Sarah Palin to blame for Arizona shooting? Show me the evidence.

NYC Tea Partier Thinks the Rhetoric is Coming from the Left
Manhattan Tea Party Leader David Webb said that left-leaning media organizations and polticians have been "irresponsible and despicable" in attempting to connect the Arizona shooter to the Tea Party even though they have no evidence. "[The shooting] had absolutely nothing to do with the Tea Parties or Sarah Palin's map," Webb said, referring to the well publicized map of 'target' districts released by Sarah Palin's political action fund during last year's Midterm Elections. Contrary to initial...

Arizona Lawmaker In Palin's 'Crosshairs' Says Blame Game Is Not Helpful (VIDEO)
Arizona Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick, who like Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was targeted by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, said in an interview Tuesday that "the blame game is not helpful right now." Still, former Rep. Kirkpatrick said that being featured on Palin's list of 20 districts -- complete with a map of what a Palin aide called "surveyor marks" -- "was especially disconcerting for our families." "Well, you know, it was angry and mean-spirited campaign in many ways and I think it's real...

Laura Mola: Sarah Palin -- The Learning Channel
Can Sarah Palin truly be a learning channel, a conduit that sparks us to learn, grow, change for the better? Some of us don't agree with most of her actions, but we can't argue with the fact she is a success story. She's the proverbial small town girl who made good. She has pluck, courage, gumption. Dares to speak her mind. Be who she is. Laughs off her gaffes. Has down home values, aw shucks plain talk, rough and tumble frontier spirit. No wonder Sarah Palin is at the top of the list of most ...

Sarah Palin's presidential hopes surely can't survive this assassin's bullet | Jonathan Freedland
It's not exactly fair. Palin didn't pull the trigger that killed six people, including a nine-year-old girl, in Arizona and left a member of Congress fighting for her life. But politics isn't fair. The cold reality is that the individual most politically damaged by the Saturday shootings is the former vice-presidential Candidate turned Reality TV star, bestselling author and all-round media phenomenon. For proof, just imagine how a Palin Presidential Campaign would now unfold. Her fellow Republi...

Arizona Shooting: The Pen is Still Mightier Than The Sword, as Long as The Pen H
It`s hard for me to write my comments today and not write them in Snooki Fashion; you know like they wrote in her recent book (A Shore Thing,) - In 4 letter words. I will tell my readers today; I will NOT Be mincing words, beating around the bush, no it`s straightforward talk and as Detective Sergeant Joe Friday on Dragnet used to say, "Nothing But the Facts!" , but it will be hard; for today my heart hurts. So again, although I am at a loss of words, the words I do pick will be my own. No one w...

Freedom for Speech We Fear and Freedom to Fear It
sjgibbs80/flickr In the past few days, I've been asked repeatedly how a liberal free Speech advocate reacts to the debate about violent, Extremist far-right Rhetoric. At first, I instinctively engage in self-censorship, having learned over the years that you cannot criticize inflammatory speech, or worry publicly about its possible consequences, without unintentionally Lending support to Censorship campaigns. You can't speculate about the possible anti-social effects of anti-social Speech with...

Stephen Colbert Gets Serious About Arizona Shooting And Avoids Blame Game
Following in the restrained footsteps of Jon Stewart, last night Stephen Colbert, in a rare moment out of his usual character, said “all of us are shocked and saddened by the senseless attack in Tucson this weekend.” Although it was a bit jarring to not see Colbert go for laughs, his seriousness helped elevate him above the ongoing political bickering. Colbert mentioned that the Astronaut husband of Congresswoman Giffords previously filmed a segment with Colbert teaching him how to ...

GOP Rep: Loughner's Beliefs 'The Liberal Of Liberals'
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) says political Rhetoric doesn't really incite violent behavior at all -- but not before describing Arizona shooting suspect Jared Loughner as a "Communist" and "the liberal of liberals." "This guy appears to be a communist," Foxx told the Winston-Salem Journal. "His beliefs are the liberal of the liberals [sic]. There is no evidence whatsoever that this man was influenced by Sarah Palin or anybody in the Republican Party. This man is not a conservative; he's a fan of ...

Rick Santorum Opposes Bullseye Ban
By Grant Bosse (MANCHESTER, NH) Rick Santorum doesn’t want to restrict Political Speech in the wake of this weekend’s shooting in Tuscon, Arizona. The former Republican Senator discussed calls for toning down fiery political Rhetoric following the attempted Assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday, which left six people dead. Congressman Robert Brady (D-PA) has proposed banning cross-hairs and bullseyes in political ads, as liberal commentators have tried to tie accu...

Ed Schultz: Vitriolic Rhetoric Non-Existent From Democrats
Is Ed Schultz really this dumb or simply incapable of honesty? Within the first 10 minutes of his Radio Show yesterday, Schultz was bellowing about an alleged connection between the massacre in Tucson and remarks by Rep. Michele Bachman, House Candidate Jesse Kelly and other Republicans (audio) -- SCHULTZ (initially referring to Congresswoman Giffords' medical condition): The latest medical update is she is responding, it's been consistent since they started to try to get responses out o...

Video: FNCs Brit Hume rips left-wing habit of equating disagreement with liberalism with hate
Well of course they do. It's a massive case of projection. From the Daily Caller: FNC’s Brit Hume rips left-wing ‘habit’ of equating disagreement with Liberalism with hate “It has become a habit of the American left to equate disagreement with liberals and Liberalism with hate. So convinced do they seem of the virtue of their cause that the only possible explanation for resistance to it must be hatred. In the past week, at least two prominent liberal commentators spoke o...

Lynn M. Paltrow: Open Letter to Governor Sarah Palin -- How Will You Lead, What Will You Say?
Dear Sarah Palin, I am writing today about how you are responding to and how you will respond to the Assassination attempt on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the Murders of six other people. By way of introduction and background, I am a cousin of Congresswoman Giffords. I am also an ally of Dr. George Tiller, the Kansas doctor who provided Abortion services and who was assassinated on May 31, 2009. When the Congresswoman's offices were vandalized after her vote on Healthcare Reform, I wro...

Sarah Palin's leadership moment
Whether she likes it or not and whether it's fair or not, Sarah Palin is a major character in the drama surrounding the tragedy in Tucson. This comes with the territory when one has operated as a hub in the nation's political discourse since the 2008 presidential contest. But while I understand the defensive crouch she is now in, it's time she actually be the image she likes to project: a leader. Conservative commentator David Frum gives Palin an excellent eight-point plan to respond in a manner...

Glenn Reynolds: The Real Victims of the Arizona Mass Shooting are Conservatives
I can't believe the WSJ actually pays Putz to write this shit. ...

Glenn Reynolds: The Real Victims of the Arizona Mass Shooting are Conservatives
courtesy of Teh Sadly In today’s Wall Street Journal, Putz says that people like Gabrielle Gifford’s husband Mark Kelly, in denouncing the “angry Rhetoric” on the right — are dishonest and indecent. To paraphrase Justice Cardozo (“proof of negligence in the air, so to speak, will not do”), there is no such thing as responsibility in the air. Those who try to connect Sarah Palin and other political figures with whom they disagree to the shootings in Ari...

How Should the Right Respond to the Arizona Shooting?
Download audio here Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed Today on Coffee and Markets we’re talking to Melissa Clouthier of LibertyPundits who shares her views on the political fallout from the Arizona shooting. We also discuss whether Congressional staff should be armed, and how the right should respond to the smears of old media. We’re brought to you as always by Stephen Clouse and Associates. You can find our iTunes feed at CoffeeandMarkets.com. If you’d like to email u...

Some Brief Thoughts on the Tuscon Shooting: Left Shows Intent by Capitalizing on Arizona Attack
by the Left Coast Rebel Two days ago, Right Klik alerted me to the Arizona shooting that left a congresswoman in critical condition, six dead -- including a Federal Judge -- and thirteen injured. As we talked on the phone, I asked him if our Leader would take advantage of the shooting and try to pin the incident on the right, à la Bill Clinton in the 1990s and the Oklahoma City bombing. Well, give it time for the Obamanation, but his media-henchmen sure did a knockout job over the weekend. Be...

ABC's Jake Tapper Pokes Holes in Attempts to Blame Conservatives for AZ Shooting
Good Morning America's Jake Tapper on Monday provided some balance to the numerous Journalists who are attempting to blame the spree shooting in Arizona on Sarah Palin. The ABC journalist said of Jared Loughner, "The shooter's motives remain unclear. One acquaintance from 2007 described him as liberal." Tapper discussed the "cross hairs" graphic created by Sarah Palin's Political Action Committee in 2010 (which targeted Democrats for political defeat). Unlike othe...

Sarah Palin's TV show ends planned 8-episode run
What happens if I lose power? AP Interview: Howard K. Stern says case vindicates him and Anna Nicole Smith. Judge dismisses drug Conspiracy convictions of Anna Nicole Smith boyfriend, Psychiatrist. Ex-VP Candidate John Edwards not named in wife Elizabeth's will, which leaves items to kids. Overnight Sensation: Ohio Homeless man with golden radio voice overwhelmed by job offers. Second Chance: Sports job offers pouring in for Ohio Homeless man with the golden radio voice. Brad Womack says he&...

Deconstructing Sarah Palin: Levi Was Right
I quite agree with Andrew Sullivan, who suggests that Sarah Palin somehow seems less formidable, as well as less scary, than she did when she burst onto the national political scene nearly a year and a half ago. The big reason for me is that Palin has shown herself to be incapable of growth. As in doing the necessary work to move beyond being a curiosity as a half-term Governor of a state with more caribou than people and become a serious politician for these serious times. Can she and her staf...

In Wake of Tucson Tragedy, What's Sarah Palin's Next Move?
Sarah Palin and her campaign website targeting Congressional Democrats. (Credit: CBS/AP) In the wake of Saturday's tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona - in which six were killed and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 13 others were injured - Sarah Palin has maintained a relatively low profile. After expressing her "sincere condolences" to the shooting's Victims and their families via Facebook on Saturday, Palin has made only one other statement to the press: an e-mail to Glenn Beck, which ...

Democrats set sights on Palin to scapegoat for Gifford's shooting
Before they learned the name of the perpetrator, before the blood had even begun to dry on the pavement in Tucson, Leftists across the country took to the air to blame the Arizona shooting on Sarah Palin and the Conservative media.  They claimed the assassin was incited by combatant Rhetoric and images, the props that all politicians and talking heads have used.  In their rush to use the Victims of this tragedy, Leftists washed their hands in a child’s blood to make cheap politic...

Toxic rhetoric: Twitter users want Sarah Palin dead, media yawns
Ever since the tragic shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, liberals have sought to blame Sarah Palin and the Tea Party for the attack. Shortly after the shooting, Jane Fonda sent out tweets blaming Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and the Tea Party. Encouraged by irresponsible and shameful reporting, a number of Twitter users have expressed their desire to see Sarah Palin dead, and some tweets actually call for her Assassination. “So…will everyone be satisfied then when Palin is assa...

Both Sides Arent The Same
The big difference between right and left, as I and others have noted repeatedly, isn’t just in the amount of violent Rhetoric, but its source. On the liberal side, it only occasionally comes from movement leaders. On the right, it regularly does. It comes from opinion leaders, political leaders, and media leaders, and the more heated they get, the more popular they get. In the past 2½ years, prominent Republicans have stoked the fires of Extremism. During the 2008 campaign, Palin acc...

Progressive liberal and media failure! Only 32 PERCENT of those polled by CBS think Giffords shooting was politically motivated
Progressive liberal and media failure! Only 32 PERCENT of those polled by CBS think Giffords shooting was politically motivated As if the American Media hadn’t done enough damage to it’s own reputations over the last two years Cheerleading for Obama, Cheerleading for Democrats in the November Elections, and mocking John Boehner for his crying, the lame stream media may have finally jumped the shark “officially” in the minds of many Americans. According to a poll release...