they were going to go off.

@TeddyKG: This is a good point - and one that should be made by liberals. Instead of reacting in a knee-jerk way against profiling, we should make the starting point of the discussion an agreement that people who belong to groups with a history of violence should be scrutinized. Like you say, that doesn't guarantee that the McVeigh's and Hasan's can be stopped. But we can all agree that sticking our heads in the sand is no way to deal with a dangerous situation. And I won't be forced into that stance by political correctness.

I am really, really sorry to find myself in agreement with Sarah Palin on anything. But liberals need to wake the fuck up and stop thinking about this stuff in such an abstract way. It's bad policy and it's bad politics.

13 people died at Ft. Hood and the main reason this has become such an issue is because the mainstream media and our government is more concerned with not offending people than anything.

This guy subscribed to radical Islamic thought and that is what motivated him to do this. Participating in what he feels is a war against Islam was the final straw. The logical conclusion is that while we shouldn't remove the Muslim soldiers and officers from the military, we should be more serious and quick to action if we find that such a soldier or officer espouses those ideas and/or may be prone to action. What is so wrong with that, and who the fuck are you to say that what she said was awful?

The nut who shot Tiller was immediately and clearly labeled a fundamentalist Christian extremist, yet the MSM and our weak government officials will not call this guy a fundamentalist Islamic extremist. I didn't hear any excuses for him, why make excuses for this guy or any other person who serves our government yet plots against it? It's treason and this was an act of war.

This is what Jihad is today. It is a network of small to large sleeper cells just waiting to go off. Don't believe it if you want to stay nice and warm in your multi-cultural utopian fantasy, but its the truth.

Uh, you misunderstand me. You're starting off with preconceived notions that we're NOT watching extremists and that we're doing it because of "political correctness" or whatever else bothers you about liberals.

We ARE watching these people, I promise you; there's just this krazy liberal idea called The Rule of Law and the fact that we don't have access to Minority Report precognition about who's going to do what when. I'm pretty sure that's why they call it terrorism.

But, hey - if you want the Obama administration to start cracking down on anti-government extremists, we should start by detaining the Teabaggers, amirite? Then they could play out their militia fantasies for real!

First of all, calling them "teabaggers" is offensive to them and to me...but I guess people being offended doesn't bother you as long as they are center-right white Americans.

I consider myself a constitionalist and oppose any legislation that opens the door to government intrusion on American citizens. HOWEVER, there has got to be a compromise here and I honestly believe that were it not for the "sensitive" nature of this man's religious beliefs and the fear of being attacked by CAIR, this would have been handled differently. The government wasn't tipped off to this guy's radical leanings through unwarranted wire-tapping, but through this guy's own statements and actions.

I think everyone on this site is jumping to conclusions and making assumptions about what America is really talking about. Nobody wants our civil rights trampled, but when does it end? That is the great question of the American philosophy. Liberals have made a concerted effort to push the boundaries of liberty, and that is not a bad thing, but in many instances it defies logic, common sense and survival instinct.

Just so I have this straight: you're all for political incorrectness, except when it's directed at you?

"I think everyone on this site is jumping to conclusions and making assumptions about what America is really talking about. Nobody wants our civil rights trampled, but when does it end? That is the great question of the American philosophy. Liberals have made a concerted effort to push the boundaries of liberty, and that is not a bad thing, but in many instances it defies logic, common sense and survival instinct."

I agree. How about we start with gun liberties? This guy was able to walk into a store in Texas called "Guns Galore" and buy a 31-round "cop killer" gun. To me, the most common sense and logical thing to do would be to profile gun owners and recent gun purchasers (especially of high-powered weaponry) since these people would be the most likely to go on mass shooting sprees. If we are considering effectiveness, I think this profile would be much more fruitful in terms of catching potential terrorists.

G_d help you guys if you ever allow the right wing periphery into power--then we might be able to use the Hitler analogies with some validity. ( A concerned Canadian -- eh )

So where would it stop? I could just see her condemning Buddhists next "because it sounds funny, and so do Muslim names!" or some pathetic rhetoric like that. And then us Pagans, along with the Wiccans because we are tree worshiping peacers or something.

Bad analogy, likely, but you get my point. This needs to be shot down, or someone will take her idea to the next level. And then anyone that's not a right wing Christian nutso will be in the cross-hairs.

I have to say that I'm blown away by the ignorance in so many of these posts. I think so many of you need to open your eyes and come to your own conlusions. All this media hype surrounding SP is rediculus. She said that she's all for racial profiling! Who the hell wouldn't be at this point?!?! The funny thing is, if there were muslims that happened to get "profiled" wrongly, why would they mind? If you aren't doing anything wrong, if you have America's best interest at heart, you should understand why it's being done. It's not hate. It's not racism. It's protecting the men and women in this country. Everyone in this country. Not just Christians. I'm embarassed that all you ingnorant morons are more concerned with blasting Palin than trying to understand where her words come from. Morons.

I think given the open threats to Obama from the fundamentalist right wing christian community, it's time we stopped being politically correct, and spy on their entire community - then simply pick out the most likely next Timothy Mcveigh, and stick 'em in jail. There will be tens of thousands of them, sure. But hey - they're patriots.
After all: if it's for the greater good, shouldn't they be happy they're helping save innocent lives?