Palin's ups and downs

The foolishness of the 'blood libel' charge
Greg already touched on many of the more egregious aspects of Sarah Palin's video response to critics, but I wanted to focus more directly on her use of the term "blood Libel." First off, it would be a serious stretch to assign any blame to Palin for Jared Loughner's actions. But while this is a situation in which Palin has been genuinely wronged by critics, she has already squandered any Moral High Ground she might have fairly laid claim to. Part of Palin's appeal to her base comes from her w...

Palin breaks silence on Tucson
At 6:52 a.m. EST this morning, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin posted a 1,141-word Facebook post with an accompanying eight-minute video responding to the Tucson shootings at length on the same day President Obama is scheduled to travel to Tucson to speak. The response comes as a reply to critics who have said that her political action committee’s map, showing Democratic representatives in GOP-leaning districts who voted for the Health Care law in gunsights, contributed to a charged cli...

Top Dem Says Palin Attractive, Intellectually Dense
Sarah Palin’s video message about the Arizona shootings has already drawn criticism from a House Democrat leader. “You know, Sarah Palin just can’t seem to get it, on any front. I think she’s an attractive person, she is articulate,” said assistant House Minority Leader James Clyburn (D., S.C.) on a Radio Show this morning, according to The Hill. “But I think intellectually, she seems not to be able to understand what’s going on here.” Clyburn comp...

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: 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...

The Westboro Left, Calculated Lies, and Wellstone II
Matthew Sheffield has a very interesting post up at the Washington Examiner: Fred Phelps, the crazy leader of the Westboro Baptist Church cult, has become infamous for blaming any bad event on the evils of Homosexuality. Earthquake in Haiti? Blame the gays. Combat troop deaths in Iraq? Ditto. Phelps' Logic Works thusly: God literally hates people who engage in Homosexual conduct and unless societies take the steps to ban and punish such action, God is going to destroy them. Any natural disast...

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 ...

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...

Clyburn: Palin Intellectually Unable To 'Understand What's Going On'
In her response to the tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and 19 others in Arizona, Sarah Palin criticized Journalists for Manufacturing a "blood Libel" against her. On a radio program this morning, Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn (D-SC) said that the former Alaska Governor "just can't seem to get it." "You know, Sarah Palin just can't seem to get it, on any front. I think she's an attractive person, she is articulate," Clyburn said on the Bill Press Radio Show, accord...

Palin: Journalists incite hatred after AZ shooting
(01-12) 07:19 PST Anchorage, Alaska (AP) -- Sarah Palin posted a nearly eight-minute video on her Facebook page early Wednesday, accusing Journalists and pundits of inciting hatred and violence in the wake of a deadly Arizona shooting that gravely wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Last spring, Palin targeted Giffords' district as one of 20 that should be taken back. Palin has been criticized for marking each district with the cross hairs of a gun sight. In the video, the 2008 GOP vice pres...

Morning Beat at the Left Coast Rebel: Snow in 49 States
by the Left Coast Rebel Global Warming across 49 states: QUIKWIT: It's snowing AGAIN! The BLOG: Snowless in Florida (for now) Give us Liberty: Obama's global warming snowjob Holy Coast: Yosemite at 30,000 feet News across the Blogs: Scratching Post: The fate of the mentally ill Lonely Conservative: Most Americans not buying it Wolf Files: Media guide for the Journalistically challenged* Legal Insurrection: The world of Loughner and Palin haters Beers with Demo: Violence, Rhetoric and free spe...

Protocols of the Elders of Wasilla
I was totally unaware that Sarah Palin was Jewish. I also had no idea that she and her family made matzos out of the blood of young Christian Children. This information is making me reassess everything I though I knew. More seriously, I have to agree with Rep. Clyburn. "You know, Sarah Palin just can't seem to get it, on any front. I think she's an attractive person, she is articulate," Clyburn said on the Bill Press Radio Show. "But I think intellectually, she seems not to be able to understa...

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’...

Sarah Palin accuses critics of blood libel
Source: rs "Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with the criminals who commit them," the conservative Tea Party favorite and former Alaska Governor said in her first major response to critics. "Especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood Libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible." Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/sarah-palin-a...

Clyburn: Palin 'Seems Not to Be Able to Understand What's Going on Here'
Good grief, don't these people know when to shut up?A House Democratic leader on Wednesday lashed out at Sarah Palin, accusing the former Alaska Governor of being intellectually unable of understanding why she's faced criticism related to the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said that Palin had missed the point by releasing a statement this morning blasting the media for "blood Libel" for looking to assign blame in part to her rhet...

News Briefs
Is it time for CPAC already? broke her silence Wednesday to strike back at the media for “reprehensible” actions after the Arizona shooting. The former Alaska Governor said that “Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood Libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn.” Still no Apology for the lock and reload comments or the bullseye targets. (The Cutline) “Expanding the context of the attack to blame and to infrin...

Palin accuses critics of 'blood libel'
WASHINGTON - Prominent U.S. Republican Sarah Palin Wednesday accused critics of “blood Libel” by blaming her Rhetoric for contributing to the shooting rampage in Tucson that killed six and wounded 14, including Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords. “Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with the criminals who commit them,” the conservative Tea Party favorite and former Alaska Governor said in her first major response to critics. R...

Sarah Palin, blood libel, and the Inigo Montoya problem
I have been planning on writing on this subject for a while, and the statement issued by Sarah Palin regarding the tempest swirling around the Terrorist Act in Tucson, Arizona, provides the last bit of incentive. Former Governor Palin used the phrase “blood Libel” in her statement, making me wonder why, in something that was supposedly responding to the condemnation of the violent imagery and phrases used in right-wing language, the word “blood” was invoked so soon after the sheddin

Beck Stokes Fears Of "A Ban On Guns" Following AZ Shooting
Beck Claims Politicians Are "Pushing" To Ban Guns Following AZ Shooting Beck: Lawmakers Are Pushing "A Ban On Guns." On his Fox News show, Beck claimed that lawmakers are pushing "a ban on guns" in response to the Arizona shooting. Beck stated: BECK: It didn't take long for Washington to come out with their solution to the problem of the alleged violent Rhetoric. The solution, however, comes despite not having a shred of evidence that this crazed gunman was motivated by anything other than his...

Palin: Journalists incite hatred after AZ shooting
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—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' district as one of 20 that should be taken back. Palin has been criticized for marking each district with the cross hairs of a gun sight. In the video posted Wednesday, the 2008 GOP vice Presidential Candidate said vigorous debates are a cheri...

Palin Calls Criticism of Her Rhetoric "Blood Libel"
Sarah Palin, addressing critics and pundits who have said her use of violent Rhetoric may have contributed to the shooting in Arizona that left a congresswoman injured and six others (Read more...) ...

Palin, 'blood libels' and our own culpability
Sorry, I'm not going to join those jumping all over Sarah Palin for her use of the term “blood Libel” in referring to those claiming that the right is at fault in Saturday's Tucson massacre. No, it's no accurate; “blood Libel” has a very particular, chilling meaning. It's a stupid comparison, and not just a little offensive. You hear it almost every day in the Israeli press, referring to just about anybody who the speaker disagrees with. You hear it in American politics, ...

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'...

Massacre, Followed by Libel
WASHINGTON -- The charge: The Tucson massacre is a consequence of the "climate of hate" created by Sarah Palin, the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, ObamaCare opponents and sundry other liberal betes noires. The verdict: Rarely in American political discourse has there been a charge so reckless, so scurrilous, and so unsupported by evidence. As killers go, Jared Loughner is not reticent. Yet among all his writings, postings, videos and other ravings -- and in all the Testimony from all the people who kne...

Jared Lee Loughner and the Rise of Anti-Social Media
"Hello, my name is Jared Lee Loughner. This video is my introduction to you! My favorite activity is conscience dreaming; the greatest inspiration for my political business information. Some of you don't dream -- sadly." Thus begins a haunting video screed posted to the YouTube channel of the young man who stands accused of unleashing the barrage of deadly gunfire at a political meet-and-greet this past weekend in Tucson. Stunning and senseless, the digital context in which Loughner's "dream" ...