Left and Media (But I Repeat Myself) In a Fact-Free Frenzy to Blame Palin for Giffords Shooting

Paterico's Pontifications ^ | 1/9/11 | Patterico

[Lakeshark]

The facts are simple.

Jared Loughner was a lunatic. *snip*

Given the lack of connection between Palin’s map and the shooter’s actions, together with the presence of identical rhetoric from the left, the talk today is, of course, about how it’s all Sarah Palin’s fault. And the left is exploiting this shooting to the hilt — facts be damned

[Lakeshark]

I’m sickened they aren’t tarred, feathered and humiliated.

[Cobra64]

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[Gabrial]

On the same day a deranged lunatic killed several people, an estimated 4,000 babies were killed in the womb in the US.

Please pray for all their souls.

[Bratch]

But no one on the left has ever threatened Sarah Palin.

[2ndDivisionVet]

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[American Constitutionalist]

They will discover as more and more of the true facts come in that this lunatic had more connections and party affiliation with the Democrat party and their leftist ideas, that yes, they will have crossed a line that even the American public will see and they will never be able to go back.

It seems very strange that the left, the main stream media, Democrats had all their rhetoric and talking points ready to go as soon as this happen.

[socialism_stinX]

I think this kind of talk may turn off a lot of people in the political center. I have no doubt that Palin’s comments and website had absolutely no influence on the young man who did this shooting. It is possible, on the other hand, that the increasingly violent TV shows that Hollywood is producing could influence some unstable people. But you hear nothing from liberals about the possible influence of graphic TV violence, and of course that’s because Hollywood is dominated by left-wing democrats.

[TheThinker]

So Sarah Palin inspired a deranged Lefty to shoot a democrat who was to the right of the majority of her party? Tell me another.

The Democrats have no class trying to politically capitalize off such a tragedy.

[Sun]

LMSM is dividing us. If it weren’t for them, our entire country would be joined together to support the victims and their families.

Instead, we have are forced to spend the time fighting the liberal media’s lies.

[socialism_stinX]

This stuff about crosshairs being some kind of “attack symbol” is totally ridiculous. Crosshairs are just a device used to indicate a location in a two-dimensional area. Crosshairs are used by surveyors, in map software, forex chart software, stock chart software, and numerous other applications. For an example of crosshairs used in foreign exchange chart software, go here and set up a simple chart:

http://www.dailyfx.com/charts/forexpowerchart/

[GeronL]

They crossed this line a long time ago. Every time a tragedy strikes the left media is quick to pounce and cast blame on conservatives.

Times-Square bombing
Holocaust Memorial shooter
IRS plane crasher

Just to name 3.

You might also remember how the media jumped on the Ft Hood massacre before the facts were known. This has become the standard operating procedure for the left media.

I remember the daily stories in the local media linking the IRS plane crasher (Marx-spouting, Bush-hating, Catholic bashing, capitalism hating... you get the picture) to the TEA Party.

I watched the TV reports where the reporters showed up at TEA Party events and make the attendees “distance themselves from the suicide attacker”. The Dallas Morning News did the same thing. These “journalists” knew very well it was a lie, but the MSM hasn’t been about reporting the truth for a very long time.

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http://hillbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/screen-shot-2011-01-08-at-3-05-33-pm.png

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And from just DAYS before the shooting...

KOS: My CongressWOMAN [Giffords] voted against Nancy Pelosi! And is now DEAD to me!
dailyKOS via google cache ^ | BoyBlue

Posted on Saturday, January 08, 2011 6:39:18 PM by Jim Robinson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2653556/posts

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Here's a screen capture of the lunatic's supposed acquaintances on Twitter...

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Here's a screen grab from the Huffington Post. Note that two of the lunatic's favorite reads is THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO and MEIN KAMPF. The Nazis were of course socialist.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/08/jared-lee-loughner-gabrielle-giffords-shooter_n_806243.html

[Junior_G]

This is actually more insane and more disgraceful than anything that came out in 2008 during the original wave of Palin Derangement Syndrome.

[Sprite518]

Don’t forget they are blaming conservative talk radio and the Tea Party. This is even though it was a Leftist moon bad that did this.

[vlad335]

Despicable! The left went into overdrive as soon as this happened as if this is what they have been waiting for. People are dead, including a nine year old! A woman is fighting for her life and the democrats and their minions are happily exploiting this for political gain! I pray that this backfires on them.

[mellow velo]

I just read a news report this a.m. that this nutjob Loughner had been “stalking” Rep. Giffords going back 3+ years. That was well before Palin burst onto the national scene.

How could anyone with an iota of common sense make such a connection?! /rhetorical

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

This is sooooo like the media feeding frenzy against the left when someone put a bullet through the window of Eric Cantor's Richmond office. /s