In Wake of Tucson Shooting, Joe Manchin Says He'd Reconsider Gun Ad

Sarah Palin calls out liberal hate merchants for creating "Blood Libel"
Sarah Palin came out swinging Wednesday by calling out the liberal media and pundits for creating "a blood Libel" for last weekend's Arizona shooting.  Palin said; "acts of monstrous brutality ... begin and end with the criminals who commit them, not collectively" with Americans exercising their constitutional freedoms. "If you don't like a person's vision for the country, you're free to debate that vision. If you don't like their ideas, you're free to propose better ideas. But, especi...

Jared Loughner: Was It the Family's Fault?
​Details on Jared Lee Loughner and what occurred (and what may have occurred) prior to his shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and more than a dozen others, killing six, in a Tucson Safeway Supermarket last Saturday continue to unfold. The questions everyone wants answers to, of course: Could we have stopped him? Should we have known? And...why didn't someone know? Particularly, say, his parents? Inevitably, in situations like these, people seek someone or thing to blame...

GOP Leaders: We oppose Rep. King's new gun control idea
The Republicans may just have to agree to disagree. House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) are against a new gun-control proposal put forth by a fellow GOPer in response to the Tucson shootings. Rep. Peter King (R-L.I.), chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, said Tuesday that he'd introduce a new bill that bars anyone from carrying a gun within 1,000 feet of a federal official. He believes the Legislation could have prevented the Jan. 8 Arizona shooting...

No More Mister Nice Blog
THE RIGHT-WING'S NEW BARD OF THE BACKLASH: Glenn Reynolds? I've always thought of Instapundit as tendentious but incredibly superficial -- looking back a decade, it seems to have been a Twitter feed before there was Twitter, and, in the '10s, Glenn Reynolds seemed like yesterday's man. Now, though, he's suddenly hot. The New York Times reports on Sarah Palin's new fireside chat about the Tucson shootings and tells us: Sarah Palin, who had been silent for days, on Wednesday issued a forceful den...

Sarah Palin Speaks from Some Undisclosed Facebook Location
Sarah Palin: “America’s Enduring Strength” from Sarah Palin on Vimeo. Sarah Palin chose to forget today that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords brought up Palin’s “targeting” of her when lamenting the vitriolic political Rhetoric in this country before Jared Lee Loughner tried to assassinate her in Arizona. In a weirdly disembodied and out of touch statement from the abyss of her self-imposed political exile, Palin picks today, the day Pres. Obama will address the nation...

(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: I condemn all acts of violence (Daily Caller)
Read more stories from The Daily Caller Heavy metal band responds to allegations that their music had any influence on AZ shooter Chris Christie to Rudy Giuliani: Butt out Police visited Loughner's home before shooting Face of evil: Mug Shots of famous assassins [SLIDESHOW] Poll of Conservatives shows support for broad cuts to spending, including Military Spending Former Republican Senate Candidate Sharron Angle condemned Tucson shooter Jared Loughner and expressed concern about the politicize...

Does Sarah Palin's Handling of This Week's Events in Tucson Tell Us Anything about her Presidential Ambitions?
Sarah Palin today release a video on Facebook expressing her grief and outrage over Saturday's shootings in Tucson. She also explained her Rhetoric and hit back at those who have suggested that the level of political discourse in the country is, in part, to blame for Jared Lee Loughner's unhinged rampage. “We know violence isn't the answer. When we ‘take up our arms', we're talking about our vote,” Palin says in the seven-and-a-half minute video. “Yes, our debates are ful...

Sarah Palin scores Blood Libel ascribed to her by the press - The Gabrielle Giffords shooting
Sarah Palin’s video response to the Arizona shooting of Gabrielle Giffords Sarah Palin today accused her opponents of Manufacturing a “blood Libel” by suggesting her Rhetoric and campaign tactics had anything to do with the Arizona shootings. Four days after an incident which left six people dead and critically injured the congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Palin released a video statement condemning the attack. She denied that a now infamous campaign map showing Giffords’...

Boehner in tribute: 'Our hearts are broken, but our spirit is not'
An emotional Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) paid tribute Wednesday to the Victims of the Tucson shooting, lauding the stricken Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) while pledging the House would “lock arms” in prayer and resolve. “These are difficult hours for our country,” Boehner said as the House opened debate on a resolution denouncing the massacre and honoring its victims. “Our hearts are broken, but our spirit is not,” he said. “This is a time for the House to l

Boehner Shows Emotion in House Remarks on Tucson Violence
WASHINGTON — With tears falling and his throat choked with emotion, Representative John A. Boehner, Republican of Ohio, addressed a barely-filled chamber in the House of Representatives Wednesday, denouncing the violence in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday that left six people dead and Representative Gabrielle Giffords, Democrat of Arizona, critically wounded. “These are difficult hours for our country,” Mr. Boehner said, in some of his first official remarks as

Manchin says he would not air ad in wake of shooting
The senator who defended airing a Controversial ad involving a gun said on Monday that he probably would not have released the ad in the aftermath of the Arizona shooting. When then-Gov. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) was campaigning in October for the U.S. Senate last year he aired a 30-second ad in which he shot a copy of the Obama Administration's Healthcare Reform Legislation. A day after the Arizona shooting that claimed the lives of six and Rep. Giffords barely survived, A day after the Arizona ...

Ariz. Law Aims to Keep Westboro Baptist from Picketing Girls Funeral
Yahoo! Buzz Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed emergency Legislation Tuesday night aimed at prevent the Westboro Baptist Church from picketing the Funeral of the 9-year-old girl killed during Saturday’s shootings in Tucson. The law, which took effect immediately, sets up a 300-foot perimeter around funerals in the state, beginning one hour before the service and extending until one hour after. Following the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords that killed six and wounded 14, Fred Phelps , pastor ...

Loughner family expresses sorrow over heinous events
The Loughner family released a statement expressing their sorrow over the “heinous” events which happened Saturday in Tucson, Arizona. CNN reports: The family of Jared Lee Loughner issued a statement Tuesday regarding Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson, Arizona. “There are no words that can possibly express how we feel. We wish that there were so we could make you feel better. We don’t understand why this happened,” the family said in statement handed to ...

Palin: 'Journalists and Pundits Should Not Manufacture a Blood Libel'
Sarah Palin: "America's Enduring Strength" from Sarah Palin on Vimeo. 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...

Palin Accuses Critics of 'Blood Libel'
Far from backing down, Sarah Palin defended herself today against critics who linked her Rhetoric to the Arizona shootings, accusing them of the long-condemned anti-Semitic slur "blood Libel." Palin opponents noted soon after the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) that left six people dead that Palin had posted a map on her website last fall with gun sights on 20 districts, including Giffords'. She announced it with a tweet: "Don't Retreat, Instead - RELOAD!&quo...;

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 ...

Sarah Palin Responds, Slams Media, Pundits for 'Blood Libel' After Tucson Shootings
PALIN: "We must reject the idea that everytime a law is broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker...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" Sarah Palin has posted a nearly eight-minute video on her Facebook page condemning those who blame political Rhetoric for the Arizona shooting that gravely wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Last spring, Palin targeted Giffords'...

Palin: Journalists Incite Hatred after Arizona Shooting
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 By Staff, Associated Press In a Nov. 30, 2010 file photo, Sarah Palin signs copies of her new book, "America By Heart," in Little Rock, Ark. Palin has posted a nearly eight-minute video on her Facebook page condemning those who blame political Rhetoric for the Arizona shooting that gravely wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. (AP Photo/Brian Chilson, File) Anchorage, Alaska (AP) - Sarah Palin posted a nearly eight-minute video on her Facebook page earl...

Sarah Palin: America must be stronger than evil displayed last week
Responding to criticism that political Rhetoric was to blame for the tragedy in Tucson that killed six and injured 14 others, Sarah Palin posted a video early Wednesday titled, "America's Enduring Strength." Palin said she had "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." "If you don't like a person's vision for the country, you're free to debate that vision. If you don't like...

Sarah Palin On Giffords Shooting, Brings Up Blood Libel
After the tragic Saturday Assassination attempt on Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords outside a Tucson, Arizona Supermarket that left six people dead and Giffords and more than a dozen others injured, former Alaska Governor and Republican vice-presidential Candidate Sarah Palin simply left a Facebook note, saying, "My sincere condolences are offered to the family of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other Victims of today's tragic shooting in Arizona. On behalf of Todd and my family, we all pray...

Blood Libel? Dangerous Critics? Palin, Angle Doth Protest Too Much
Sigh. So I guess I have to comment on Sarah Palin’s statement on the Tucson shooting, which was actually a statement about Sarah Palin, of course. First of all, the faux sincerity achieved by shaking her head a little bit from side-to-side is grating. But enough of the theater criticism. Second, you have to love the statement, cribbed from Reagan, that “we have to restore the American precept that each person is accountable for his actions” from the woman who sent out her spo...

Palin: Were above the mindless finger-pointing (Daily Caller)
Read more stories from The Daily Caller Face of evil: Mug Shots of famous assassins [SLIDESHOW] 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 Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin released a video Wednesday of her first long-form statement on Saturday’s Tucson, Ariz. shooting that left six ...

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. ...

Manchin Defends 'Dead Aim' Ad
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Monday fought back against suggestions that a Controversial campaign ad he aired last October may have contributed to an overheated political culture that is being reexamined in light of the Assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) that left her critically wounded and six dead in Tucson, Arizona, on Saturday. After finding himself unexpectedly trailing his Republican opponent John Raese as the campaign entered its final month, Manchin released a 30-...