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Palin Statement On Arizona Shooting
(Editor’s Note: This is a statement from a public figure. It does not necessarily reflect the editorial position of FITSNews.com. To submit your news release, email blast, media advisory or issues statement for publication, click here ). 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 sy...

I Can Hear The Civility From My House
Sarah Palin takes aim on her Facebook page; President Reagan said, “We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.” Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with the criminals who commit them, not collectively with all the citizens of a state, not with those who listen to Talk Radio, not with maps of swing dist

Capehart: Sarah Palin doesn't get it
Sarah Palin has emerged from the protective cloak of Twitter and e-mails to Glenn Beck to speak directly to the American People about the tragedy in Tucson. In a video, she expresses condolences for the Victims' families and concern for those recovering from Saturday's horrific events. But for nearly eight defensive minutes, the woman who has been at the center of a stormy national debate over our super-heated political discourse does her best to absolve herself of any role in that discourse. ...

Sarah Palin Response to Tucson: Americas Enduring Strength
Update:  Alan Dershowitz, who is, BTW, a Jewish liberal, says Palin’s use of the term “blood Libel” is appropriate. 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 hono...

It's Better To Keep Your Mouth Shut
As you've undoubtedly heard, Sarah Palin finally broke her silence today on the shootings in Tucson last weekend. Sarah Palin: "America's Enduring Strength" from Sarah Palin on Vimeo. [Transcript below the fold.] Anyone who's watched Ms. Palin over the last eighteen months knows that she didn't write this Speech. (And she didn't memorize it, either; you can see the reflection of the Teleprompter in her glasses.) But whoever wrote it for her either didn't know that the term "blood Libel" is cons...

Sarah Palin Refudiates Sarah Palin
Everyone's all aflush with talk of Sarah Palin's invocation of "blood Libel," so this section of her prepared statement probably isn't getting the attention it deserves: President Reagan said, "We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions." Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with the criminals who commit them, ...

Sarah Speaks
Posted by John at 10:03 AM After being out of the public eye for a few days, Sarah Palin has released a video in which she responds to liberals' attacks on her and other Conservatives. The text is here; the video is posted below. Palin's statement is, I think, very good. It emphasizes, appropriately, the Victims and the nation's political process rather than politicians, demonstrating once again that Palin is less obsessed with Sarah than her enemies are. Overall, the statement comes across as ...

Palin talks "accountability," doesn't take any
It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Sarah Palin is a Daisy Buchanan for our time -- a careless person, indeed, who tosses around words or images with nary a thought as to their effect, before she retreat...

VIDEO: Sarah Palin strikes back, accuses critics of blood libel
In an 8 minute video , Sarah Palin has responded aggressively to the slanderous charge that she and other prominent Conservatives are to blame for Saturday’s tragedy in Tucson: The transcript is posted on her Facebook page , which is accessible to everyone. Key point: President Reagan said, “We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions....

Would Somebody Elect Sarah Palin POTUS Already?
The text from her Facebook page 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 fo...

Death Threats Against Sarah Palin at 'Unprecedented Level,' Aides Say
ABC News An aide close to Sarah Palin says death threats and security threats have increased to an unprecedented level since the shooting in Arizona, and the former Alaska Governor's team has been talking to security professionals. Palin has taken much heat for her "crosshairs" map that targeted 20 congressional Democrats in the 2010 mid-term election, including that of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was the main target of Saturday's attack. Friends say Palin, a possible 2012 contender, was ga...

My reaction to the Presidents Tucson memorial speech
…was noted here last night in the comments: [...] you’d think Lowry would’ve known exactly how this was going to play out. Obama and his handlers essentially orchestrated a minor Sister Soldjah moment. It was planned this way. We know this because yesterday Obama was on the phone with Sheriff Dufus commending him for his fine (dirty) work, which in castigating the Tea Party (YAY!) and right-wing radio (YAY!) set Obama up for tonight, allowing him to appear above the fray even as he w...

Sarah Palin's 'blood libel' comment overshadows a calibrated message
Sarah Palin's statement Wednesday in response to the Tucson shootings, in which she has found herself at the center of a debate over civility in political discourse, was crafted as both a defense of her own actions and a strike against her critics - but reaction to the statement was dominated by a fresh Controversy over her use of the phrase "blood Libel." This Story Sarah Palin's 'blood libel' comment overshadows a calibrated message Gabrielle Giffords, congresswoman from Arizona, ...

Sarah Palin says blaming rhetoric for shooting is 'a blood libel'
Sarah Palin ended her near silence on the Arizona shootings yesterday, saying that critics had manufactured a "blood Libel" by blaming her Rhetoric for contributing to the shooting rampage in Tucson in which six people died and 14 were wounded, including Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords. • In her video message, Sarah Palin said she and her supporters would not change their Rhetoric because of the Arizona shooting In an eight-minute address posted online, the prominent Republican...

Tucson memorial service turns into pep rally by raucous students
In what had been expected to be a solemn memorial service for those who had died during the shooting instead was turned into something resembling a pep rally before a football game by Students from the University of Arizona. Perhaps the setting, the music that was more appropriate for a marching parade, and the rows of politicians, confused the students. Apparently they thought that shouting, whistling, and high-fiving was appropriate behavior in remembering those who had died on that tragic Sat...

The inherent contradiction in Sarah Palin's "blood libel" Facebook post
Today Sarah Palin ended her silence on the Arizona shooting with a long Facebook post.  Two words out of the over 1,000 word post are getting all the attention.  In the middle of her message Palin claims that the media is conducting a "blood Libel" campaign, which would presumably make her the Victim.  The term "blood Libel" has historically been used in reference to a false accusation against Jews which involves the Murder of Christian Children for religious rituals.  Congre...

The Presidents Speech and Killing Sarah Palin
What was billed as a “memorial service” in Arizona last night was more of a pep-rally and celebration of life. It was complete with sloganeering, Bumper Stickers, and t-shirts. It is what was needed. What’s more, Mr. Obama gave a stunning rebuke to his own base who’ve engaged in a horrific blame game all week. But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized - at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of...

Thoughtful, On-Target Palin Responds To Attacks; Left Loses Last Grip On Reality
I know, my use of the term on-target makes me a vitriolic, hateful Rhetoric espouser in the eyes of some. It’s not conducive to the “new tone” we are all supposed to embrace for some unfathomable and delusional reason. Of course, this new tone doesn’t apply if one is speaking about Sarah Palin, who is apparently the cause of All Bad Things Ever, in perpetuity. Even here, we are on day three of no school due to snow. In South Carolina. Does Palin’s evil reach have no...

Teen faces only three years behind bars for cartel beheadings
In early December, the Mexican army arrested 14-year-old Edgar Jimenez Lugo, a U.S. citizen who goes by the nickname “El Ponchis” (the cloaked one), who has been working as a hit man for the South Pacific Cartel since he was 11-years-old. The diminutive assassin was captured at the airport near Cuernavaca, as he tried to board a flight, in an attempt to return to the U.S. He, along with his 16-year-old sister planned to fly to Tijuana and then cross the border to San Diego, where the...

On Faith: Will Palin regret using 'blood libel'?
In response to the tragic shooting in Arizona, Sarah Palin on Wednesday released a nearly eight-minute video that said that those who imply that she bears some responsibility for Jared Lee Loughner's act of violence are guilty of "blood Libel." "Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn," Palin said in the statement. The term may come to haunt Palin. According to the Anti-De...

Sarah Palin speaks out on Americas Enduring Strength and charges critics with blood libel
This morning Sarah Palin released a statement through Facebook slamming her critics charges that overheated political Rhetoric contributed to the weekend shooting rampage in Arizona that left a Gabriel Giffords fighting for her life. Sarah Palin charged her critics with “blood Libel” 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 mou...

Sarah Palin vs. the media
The shootings in Tucson would seem to have immediately complicated any plans Sarah Palin still has to seek the Republican nomination for president in 2012. Wherever you stand on the question of blame — read Chris Selley’s excellent survey on the rush to judgment and David Brooks’ condemnation of  “the Mainstream Media”, among which his New York Times was pre-eminent — the keenness to roast Palin as the inspiration behind Jared Loughner’s madness dem...

Sarah Palin: America's Enduring Strength
A few hours ago, Sarah Palin posted a Facebook Note and video in regards to the recent shootings that happened over the weekend in Tucson, Arizona. The sentiments expressed by Sarah are echoed by millions throughout our great, resilient country. Although the scars will remain, America WILL recover and come out of this horrific event stronger and even more committed to making our country the greatest it can be! Please click here to view the video of this statement. Like millions of Americans I...

Sarah Palin weighs in on the Tucson shooting...
... and she's a little fired up: Responding to criticism that a heated political climate was a factor in the weekend attack that seriously injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed six others, Sarah Palin expressed "sadness" about "irresponsible statements from people attempting to apportion blame" for the tragedy. The video, which appeared under the headline "America's Enduring Strength," was posted early Wednesday on the former Alaska Governor's website. Palin has been criticized by some fo...

Sarah Palin receiving unprecedented level of death threats
(ABC News)- An aide close to Sarah Palin says death threats and security threats have increased to an unprecedented level since the shooting in Arizona, and the former Alaska Governor’s team has been talking to security professionals. Palin has taken much heat for her “crosshairs” map that targeted 20 congressional Democrats in the 2010 mid-term election, including that of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was the main target of Saturday’s attack. ...