In the Crosshairs

the Fruits of Political Extremism
The motives of the gunman who shot the US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and killed six bystanders in Tuscon on Saturday are unclear. We do not know whether the youth who has been arrested for the crime, Jared Loughner, was driven by political grievance or Mental Illness. But to many in America this looks like an atrocity that was waiting to happen. Since Barack Obama entered the White House two years ago, the American right has adopted partisan Rhetoric of the most reckless kind. A year ago...

Stephen Stromberg: Palin proves -- again -- that she's a terrible politician
Sarah Palin didn't retreat. She reloaded. And she proved, again, that she is a ruinously incompetent politician. Over the weekend, liberal pundits overeagerly speculated that she may have inspired the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). After learning more about alleged shooter Jared Loughner, many of those same commentators restrained their criticism of the former Alaska Governor, and polls showed that Americans are skeptical of any connection. People recognized Palin had been unf...

Palin's Arizona defence fuels 2012 talk
Sarah Palin has fanned speculation about her presidential ambitions as she cast herself as chief defender of arch-conservatives accused of inspiring a horrific act of violence with their fiery political Rhetoric. Palin accused those linking bellicose politicking by the right-wing Tea Party movement to the attempted Assassination of a US congresswoman of spreading a "blood Libel" in a slickly produced video released on Wednesday. "Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and e...

Americans contemplate toning down their rhetoric
Angry and grief-stricken over the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday, Alicia Berhow typed out a Facebook posting she'd later regret. As she recalls, it went something like, "Sarah Palin, you disgust me." This Story Americans contemplate toning down their Rhetoric Audio: Jared Loughner's 2007 court appearance Investigators Probe Loughner's gun purchase, examine finances Loughner family expresses sorrow for 'heinous' attack; doctors say Giffords making progress A Tucson Y...

44: Palin accuses critics of 'blood libel'
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) released a statement Wednesday morning denouncing efforts to blame her for Saturday's Tucson shooting rampage. "Like many, I've spent the past few days reflecting on what happened and praying for guidance," Palin said in a lengthy statement posted on her Facebook page. "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...

Dean Obeidallah: The Palin Standard
Sarah Palin declared in her new video today: "Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own...They begin and end with the criminals who commit them..." Palin's above manifesto is clear: Only the individuals who commit a crime should be held responsible for their wrongs. She even goes on to denounce "collectively" holding others responsible for the conduct of criminals. Sarah -- If you are reading this, or having someone else read it to you -- I have a question, and I'm not trying to "Katie...

Leftist Lies and the Arizona Shooting
Posted by Ann Coulter on Jan 13th, 2011 and filed under Daily Mailer, FrontPage. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. After the monstrous shooting in Arizona last week, surely we can all agree that we’ve got to pass Obama’s agenda immediately and stop using metaphors. At least I think that’s what the Mainstream Media are trying to tell me. Liberals instantly leapt on the s...

Will Obama call for political civility in Tucson speech?
President Obama, who has for years bemoaned Incivility in politics, must decide Wednesday whether his Speech in Tucson is the right time to repeat that message. This Story Giffords condition unchanged; shooting suspect Loughner held without bail The faces of Jared Loughner Bullet's path may determine Giffords's injuries West Wing Briefing: Will Obama call for political civility in Tucson speech? A look at the left hemisphere Petula Dvorak: For parents, shots in Tucson have a nightmarish echo ...

Her Royal Ground Zero Mosque Links
Thanks to Her Royal Whyness: Mayor Stalling 'Mosque' Suit, Which Wants to Stop Art Opening By Matt Chaban January 12, 2011 | 9:13 a.m. Despite the occasional hiccup, it looks like the Controversial Park51 Islamic Community Center downtown has weathered the furor that consumed it last year and will get built some day if the ambitious project can find $100 million. That has not stopped a Firefighter and a conservative legal group from continuing to fight Park51 with a Lawsuit, The Times reports....

Sarah Palin's Guilt-By-Association Double Standard
In a strongly-worded message posted on her Facebook page, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin goes after those who are trying to tie Extremist Rhetoric on the right to last weekend's tragic shooting in Tucson. She bemoans "the irresponsible statements from people attempting to apportion blame for this terrible event," and even quotes President Reagan, who once implored the nation to "reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker." Blame should always...

Anti-Mosque Protest Tossing in Walmart Just for the Hell of It
Via Atlas Shrugs Remember the "Ground Zero" Mosque? Yeah, we still have to listen to people rant about that in 2011. But at least the anti-mosque masses are trying to keep it fresh—their upcoming Protest against the proposed Islamic Community Center planned for Lower Manhattan is also a pro-Walmart demonstration. Why not? It may seem like a bit of a stretch, but not if you're Pamela Geller and you know how to connect the dots that the lamestream media is too biased to point out. Geller ...

Mayor Stalling 'Mosque' Suit, Which Wants to Stop Art Opening
Despite the occasional hiccup, it looks like the Controversial Park51 Islamic Community Center downtown has weathered the furor that consumed it last year and will get built some day if the ambitious project can find $100 million. That has not stopped a Firefighter and a conservative legal group from continuing to fight Park51 with a Lawsuit, The Times reports. The real problem, the group charges, is not the developer, Sharif El-Gamal, or the imam, Faisal Abdul Rauf, but the Bloomberg administ...

9/11 Firefighter Sues to Block Work at "Ground Zero" Mosque
AP/Swoan Parker A scheduling note: Today's joint pro-Walmart, anti-mosque demonstration has been called off, because the snowstorm preemptively nixed a City Council Walmart hearing scheduled for today. (That hearing has been postponed to February 3rd, and all Protesters who share a love for Walmart and a hate of the proposed Islamic Community Center near Ground Zero are expected to rally then.) And in other Mosque news, Firefighter Timothy Brown, who filed an anti-mosque Lawsuit against the ci...

Sounding Presidential
Posted by Rich Trzupek on Jan 13th, 2011 and filed under Daily Mailer, FrontPage. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. Yesterday Barack Obama did something that too many elected officials seem congenitally unable to do: he rose above partisan politics and spoke to the nation as a leader should, rather than as another politician angling for personal advantage. Speaking in Tucson at the memor...

Liberals now seekban on metaphors
After the monstrous shooting in Arizona last week, surely we can all agree that we've got to pass Obama's agenda immediately and stop using metaphors. At least I think that's what the Mainstream Media are trying to tell me. Liberals instantly leapt on the sickening massacre at a Tucson political event over the weekend to accuse tea partiers, Sarah Palin and all Conservatives who talk out loud of being complicit in Murder by inspiring the shooter, Jared Loughner. Of course, to make their cas...

Tucson tragedy 'a real opportunity' for nonpartisan groups No Labels, Third Way
As the debate over civility in politics continues in the wake of the shooting in Tucson, groups founded to push Bipartisanship see an opening: Could this be a moment for the political middle? This Story Americans contemplate toning down their Rhetoric Audio: Jared Loughner's 2007 court appearance Investigators Probe Loughner's gun purchase, examine finances Loughner family expresses sorrow for 'heinous' attack; doctors say Giffords making progress A Tucson YMCA was common ground for alleged s...

Sharron Angle is Miss Manners
Former Senate Candidate Sharron Angle is firing back at critics — including a U.S. congressman — who have blamed her and her infamous “Second Amendment remedies” quote for fueling the Saturday shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others in Tucson, Ariz. In a statement reported today on the website Politico, Angle had harsh words for her critics, including U.S. Rep. James Clyburn , who said on Monday that accused Tucson shooting Jared Loughner “…saw a S...

Arizona Shootings Unlikely to Change Gun Culture
Now is the time for mourning the Victims of Saturday’s mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, but it’s not the time for new gun-control laws aimed at preventing such tragedies in the future. That’s the political consensus in the wake of the attack on Representative Gabrielle Giffords at a “Congress on Your Corner” event at a Safeway Supermarket. A deranged gunman killed six of Giffords’ constituents, including a Federal Judge and a 9-year-old girl, with a Glock 19 ...

Corn on MSNBC: Sarah Palin's Petty Response to the Tucson Story
David Corn joined former Bush Speechwriter David Frum and host Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC's The Last Word to discuss Sarah Palin's petty video response to criticism of her political Rhetoric in the wake of the Tucson shooting. When asked about Palin's latest bombshell remarks, even sympathizers aren't running to her defense. With her "blood Libel" charge, does Palin display narcissism or ignorance—or both? Corn on Hardball: Who is Jared Loughner?...

Truth or Consequence How Did You THINK It Was Going to End Up?
In the aftermath of the Assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and the cold-blooded murders of six other innocent people, Judson Phillips, the founder of Tea Party Nation issued a statement, “We didn’t intend for this to result in violence.” Huh? How did you think it was going to end up? Phillips went on to say, “No one should be killed for their political beliefs, but . . . there can be no Civil Discourse with people as crazy as those on the left are....

(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...

Angle: Don't blame me for Tucson shooting rampage (AP)
Las Vegas – Former U.S. Senate Candidate Sharron Angle says she's not to blame for the Arizona shooting that left six people dead and 13 wounded. The former Nevada assemblywoman who tried to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday she condemns all violence. The Tea Party politician calls Saturday's killings senseless and horrifying. Police say 22-year-old Jared Loughner fired at a crowd gathered at an event hosted by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head. I...

Sharron Angle: 'Irresponsible' to blame Tea Party
Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle is condemning what she calls "finger-pointing" at the small-government movement in the wake of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' shooting. Angle, a former Republican nominee for Senate, said in a statement that it is "irresponsible" to blame her, Sarah Palin or the Tea Party movement for the Arizona shooting rampage that killed six people and left Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, fighting for her life. "Expanding the context of the attack to blame and to infringe upon the p...

Sharron Angle: Accusing Me of Violent Rhetoric Could Cause Violence
The emergence of Sarah Palin from her bunker has emboldened Nevada’s Sharron Angle to throw her hate (oops! I mean “hat”) into the ring. Infamous for invoking “Second Amendment remedies” repeatedly in her campaign speeches, Angle now whines that her First Amendment rights are being “infringed upon” — because she’s being criticized. “Expanding the context of the attack to blame and to infringe upon the people’s Constitutional liber...

Sharron Angle: Don't blame me for Tucson shooting rampage
Former U.S. Senate Candidate Sharron Angle says she's not to blame for the Arizona shooting that left six people dead and 14 injured. The former Nevada assemblywoman who tried to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday she condemns all violence. The Tea Party politician calls the killings Saturday senseless and horrifying. Police say 22-year-old Jared Loughner fired at a crowd gathered at an event hosted by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords was shot in the head but survived. L...