[Cincinatus' Wife]

Below is material from a link in the blog post above (there is more good commentary in Toby Harnden's piece along with several good links).

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"Memo to Paul Krugman and Rep. Van Hollen: My Search Was Not in Vain (Updated)" --Posted by John on March 31, 2010 at 8:37 am

In last Thursday’s column, Paul 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:

Each of the cross-hairs represents a Democrat from a conservative district who voted in favor of health reform. Immediately after highlighting the map, Krugman wrote:

"All of this goes far beyond politics as usual…you’ll search in vain for anything comparably menacing, anything that even hinted at an appeal to violence, from members of Congress, let alone senior party officials….to find anything like what we’re seeing now you have to go back to the last time a Democrat was president."

Really, Paul? I’ll search in vain?

The map appears on this page of the Democratic Leadership Committee website (dated 2004 during the Bush years). I guess we could argue over whether the DLC counts as “senior party officials” but they’re certainly as much a part of the party as Palin who, after all, currently holds no elected office.

Granted these are bulls-eyes instead of gun-sights, and the targets are states not individual congressmen. But we’re really splitting hairs at this point. This map and the language it uses (Behind enemy lines!) are, if anything, more militant than what Palin used in her Facebook posting.

But wait, there’s more!

When Palin’s map became an issue, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, leader of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), rushed on MSNBC to denounce it, telling Chris Matthews:

" I really think that that is crossing a line…In this particular environment I think it’s really dangerous to try and make your point in that particular way because there are people who are taking that kind of thing seriously."

Really, Chris? So what do you think about this map?

Each one of those red targets represents a “Targeted Republican” like this one:

There’s even a helpful legend that makes it clear that’s precisely what the little red targets represent:

You’ll never guess where I found this map. That’s right, it’s on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) website. They launched the site and the map on February 23rd of this last year, making it just over a month year old. And yet Van Hollen was quoted by Politico just today denouncing Republicans for “pouring more and more gasoline on the flames.” Right back at you, pal.

Rep. Van Hollen used MSNBC to claim Palin’s map was dangerous. In fact, the website of the organization he runs has a nearly identical map. Rep. Van Hollen should be asked to explain the differences between the two maps. Specifically, what makes Palin’s map “dangerous” and his map not so much?................. Source found in Toby Harnden's piece above

[Cincinatus' Wife]

[TigersEye]

They are all liars. Period.

[deks]

The author sums it up rather well.

[hitkicker]

Interesting how, even though almost no facts are available about the shooter other than his gibbering internet rants, the libs all “just know” his motives and motivations for the shooting. I guess being an “enlightened liberal” makes one a mind reader.

[hitkicker]

And, for crying out loud, everybody in politics and in the chattering classes uses terms like “targeted” or “targeting” in political contexts like elections and legislation, with no violent meaning whatsoever. Don’t any of these knuckleheads own a friggin’ dictionary?

[AlexW]

You can spend all day castigating the Marxist like Krugman and Mathews, but to them it is water off of a duck’s back.
They do the hit and run and get ready to do it again.
They could not care less about the facts. They are just part of the Commie propaganda machine.

[Clink]

Isn’t it odd that Democrat (and Hillary’s campaign mgr.) Mark Penn’s statement from just two months ago that “the President and the Dems needed another Oklahoma City type occurrence” has vanished down the memory hole of the MSM?

[monocle]

Liberals, progressives and Democrats have been fervently proselytizing diversity and class warfare and when regretable events occur they try to place responsibility on conservatives.

[sarah palin rocks]

Thank you so much for this post! Glad to see Freepers fighting these lies.

A sad day when the Telegraph is more reliable and unbiased than the US Lame Stream Media. Our Media is so dishonest and corrupt.

[KeepUSfree]

bump

[Mercat]

Thanks for posting this.

[RWB Patriot]

They’ve blamed those people for every terrorist attack since dear leader came into office, so why should we be surprised anymore?

Heck, I bet Jane Fonda herself could committ a terrorist act and they’d still find a way to blame it on “right-wing terrorism”.

[Sloth]

Bump to the top

[Mayr Fortuna]

Paul Krugman?

The ferret like face guy?

Ohhh... I thought this guy had any left credibility on him...

The ferret cook left-wing scumbag!

[highlander_UW]

...and “violent acts are what happen when you create a climate of hate”...

True...and this was a LIBERAL, incited by the hate from the left. Liberals everyone, and the Daily Kos in particular owe the victims and their families more apologies than they could utter in a lifetime. When will the left cut back on their hate speech? From Obama on down liberals have been calling for violence. When will the MSM denounce Obama for his hate speech?

I know, trick question...liberals and the MSM will never utter the truth if it doesn't fit their meme.

[SeaHawkFan]

If Sarah Palin is to be blamed for this, then Al Gore is responsible for the murders committed by the Unabomber; especially since the Unabomger had an annotated copy of Gore's Earth in the Balance in his cabin.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

People are “missing” something important. Nobody is talking about the BUSH-APPOINTED FEDERAL JUDGE that was killed. Why would a Tea Party Person take him down? Duh!

[VRWC For Truth]

Needs to be updated to 2010.

[bert]

What’s really going to be unseemly is when the first presstitute whiner is shot in retribution for the hate lies.

Now that will really be unseemly

[Johnny B.]

Back in 2008, the Daily Kos listed Congresswoman Giffords in their "target list" and described putting a "bullseye" on her district. So, I guess it's fair to say that Markos Moulitsas is as culpable as anyone.

Daily Kos