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Palin 'Favorites' Ann Coulter Tweet on 'Taliban' Obama

Liking Coulter tweet was an accident, Alaskan says

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 5, 2010 6:36 AM CDT

(Newser) – Sarah Palin's clout may be in question but the amount of attention she's getting from the media isn't fading. The Alaskan caused a stir yesterday when she marked as "favorite" a tweet from Ann Coulter that read "MY NEW CHURCH!" and linked to a picture of a church sign denouncing the "Taliban Muslim illegally elected President USA: Hussein," Gawker reports.

Asked for comment, Palin told ABC News that it was a complete accident. "I've never purposefully ‘favorited’ any tweet. I had to go back to my BlackBerry to even see if such a function was possible," she wrote, suggesting that the "obviously bored reporter" who picked up on it should focus on developments in the House instead. She also added that "no one can mistake that Ann Coulter was obviously being tongue in cheek with that Tweet." By last evening, all of Palin's favorites had been cleared from her Twitter account, notes the Washington Post.

Palin 'favorited' this photo taken outside the church of Pastor James David Manning.
Palin 'favorited' this photo taken outside the church of Pastor James David Manning.   (Twitter)
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joeg2028
Nov 8, 2010 9:42 AM CST
As for the source of that church sign, the Rev. James David Manning, PhD, has that degree from (drum roll, please) his own ATLAH Theological Seminary, an unaccredited educational institution, which is information from Wikipedia--but it does have a reference source--the church's web site. That just goes to show how low Ann Coulter--and by extension, Sarah Palin--will go to injure the reputation of a man who is only trying to improve the lot of the working- and middle-class people of this country. But in doing so, he may take a few bucks away from the rich and the super rich.
ezzy4863
Nov 6, 2010 4:59 PM CDT
Sarah Palin and Ann Coulter.....Dumb and Dumber...
BlueAyez
Nov 5, 2010 7:09 PM CDT
Palin if you want to see a Taliban leader just look in the mirror. I hope you're happy America. You just opened the door to the Christian Taliban.
 

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