On shootings and politics, Palin has her own rules

On shootings and politics, Palin has her own rules (AP)
WASHINGTON – With her video defending herself against critics — in which she accused them of "blood Libel" — Sarah Palin again showed she is weighing a presidential bid in unprecedented and even daring ways. The former Alaska Governor commands nationwide attention with her selective use of Facebook and Twitter, choosing provocative words when others testing the presidential waters prefer a lighter touch. Some political pros say her tactics, which protect her from mainstream r...

WH: No Comment on Palin's Remark
WASHINGTON - With her video accusing critics of "blood Libel," Sarah Palin again showed an unprecedented and daring political command of Social Networking to maintain a high profile in speculation about the Republican Party and the 2012 presidential race. The former Alaska Governor regularly gets nationwide attention with her selective use of Facebook and Twitter, choosing provocative words when others testing the presidential waters prefer a lighter touch. Some political pros say her tactics, w...

On shootings and politics, Palin has her own rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — With her video defending herself against critics — in which she accused them of “blood Libel” — Sarah Palin again showed she is weighing a presidential bid in unprecedented and even daring ways. The former Alaska Governor commands nationwide attention with her selective use of Facebook and Twitter, choosing provocative words when others testing the presidential waters prefer a lighter touch. Some political pros say her tactics, which protect her fr...

Palin Has Her Own Rules on Shootings and Politics
WASHINGTON — With her video accusing critics of "blood Libel," Sarah Palin again showed an unprecedented and daring political command of Social Networking to maintain a high profile in speculation about the Republican Party and the 2012 presidential race. The former Alaska Governor regularly gets nationwide attention with her selective use of Facebook and Twitter, choosing provocative words when others testing the presidential waters prefer a lighter touch. Some political pros ...

To Sarah Palin, the Arizona Shooting Is All About ... Sarah Palin
A nine-year-old girl who just wanted to meet her congresswoman is dead. Democracy itself is under assault with the shooting death of a Federal Judge and a congressional aide, and the Attempted Murder of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The accused shooter has a troubling history that raises questions about how we care for the mentally ill and whom we allow to have a gun. Heroes emerged, including citizens who threw themselves atop the shooter to stop further bloodshed, and the congressional intern who...

CBS Blames Sarah Palin For Injecting 'Politics and Controversy' Into Tucson Shooting
At the top of Wednesday's CBS Evening News, anchor Katie Couric lamented: "The President tries to comfort a nation in mourning, but even on a rare day of unity, politics and Controversy intervene." A clip was then played of Sarah Palin's Facebook video reaction to the Tucson shooting and media finger-pointing: "Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood Libel." Later, correspondent Chip Reid reported that in his Speech at the memorial service for the victi...

Slow Cycle
In discussing the 2012 Presidential Campaign, I've been a bit disrespectful of the odds for Republican dark horses who may be big time players in Washington or in the eyes of pundits, but do not exactly walk tall in the places that actually determine presidential nominations. Now comes Dave Weigel with a timely reminder of just how slowly this presidential cycle is getting underway compared to the situation four years ago. Here's a list of all the Candidates who had at least announced explor...

Joe Peyronnin: Tragedy in Tucson: Two Speeches
One heinous act in Tucson Saturday by a lone gunman left six people dead and more than a dozen injured. For five days the nation gasped in horror as it tried to search for answers. On Wednesday, President Barack Obama traveled across the country to attend a memorial ceremony, held at the University of Arizona, to speak with emotion and compassion of Saturday's tragic shootings. President Obama announced to the cheering arena that Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who had been shot through th...

Palin Death Threats at 'Unprecedented Level'
Sarah Palin's use of the term "blood Libel" while responding to the Gabrielle Giffords shooting has stirred up Controversy. Her team is talking to security experts after receiving what an aide has described as an "unprecedented level" of death threats. See photos of the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting in Arizona. Take the poll: Is Political Rhetoric to Blame for Arizona Shooting? Read more about the Arizona shooting and Gabrielle Giffords. ...

Distance From Palin
First Pawlenty, now Christie. He makes the obvious point that a viable politician has to be able to parry open questions from the press: “You have to look at it and see, what are they like when they’re tested, what are they like when they’re not scripted, what are they like when they’re pushed. And I would contend to you that if Governor Palin never does any of those things, she’ll never be president, because people in America won’t countenance that. They just won’

Sarah Palin Plays By Her Own Rules On Shootings, Politics
WASHINGTON — With her video accusing critics of "blood Libel," Sarah Palin again showed an unprecedented and daring political command of Social Networking to maintain a high profile in speculation about the Republican Party and the 2012 presidential race. The former Alaska Governor regularly gets nationwide attention with her selective use of Facebook and Twitter, choosing provocative words when others testing the presidential waters prefer a lighter touch. Some political pros say her ta...

The Arizona shootings in hind-site
 The Arizona shootings have put everything in the limelight except the recovery of Congresswomen Gifford's and the investigation of the gunman Jared Lee Loughner. We all know the story, it has been run into the ground this week; the same old back and forth between left and right about the politicizing of a Murder; the nutcase sheriff running back and forth between networks telling us all to stop the vitriol while he himself is doing the same; Sarah Palin being implicated in the story becaus...

'Blood libel' accusations have long history
(01-13) 04:00 PST New York - -- When Sarah Palin accused Journalists and pundits of "blood Libel" in the wake of the deadly Arizona shootings, she reached deep into one of medieval history's most sordid chapters to make her point. The term "blood Libel" is not well known, but it is highly charged - a reference to a time when European Christians accused Jews of Kidnapping and murdering Christian Children to obtain their blood. Jews were tortured and executed for crimes they did not commit, emb...

GENBC Rhetoric
This morning on the Chuck Todd show, a NY Times writer opined that “not everyone things Sarah Palin is responsible for the shootings.” Oh, thanks. (And not everyone thinks the NYT is responsible for the Ukrainian Genocide.) But, Todd and his cohort wondered, why did Palin make such an “awful response” (attacking the MSM for attacks on her and other Conservatives), which was sure to hurt her badly. Tut-tut, went the Timesman, who knows why she hurt herself so badly? In f...

Some say 'blood libel' signaled base
Sarah Palin’s use of the charged term “blood Libel” may not have been an accidental blunder, but a deliberate “‘dog whistle” appeal to her Evangelical Christian supporters for whom the expression has meaning, commentators and others are saying. Taegan Goddard, founder of nonpartisan news site Political Wire, floated the idea after the release of Palin’s video remarks Wednesday, writing that “… while it’s not entirely clear what Palin...

Sarah Palin Unplugged
Thu Jan. 13, 2011 8:43 AM PST I haven't paid a ton of attention to the Giffords coverage over the past two days, but hoo boy — was Sarah Palin's video response yesterday one of the most ill-conceived political speeches ever? I'm not even talking about the "blood Libel" thing. For all I know, she doesn't even understand what the phrase means — though I'll bet we'll soon get some kind of snarky, defensive tweet claiming that she does too know what it means and then concoctin...

Andy Ostroy: The Political Implosion of Sarah Palin
The takeaway from President Obama's brilliant, poignant Speech at Wednesday night's memorial at the University of Arizona in Tucson was, "We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us." The tone of his message, his raw emotion, the compassion for the Victims and their families, and the genuine concern he showed for the nation exemplified great leadership, and was in stark contrast to the bizarre, self-serving video that his pot...

Christie to Palin: Go off the cuff
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Wednesday criticized the media strategy of former 2008 vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, saying she needs to go unscripted more often. Christie said that Palin needs to engage with the public and the media, rather than speak publicly through means such as her Facebook page and Twitter. He said that such exchanges are necessary to sharpen her political skills should she want to run for president. The Governor told the New York Times that he had not s...

Right-Wing Media Rush To Defend Palin's Use Of "Blood Libel"
Right-Wing Media Defend Palin's Use Of "Blood Libel" Washington Times: "This Is Simply The Latest Round Of An Ongoing Pogrom Against Conservative Thinkers." In an editorial titled, "Blood libel against Palin, Limbaugh," The Washington Times stated: "Typical of blood libel, the attack against Mrs. Palin is a false charge intended to generate anger made by people with a political agenda. They have made these claims boldly without evidence and without censure or consequence." From the Times: Som...

Dog Whistling in the Dark
Can the kerfuffle over Sarah Palin's use of the term "blood Libel" get any sillier? Yes it can: Sarah Palin’s use of the charged term “blood libel” may not have been an accidental blunder, but a deliberate “‘dog whistle” appeal to her Evangelical Christian supporters for whom the expression has meaning, commentators and others are saying. Taegan Goddard, founder of nonpartisan news site Political Wire, floated the idea after the release of Palin’s video...

Bill Press Compares Palin in Tucson Remarks to Hostage With Guns to Her Head
Yet another example of the pathological left-wing meme in response to the Tucson bloodbath -- do as we say, not as we spew. To me, it reminded me of those hostage videos we've seen where there's a Terrorist on each side holding a gun to a person's head and they're forced to read a script, while she read the script, first of all, yesterday saying don't! don't! let's not criticize each other now. Since Press said nearly the same thing yesterday on Ed Schultz's radio...

The president at Tucson: How will we change?
Generational historians say that the times can change in an afternoon. This change may have occurred Saturday in Tucson, an afternoon many of us began thinking about Michael Vick and ended listening to Dr. Peter Rhee at the trauma center in Tucson. History will mark it by the president’s Speech, introducing himself as “an American.” This will define him, for the first time in a long time, as “one of us,” and define ourselves as one with him as well. He did, for the moment, &#

GOP's Mitch Daniels gets turn as Gridiron speaker
Forget the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primaries. Presidential hopefuls putting on a charm offensive for voters and Journalists alike also schedule podium time at Washington's annual Gridiron Club dinner, a tradition of music and satire going back to 1885. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels has been tapped as the Republican speaker for the March 12 dinner. He'll try to get a few laughs and gig politicos -- "we singe but we never burn," as the Gridiron motto says -- and share speaking duties with...

Polarizing Palin plays by her own rules
With her video accusing critics of “blood Libel,” Sarah Palin again showed an unprecedented and daring political command of Social Networking to maintain a high profile in speculation about the Republican Party and the 2012 presidential race. The former Alaska Governor regularly gets nationwide attention with her selective use of Facebook and Twitter, choosing provocative words when others testing the presidential waters prefer a lighter touch. Some political pros say her tactics, wh...

Chicanos Unidos Arizona members attend Together We Thrive memorial
Aldemar Suarez : “Last night’s event was historic. The unity was amazing, until Jan Brewer took the stage. Then, there were people booing. But when Barack Obama spoke, the audience listened. He is a true American hero." Cecilia Maldonano : “It might have seemed more like a pep rally than a memorial service, but there is a reason for that. Everybody was eager to celebrate the heroism that surrounded the event rather than the loss of life.” George Gonzales: “I was esc...