Sarah Palin is wrong for using the term "blood libel"

For the record, Sarah Palin exercised very poor judgment in choosing use such an emotionally charged term like "blood libel" to describe how she was being blamed by the Left for the recent Arizona shooting deaths. The media has, indeed, been slanderous and libelous, but why inject a term that offends so many Jews? For a definition of why the term is so offensive to Jews, click this link which gives an exhaustive history of the term, including its origins and instances of blood libel claims over the centuries: http://www.zionism-israel.com/dic/blood_libel.htm. The only possible reasoning I can see behind it is that Palin is trying to identify herself (and other conservatives) with the conditions and suffering of Jews who, over the years, were blamed for murders they didn't commit. It certainly is hyperbole on her part and I wonder who was the staff member or speech writer that suggested she use the term or included it in the speech she read.