The unseemly rush to blame Sarah Palin, the Tea Party and Republicans for murder in Arizona

Daily Telegraph ^ | January 9, 2011 | Toby Harnden

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Paul Krugman of the “New York Times” suggests darkly that Giffords was shot because she was “a Democrat who survived what was otherwise a GOP sweep in Arizona” and “violent acts are what happen when you create a climate of hate” (those reponsible for such a climate being, of course, Republicans).

[snip]

Jane Fonda pins it on Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and the Tea Party.

Even the local sheriff (a Democrat) has been getting in on the act. Sheriff Clarence Dupnik (a Democrat) said:

"When you look at unbalanced people, how they respond to the vitriol that comes out of certain mouths about tearing down the government. The anger, the hatred, the bigotry that goes on in this country is getting to be outrageous. And, unfortunately, Arizona I think has become sort of the capital. We have become the Mecca for prejudice and bigotry."

[snip]

what are the facts we know so far? From what we know about Loughner, he was a deeply disturbed young man who railed about literacy rates, spoke of flag burning and creating a new currency.

Former classmates talk of “nonsensical outbursts” and a person “on his own planet”. ....My colleague Jon Swaine has a summary here of the raving of a person who most people would judge to be a complete nutcase even if he hadn’t gone out and shot people.

Oh, and another former classmate said he was “left wing, quite liberal”. .................

[snip]

This is highly inconvenient for certain people on the Left so they ignore it. They would much prefer the shooter to have been a white male in his 50s, the description the sheriff gave of a second person of interest (we’ll see if such a person materialises) but they’ll still try to make hay with a weirdo like Loughner.

[Flag_This]

registration mark for printing purposes:

The horror!

[editor-surveyor]

Of course “she has no chance of being elected...”
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[editor-surveyor]

Those “registration marks” date to a time when all graphics were done on clear acetate, by layers, which were aligned by pins.
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[Flag_This]

"Those “registration marks” date to a time when all graphics were done on clear acetate, by layers, which were aligned by pins."

Because the pressmen wanted the colors to line up, or "be on target" - oh,crap! - I hope I didn't inspire an violence with my irresponsible rhetoric.

[Vortex]

Let me get this straight, a LEFT WING LIBERAL nut job goes on a killing spree and they have found a way to blame CONSERVATIVES?

Just like record cold weather is caused by "Global Warming"

[editor-surveyor]

I just knew you were a radical!
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[Bigg Red]

Excellent find! Everyone needs to see this.

[Bigg Red]

FYI

[newfreep]

I recall the Cross Hair target that Craig Kilborne used on Bush during Kilborn’s Late Night CBS show.

[Sun]

Mainly, Loughner’s a nut, but more of a leftist, than anything. I first found this out on FREE REPUBLIC during the night. I find out more on FR than even Drudge. Of course, Drudge has to sleep, but FR never sleeps. There are always FReepers awake every minute of the day to inform us.

[Political Junkie Too]

Many people attribute West Virginia's then-Governor Joe Manchin's Senate campaign ad ("Dead Aim"), where he shot a rifle bullet through the cap and trade legislation, as turning the election around for him.

Pundits heralded the ad as clever and convincing for Manchin. Nobody called it "vitriol."

-PJ

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

They are all liars. Period.

Agree totally. But to give them the benefit of the doubt, I wouldn't expect any Libtard to know what a targeting reticle looks like in the first place.

[TigersEye]

I don’t care if it was a targeting reticle. It’s nothing but a symbol. Until they openly call for a ban on all metaphors they can STHU.

[Publius6961]

Bookmark

[Jet Jaguar]

Dateline NBC still blaming Palins map.

On now.

[Mr. Mojo]

Krugman admitted to having fun watching “right-wingers go wild.” One of the things that apparently delighted him was this map which Sarah Palin posted on her Facebook page

I can see Krugman and his ilk obsessing over every last one of Palin's Tweets and Facebook postings. She OWNS them, lock, stock, and barrel.

[gibsosa]

thanks for the link.

[Political Junkie Too]

Until they openly call for a ban on all metaphors they can STHU.

"Gabby and Jared at the Safeway, when the walls fell."

-PJ

[TigersEye]

LOL Now that post came as a complete surprise. ;^)

[Political Junkie Too]

I know, I shouldn't be joking about something like this. But that thought popped into my head as non sequitur humor when you mentioned banning metaphors.

-PJ