Joe Arpaio Defends Sarah Palin, Says Sheriff Dupnik Too Political (VIDEO)

Poll: Tucson Shooting Wasn't Political
PHOENIX - A Mass Shooting that left six dead and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords gravely wounded has the nation wondering, why? Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik spoke out about the rampage on Saturday, saying it grew from extreme political Rhetoric, Bigotry and hatred, especially in his home state of Arizona. That statement ignited a firestorm of statements from politicians and Law Enforcements, who said there was no evidence to suggest politics played a role and that it was too soon to make...

Poll: Tucson Shooting Wasn't Political
PHOENIX - A Mass Shooting that left six dead and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords gravely wounded has the nation wondering, why? Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik spoke out about the rampage on Saturday, saying it grew from extreme political Rhetoric, Bigotry and hatred, especially in his home state of Arizona. That statement ignited a firestorm of statements from politicians and Law Enforcements, who said there was no evidence to suggest politics played a role and that it was too soon to make...

Gregory Kane: Sheriff Dupnik shoots before aiming
It wasn't long after the Tucson, Ariz., shootings before Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik went into full blowhard mode about who was responsible for the massacre. A hint: it's not suspect Jared Lee Loughner. According to a story on the Web site www.CNN.com, Dupnik "used a nationally televised Press Conference to condemn the tone of political discourse in his state." Oh, this gets better. Here's a direct quote from Dupnik, taken from the www.CNN.com story: "We need to do some soul-searching. ...

Sheriff Joe to Sheriff Dope-neck: Shut Up or Resign
The two neighboring sheriffs in Arizona,  Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, and  Clarence Dupnik of Pima County, could hardly be more different.  Yesterday, UNCOVERAGE.net called for the dismissal/removal/Resignation of Clarence Dupnik due to his extremely political and baseless statements blaming the Tea Party, Sarah Palin and Talk Show host Rush Limbaugh for “vitriolic” political Rhetoric which Dupnik claims caused Jared Loughner to Murder six people in Tucson this week...

Stadium opened after arena fills for Obama speech (AP)
TUCSON, Ariz. – The University of Arizona has opened its football stadium after it became clear that the 14,000-seat arena would not be big enough to hold everyone wanting to see President Barack Obama's Speech about the Mass Shooting. Those at the stadium were watching the memorial service on the scoreboard. The crowd in the main venue warmed up with a number of live performances, though "Amazing Grace" was almost drowned out by cheers as the surgeons treating the Victims of the massacr...

Rhetoric as comfort food: The mac-and-cheese instinct
Neither the right nor the left lost any time criticizing the other after the Tucson shootings, but it's increasingly clear the suspect was not politically motivated. If only we could go back to Monday. Discussions about Saturday's shootings in Tucson, which killed six and wounded 13, including Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, were so much simpler then: inflamed, righteous and deliciously partisan in a comfort-food kind of way. The fallout from the tragedy took a neat and predictable course: t...

Palin Defends Rhetoric
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in a video posted on the Internet Wednesday, defended her campaign Rhetoric and called it "irresponsible'' and a "blood Libel'' to fault political language for the shootings in Arizona. It was Ms. Palin's first substantial entry into a national debate, touched off by Saturday's rampage, about whether heated political Rhetoric plays any role in inciting violence, a claim most often put forward by people on the political left. View Full Image ...

Obama: 'We Mourn With You ... We Join You In Your Grief'
President Obama delivered an emotional address at a memorial service tonight to honor the 19 people shot, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), in Tucson last Saturday. "There is nothing I can say that will fill the sudden hole torn in your hearts. But know this: the hopes of a nation are here tonight. We mourn with you for the fallen. We join you in your grief. And we add our faith to yours that Representative Gabrielle Giffords and the other living Victims of this tragedy pull through," ...

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Weighs In On Tucson Tragedy Says Dupnik Should Shut Up
G.I. Wood Shop Inc. Mrs. Peel Oh…My Valve! V The K’s Caption This! An error has occurred; the feed is probably down. Try again later. “I think we have to very careful about what we say, especially Law Enforcement officials or government officials. I think right now I think we ought to shut our mouth and let the justice system take its course.” He went on to say, “Let’s just twist this around…say it was me...that made those statements - I would be b...

Sarah Palin's respectful response to her critics (VIDEO)
Sarah Palin released her anticipated response to the severe criticism she has received from some pundits, politicians, and others since last Saturday's Arizona shootings in which Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was wounded along with 13 others and in which 6 persons were fatally shot.   Palin's response, regardless of one's opinion of her, can be labeled as appropriately respectful to the situation, the injured and dead, and to her opponents.  Hopefully, her r...

Obama: May good come of Arizona tragedy
Invoking the memory of a slain 9-year-old girl, a solemn President Obama on Wednesday night urged Americans to "live up to her expectations" and shelve bitter politics as the nation grieves for the Victims of Saturday's attack outside a Tucson, Ariz., Supermarket that left six people dead and more than a dozen others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, seriously injured. Mr. Obama's address at a deeply emotional memorial service capped a day of mourning that began earlier in the House of Represe...

Jews Troubled By Palin's Use Of 'Blood Libel'
By Nicole Neroulias Religion News Service (RNS) Four days after an Assassination attempt critically wounded a Jewish congresswoman and killed six others, Sarah Palin on Wednesday (Jan. 12) accused "Journalists and pundits" of Manufacturing a "blood Libel" that seeks to link her and other Conservatives to the massacre. The "blood Libel" language unsettled many Jewish groups, who say the term has been used for centuries to justify persecution of Jews. "Blood Libel" is often traced to the Gospel...

Most Doubt Political Rhetoric a Major Factor in Ariz. Shootings
PRINCETON, NJ -- A new USA Today/Gallup Poll finds Americans dubious that the heated language used in politics today was a major factor that influenced the alleged gunman in last week's shootings in Tucson, Ariz. Twenty percent say such Rhetoric was a major factor in the shootings, while 22% cite it as a minor factor; 42% say it was not a factor at all. Democrats are more likely than Independents or Republicans to believe political debate played a role. The poll was conducted Jan. 11, three ...

Sheriff Dupnik faces reelection bid August 28, 2012
In response to a query by the L.A. County Libertarian Examiner,  Pima County Arizona election officials have confirmed that Pima County Sheriff Clarence W. Dupnik will next be up for election in 2012. Mary Martinson, of Pima County Elections prompty replied to our question and said "The Sheriff in Pima County is up every 4 years. The Sheriff’s term is 4 years. The next time he (Dupnik) will be up for election is August 28, 2012." Republican Arizona State Senator Jack W. Harp...

Sheriff Dupnik aides Loughner defense
Pima County Sheriff Dupnik, responsible for opening the investigation of Jared Loughner, has gone on record presenting legally viable evidence that Loughner was incited to commit mass Murder by hateful, violent Right-wing images and Rhetoric. He bases this claim on the fact that an altar to Satan was found in the defendant’s backyard and everyone knows that the Right-wingers are all Satanists.  We know because the Left would never demonize anyone on the Right just for disagreeing with...

Sheriff Dupnik won't release reports...
Sheriff's Department and community-college officials in Pima County are refusing to release a wide range of public documents about the man charged in Saturday's shooting rampage that left six dead and more than a dozen wounded. The Pima County Sheriff's Department and Pima Community College have declined to release documents that could shed light on run-ins they had with 22-year-old Jared Loughner in the months prior to the shooting. The Arizona Public Records Law requires that records be "open ...

Enough AlreadyIt Is Time for Sheriff Dupnik to Go
Since he first opened his mouth on Saturday night to address the nation about the terrible shootings at a Tucson Safeway, Sheriff Clarence Dupnik has been inaccurate, deceptive, and completely biased in his handling of the case. Sheriff Clarence Dupnik must resign. Never have we witnessed a prominent public figure so inaccurately and viciously politicize a national tragedy like Sheriff Dupnik did this week. And in all of his statements he has either been wrong or misdirected. This bitter part...

Analyzing Sarah Palin's Statements About Arizona Shootings (ContributorNetwork)
ANALYSIS | Sarah Palin posted a seven-minute, 42-second video response to those who have criticized her political discourse in wake of the Arizona shootings. Both the left and right have been polarizing in their analysis of her remarks. The Washington Post checked Palin's facts about the use of certain quotes in her Speech. Even Jewish Conservatives such as Jonah Goldberg said even though he agrees with Palin's larger point, the term "blood Libel" probably should not have be...

No More Mister Nice Blog
WILL PARTISAN BICKERING SEND A CRAZY MAN TO THE CHAIR? Lefties have been looking for ties between Jared Loughner's state of mind and recent expressions of right-wing rage; the right, in response to this, has lashed out, aggressively attacking commentators and others -- including Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik -- who've criticized the right. And now along comes Limbaugh. The soundbite from Rush Limbaugh's Tuesday Radio Show that's Tucson Tea Party Founder Blames Giffords For Getting Shot:'The Real Case Is That She Had No Security
Source: Think Progress Tucson Tea Party Founder Blames Giffords For Getting Shot: ‘The Real Case Is That She Had No Security’ In March 2010, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) warned that the Rhetoric from the tea parties and Sarah Palin was potentially dangerous. “I can say that in the years that some of my colleagues have served — 20, 30 years — they’ve never seen it like this…when people do that, they’ve gotta realize there’s consequences to that action,” she

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED Tucson Tea Party Leader Receives Death Threats This Week
Mission Accomplished! After blaming the Tea Party for the mass slaughter on Saturday one tea Party Leader is receiving death threats. The sheriff’s office told Tucson tea Party Leader Trent Humphries to stay home. The Tuscon Tea Party leader started receiving death threats since the shootings at the Safeway on Saturday. Trent Humphries, the leader of the largest Tea Party group in this mourning southern Arizona city, has nothing but praise for the way President Obama has led the nation th...

Obama Calls Clarence Dupnik
From Right Wing News A Thank You Call to America’s Worst Sheriff by Van Helsing The worst sheriff in America, Pima County’s irresponsible Clarence Dupnik, has accomplished notable achievements in the past. For example, he assisted in the non-prosecution of fellow moonbats who threw pies at Ann Coulter when she tried to speak at the University of Arizona. When SB1070 passed with the overwhelming support of Arizona citizens alarmed by the inundation of the state by Illegal Aliens, this s...

Obama asks for words that heal, not wound
TUCSON — President Obama visited critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at her Hospital bedside Wednesday and then, noting the nation's polarized politics, urged Americans shocked by a deadly Assassination attempt to "make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds." At that Hospital visit, Obama said, "Gabby opened her eyes for the first time. She knows we are here. She knows that we love her. And she knows we are rooting for her." POLL: Conserv...

The kind of insights only Gohmert can provide
THE KIND OF INSIGHTS ONLY GOHMERT CAN PROVIDE.... Earlier today, in apparent reference to Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said, "I hope the sheriff tones his Rhetoric down." Yes, Gohmert wants someone else to tone down the rhetoric. This from the guy who, among other things, screamed at Anderson Cooper for several minutes about "terror babies," and argued on the House floor that Democrats are trying to get Senior Citizens to "die off more quickly" by passing h...

Sheriff Arpaio Says Deputies of Sheriff Dupnik Once Participated in Protest Where His Effigy Was Beheaded
“Vitriolic” hypocrisy. (Examiner)- Sheriff Joe Arpaio warns Sheriff Dupnik that he’ll fight back if he starts attacking him. Sheriff Arpaio, of the pink underwear-mandating Tent City fame, came out swinging against renegade and conservative-slandering Sheriff Dupnik of nearby Pima County. In a TV interview, Arpaio said that he does not want to speak poorly of a fellow sheriff, but he promised to fight back hard against Dupnik if he so much as starts to launch personal attacks a...