Advertisers boycott Wonkette over Trig Palin post

[cali]

At least nine advertisers have announced plans to pull their ads from Wonkette after the political blog ran a post making fun of Sarah Palin’s son, Trig.

Wonkette’s Jack Stuef wrote an item Monday poking fun at a poem that had been posted by Team Sarah for Trig’s birthday, with the refrain “Oh little boy, what are you dreaming about?” Stuef cracked: “What’s he dreaming about? Nothing. He’s retarded.” Trig Palin has Down syndrome.

It took about 36 hours, as David Weigel noted at Slate, but the conservative blogosphere, led by Big Journalism editor-in-chief Dana Loesch and Big Government writer Derek Hunter, picked up on the post and used it to drive a campaign to pressure Wonkette’s advertisers to drop the site.

Advertisers began announcing their plans to stop advertising on Wonkette via Twitter. By Loesch’s count, so far the boycotters include Papa Johns, Huggies, the Vanguard Group, Holland America Cruises, Nordstrom, Bob Evans Farms, Reliant Energy, DealSwarm and Coldwell Banker.

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http://www.politico.com/blogs/onmedia/0411/Advertisers_boycott_Wonkette_over_Trig_Palin_post.html

Stuef has apologized, but what an asshole.

[blondeatlast]

1. Edit: Kudos to Wonkette for a class act. they've removed the post and

offered this in its place:

"We have decided to remove the post as requested by some people who have nothing to do with Sarah Palin, but who do have an interest in the cause of special needs children. We apologize for the poor comedic judgment," reads an editor's note.

The post has been replaced by the note and commenting has been disabled.

[cali]

3. I wouldn't go that far. they apologized and removed the post

after getting hammered and losing advertisers. A class act wouldn't have posted that dog shit to begin with.

[icnorth]

8. Well said. n/t

[moriah]

11. Agreed. n/t

[bluestate10]

13. Kudos. nt

[gratuitous]

2. Yeah, leave Trig alone

How tough can it be to lay off the kid with Down Syndrome, especially in an environment that's as target rich as the rest of the Palin family? Dumb in the extreme, as we are all wont to do from time to time.

[JuniperLea]

4. The poor kid has Down Syndrome and Sarah Palin for a mother...

You'd think someone would have a heart for the little guy.

That post shouldn't have lasted long enough to be noticed.

[madrchsod]

5. how could anyone be that heartless...

...kudos to the advertisers

[Bunny]

6. Good for the advertisers.

Jack Stuef - you're an ass.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

7. I heard about this on the Smerconish show this afternoon

Utterly indefensible (as described). :puke:

[provis99]

9. Palin calls Trig a retard, too.

How come she gets a free pass on this?
http://www.manolith.com/2009/10/29/sarah-palin-made-jokes-about-her-retarded-baby/

[cali]

10. oh for fuck's sake. Try to grasp that this isn't about Palin it's about

people with Down syndrome. The asshole Wonkette writer dehumanized everyone with Down syndrome with his vile comment. and sorry, I don't consider Levi Johnson a reliable source. In any case, that's not the point.

[Canuckistanian]

12. She's taking ad dollars from Papa John's?

They're slave wagers. I'm guessing Wonkette didn't cover the Papa John's employees protest against no sick days.

[shamocrat]

14. RIGHT WING LIBERAL

Think progress has had tendencies to have the mindset of a right winger.

We need to distance ourselves from sinking to that level.

That's Going Breitbart or Beck

[Kurovski]

15. A disastrously stupid move to print it in the first place.

And the crack didn't even make any sense.

Don't be mean to babies, period. Who the fuck picks on babies, short of child abusers?

I just can't wrap my head around this one.