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Violent Rhetoric Can Lead to Tragedies Like Arizona Shooting
David Brock is CEO of Media Matters, which tracks and corrects conservative misinformation in the media As we learn more about Jared Loughner, the young man allegedly responsible for the tragedy in Tucson last weekend, it seems clear that he is a mentally unstable individual whose motivations for committing such a horrific crime remain unknown. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't have a conversation about current political discourse and how it has gone too far. It is a conversation Media Matte...

Tucson Shooting Victim (Veteran) Blames Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Sharron Angle
Source: Politico Tucson Shooting Victim blames Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Sharron Angle By KENDRA MARR | 1/14/11 12:13 PM EST A wounded survivor of the Tucson shooting that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is blaming Sarah Palin, House Speaker John Boehner, Fox TV host Glenn Beck, and former Nevada GOP Senate Candidate Sharron Angle for the tragedy. “It looks like Palin, Beck, Sharron Angle and the rest got their first target,” Eric Fuller said in an interview with Democracy NOW. “The

Kennedy: Threat level to members of Congress at an all-time high
The threat level to members of Congress has reached a new level, former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) said. In a wide-ranging interview with Christiane Amanpour of NBC's "Nightline" set to air Friday night, Kennedy, who decided not to seek Reelection in 2009, said that some members of Congress had been receiving extra security for years now, unbeknownst to most of the public. "Some of my colleagues — people don't know about it — were getting 'round-the-clock protection for some time," he s...

Shooting victim says Beck, Palin, Angle got their first target (Daily Caller)
Read more stories from The Daily Caller No consensus on winner, number of ballots in RNC chairman election ABC News: U.S. snow, floods in Australia and Brazil the product of Global Warming Top House Republican: Sure, I'd sit with a Democrat during the State of the Union Russia warns of arms treaty pullout if U.S. pursues Missile Defense Poll: Very few Americans blame Arizona shooting on 'political Rhetoric' A survivor of Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson blamed Fox’s Glenn Bec...

Veteran Wounded in Tucson Shootings Blames Palin, Beck, and Angle
Eric Fuller, the 63-year old Veteran shot twice last Saturday in the attack that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, said today that he blames the violent Rhetoric of people like Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, and Sharron Angle. “It looks like Palin, Beck, Sharron Angle and the rest got their first target,” Eric Fuller said in an interview with Democracy NOW. “Their wish for Second Amendment Activism has been fulfilled — senseless hatred leading to Murder, lunatic fring...

Tucson Survivor Claims Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, and Sharron Angle 'Got Their First Target'
At Communist Amy Goodman's Democracy Now!, "Tucson Shooting Survivor: 'It Looks Like Palin, Beck, Sharron Angle and the Rest Got Their First Target'." (Via Memeorandum.) PREVIOUSLY : "Harvard's Jill Lepore Ties Jared Loughner to Tea Party 'Constitution Worship'." ...

Is Toning Down The Rhetoric All Talk?
This week brought a high volume of hypercharged Rhetoric over whether hypercharged Rhetoric contributed to last Saturday's shootings in Tucson, Ariz. Yet there is no indication that the country will do better when it comes to violent Speech, or that the spitting match will ever end. It is unlikely that anyone would give up any of these tools in the rhetorical Arms Race that is American politics. - Christian Lundberg, Professor of Rhetoric and cultural studies at UNC Chapel Hill The airwaves and ...

Civility returns
The president received praised from all corners for his call on Wednesday to be more civil in political discourse. Some people refuse to listen. From Alex Beam of the Boston Globe, today: “Threats from the un-silent armies who take their marching orders from Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, and Fox News make for good bulletin board material at fund-raising time. There is, however, another current of thought within Public Broadcasting, being kept strictly on the down low: Public broadcasters — ...

McCain Praises Obama's Civility Speech, Defends Palin
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., 2008 GOP presidential standard-bearer, joined the chorus of influential voices both inside and outside Washington in a plea for civility in the nation's political discourse, with praise for his former opponent, President Barack Obama, and defense for his one-time vice presidential Running Mate, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. "The president appropriately disputed the injurious suggestion that some participants in our political debates were responsible for a depraved ma...

Aborn Enters Gun Control Fray
Richard Aborn, former President of the Brady Campaign and the current President of the Citizens Crime Commission of NYC, is engaging in a little pushback of this morning’s Times story that suggested there is little chance of movement in Washington on Gun Control measures, despite a renewed focus on the issue following last Saturday’s Arizona shooting. Aborn compared the current political landscape to the “hostile” environment he encountered in 1994 when advocates managed...

The Tucson Shootings, Blood Libels, and Those Who Perpetrate Them
[ By Barry Rubin , crossposted from The Rubin Report.] The main street of Dolhinov, then in Poland, in 1931 on Polish national day. The 1886 Pogrom took place in the area pictured and against Jewish shops on the left behind the onlookers. Without taking any partisan position, but purely on the issue's historical merits, nothing could have been more appropriate than Sarah Palin's use of the term "blood Libel" to describe what happened to her after the Tucson killings. I know because my direct a...

Murkowski, Udall want colleagues to set aside partisanship for president's speech
The letter, sent Friday, doesn't make any mention of the shooting on Jan 8 of Congresswoman Garielle Gifford and 19 other people in Tucson at a Safeway as Giffords hosted a public forum. Six people died and Giffords was gravely injured. But the move toward a more civil union, especially among elected officials, has ramped up following the Tucson shootings. Murkowski and Udall aren't the first to suggest the revised seating chart for the President's Speech. Third Way, an organization devoting its...

Changing the Tone
By request from Joseph Benaiah Cox: As someone who frequently points out that Jonah Goldberg is a moron unsuited for any work in the public, let along public intellectual debate, how do you feel about calls to tone down the Rhetoric? While obviously yours is not violent rhetoric, it probably doesn’t make anyone feel too charitable. I enjoy your candor, but as someone who has a blog award for Bravery named after him I wonder if you could chew on your own role in the public discourse. Do y...

Tucson survivor: 'It looks like Palin, Beck, Sharron Angle and the rest got their first target'
We speak with Tucson shooting survivor Eric Fuller. A 63-year-old disabled Veteran, Fuller had campaigned for Arizona Democrat Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in her Reelection campaign and was at the Supermarket in Tucson on Saturday to meet with her. He was shot in the knee and also wounded in the back. "It looks like Palin, Beck, Sharron Angle and the rest got their first target," Fuller says. "Their wish for Second Amendment Activism has been fulfilled." Cue the right-wing waaaaaahmbulance. I wonde...

Tuscon Shooting Victim Blames Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and Sharron Angle
Politico A wounded survivor of the Tucson shooting that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is blaming Sarah Palin, House Speaker John Boehner, Fox TV host Glenn Beck, and former Nevada GOP Senate Candidate Sharron Angle for the tragedy. “It looks like Palin, Beck, Sharron Angle and the rest got their first target,” Eric Fuller said in an interview with Democracy NOW . Their wish for Second Amendment Activism has been fulfilled — senseless hatred leading to Murder, lun...

McCain Praises Obamas Memorial Service Speech
Yahoo! Buzz In the aftermath of the Arizona shootings, Sen. John McCain is generously praising President Barack Obama ’s memorial service address, defending Mr. Obama’s character and vowing to do his part to bring more civility to political discourse. The Arizona Republican also appears to defend the woman he brought to the national stage, Sarah Palin , his 2008 Running Mate, saying it must have been painful to have been blamed for helping cause the tragedy. Ms. Palin’s video re...

Bill Maher Unhinged on Jay Leno
Bill Maher gives his best performance, ever, on Jay Leno by saying rightwingers think it would be fun to kill those who disagree with them. He quotes the “rightwing” saying “wouldn’t it be fun to kill the people we disagree with?” Listen to the audience reaction to this maniacal rant. He asks them if they “read.” “Stop the bullsh*t about the Second Amendment and the Constitution” he says. My hubby asks if Maher reads? Does he think all the ...

Everybody Was Blood Fu Libeling
First the headline from JammieWearing Fool because of its pure awesomeness: Tucson Shooting Survivor Blood Libels Palin, Boehner, Beck and Angle Yeah, they’re kind of giving that expression a work-out. Now the story: A wounded survivor of the Tuscon shooting that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is blaming Sarah Palin, House Speaker John Boehner, Fox TV host Glenn Beck, and former Nevada GOP Senate Candidate Sharron Angle for the tragedy. “It looks like Palin, Beck, Sharron A...

Sarah Palin 1 liberal democrats 0
Sarah Palin got dragged by the mainstream press in the Gabrielle Giffords tragedy. She was accused of somehow being responsible for Giffords’ shooting as well as the other Victims harmed in the incident. She was thousands of miles away.  She never personally targeted Giffords. She basically had absolutely nothing to do with this incident. Despite these facts, she was used  as a scapegoat and blamed so unfairly that it was obvious to a majority of  Americans. Only 28% of Adul...

Tucson Shooting Victim Blames Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Sharron Angle
The public at large isn’t buying that the shooting had anything to do with politics, but that’s not stopping one of the Victims of Jarred Loughren from claiming that “lunatic Fringe anarchism” from the right is to blame for the attack. A wounded survivor of the Tuscon shooting that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is blaming Sarah Palin, House Speaker John Boehner, Fox TV host Glenn Beck, and former Nevada GOP Senate Candidate Sharron Angle for the tragedy. R...

Jewish Group Wants Glenn Beck Dropped From Fox News
Jewish Funds for Justice (JFSJ), a charity that campaigns for social change, delivered a petition with 10,000 signatures to Fox News Thursday demanding that Talk Show host Glenn Beck get the pink slip. The petition drive began in November after Fox News aired a three-part Beck special on businessman and philanthropist George Soros called "Puppet Master." The television show was deemed anti-Semitic by many in the media and Jewish groups. Beck's Thursday night show highlighted nine people of the ...

Glenn Beck and Jared Loughner: Separated at birth?
This weird segue popped up the other day in the Twilight Zone between Neil Cavuto's Fox News show and the Glenn Beck show immediately following. CAVUTO: I want you to look at him. Look at him closely. Maybe you recognize this guy. But I don't. Maybe you think this guy is all of us. But I don't. I just see a nut. We didn't make him. He made and then unmade himself. The script works for that guy, too! And the more I think about it, the more the daily rants from Glenn Beck start to eerily resembl...

Pat Buchanan Tells Chris Matthes "You Guys [Are] The Birthers of the Left"
This had occurred to me. Buchanan got there first. Matthews reacts exactly like a Truther to this too. A Truther (note I changed the terms of debate from Birther to Truther) brings up his crazy ideas, states his crazy idea, but then when challenged, he stops asserting the craziest part of his idea and starts claiming he means something more modest. Like, a Truther will start saying "I'm just raising questions" and claiming he "doesn't know" who put those non-existent explosive charges in all 11...

Krugman: Theres Only You and Me and We Just Disagree
That’s the sentiment of Paul Krugman’s column today, which makes a crucial distinction amidst this call for civility in the discourse, one I think a lot of people are missing. Sitting in a mixed Bipartisan Fashion or boy-girl-boy-girl at the State of the Union, or vowing to “come together” after a national tragedy is a fine goal to have, I guess. But the truth is that in the large and diverse country of America there exist very different visions for The Economy, for the...

In Shit I Couldn't Make Up
In an editorial arguing that "Mrs. Palin is well within her rights to feel persecuted" and defend her use of the phrase "blood Libel," the conservative garbage-paper The Washington Times calls efforts to hold her accountable for her reckless use of violent Rhetoric "simply the latest round of an ongoing Pogrom against conservative thinkers." Yes. Seriously. A pogrom. I don't even know what to say anymore. In an editorial arguing that "Mrs. Palin is well within her rights to feel persecuted" and...