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Should Sarah Palin come to NY after Sandra Bernhard's warning?



19 September 2008 @ 03:30 pm AEST

Sandra Bernhard issued a vulgar hate-speech against Gov. Sarah Palin during a performance of her new one-woman show in Washington D.C., warning her to stay away from Manhattan.


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Republican vice presidential hopeful Gov. Sarah Palin (AP File Photo)
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Bernhard refers to her as "Uncle Woman" and even goes to the extremes and says that she will not be invited in Manhattan where she might be "gang-raped" by her "big black brothers."

"[The gang rape comment] is part of a much larger, nuanced, and yes, provocative (that's what I do) piece from my show about racism, freedom, women's rights and the extreme views of Governor Sarah Palin, a woman who doesn't believe that other women should have the right to choose," Bernhard said, according to the Daily News today.

Currently, Bernhard is performing her act "Without You I'm Nothing" at Washington DC's Theater J, which is part of the Washington DC Jewish Community Center.

Palin had been set to attend the rally protesting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad organized by major Jewish organizations and sponsored by the National Coalition to Stop Iran Now on Sep 22.

Clinton backed out this week because no one told her Palin would be there. Jewish groups disinvited Gov. Palin on Thursday.

Former first lady backed out as she did not want to appear with Palin, who has emerged as the new female star of the 2008 campaign.

"It was a huge misjudgment," said one person familiar with the discussions about Palin, according to Newsday.

"Gov. Palin was pleased to accept an invitation to address this rally and show her resolve on this grave national security issue," McCain said in a statement, but "regrettably that invitation has since been withdrawn under pressure from Democratic partisans."

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