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Full text of Sarah Palin's statement
Like millions of Americans I learned of the tragic events in Arizona on Saturday, and my heart broke for the innocent Victims. No words can fill the hole left by the death of an innocent, but we do mourn for the victims’ families as we express our sympathy. I agree with the sentiments shared yesterday at the beautiful Catholic mass held in honor of the Victims. The mass will hopefully help begin a healing process for the families touched by this tragedy and for our country. Continue Re...

Palin Uses Her Voice in Response to Tucson
Sarah Palin’s video statement likely won’t satisfy many of her critics. But she did a good job of answering criticisms without making it about her. But about her: She does get in a quote from the past campaign year — in Arizona — lost on most who have been pointing to a map these past few days. She’ll get grief for quoting Reagan, but it was a good quote.  If you don’t like a person’s vision for the country, you’re free to debate that vision. ...

Sarah Palin Charges Critics With "Blood Libel" Over Arizona Shooting
This morning Sarah Palin at last broke her silence over the Arizona shooting, issuing a nearly eight-minute video in which she charges the media with "blood Libel" for linking Conservatives to the tragedy. Politico reports: Palin has faced criticism for images that look like gun crosshairs to identify the districts of Democrats who were vulnerable in the 2010 Elections, that of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), who was shot on Saturday. Responsibility lies “not collectively with all the cit...

Palin: Media guilty of "blood libel"
Sarah Palin releases a video statement responding to the Arizona shootings. It begins with an expression of sympathy toward the Victims; then becomes an attack on the media for its coverage of the event. Key passage (read entire statement here). .... within hours of a tragedy unfolding, Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood Libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible. There are those who claim political Rhetoric ...

Palin Calls Criticism 'Blood Libel'
Sarah Palin: “America’s Enduring Strength” from Sarah Palin on Vimeo. Sarah Palin, who had been silent for days, on Wednesday issued a forceful denunciation of her critics in a video statement that accused pundits and Journalists of “blood Libel” in their rush to blame heated political Rhetoric for the shootings in Arizona. “Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own,” she said in a video posted to her Facebook page. “Especially within hours...

Palin: 'Blood libel'
Sarah Palin: "America's Enduring Strength" from Sarah Palin on Vimeo. Sarah Palin's video statement today is reflective about Gabrielle Giffords' injuries, unapoogietic about her past Rhetoric, and devoted primarily to criticism of liberals --a move that will -- as with virtually all her public words -- secure her status as a warrior for the right while making no concession to a fuzzier middle:

Palin Accuses Media of Blood Libel
Sarah Palin: “America’s Enduring Strength” from Sarah Palin on Vimeo. Politico reports: Sarah Palin released a video statement Wednesday calling the rush to pin blame on Conservatives for the Tucson shooting “reprehensible” and a “blood Libel.” “Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own,” she said in a web video. “They begin and end with the criminals who commit them.” Palin has faced criticism for images that look like gun crosshair

Sarah Palin Accuses Journalists Of 'Blood Libel,' Calls Loughner 'Apolitical' (VIDEO)
Four days after a gunman attempted to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin responded to criticism over a map she posted before the election that featured gun sights over 20 targeted Democratic districts, including Giffords's. "Vigorous and spirited public debates during Elections are among our most cherished traditions," Palin wrote in an early morning post on her Facebook account on Wednesday. "But, especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journali...

Palin charges critics with 'blood libel'
Sarah Palin released a video statement Wednesday calling the rush to pin blame on Conservatives for the Tucson shooting “reprehensible” and a “blood Libel.” “Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own,” she said in a web video. “They begin and end with the criminals who commit them.” Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Palin has faced criticism for images that look like gun crosshairs to identify the districts of Democrats who were vulner...

Palin says efforts to lay blame 'reprehensible'
(CNN) - Sarah Palin spoke out on the Arizona shootings Wednesday, calling the events “tragic” and sharply chastising those who have suggested charged Rhetoric from her and others on the right may have motivated the killings. “Like many, I’ve spent the past few days reflecting on what happened and praying for guidance. After this shocking tragedy, I listened at first puzzled, then with concern, and now with sadness, to the irresponsible statements from people attempt...

Palin fights back
As Barack Obama Obama said, punch back twice as hard. From Sarah Palin: America’s Enduring Strength Like millions of Americans I learned of the tragic events in Arizona on Saturday, and my heart broke for the innocent Victims. No words can fill the hole left by the death of an innocent, but we do mourn for the victims’ families as we express our sympathy. I agree with the sentiments shared yesterday at the beautiful Catholic mass held in honor of the Victims. The mass will hopefully he...

Ed Stein Cartoon
Scribbles from Gov. Rick Scott's meeting with Senate Republicans Rep. Brodeur files ‘Doc, don’t ask’ gun bill Rep. Garcia wears passport to Protest Immigration Bill The Sen. Hays challenge: Is this kid too fat? Sen. Hays doesn't like 'tubby baby.' Adam Putnam, veggie rapper? Rep. Allen West decries ‘opportunism’ in wake of Arizona shooting; has no plans to change Rhetoric SnapGot a Snap? Rick Scott fulfilled his campaign promise to get rid of the...

Bleg: Two Termers
Resolved: There’s never been a U.S. president whose Second Term was better than his First Term. Is that true? Why are presidential second terms so often troubled? Please enter your thoughts in the comments to this post or on my personal website here. Sarah Palin's video statement likely won't satisfy many of her critics. But she did a good job of answering criticisms . . . Go Greg Schaefer, the Republican national committeeman from Wyoming, has endorsed Reince Priebus for chairman...

Savageis right!
When famous radio talk-show host Mike Savage wrote a book entitled, "Liberalism is a Mental Disorder," I slapped my thigh and chortled with delight. I thought it was a delicious "shtick" and would surely win him the acclaim and money a jape like that deserves. But I didn't take it seriously. Now, after the Arizona massacre of Jan. 8, I fear I short-changed my buddy Mike. A quick listen to the national conversation written, tweeted, bleated or blithered tells me Mike wasn't kidding. His indict...

The Media Has Declared... WAR!
Newsrooms and Hospitals have one major thing in common: the "hush" is the loudest thing anyone ever hears. The "hush" is the moment when normal activity stops cold for an announcement of major events that will entirely reshape any usual activity. While both newsrooms and Hospitals stop on that kind of news -- and then, following it, race into a whirlwind of overdrive -- the similarities end there. Hospitals gird for the incoming and the flood of bad news to follow; most news...

Oh, Look, Its Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin released a video earlier this morning. It’s a mix of sympathy for the Victims, boilerplate platitudes (American Exceptionalism gets multiple mentions) and attack. There’s no Apology for her imagery, since “both sides do it”: Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood Libel that only serves only to incite the very hatred and violence that they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible. She claims that debate now is more civil than back when there ...

Palin bypasses media, slams journalists
Once again, Sarah Palin bypasses news organizations – including the one that has her on its Payroll – and uses Social Media to deliver her long-awaited response to the Tucson shootings. And once again, despite the overall conciliatory tone of her Speech, she does not miss an opportunity to slam members of the media, saying “Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood Libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is repr...

Border Patrol agent arrested for harboring twice-deported illegal immigrant -- his father
Source: LA Times U.S. Border Patrol agent was charged Tuesday with harboring his father, a twice-deported Illegal Immigrant with a criminal record, in his house and then lying about his whereabouts to federal investigators, authorities said. Marcos Gerardo Manzano Jr., 26, allegedly told his father that authorities were looking for him, and let him live at his residence in a working-class neighborhood of San Ysidro. His father, Marcos Gerardo Manzano Sr., 46, was convicted of a marijuana offense...

Shes Back: Sarah Palin Speaks Out On The Arizona Tragedy
To answer the question posed by Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher who last night wondered whether Sarah Palin’s silence on the Arizona shooting was her retreating or reloading, let the record reflect that Palin does not ever retreat. Below is her lengthy video response addressing the tragedy. Developing… Sarah Palin: “America’s Enduring Strength” from Sarah Palin on Vimeo. ...

Palin Breaks Her Silence
Sarah Palin posted a statement in response to the intense criticism she's faced in the days since the Arizona shootings. A few excerpts: "Like many, I've spent the past few days reflecting on what happened and praying for guidance. 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 for this terrible event..." "There are those who claim political Rhetoric is to blame for the ...

Limbaugh says the left openly wishes for such disaster to profit from it (Daily Caller)
Read more stories from The Daily Caller Poll of Conservatives shows support for broad cuts to spending, including Military Spending Washington's top five most ridiculous reactions to the Arizona shooting Jared Loughner and the ins and outs of the insanity defense Mark Sanford exits the stage 5 House freshmen to watch: a nurse, an FBI agent, two policy wonks, and a political operative Talk Radio maven Rush Limbaugh is making waves for his Jan. 10 radio broadcast, in which he claimed the Democr...

Palin accuses media of 'blood libel' in Giffords shooting aftermath
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) on Wednesday accused the media of "blood Libel" by looking to assign blame for the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). Palin offered a pointed defense of herself and other political leaders who used sometimes heated Rhetoric on the 2010 Campaign Trail — Rhetoric some Democrats say created an environment that fueled the Assassination attempt against Giffords. "After this shocking tragedy, I listened at first puzzled, then with concern, and now wit...

The Dismissal of Sarah Palin
Liberals are pathologically fixated on Sarah Palin. I am neither shocked nor surprised that this nation's most prominent liberals see fit to blame Sarah Palin for causing the shooting in Tucson which severely injured Democrat Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and claimed six lives. But it does sadden me. Yet perhaps the most insightful of these denunciations of Palin was that of MSNBC's Keith Olbermann. Now when I use the word insightful I am not referring to the merits of his arguments. ...

Witness in Flint serial stabbing: 'I got scared'
Moments earlier, Shomari Williams testified Tuesday, Darwin Marshall had been talking with a very handsome man who had pulled up in a green truck. But as the man got back in his vehicle and drove away along Garland Street, Williams said she could see that Marshall -- a fellow drug user whom she knew then only as G Money -- was gravely hurt. She ran away. "I got scared," Williams testified of the man who attacked her friend. "I thought he was going to c...

NSAs Home Base May Have Crappiest Website Ever
Through the gates of Fort George Meade pass the Most Powerful technical minds that the government employs. But Fort Meade’s website contains pixelized, faux-shaded green fonts and a two-column descending-text template not seen since the days of GeoCities. Yes, Fort Meade, a 5,400-acre complex less than an hour’s drive outside of Washington. Home of the National Security Agency, the U.S. Cyber Command, the Navy’s new cyberfleet. The nerve center of a sprawling Surveillance app...