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Who to blame? Question asked, question answered

Well, that was easy.

The one big question after yesterday's horrific shooting was whether the mainstream media was going to blame Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, the Tea Party, Bible-thumpin' gun clingers everywhere, or simply Republicans in general.

Question asked, question answered.

Critics of Sarah Palin have already drawn a link between the shooting and the fact that the former Alaska governor put Giffords on a "target list" of lawmakers Palin wanted to see unseated in the midterm elections. - CBS News

“We’re on Sarah Palin’s targeted list,” Ms. Giffords said last March. “But the thing is the way that she has it depicted has the cross hairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do that, they’ve got to realize there’s consequences to that.” - New York Times

Ms. Giffords was also among a group of Democratic House candidates featured on the Web site of Sarah Palin’s political action committee with cross hairs over their districts, a fact that disturbed Ms. Giffords at the time. - MSNBC

Afterward, she referred to the animosity against her by conservatives, including former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's decision to list Giffords' seat as one of the top "targets" in the November midterm elections. - USA Today

As of Saturday, Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' name appeared on a website titled "take back the 20" as part of a list originally issued by Sarah Palin of vulnerable House Democrats. A map on the site showed crosshairs over the contested Democratic districts. - CNN

Linking to a map of U.S. House districts that Sarah Palin's PAC wanted to "target" during the 2010 mid-term elections -- which sadly included crosshairs over Rep. Giffords' district (among others). DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas Tweeted, "Mission accomplished, Sarah Palin." - ABC News

What went unmentioned during this rampant outbreak of PDS was:

— According to the shooter's YouTube profile, two of his favorite books were Mein Kampf and The Communist Manifesto. Now, maybe I'm just naive, but I doubt Sarah Palin has read either of those.

— And did you see the quote from Markos "Kos" Moulitsas up above? What also went unmentioned in the above articles is that Kos had a post up — now removed — referring to Giffords titled "My CongressWOMAN voted against Nancy Pelosi! And is now DEAD to me!" Giffords, a centrist, voted against Pelosi in the recent Minority Leader race and is hated far more by the hard left for that indiscretion than by Palin & Company simply because she's not a Republican.

So, let a Lefty use the word "DEAD" — in all caps, no less — in an article about Giffords and that's perfectly okay, but let a Righty put (gasp!) crosshairs over her congressional district, and you're one step removed from being the next Beltway Sniper.

Who is Trig Palin's Mother?

Kathy Griffin's Next Target: Willow Palin

Bird Dog did a pic dump yesterday, before the shooting, including this gem. Have you ever seen anything more timely?

Posted by Dr. Mercury in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects, Our Essays at 08:16 | Comments (18) | Trackback (1)

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No rush to judgment here
A quick channel flip before the Jets - Indy game found the MSNBC clown show blaming Sarah Palin for the tragedy. Sadly they weren't the only ones. Not by a country mile. The same media which urged restraint after the Fort Hood shooting was galloping headfirst into an indictment of their favorite bogeymen.

Weblog: The WyBlog - No rush to judgment here
Tracked: Jan 09, 12:19

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"— According to the shooter's YouTube profile, two of his favorite books were Mein Kampf and The Communist Manifesto. Now, maybe I'm just naive, but I doubt Sarah Palin has read either of those."

I wouldn't be surprised if Mrs. Palin has read either or both, but they won't be her favourite books.

#1 J.T. Wenting on 2011-01-09 12:04 (Reply)

Well, I figure only a serious student of the political sciences would invest that kind of time into such a dehumanizing experience, and Palin's degree was in journalism. But she has an inquisitive mind and might very well have.

I'm surprised Mao's Little Red Book wasn't on the guy's list. Pretty sloppy work, buddy!

#1.1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2011-01-09 12:20 (Reply)

There is another angle

http://gretawire.blogs.foxnews.com/latest-on-shooting-of-congresswoman-giffords-motivation-anti-semitic-and-she-was-the-target/

#2 Joel on 2011-01-09 12:27 (Reply)

It's an interesting point, and the thought crossed my mind this morning when I read she was the first Jew in that seat, but the shooting pattern doesn't fit the scenario. When one person's the target, you aim the gun at them and keep pulling the trigger. You don't assume you killed them with the first shot and then go shooting wildly into the crowd. The pattern he exhibited was more like, "Let's take down the whole government! The revolution starts here!"

Ten bucks says he ends up being roommates with Mark David Chapman.

#2.1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2011-01-09 12:40 (Reply)

Dr. Merc ... I would rather that he end up in prison with a 400-pound biker-bully named Bruce as a roommate.

This was a despicable crime and I'm angry, as are many Americans. But what makes me equally angry are the moonbat liberals who are trying to link conservatives, Republicans, Sarah Palin and other grown-ups like ourselves with this shooter's lethal stupidity.

It's sad. Some folks grow old without ever growing up. And they drag down innocent people along with themselves.

Marianne

#3 Marianne Matthews on 2011-01-09 13:22 (Reply)

"This was a despicable crime and I'm angry, as are many Americans. But what makes me equally angry are the moonbat liberals who are trying to link conservatives, Republicans, Sarah Palin and other grown-ups like ourselves with this shooter's lethal stupidity."

But everyone knows only you crazy Yank rightwingers are all full of gun and violence rhetoric?!

Oh, wait...

"If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun. Because from what I understand folks in Philly like a good brawl."

- Barack Obama 13 June 2008

#3.1 JJM on 2011-01-09 14:38 (Reply)

And now we get to see whether the press has completely discredited itself or only partially done so. How many (of those who still watch the MSM) will follow the path they're being herded along toward blaming this on tea partiers? Or will circulation drop even further?

#4 bap on 2011-01-09 13:44 (Reply)

Palin killed these people. Or maybe Bush, Or Rumsfeld. What could be more obvious?

#5 Bird Dog on 2011-01-09 14:27 (Reply)

Please be more specific.

Which Palin?

#5.1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2011-01-09 14:32 (Reply)

The press is now showing signs of full left wing derangement. I suspect most of the public will recognize the fact that Mama Grizzly up in Wasilla had nothing to do with this crime spree. Maybe this will be one more nail in the LSM coffin.

#6 JimK on 2011-01-09 14:40 (Reply)

Global Warming is to blame.

Seriously. the guy was a whack job and probably schizophrenic - he's at the right age for it to start to show up.

I really hope Ms. Gifford pulls through and those wounded with her. The dead are mourned as tragic deaths.

#7 Tom Francis on 2011-01-09 15:47 (Reply)

Absolutely to the point is this, from politico.com (via Gateway Pundit:)

One veteran Democratic operative, who blames overheated rhetoric for the shooting, said President Barack Obama should carefully but forcefully do what his predecessor (Clinton) did.

“They need to deftly pin this on the tea partiers,” said the Democrat. “Just like the Clinton White House deftly pinned the Oklahoma City bombing on the militia and anti-government people.”

Another Democratic strategist said the similarity is that Tucson and Oklahoma City both “take place in a climate of bitter and virulent rhetoric against the government and Democrats.”

This Democrat said that the time had come to insist that Republicans stand up when, for example, a figure such as Fox News commentator Glenn Beck says something incendiary.

Whoda thunkit?

#8 Rob De Witt on 2011-01-09 16:03 (Reply)

Y'all are inspecting lots of trees; anyone see a forest around here? The army rejected this guy, the local college did the same, the local cops had him on their books, yet he dropped in to a gun shop and bought the necessaries to do major mayhem. IF a real background check had been done, he would have been hard pressed to buy a water pistol. The way I see it, political correctness has spawned regs and rules that hamstring any chance of really protecting society from dangerous misfits like this. Our culture is simultaneously toxic and pathologically over-permissive.

#9 Claritas on 2011-01-09 19:16 (Reply)

More rumours

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread648766/pg2

Congresswoman Gifford's YouTube Channel subscribed to her assailant's channel., page 2

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reply posted on 9-1-2011 @ 01:09 PM by vermonster
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' official YouTube account is subscribed to her suspected shooter's, though it's unclear when this occurred, who did the subscribing, or why.

tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com...

reply posted on 9-1-2011 @ 01:10 PM by Stormdancer777
reply to post by Hendrix92TheUniverse

Yes she did know him personally.

#10 Joelwj on 2011-01-09 21:05 (Reply)

To the point:

Two contrasting articles by Michael Tomasky on spree killers

http://samizdata.net/blog/

#11 Walking Horse on 2011-01-10 00:02 (Reply)

And of course, it's only the Rep-wing that posts maps with "target" images...

Check out the Dem-wing maps found here:

http://www.verumserum.com/?p=20406

Want to bet how quickly those sites are scrubbed as well?

#12 Blackwing1 on 2011-01-10 10:03 (Reply)

Equating bulleyes (used in darts, archery) and targeting of states based on their recent political history with crosshairs over a specific named person's congressional district is disingenuous at best, perhaps even dishonest. Warlike imagery and phrasing is used in business and political strategy all the time but the "reload" verbiage or referring to "removing" people with that kind of imagery is taking it a bit far.

And I think the fact that the website that contained the crosshairs image was taken offline that morning and has yet to be restored to public view is all we need to know. Go ahead, see if takebackthe20.com is responding. It's owned by SarahPAC.

They knew how their actions would appear and rather than defend them, they shoved it all into the Memory Hole, a la Mr Blair's little book, 1984.

#12.1 whatever you like on 2011-01-21 18:16 (Reply)

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