Angle: Don't blame me for Tucson shooting rampage

Sharron Angle: Don't blame me for Tucson shooting rampage
Former U.S. Senate Candidate Sharron Angle says she's not to blame for the Arizona shooting that left six people dead and 14 injured. The former Nevada assemblywoman who tried to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday she condemns all violence. The Tea Party politician calls the killings Saturday senseless and horrifying. Police say 22-year-old Jared Loughner fired at a crowd gathered at an event hosted by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords was shot in the head but survived. L...

Angle: Don't blame me for Tucson shooting rampage (AP)
Las Vegas – Former U.S. Senate Candidate Sharron Angle says she's not to blame for the Arizona shooting that left six people dead and 13 wounded. The former Nevada assemblywoman who tried to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday she condemns all violence. The Tea Party politician calls Saturday's killings senseless and horrifying. Police say 22-year-old Jared Loughner fired at a crowd gathered at an event hosted by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head. I...

(Sharron) Angle: Media 'inappropriately attributing blame' for Tucson shooting
Source: The Hill Former Nevada Senate Candidate Sharron Angle denied her campaign Rhetoric helped motivate the Tucson gunman and accused the media of "finger-pointing towards political figures" to boost Ratings. Angle's suggestion during the midterm campaign that voters could pursue "Second Amendment remedies" to settle political differences with Congress has been widely criticized in the wake of the attack that left six people dead and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) in critical condition. "I...

Sharron Angle: 'Irresponsible' to blame Tea Party
Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle is condemning what she calls "finger-pointing" at the small-government movement in the wake of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' shooting. Angle, a former Republican nominee for Senate, said in a statement that it is "irresponsible" to blame her, Sarah Palin or the Tea Party movement for the Arizona shooting rampage that killed six people and left Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, fighting for her life. "Expanding the context of the attack to blame and to infringe upon the p...

44: Palin accuses critics of 'blood libel'
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) released a statement Wednesday morning denouncing efforts to blame her for Saturday's Tucson shooting rampage. "Like many, I've spent the past few days reflecting on what happened and praying for guidance," Palin said in a lengthy statement posted on her Facebook page. "After this shocking tragedy, I listened at first puzzled, then with concern, and now with sadness, to the irresponsible statements from people attempting to apportion blame...

Poll: Americans Reject Pretty Much Every Media Meme on Tucson Shooting
Yet another poll released Thursday by USA Today suggests that the American public has not bought into the media's ridiculous spin on Saturday's Tucson massacre. According to the poll, conducted by Gallup, a majority of Americans think that attempts to link Saturday's shooting to conservative political Rhetoric amount to "An attempt to make Conservatives look bad." Only about a third of respondents said it was a "legitimate point." While self-identified Democrats w...

Poll: Americans Reject Pretty Much Every Media Meme on Tucson Shooting
Yet another poll released Thursday by USA Today suggests that the American public has not bought into the media's ridiculous spin on Saturday's Tucson massacre. According to the poll, conducted by Gallup, a majority of Americans think that attempts to link Saturday's shooting to conservative political Rhetoric amount to "An attempt to make Conservatives look bad." Only about a third of respondents said it was a "legitimate point." While self-identified Democrats w...

Funeral Set for Tucson Rampage's Youngest Victim
Like this Story? Share it: Play CBS Video Video Ariz. Victim Tormented by Death of Young Friend Erica Hill reports on Suzi Hileman, the neighbor who accompanied 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green to the event where the girl was fatally wounded. During a Press Conference for the injured victims of the Tucson, Ariz. shooting, Bill Hileman became overcome with emotion when describing his wife who was holding the hand of 9-year-old victim Christina Taylor Green. Funerals and memorials have begun for...

Angle: Don't blame me for Tucson shooting rampage
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former U.S. Senate Candidate Sharron Angle said on Tuesday that she's not to blame for the Arizona shooting that left six people dead and 13 wounded. Ms. Angle, a former Nevada assemblywoman who tried to unseat Senate M......

CBS Blames Sarah Palin For Injecting 'Politics and Controversy' Into Tucson Shooting
At the top of Wednesday's CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric lamented: "The President tries to comfort a nation in mourning, but even on a rare day of unity, politics and Controversy intervene." A clip was then played of Sarah Palin's Facebook video reaction to the Tucson shooting and media finger-pointing: "Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood Libel." Later, correspondent Chip Reid reported that in his Speech at the memorial service for the victi...

Thursday Links: Tucson Tragedy Edition
G.I. Wood Shop Inc. Mrs. Peel Oh…My Valve! V The K’s Caption This! An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later. (Short version - everything). So, for my friends on the left: facts count. You can’t spin a narrative and not be expected to be called on the underlying, flawed premise. The response was unlike anything I have seen since the emergence of the New Media. It wasn’t just Conservatives that rebutted the left’s narrative, but diligent repor...

Tucson tea party founder says Giffords to blame for getting shot
One tea Party Leader says that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) has herself to blame for getting shot in the head Saturday. The Arizona congresswoman shouldn't have attended an event "in full view of the public" if she had security concerns, according to Tucson Tea Party co-founder Trent Humphries. Giffords warned MSNBC's Chuck Todd last year that there would be "consequences" to violent Rhetoric and imagery after Fox News' Sarah Palin released a graphic which placed crosshairs over the congresswo...

Giffords Shooting 'Start of the Revolution,' Says Dem Congressman
Were the heinous acts that occurred on Jan. 8 in Arizona the product of an isolated deranged mind, or were they the spark of something scarier with more violent implications? According to California Democratic Rep. Bob Filner, it's something on a much grander scale that people should take very seriously. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expre...

Pres. Obama's Speech Undercuts Federal Charge for Judge's Murder
It may have been inadvertent, but a passage in President Barack Obama's Speech to a memorial service in Tucson Wednesday night could undercut a criminal charge Federal Prosecutors have leveled at suspect Jared Loughner for the death of U.S. District Court Judge John Roll in a shooting rampage Saturday. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, express...

Loughner's Ex: He Had a Temper
PHOENIX - An ex-girlfriend of the man accused of a Mass Shooting at a Rep. Gabrielle Giffords event is speaking out. She shares some personal, and frightening, details about Jared Lee Loughner. "He just seemed like one of those kids who kind of kept to himself, he was very quiet. I kind of made the effort to talk to him because he kind of kept to himself..he was actually a really nice kid when it came to it because we ended up dating..I think I I had just turned 15." Suspected shooter Jared Loug...

Pointing Fingers and Violent Rhetoric
The right-wing has been really stung by the massacre in Arizona and the criticism they've taken for contributing to an environment where such violence actually makes sense. They keep pumping out columns that seek to vindicate themselves and lay blame on the left for jumping to conclusions about the motivations of the shooter. The president asked us to stop pointing fingers and trying to assign blame. We all know that is not going to happen, but we could try honoring his wishes in this case out ...

Sharron Angle Responds to the Arizona Tragedy, Says It's 'Irresponsible' To Assign Blame To Her, The Tea Party or Sarah Palin
"Finger-pointing towards political figures is an audience-rating game" Politico.com Former Nevada Republican Senate Candidate Sharron Angle is blasting those blaming her for inciting the Arizona shooting that injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed six others, saying the accused shooter went off the deep end long before the Tea Party movement started. In her first comments - coming three days after the shooting - Angle said in harshly worded statement that her critics were “dangerous ...

Angle defends herself against ties to Arizona shooting
WASHINGTON -- Sharron Angle defended herself today against charges that comments she made in her campaign for the U.S. Senate from Nevada last year helped create an atmosphere that contributed to the Mass Shooting in Arizona last Saturday. "I condemn all acts of violence," Angle said in a statement issued overnight. "The despicable act in Tucson is a horrifying and senseless tragedy, and should be condemned as a single act of violence, by a single unstable individual." "Expanding the context of ...

Palin Death Threats at 'Unprecedented Level'
Sarah Palin's use of the term "blood Libel" while responding to the Gabrielle Giffords shooting has stirred up Controversy. Her team is talking to security experts after receiving what an aide has described as an "unprecedented level" of death threats. See photos of the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting in Arizona. Take the poll: Is Political Rhetoric to Blame for Arizona Shooting? Read more about the Arizona shooting and Gabrielle Giffords. ...

Gabrielle Giffords communicating with family, doctors say
Source: Los Angeles Times U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, wounded in the Arizona shooting rampage, has 'used her hand to communicate' and is yawning and rubbing her eyes. A neurosurgeon says sometimes doctors 'are wise to acknowledge miracles.' U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has not only opened her eyes, but she also is communicating with her family, physicians said at a Thursday morning news conference. "Her family has asked her very specific things, and she has used her hand to communicate with th...

Knightley and Friend break up
A source told People.com distance and busy schedules prompted the split a few months ago. "It was time for her to move on," the insider said of Knightley. Tucson, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- A U.S. flag from the World Trade Center will be displayed Thursday at the Funeral of a girl killed in the Tucson shooting rampage, a church official said. Top Chef All-Stars Ep. 6: Fish or cut bait Ariz. lawmakers seek ban on Funeral Protests This January 9, 2011 photo released by Congressworman Gabrielle Giffords' ...

'I Would Be Nervous About Going Into a Bar in Arizona'
You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who share these values to join us here at Fox Nation. 'Cautious Optimism' for Rep. Giffords Mark Kelly, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband, holds her hand in her room at University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz. the day after the shooting rampage in ...

Imus Rips 'Angry,' 'Vile,' 'Psycho,' 'Spittle-spewing' Chris Matthews
As NewsBusters previously reported, Chris Matthews on Tuesday blamed conservative Talk Radio hosts Mark Levin and Michael Savage for supposedly creating the climate of hate that led to Saturday's shootings in Tucson, Arizona. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who share these values ...

Shot US lawmaker makes major progress
The US lawmaker shot in the head in Arizona has made a "major leap forward" in her recovery, opening her eyes spontaneously and moving her legs and arms when asked, doctors say. Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords opened her eyes for the first time minutes after President Barack Obama visited her on Wednesday and is becoming increasingly aware of her surroundings and able to respond. "This is a major leap forward, this is a major milestone, and we're hoping that she crosses through many ...

the Fruits of Political Extremism
The motives of the gunman who shot the US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and killed six bystanders in Tuscon on Saturday are unclear. We do not know whether the youth who has been arrested for the crime, Jared Loughner, was driven by political grievance or Mental Illness. But to many in America this looks like an atrocity that was waiting to happen. Since Barack Obama entered the White House two years ago, the American right has adopted partisan Rhetoric of the most reckless kind. A year ago...