Death threats against Sarah Palin spike after Tucson shooting

Christie on Palin's 'blood libel' video
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie insisted on Sunday that a comment he made about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin avoiding "unscripted" moments wasn't intended as criticism. "It wasn’t a criticism of her. It was an observation," the Republican Governor of the remark he made in a roundtable with The New York Times. "If you avoid those unscripted moments, I don’t think that the American people will trust their instincts about whether you would make a good preside...

Man injured in Arizona shooting detained after threat at Tea Partier
Authorities in Tucson, Ariz., have arrested a man injured in the Mass Shooting that severely injured Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) after he threatened a Tea Party Leader. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department on Saturday detained James Eric Fuller, 63, on Misdemeanor disorderly conduct and threat charges stemming from an outburst during a taping of an ABC “This Week” special, the Associated Press reported. Fuller, who was shot in the knee and back during the Jan. 8 shooting

Top 10 Unhinged Reactions to the Arizona Shooting (Plus Hanoi Jane)
Last weekend, we all watched in horror as news of a horrific tragedy played across our television screens. A psychotic gunman went on a Killing Spree in Tucson, Arizona, where he shot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in the head and killed Federal Judge John Roll. In all, six people died, including a nine-year-old girl, and over a dozen were injured. Rep. Giffords’ survival and recovery have so far been nothing short of a miracle, but the nation still grieves for the lives lost and tries...

McCain Defends Obama: A Split With Sarah Palin?
So is it another about face that means a shift (or re-shift) or is it a perfunctory, lip service bow to the “old John McCain?” Arizona Senator John McCain, a politician who seemed to be working had to shed his old persona, reverted to his old persona in an Op-Ed piece in the Washington Post where he praised Barack Obama’s Tucson shooting Speech, defended Obama’s Patriotism and even suggested some regret for some of his own past statements. Does this signal a split with h...

Most saw Palin speech as effective
MediaCurve: A new national study among 1,437 self-reported Democrats, Republicans and Independents revealed that Americans indicated that Sarah Palin was more sincere and believable after viewing her Speech in response to the shootings in Tucson. The study was conducted during January 13-14 by HCD Research and reported on its MediaCurves.com® website, to obtain Americans’ perceptions of Sarah Palin after viewing a video of a Speech she gave in response to the shootings in Tucson. Res...

Another Tucson Shooting False Narrative Goes Bad
There have been multiple false narratives involved in the Tucson shooting. The first false narrative was that Sarah Palin, Tea Parties and Conservatives were responsible, directly or indirectly, for the shooting. That narrative has been thoroughly debunked in the past week, although writers such as Paul Krugman and political figures such as Clarence Dupnik still cling to the fantasy. One other person who clung to the fantasy that right-wing vitriol inspired Jared Lougner was Eric Fuller, one of...

No Excuse For This
In a bizarre and sad story, one of the Victims of the Tuscon shooting has been committed for making a threat against the Arizona Tea Party official who blamed Rep. Giffords herself for the shooting for her lack of armed security. James Eric Fuller, 63, was involuntarily committed after he made threats against a Tea Party member at the event sponsored by ABC News, Ogan said. Fuller photographed Trent Humphries and said "You are dead" when Humphries began speaking at the event, according to Ogan. ...

The left's big lie about Tuscon attack
Image via Wikipedia Diana West: ... All sorts of inconsistencies, impossibilities and clues remain behind, and sometimes in plain sight, for anyone who cares to look. The real threat the Big Lie poses to society comes when it is not stopped in its tracks, exposed and trashed for what it is -- a lie -- but rather accepted, accommodated and, indeed, treated as if it were the truth. At that point, a Big Lie is a big success, having created an alternative reality that turns its very targets into h...

Top 10 Tragedies Exploited by the Left
Democrats are good at a lot of things (that damage our country) but in particular they are very talented in the business of exploitation for political gain. The entire Democrat strategy can be summed up in one unguarded sentence uttered by Rahm Emanuel. You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. Democrats are ghoulish. It’s hard for regular folks to understand the depths of their depravity because normal people are sad when tragedies happen. Those on the Left get gleeful. They even ...

Sarah Palin in the twilight zone? Uh-oh.
Garry Wills has taken a hard look at the use of that phrase "blood Libel" by Sarah Palin.  He concludes: Though Palin is a Christian, she does not claim that she was attacked for her religion. Her offense was that she was simply “speaking up and speaking out in peaceful dissent.” The pundits who attacked her were “those who embrace evil and call it good.” That puts her in the middle of a cosmic struggle, with the forces of evil arrayed against her. Perhaps she liked

ABC's David Muir sanitizes AZ Town Hall 'You're Dead' death threat report
Only hours after  a Victim of the Tucson tragedy was arrested for making what was perceived as a  'Death Threat' directed towards a tea Party Leader during a town hall style meeting filmed by ABC - Fox News, ABC and MSNBC each have made video reports of the shocking turn of events. Especially interesting is that ABC's David Muir, mentioned the arrest almost as an inconsequential  footnote. Contrasted with the  the lede for MSNBC's report which was "A Tucson Mass Shooting vict...

"Worst Week in Washington"winner: Sarah Palin
The best of the best of state-based political blogs -- as of April 2009. Sometimes picking the winner of the "Worst Week in Washington" is tough. And, sometimes it's very, very easy. This week was an example of the latter as former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) dominated the headlines -- and not in a good way -- with her statement, released Wednesday morning, on the shootings in Tucson. The statement seemed defensive, taking what could have been a real moment for her -- she was clearly wronged by ...

Tucson Shooting Victim Arrested For Threatening Tea Party
James Eric Fuller In the wake of the horrific Tucson shootings politicians have asked that Rhetoric be "toned down," and this is a reminder that that request applies to people on both sides of the political spectrum. James Eric Fuller, a Victim of the Tucson shooting, was arrested yesterday for making a Death Threat at Tucson Tea Party founder Trent Humphries. Fuller was in the front row as Humphries was interviewed on ABC's "This Week," and yelled "you're dead" after Humphries suggested conve...

Tuscon rampage gets weirder
From the Daily Caller on Friday: “A survivor of Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson blamed Fox’s Glenn Beck, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and former Senatorial Candidate Sharron Angle for the actions of alleged schizophrenic Jared Loughner.” The quote: “It looks like Palin, Beck, Sharron Angle and the rest got their first target. Their wish for Second Amendment Activism has been fulfilled.” From the New York Times tonight: “TUCSON — A Victim of the shoo

Eric Fuller, Tucson shooting victim, threatens Tea Party leader Humphries
 Eric Fuller, Tucson, Arizona Shooting Victim, was arrested Saturday after threatening Arizona Tea Party Leader Trent Humphries. James Eric Fuller, 63, was arrested after yelling "you're dead" at Humphries while taping a special edition of ABC's "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour.  Fuller was arrested on Misdemeanor disorderly conduct and threat charges and taken for a psychiatric evaluation. Fuller, along with Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was one of 19 people shot by Ja...

Christie: New GOP lawmakers must fight debt increase
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, on Sunday told GOP members elected last year to Congress on promises to cut government that they must follow through by opposing an increase in the Debt ceiling. "You have to clearly articulate your position, then go out to the public and make your case," he said on "Fox News Sunday." Mr. Christie, who faced a similar situation of having the State Government shut down when he was negotiating with legislators over the Budget, also told Repub...

Arizona Shooting Victim Arrested After Death Threat To Tea Party Leader
James Eric Fuller, who was shot in the knee and back at the Tucson Safeway, objected to something a tea Party Leader said at a town hall forum, took a picture of him, and shouted, “You’re dead!” The 63-year-old was arrested on disorderly conduct charges and brought to a Hospital for a Mental Health evaluation. It was when Tucson Tea Party co-founder Trent Humphries suggested that any conversation about Gun Control be delayed until after the funerals of all the Victims that Full...

Top 10 Facts About the Arizona Shooting to Educate Your Friends on the Left
Like many of you, I was flabbergasted by the response to the tragedy in Tucson. Yeah, we know now that about 3/4 of the country gets it - they realize the media/Left’s blame game was just so much - well, “vitriol.” But that still leaves millions of people who do NOT get it, and apparently many of them were tweeting in the hours and days after the shooting - tweeting some pretty appalling stuff: Now, THERE’S some Hate Speech for you. Some of these misguided folks m

Youre Dead! Tucson Shooting Victim Threatens Tea Party Leader at Town Hall
One of the Arizona Shooting Victims was arrested Saturday and then taken for a psychiatric evaluation after authorities said he took a picture of a tea Party Leader at a televised town hall meeting and yelled: "you're dead."Members of the Activist left had held up Mr. Fuller as a symbol of righteous anger against Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and members of the conservative media....

Arizona Shooting Victim Arrested For Threat Against Tea Party Leader
One of the Victims of last Saturday's shooting, who had previously publicly blamed Sarah Palin and the Tea Party for what happened, was arrested last night at a...

Arizona Shooting Victim Arrested After Taking Picture of a Tea Party Leader at Town Hall and Yelling: "You're Dead."
Two things: 1) It was more the yelling "you're dead!" than the picture taking, and 2) I blame Barack "you bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun" Obama for his eliminationist Rhetoric. From the AP on YouTube: The caption: One of the Arizona Shooting Victims was arrested Saturday and then taken for a psychiatric evaluation after authorities said he took a picture of a tea Party Leader at a televised town hall meeting and yelled: "you're dead." (Jan. 15) Somehow, I get the feeling this one wo...

Traditional Tone-Rising Sunday Open Thread
Death threats from one of the Tucson Shooting Victims directed at a Tea Party founder? The theme of the event was "An American Conversation Continued" --  the idea being to continue the conversation that a madman's brutal rampage had interrupted.  So it was inevitable that the conversation would eventually turn to politics.   It did, toward the end, with Amanpour leading a discussion on a very touchy but obvious topic:  Gun Control. That's ...

Most endangered species in America? Reality.
Let’s also face another tragedy: The only two civic reforms that might have actually stopped him — tighter Gun Control and an effective Mental Health safety net — won’t materialize even now. Gun and ammunition sales spiked last week, especially for the specific varieties given the Loughner imprimatur. No editorial — or bloodbath — will move Congress to enact serious Gun Control (which Giffords herself never advocated and Obama has rarely pushed since 2008). Enhanced Men

President Obamas Weekly Address: We Carry On Now
As a new week in Washington is about to begin with a return to focusing on healthcare, jobs and Deficits, President Obama took one last opportunity to offer uplifting words and to make clear that now is the time to “carry on” from last week’s tragedy in Arizona, but hopefully to do so with a new tone. In his weekly video address, Obama was reflective and inspirational suggesting “we are one American family - 300 million strong.” He went on to state that “...

Young AZ victims dad: Boston girl received organs
BOSTON (AP) — The father of the youngest Victim of the Arizona massacre says some of her organs have been donated to a young girl in the Boston area. John Green tells The Boston Globe in Sunday’s edition that he received a phone call about the transplant, but says he doesn’t know any other details about the donation. He says the call “really lifted” his spirit and says he and his wife are proud parents once again of their daughter, “who has done another amazin...