INDEED: The mainstream media sunk to new lows in its collective coverage of the Jan. 8 Tucson sho

Massacre, Followed By Libel
WASHINGTON -- The charge: The Tucson massacre is a consequence of the "climate of hate" created by Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, ObamaCare opponents and sundry other liberal betes noires. The verdict: Rarely in American political discourse has there been a charge so reckless, so scurrilous, and so unsupported by evidence. As killers go, Jared Loughner is not reticent. Yet among all his writings, postings, videos and other ravings -- and in all the Testimony from all the people who kne...

Liberals Seek Ban on Metaphors in Wake of Arizona Shooting
After the monstrous shooting in Arizona last week, surely we can all agree that we've got to pass Obama's agenda immediately and stop using metaphors. At least I think that's what the Mainstream Media are trying to tell me. Liberals instantly leapt on the sickening massacre at a Tucson political event over the weekend to accuse tea partiers, Sarah Palin and all Conservatives who talk out loud of being complicit in Murder by inspiring the shooter, Jared Loughner. You must login to comment. The Fo...

The Madness of the Mainstream Media
If Michael Kelly and Tim Russert were alive today , they would be sickened and appalled to see the shambling madness that has descended upon their profession, most particularly as it manifests in the obsessive and whirling mania regarding Sarah Palin. When it gets to the point that Jonathan Chait has to marvel at his instincts to defend Palin, that’s a measure of their madness. Let’s begin at the beginning: on January 8, a madman in Arizona, listening to nothing but his own head̵...

Fancy That: People Upset With Palin's Use Of Blood Libel
Potential 2012 Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin's video statement about the Tucson shooting has been the hot topic today. And that's partly because of her use of the phrase "blood Libel." The Anti-Defamation League's Abraham Foxman said, "We wish that Palin had not invoked the phrase 'blood-libel' in reference to the actions of Journalists and pundits in placing blame for the shooting in Tucson on others. While the term 'blood-libel' has become part of the English parlance to refer to someon...

The Day Hope was Shot, in America and Europe: News, Switzerland
Does the reaction of U.S. lawmakers to the shooting in Tucson bode ill for some kind of healing process? Columnist Patrick Etschmayer of Switzerland’s News worries that the political gamesmanship that has already begun offers little hope that the Rhetoric in the United States - or in Europe for that matter - are likely to be tamped down anytime soon. For News, Patrick Etschmayer writes in part: For many who knew her, Christina Greene was a little vessel of hope. The girl, a li...

From Blood Libel to Lynching
Palin-haters are attempting to turn Gov. Sarah Palin’s reasonable and empathic response today to the Tucson atrocity into an antisemitic outburst. Palin, like Glenn Reynolds (and, independently, Andrew Breitbart) used the term “blood Libel” to describe the way in which opportunistic politicians and Journalists seized on the Shooting Spree to demonize the Tea Party and Conservatives in general. The original “blood Libel” is the false accusation (originating in medi...

Sarah Palin Response to Tucson: Americas Enduring Strength
Update:  Alan Dershowitz, who is, BTW, a Jewish liberal, says Palin’s use of the term “blood Libel” is appropriate. Like millions of Americans I learned of the tragic events in Arizona on Saturday, and my heart broke for the innocent Victims. No words can fill the hole left by the death of an innocent, but we do mourn for the victims’ families as we express our sympathy.  I agree with the sentiments shared yesterday at the beautiful Catholic mass held in hono...

My Take: Sarah Palin's bogus persecution parallels
Editor's Note : Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World," is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor. By Stephen Prothero , Special to CNN Just when you thought American political Rhetoric couldn't get any more toxic, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is taking us to a new low, casting herself on her Facebook page not just as a Victim of the liberal media elite but as a Victim of "...

President Palin Addresses Her Nation
Today's big political sensation seems to be a video released by Sarah Palin providing her presumably definitive commentary on the shootings in Tucson, the Controversy over her PAC's targeting of Gabby Giffords with what looked like a bullseye on her district, and the broader argument about the possible connection of violent anti-government Rhetoric with acts of violence against government officials. Most of the commentary on the video has focused on her use of the term "blood Libel" to charac...

Wednesday's Mini-Report
WEDNESDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * House honors Tucson Victims: "Shaken by the attempted Assassination of their colleague, Gabrielle Giffords, and the killing of one of her aides, House members reconvened at the Capitol on Wednesday to honor the dead and the wounded in the Arizona shooting rampage and to begin reviewing security concerns with Law Enforcement officials." * The memorial service in Tucson will be held tonight at the University of Arizona, starting at 8 p...

A gracious but determined Sarah Palin
Addressing the country in the wake of the Tucson tragedy. America's Enduring Strength Americans will not be manipulated. Nor silenced in the face of monstrous Libel. ...We are passionate and we are committed. It's been nearly 5 years now since I started blogging, concerned about state and national fiscal issues, my own village, and the state of the media. Having been the subject of whispering campaigns and called an Extremist for asking "dangerous" questions about local issues I have the greate...

Sheriff Dupnik aides Loughner defense
Pima County Sheriff Dupnik, responsible for opening the investigation of Jared Loughner, has gone on record presenting legally viable evidence that Loughner was incited to commit mass Murder by hateful, violent Right-wing images and Rhetoric. He bases this claim on the fact that an altar to Satan was found in the defendant’s backyard and everyone knows that the Right-wingers are all Satanists.  We know because the Left would never demonize anyone on the Right just for disagreeing with...

Sarah Palin Refudiates Sarah Palin
Everyone's all aflush with talk of Sarah Palin's invocation of "blood Libel," so this section of her prepared statement probably isn't getting the attention it deserves: President Reagan said, "We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions." Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with the criminals who commit them, ...

Hillary Clinton now claiming Jared Loughner acted politically
Hillary Clinton now claiming Jared Loughner acted politically And yet another filthy leftist chimes in, with no evidence, drawing the using progressive liberal conclusion. Certainly it wouldn’t be from his 9/11 Truther, atheist, politics would it? I still stand by the notion that the nut Loughner acted out of being nothing but a complete nut. No political ideology motivated him. But if by some slim chance he did, his ideology is easily aligned with the left. It don’t know many 9/11...

Liberal Seek Ban on Metaphors In Wake of Arizona Shooting
After the monstrous shooting in Arizona last week, surely we can all agree that we've got to pass Obama's agenda immediately and stop using metaphors. At least I think that's what the Mainstream Media are trying to tell me. Liberals instantly leapt on the sickening massacre at a Tucson political event over the weekend to accuse tea partiers, Sarah Palin and all Conservatives who talk out loud of being complicit in Murder by inspiring the shooter, Jared Loughner. Of course, to make their case...

More media fail High school friend Zach Osler says Loughner never watched the news and didnt listen to political radio
More media fail - High School friend Zach Osler says Loughner never watched the news and didn’t listen to political radio Dupnik, The Progressive liberal lame stream media, and the rest of the filthy progressive libtards around the ‘net are getting owned and exposed by the people who actually knew Jared Loughner. ABC interviewed a high school friend of Loughner named Zach Osler who says He did not watch TV. He disliked the news. He didn’t listen to political radio. He didn’t

Palins Blood Libel Inspires Breitbart to Invoke Gang Rape
No one should be surprised that Andrew Breitbart would equate deserved criticism of former Governor Sarah Palin with Gang Rape. This is the type of Hate Speech from the Right, especially towards women, that is common. Remember their depictions of Speaker Pelosi, Hillary Clinton before she became Secretary of State? “Instead of dialing down the Rhetoric at this difficult moment, Sarah Palin chose to accuse others trying to sort out the meaning of this tragedy of somehow engaging in a ‘...

Why Can't Reince Priebus Just Play It Straight?
Reince Priebus has denied a close connection to the Barbours in his candidacy for RNC Chairman multiple times. Priebus denies Barbour connection His denials, which appear to contradict reality, have even raised an eyebrow, or two, at Politico. Barbour remains involved with Priebus campaign So, what to make of this New York Times' article, which, by the way, also omits any mention of Ann Wagner, who is ahead of Cino and tied with Anuzis on the public Vote Count. It does mention both of th...

Keeping perspective and keeping our rights
Never let a crisis go to waste. ̶ Rahm Emanuel Since the tragic shooting this past weekend in Arizona, our nation has been in mourning. Flags have flown at half-mast, and people have flocked to houses of worship. We have all felt the shock of the violence and the pain of loss. At a time like this, our nation needs to unite and offer support and prayers for those killed, wounded, and affected by this evil act. Yet, when I turn on the TV or radio, among the updates of the injured, and informa...

Obama arrives in Tucson for memorial
US President Barack Obama was Wednesday visiting injured congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Hospital shortly after arriving in Arizona to address a poignant memorial service. "The president wanted to begin this solemn trip by stopping first at the Hospital where congresswoman Giffords and others continue to recover," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. The president would also meet with the families of the Victims of Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona, before leading the memori...

Sheriff Dupnik faces reelection bid August 28, 2012
In response to a query by the L.A. County Libertarian Examiner,  Pima County Arizona election officials have confirmed that Pima County Sheriff Clarence W. Dupnik will next be up for election in 2012. Mary Martinson, of Pima County Elections prompty replied to our question and said "The Sheriff in Pima County is up every 4 years. The Sheriff’s term is 4 years. The next time he (Dupnik) will be up for election is August 28, 2012." Republican Arizona State Senator Jack W. Harp...

ABC News: Palin Has Made Tucson Story About Her, Is Sullying The Tragedy With Politics
Unbelievable. Less than an hour after the shootings in Tucson the left was taking to Social Media to blame Sarah Palin for the tragedy. Today Palin put out a video response to the criticism, and now ABC News is blaming her for injecting herself into the story and sullying it with “politics.” Sarah Palin, once again, has found a way to become part of the story. And she may well face further criticism for the timing and scope of her remarks. She is already taking heat for her use of th...

Prominent Tucson Republican to Obama: End Politicization of Shooting
As President Obama prepares to address the tragedy in Tucson at a memorial Wednesday evening, a prominent Pima County Republican offered advice to the "consoler-in-chief," asking Mr. Obama to take the opportunity to end the politicization of the shooting involving Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. "I am hopeful the President will lead by example. I am confident he will and that he will ask for people to stop the finger pointing," Pima County GOP Chairman Brian Miller said in an appearance on "Washingto...

The Tucson Shooter
The problem with fighting back against the (non–?) “blood Libel” is that it distracts from what we really want in moments like these: to come together to grieve, to condemn in union, to look for any possible slim act of redemption — to  assert the power of life and community over death, evil, and devastation. (I wrote a column about this.) Here is what the last known best friend of the Tucson shooter (I don’t like to use the shooter’s name) had to say. Za...

Classmate And Best Friend: Jarred Loughner Wasnt Political, Just Deranged
ABC found a former classmate and close friend of Jarred Loughner, Zach Osler, and interviewed him this morning asking what might have motivated the now-infamous Tucson attacks. Osler’s answer was that Loughner wasn’t motivated by any politics, he wasn’t a Talk Radio listener and that he didn’t really watch the news. Osler says that Loughner was, quite simply, just mentally ill. Ossler does suggest that a movie called Zeitgeist might have had something to do with Loughner&...