Posted on 02/08/2013 12:39:22 AM PST by neverdem
An alleged murderer has singled out prominent lefties for praise.
Question: How many times over the past four years have exploitative liberal journalists and Democratic leaders rushed to pin random acts of violence on the Tea Party, Republicans, Fox News, and conservative talk radio?
Answer: Nearly a dozen times, including the 2009 massacre of three Pittsburgh police officers (which lib journos falsely blamed on Fox News, Glenn Beck, and the “heated, apocalyptic rhetoric of the anti-Obama forces”); the 2009 suicide insurance scam/murder hoax of Kentucky census worker Bill Sparkman (which New York magazine falsely blamed on Rush Limbaugh, “conservative media personalities, websites and even members of Congress”); the 2009 Holocaust-museum shooting (which MSNBC commentator Joan Walsh blamed on Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly, and yours truly); the 2010 Times Square jihad bomb plot (which Mayor Michael Bloomberg falsely blamed on tea-party activists protesting Obamacare); and the 2011 Tucson massacre, which liberals continue to blame on former GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Answer: Evade, deflect, ignore, and whitewash.
This week, former Los Angeles Police Department Officer Christopher Dorner allegedly shot and killed three innocent people in cold blood. He was the subject of a massive manhunt as of Thursday afternoon. Dorner posted an 11,000-word manifesto on Facebook that outlined his chilling plans to target police officers.
CNN headlined its story on the rant: “Alleged cop-killer details threats to LAPD and why he was driven to violence.” MSNBC reported: “Manifesto: Alleged Revenge Shooter Named Targets.” KTLA-TV in Los Angeles went with: “Christopher Dorner’s Manifesto (Disturbing Content and Language).”
There was a curious, blaring omission in both the headlines and the stories from these supposedly objective outlets, though. Dorner expressed rather pointed, explicit views of news personalities and celebrities who have influenced, entertained and uplifted him. Dorner praised stars from Ellen DeGeneres and Charlie Sheen (“you’re effin awesome”) to “Jennifer Beals, Serena Williams . . . Tamron Hall . . . Natalie Portman, Queen Latifah . . . Kelly Clarkson, Nora Jones, Laura Prepon, Margaret Cho and Rutina Wesley.”
The shout-outs to liberal journalists go on at length:
“Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough, Pat Harvey, Brian Williams, Soledad Obrien [sic], Wolf Blitzer, Meredith Viera [sic], Tavis Smiley and Anderson Cooper, keep up the great work and follow Cronkite’s lead,” Dorner cheered. “I hold many of you in the same regard as Tom Brokaw and the late Peter Jennings.”
Dorner also offered an “atta boy” to the notorious anti–Second Amendment CNN anchor Piers Morgan, suggesting he be given “an indefinite resident alien and Visa card.” Offering up his political counsel, Dorner added: “I want you to know that I agree with you 100 percent on enacting stricter firearm laws, but you must understand that your critics will always have in the back of their mind that you are native to a country that we won our sovereignty from while using firearms as a last resort in defense and you come from a country that has no legal private ownership of firearms.”
Dorner reminded MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough that they had “met at McGuire’s pub in P-cola in 2002 when I was stationed there. It was an honor conversing with you about politics, family and life.” The alleged triple-murderer also advised Today show personality Willie Geist: “You’re a talented and charismatic journalist. Stop with all the talk show shenanigans and get back to your core of reporting. Your future is brighter than most.”
It’s ridiculous, of course, to blame these journos for the deaths of three innocents in Southern California. But herein lies a teachable moment. In the sick cycle of recent politicized tragedies, the Blame Righty mob demanded that conservative media personalities and GOP politicians apologize for crimes they didn’t commit; called for increased regulation of political free speech; and cranked up its decades-old machinery to stifle conservative talk radio in the name of public safety and civility. Even the remotest connection to anything right-wing was excuse enough to convict conservatives for homicidal sprees.
And while the Blame Righty crowd still inveighs about Palin’s completely innocent use of crosshairs on a political map, they have fallen silent about the stunning admission of Floyd Lee Corkins, who pleaded guilty this week to attempting to murder members of the conservative Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., last summer.
Corkins said he wanted to “kill as many as possible and smear the Chick-fil-A sandwiches (he had brought) in victims’ faces, and kill the guard.” How did he pick the office? From a “hate map” published by the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center — the leading guilt-by-association witch-hunt crew targeting conservatives.
Ho-hum. Nothing to see here, move along. Be vewwy, vewwy quiet.
— Michelle Malkin is the author of Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies. ©2013 Creators.com
Michelle Malkin may not have the so-called “credibility” in your opinion, but Michelle Malkin blows her [Coulter] to bits when it comes to consistency in both opinion and action. Coulter hasn't done either one.
I agree.
DITTO & Amen to that.
Strange; while watching TODAY this morning, the crew merely mentioned a 'laundry list' of personalities, never pointing out that members of their NBC collegues were on the list!.
My point is that it’s bad writing to introduce a second subject like that. You can’t assume that your audience is going to understand the reference, and even if they do, to add that second subject only a few sentences from the end of the article with no explanation about the connection or why the addition supports the article is sloppy. You need to show the connection at least, and keep the structure of the article balanced. The way it’s written, it’s almost as though she’s introducing a completely separate topic, and then dropping it. I don’t doubt that he’s relevant, but you wouldn’t know it from the article.
“Different strokes... Different folks...”
I remember (I’m dating myself) an interview of Mic Jagger in Rolling Stone where the interviewer bugged Jagger about the competition between the Stones and The Beatles. Jagger said they both sold records to the same people, and that the Beatles outsold the Stones because the Beatles were a phenomenon.
There are many conservative pundits that we all enjoy, and very few we agree with on every issue. A chopfest on any of them is bad form and beneficial to the enemy. Just my humble opinion.
The answer to gun violence is to outlaw democrats owning guns! It looks like the democrats have become Americas newest terrorist group.
“Different strokes... Different folks...”
I remember (I’m dating myself) an interview of Mic Jagger in Rolling Stone where the interviewer bugged Jagger about the competition between the Stones and The Beatles. Jagger said they both sold records to the same people, and that the Beatles outsold the Stones because the Beatles were a phenomenon.
There are many conservative pundits that we all enjoy, and very few we agree with on every issue. A chopfest on any of them is bad form and beneficial to the enemy. Just my humble opinion.
Everyone should be ready for “blame righty” when it comes to the economic crash. Historically, leftists always do this when the consequences of their policies become unhideable.
This was a rough week for liberals.
Good link.
It's not a matter of "different strokes." Its about exposing and shunning a pretender in our ranks.
Entertainer Tony Bennett says that gun owners are like “NAT-ZZZZZ”.
Sorry TR, I should have left you out of this as what you say is true. I was addressing the “chops” about looks and personality, even credibility, as was maligned against Michelle M.
Despite her alliances with the left, Ann C. has made some very good talking points for conservatives. But...hypocrisy is always tough to stomach.
All this is all well and good, but we have a large and growing problem in America which (nobody) is daring to even mention, much less resolve:
American imports.
America imports massive amounts, especially from China. Republicans and Democrats alike. We keep racking up massive trade deficits ever increasing our national debt - currently near 17 trillion dollars.
And NOBODY does a single thing to stop it.
Not Democrats, and certainly not Republicans.
When they start pointing fingers after a crash, how will you point back?
Seriously.
Think about that. How?
No problem! I’ve just got a long memory and an extensive bookmark library of all the backstabbing and betrayals that have occurred against Conservatives since 2008, and Ann Coulter shows up a lot in it, especially with her past snarky shots at Sarah Palin.
Just remember, she's married and heavily armed. ;)
You say that like it's a good thing.
Most conservatives only begrudgingly backed Mitt after we had nowhere else to go. Ann was pimping the liberal Romney while there were still some real conservatives in the race.
Ah. Beauty, brains and chutzpah in one lovely package.
IMHO
A little off topic, but I concur. I try my best to buy USA first, then non-China.
Consumer greed fueled the success of Walmart and others pushing for ever lower prices until literally everything is imported. And from countries that have no child labor laws, unions, or environmental restrictions. So we buy Chinese product that is produced by slave labor in factories that dump gozillions of tons of crap in the air and water and on the ground. Same selfish mentality that has pushed us to a nation with a majority that votes for a living.
Outside of a MAJOR war, the solution is elusive. Hope I’m wrong.
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