Palin: Journalists incite hatred after AZ shooting

Palin getting death threats after libs attack
ABC News: An aide close to Sarah Palin says death threats and security threats have increased to an unprecedented level since the shooting in Arizona, and the former Alaska Governor's team has been talking to security professionals. Since the shooting in Tucson, Palin has taken much heat for her "crosshairs" map that targeted 20 congressional Democrats in the 2010 mid-term election, including that of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was the main target of Saturday's attack. Friends say Palin, a po...

Sarah Palin's not interested in real guns, see it's mephatorical, stoopid
The alleged Arizona gunman Jared Loughner is, his bonkers online postings imply, obsessed with grammar. I think that’s the Chomskyan variety, rather than the Simon Heffer, Telegraph Style Book sort. Anyway, if that’s the case, he’d be delighted to hear the rest of the world struggling to agree on a satisfactory set of labels for him and his supposed actions. Mehdi Hasan, political editor of the New Statesman, has a piece in the Guardian today asking why we’d call a M

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...

Rand Paul: Democrats Trying To 'Manufacture' Controversy From Shooting In Arizona
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) accused Democrats Wednesday of attempting to "manufacture" the Controversy that has arisen over "vitriol" and political Rhetoric in the wake of the shooting in Tucson over the weekend. "Well, these are the kind of things that I think some on the left decided to manufacture even before the events occur. I mean, this is part of the playbook of Rahm Emanuel where they say any crisis should be used to their advantage to further their agenda," Paul said Wednesday on the FOX B...

Palin gets an experienced attorney in the rapidly-growing field of blood-libel accusation
A Controversy has arisen over Sarah Palin’s injudicious use of the term “blood Libel” to describe the accusation that her inflammatory Rhetoric inspired the grisly Arizona Murders. Apparently she thought it permissible to utter those words, unaware that they may only be applied to the infamous lie about using Christian blood as a matzo ingredient, and may not be appropriated for any other use without the express written consent of the ADL. Condemnation was immediate. In one LA Times art

"Blood Libel"
Yes many people have used the phrase "blood Libel" - including yours truly - but I nodded to the term's history when I wrote: Paladino speaks of “perverts who target our Children and seek to destroy their lives.” This is the gay equivalent of the medieval (and Islamist) blood-libel against Jews. Not many people use the anti-Semitic meme of Jews sucking others blood about a Jewish financier - but Fox News put it right up there, thanks to Glenn Beck. Adam Serwer contends that b...

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...

Quote of the Day: New Jerseys Gov. Christie Says Palin Must Go Unscripted to be 2012 Contender
Many writers here at TMV and elsewhere have noted how former Gov. Sarah Palin — now looking like she’s gearing up to run for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination — is sticking to a press strategy where she issues statements via Facebook, Twitter, does prepared videos and in all but a few instances avoids questions from the Mainstream Media or even the growing number of critics in her own party (her response a few weeks ago was to call some Republicans who are criticizin...

Palin's "Blood Libel" Fumble
Count me among those not terribly bothered by Sarah Palin's initial use of the historically loaded phrase "blood Libel" in her video message yesterday. My sense is that in our common vernacular the phrase has become divorced from its original meaning and is merely an especially emphatic way to say "libel." (I confess that I didn't make the historical association when I first heard her say it. And I don't think it's unusually patronizing to guess that Palin wasn't aware of its deeper meaning.) Bu...

Anyone can use 'blood libel' even Sarah Palin | Alan Dershowitz
As a lifelong Liberal Democrat, I am no political supporter of Sarah Palin. I also oppose her use of rifle sight crosshairs as political symbols. Yet, I have no problem with her use of the term "blood Libel" to characterise what she perceives to be false charges that her Rhetoric and symbols were partly responsible for the deaths and mayhem in Tucson. The term blood libel has taken on a broad metaphorical meaning in public discourse. Although its historical origins are rooted in theologically ba...

Do We Have to Politicize Murder?
Susan Stamper Brown, FloydReports.com Once upon a time in America, civility inspired citizens to pause from Partisanship long enough to acknowledge horrific tragedies like the Tucson, Arizona, massacre for what they are rather than use the tragedy as an opportunity to twist, spin, distort, pervert, and misrepresent facts and hurl unfounded accusations in a feeble attempt to gain political ground. For The Progressive pundit “Journalists,” civility is a faint memory - if it ever existed at

SARAH PALIN: America's Enduring Strength
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 families touched by this tragedy and for our country. Our exceptional...

Iowa politicos differ on impact of heated rhetoric
Iowa Democrats and Republicans have drawn very different conclusions about what role heated political discourse may have played in the Jan. 8 shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and what changes politicians might make in the way they communicate following that event. Iowa Democratic Party Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky said politicians can’t control who hears what they say and how they react to it, but it is politicians’ responsibility to monitor what they say. “I think ...

Two Addresses; Two Approaches; Which One Speaks To The Heart Of America?
Much is being written in the blogosphere about the difference between Sarah Palin’s reaction to the Arizona shootings and the approach taken by President Obama.  For Palin, it was an opportunity to define herself as able to handle a personal Political Crisis, and to display an understanding of nuance and tonality.  The qualities we seek in our leaders, after all, are undefinable. It is not just about promising legislative victories or  thrilling one’s base; it’s ...

Backlash Grows Over Palin's 'Blood Libel' Claim
Sarah Palin's use of the loaded phrase "blood Libel" is attracting more attention and condemnation as the day goes on. The former Alaska Governor used the words to describe the claims of critics who said Palin deserved some of the blame for the Arizona shootings because of her fiery Rhetoric and her target-marked election map that put the sights on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), among others. But the phrase most often refers to an anti-Semitic myth that's been used to justi...

TNR rounds up the usual suspects The Israel Lobby and Seven Jewish Children
David Greenberg in the New Republic says the Arizona attacks are evidence of rising Anti-Semitism. He's better at spelling Francay than English. The news of the years since September 11 has been full of more anti-Semitism than any decade in my lifetime, from the murderous kind in Mumbai and the banlieues of Paris to the “genteel” variety espoused by Caryl Churchill and Stephen Walt and John Mearshimer. Much of it has been blithely tolerated. You must log in to post a comment. Previous pos...

The President's speech as consolation: Is that what is needed?
The president along with many others, like Daniel Hernandez, gave a beautiful, graceful Speech last night. It was a eulogy for those who died like the lovely 9 year old girl, Christina Taylor Green, we all would have wanted as our own. He eloquently evoked the child who skipped in puddles and yearned to be someone to make the world a better place like the woman she admired and came to see, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, whom we all hope is valiantly beginning a recovery. Make the world a b...

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...

The Politics of Insinuation
David Warren: While it did not quite rise to a blood Libel, the headline in Monday's Guardian (U. K.) did not fail for want of trying: "Gabrielle Giffords shooting reignites row over right-wing Rhetoric in U.S." Elsewhere in the Guardian, the distance was bridged. Consider this heading (over a piece by Michael Tomasky): "In the U.S., where hate rules at the Ballot Box, this tragedy has been coming for a long time: The shooting of Gabrielle Giffords may lead to the temporary hibernation of right...

Christie: Palin should have left out "blood libel"
On Good Morning America today, Chris Christie defended Sarah Palin against critics of her Rhetoric, in general, but also suggested she should have been more parsimonious in yesterday's video. STEPHANOPOULOS: Sarah Palin, coming into some criticism today, after using that term "blood Libel". Do you think she knew what she was getting into with that? CHRISTIE: I don't know. I have no idea. But what I would say is I think that, you know, I don't think anybody really believes that Governor Palin w...

Left really hates it when people respond to their attack narrative
Image via Wikipedia Lori Ziganto: ... A pitch perfect response, both from the heart and smart. Naturally, that then caused the Left to lose whatever tenuous grip they had left on reality. See, Sarah Palin was bad for being “silent and on the lam” last night. But, today, she is super icky for responding and not remaining silent. After being accused for days of having “blood on her hands” and of being responsible for the acts of a madman. Who, incidentally, apparently did...

President Challenges Nation
In a moving tribute to the Victims of last Saturday's violence, President Barack Obama challenged Americans to live up to the "expectations of our Children". Using 9-year old Christina Taylor Green's untimely death as an inspiration, Obama bemoaned, "I want to live up to her expectations." The president's 34-minute Speech was delivered to a crowd of nearly 14,000 people at the University of Arizona's McKale Memorial Center. They had gathered for a memorial service dedicated to those who lost the...

Race42012.com Essential Reads January 13th, 2011
“America’s Enduring Strength” - Sarah Palin Massacre, followed by Libel - Charles Krauthammer The Term ‘Blood Libel’: More Common Than You Might Think - The Campaign Spot Lord Help Me, I’m Defending Palin - Jonathan Chait, The New Republic Alan Dershowitz defends Palin’s use of “blood libel” - Big Government Poll: 53% say debate over political Rhetoric is an attempt to use tragedy to make Conservatives look bad - USA Today Friend of Loughner: &#

Liberals Trying To Force the Palin's Into Witness Protection
I came across this video, which I will not embed due to the fact that I don't think it deserves to be spread, which was a compilation of death wishes posted on Twitter against not only Sarah Palin, but her family as well. I know linking to it isn't much different from posting it, but the fewer places it is visible the less chance that unhinged people like Lougher can stumble across it. Remember the same people expressing these vile thoughts are the same ones who decry the Rhetoric heard on talk ...

Jews for Sarah Palin rally round
“The use of the term blood Libel is appropriate,” said Benyamin Korn, director of Jewish Americans for Sarah Palin, which runs JewsForSarah.com . Korn, a longtime Jewish Journalist and Activist, says his group has several hundred members. The website got off the ground in April 2010. Palin’s comment comes five days after the violent rampage in Tucson, Arizona. President Obama is scheduled Wednesday to visit the area that claimed six lives and injured 14 others, including Rep. G...