"Hate speech" from Gov. Palin?

A rumor that Palin called Obama 'Sambo' is spreading even though the "source" is anonymous and unverified. The rumor also contains a slur on all Alaskans. So who are the bigots in that case? Details of the slur:

""So Sambo beat the bitch!" This is how Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama's win over Hillary Clinton to political colleagues in a restaurant a few days after Obama locked up the Democratic Party presidential nomination.

According to Lucille, the waitress serving her table at the time and who asked that her last name not be used, Gov. Palin was eating lunch with five or six people when the subject of the Democrat's primary battle came up. The governor, seemingly not caring that people at nearby tables would likely hear her, uttered the slur and then laughed loudly as her meal mates joined in appreciatively.

"It was kind of disgusting," Lucille, who is part Aboriginal, said in a phone interview after admitting that she is frightened of being discovered telling folks in the "lower 48" about life near the North Pole. Then, almost with a sigh, she added, "But that's just Alaska." Racial and ethnic slurs may be "just Alaska" and, clearly, they are common, everyday chatter for Palin."

The originators of the rumor are two members of Barack of Obama's campaign, Dick and Sharon Price. They are known for planting such slanderous stories about opposition candidates going back for a while now.