Posted on 01/08/2011 5:11:29 PM PST by paltz
Did liberals like Congressman Raul Grijalva, Arizona Democrat, Markos, Moulitsas, and Andrew Sullivan speak too soon for the sake of hoping that the Tucson shooter could have had a tea party or a right of center affiliation? From all of their statements today, both said and written, it sure seems like it.
"It is hard because you're in the middle of shock but at the same time you have to as members of Congress, our speaker, our leadership has to understand that the tone and tenor of what we say as elected officials and how we debate, and how that discourse happens has to contribute to a place where it is civil it is human and it is protective of each other," said Congressman Grijalva.
Mr. Grijalva made these remarks during a CNN interview at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, when conficting reports about fellow Arizona Democrat Rep. Gabriel Giffords were being broadcasted. The Arizona Congressman was brought on to discuss the political ramifications of the shooting of not only Ms. Giffords but also more than a dozen others (at least 5 of whom have died).
"There is a lesson to be learned, and it's a horrible lesson, and it is that people listen to us. We need to set the example. That we can disagree in a way that is not mean spirited, hateful and so full of anger that people feel that they have some sort of permission to treat their elected officials as fodder. I don't think that's the way it should be. So, the lesson to be learned is that what we say matters and how we say it matters, and how act it absolutely matters."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Their lies are now so transparent as to be funny, if they weren’t so desperately sad. They no longer care if they’re credible — in their desperation they are throwing lies at the wall by the handful, hoping something, anything, will stick.
We aren’t buying it. We aren’t falling for it. If anything, our resolve is strengthened. We will not surrender to liberal lies, tyranny and ideological blackmail. Not now, not ever.
They consider this “their chance to get the momentum back”
I pray that the focus will be on the poor folks who died
and that this hate message being put out will be seen for
what it is...and REJECTED!
'Never let a good crisis go to waste.'
Exactly...and it’s going to get quite ugly before it’s over,
and the people who died will have been forgotten in the hatred
that’s spewed....on both sides, I fear! :(
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