[PJ-Comix]

Although Chait relapses back to silly slaps at conservatives, most of his article is refreshingly on target (metaphor, got that? metaphor).

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

“One is to condemn the use of combat metaphors in politics, such as Sarah Palin’s web page superimposing gunsights upon Democratic districts targeted by the GOP. “

They don’t look like “gunsights” to me.

[bunkerhill7]

Who knows how many gun control laws were passed anywhere in US within 2 years after Lincoln`s assasination?

[Uncle Ike]

bump

[Mr. K]

YEs, even a broken clock is right twice a day, but I think these liberals got a quick whiff that he was a lefty and decide to play cover-yer-ass with this story

No matter how it turns out they come up smelling liek roses.

And they did it by...surprise.. saying what conservatives have been saying.

[arrogantsob]

Maybe one Leftie in ten cares about the truth. All the rest are willing to use any Lie if it helps their cause.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

It’s a product of left-wing rage.

[dirtboy]

And in reading the comments in response to Chait's article, you can see that the liberal readers at the NR could care less about logic and reason. They hate the Tea Party, they hate Sarah Palin, they hate Glenn Beck and they hate Rush, and they aren't about to allow anyone to hold them back here. Their emotions are all that matter to them. And as a result, they cannot be reasoned with.

But they are also in their own lame echo chamber. Plenty of reasonable people in this country can tell the perp is a nutcase. And they can also tell anyone who tries to politicize this tragedy is a slimeball.

[Fred Hayek]

I credit Chait for recognizing the fact that many on the Hard Left were playing the blame game big time a mere two hours after the incident, and that it is extremely tacky (an understatement?).
This frothing, which Chait appropriately calls out, far outdoes the Wellstone Funerally. The Funerally backfired for the liberals even in liberal Minnesota, where even liberals voted for Coleman over Mondale. I heard comments from liberals (not-so-Kool-Aid-drinkers) that booing Trent Lott, who was paying his respects to a fellow Senate colleague, was in extreme poor taste. So the frothing Hard Left thinks, or wishes, that this would result in a crackdown on, or other action against, anyone who does not drink the Hard Left Kool-Aid. Yes, the Hard Left wants polarization. This knee jerk blame game may well bite the Hard Left even more than the Funerally did. This is beyond jumping the shark.

[syriacus]

More lib pundits will be admitting it is wrong to blame Palin, now that reports say Loughner had a "Satanic-like" altar in his back yard.

Watch the libs trip over each other as they race to the microphone.

[Red Badger]

New Republic Editor: ‘The Arizona Shooting Is Not a Product of Right-Wing Rage’....[dang it].................

[Red Badger]

...(nanny note: "crossed swords" is strictly a metaphor) ...

At least he knows his audience...............

[wardaddy]

New Republic....hard to believe I used to read Marty’s lefty rag....

that from which some NeoConservatism sprang after they grew tired of the excesses of the Left.....Barnes and Krauthammer...PJ too...though PJ is more libertarian than Neo

I did like Kaufman’s(?) movie reviews though

I was ..ahem....an intellectual once..lol

anyhow...kudos to Chait...not familiar with him..guess he won’t be tinkling glasses of Pauillac in Georgetown anytime soon

[Carley]

It’s the MAKE IT UP MEDIA

[Cyber Liberty]

OK, you can have the metaphor. But don’t touch the similes!