Subject: The Atlantic: REFUDIATE-GATE
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "David and Joan Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:29:26 -0400

REFUDIATE-GATE: Which is potentially more troublesome for a general audience? The first Tweet, the sentiment behind it, the logical error behind it (you are a "peaceful Muslim" IF you ...), the corrective Tweet, or the semi-apology Tweet?  At 1:52 pm EST, Sarah Palin Tweeted: 

Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate"
The Tweet was deleted and replaced with a Tweet that mistakes "repudiate" for "refute:" 

Peaceful New Yorkers, pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real

Then:

Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand, Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it stabs hearts. Pls reject it in interest of healing

"Refudiate," "misunderestimate," "wee-wee'd up." English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!

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