“The word that I actually wanted to associate with Senator Obama was ‘terrorist-fist-jab.’ You see, it’s actually three words hyphenated into a single word, not three separate words – I think that’s really where the confusion began,” she continued.
“Moreover, I was talking about how other people in the media have characterized the gesture, not how I personally would characterize it. The confusion on this particular point probably arose from the fact that never before in the history of the English language have the words ‘terrorist’, ‘fist’, and ‘jab’ appeared together in that order,” Hill explained.
“I’m simply attempting to understand the various ways that different media sources have characterized the body language of Senator Obama – pretty standard political analysis. For example, let’s consider the body language between Senator Obama and a supporter after a recent town hall meeting in Columbus, Ohio. A handshake? A shaking of hands? A jihad palm experience? Each of these plausible interpretations has been taken up by many reliable media sources,” she said.
“And while we’re at it, what about all that noise he was making before the jihad palm experience. Words communicating meaning to an audience? A speech about social security? A heavy bombardment of Islamist noise missiles? These are just some of the explanations from trusted media outlets. The last one especially. I’m pretty sure it was from CNN or something. Definitely not just my own hatred spewing out, that’s for sure,” Hill commented.
“Listen, I just don’t like people who have skin darker than my own, okay?” Hill continued.
“What does that make me? A racist? A bigot? A hard-hitting, America-loving, Fox-trotting journalist?” she asked.
“It makes me a racist,” she concluded.
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