Pawlenty: Palin's Gun Sights Map Not 'My Style' (VIDEO)

Tim Pawlenty's hypocritical criticism of Sarah Palin
Tim Pawlenty thinks Sarah Palin shouldn't have used gunsight crosshairs imagery and says he would never have done anything like it: “It would not have been my style to put the cross hairs on there,” he said Tuesday on “Good Morning America,” referring to a map like the one posted last year on SarahPAC’s website showing gunsights on the Congressional Districts represented by Giffords and a select group of lawmakers who supported Health Care reform. “But then a...

Shooting presents 2012 test
In the wake of Saturday’s attempted Assassination of an Arizona congresswoman, the task of finding — and calibrating — a response commensurate with the solemn occasion is one that is facing not only President Barack Obama but also his would-be 2012 challengers. It’s a delicate exercise and one that is revealing much about many Republicans in contention for their party’s 2012 nomination. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Politico 44 Their widely divergent react...

WikiLeaks Julian Assange Quotes Sheriff Dupnik, Says Americans Need to Tone Down the Vitriolic Rhetoric
Julian Assange has thanked Australia for its support of his - and Wikileaks’s - cause but called on Americans to tone down political Rhetoric, saying those who incite violence should be charged with incitement to Murder. …In the one page statement, Mr Assange also offered sympathy and condolences to the Victims of the Tucson shooting on behalf of WikiLeaks, together with best wishes for the recovery of US Representative Gabrielle Giffords. The Democrat from Arizona’...

Joe Arpaio Defends Sarah Palin, Says Sheriff Dupnik Too Political (VIDEO)
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, not exactly known for his Bipartisanship, thinks that fellow Arizona Sheriff Clarence Dupnik of Pima County is getting too political in his Rhetoric in the wake of the Mass Shooting over the weekend that killed six people and gravely injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). "Sheriffs are elected, like I am, thank God. I'm sure if he was a Police Chief he'd probably be fired tomorrow. I'm not trying to defend him, but he's the one that runs that sheriff's offi...

Courage to sit
Posted by Scott at 8:32 PM The Krugmania that has descended over the MSM over the past three days has one purpose and one purpose only. It means to silence the voice of Conservatives in public life, whether the voice comes from Sarah Palin or Rush Limbaugh or the Tea Party or the Conservative Movement or Fox News. The MSM's weapon of choice at the moment is the association of Conservatives with the attempted Assassination of Rep. Giffords and the related killings. The MSM's Krugmania has cast ...

Tea Party as victim in Arizona
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Guardian: A nine-year-old girl lies in the morgue. A member of Congress faces a lifetime of struggle to recover from a bullet in the brain. A city is bracing itself for a string of funerals as it tries to fathom the carnage. But Trent Humphries says there is another innocent Victim left by Jared Lee Loughner's killing of six people and wounding of 14 others in his Assassination attempt against Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. It is his Tea Party movement and...

See BS Poll: Public Doesn't Believe Palin, et al, Caused Tucson Shooting, Yet The Libs Continue To Pile On
The barrage of lies from Liberal Democrats, Bloggers and their media lapdogs has failed, according to a See BS poll. Nearly six in 10 Americans say the country's heated political Rhetoric is not to blame for the Tucson shooting rampage that left six dead and critically wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, according to a CBS News poll. ...Overall, 57 percent of respondents said the harsh political tone had nothing to do with the shooting, compared to 32 percent who felt it did. Republicans were...

Is Sarah Palin Retreating, or Reloading?
In the days following the massacre in Tucson, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has become a focal point in the media conversation about the shootings. The confluence of her March posting of an electoral map that featured crosshairs over Shooting Victim Gabrielle Giffords ‘ Congressional District, Giffords’ own denunciation of the image at the time, and Giffords’ current struggle to survive that shooting has linked Palin to the shooting, despite a lack of any evidence of a cau...

Jesse Jackson's Bizarre Rant: is Rev ok?
In an oddly rambling, semi-coherent manner, the Reverend Jesse Jackson took to the airwaves yesterday to blame everything including the kitchen sink for Arizona's violent Shooting Spree. He appeared in-studio as a guest on the syndicated Al Sharpton Show. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Ame...

TRENDING: Politically charged e-mail on Arizona shootings draws fundraising scrutiny
Washington (CNN) - Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders told political supporters Tuesday that there needs to be a concerted effort by Arizona Republicans to help create a safe environment for people with opposing political ideologies, following the attempted Assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona. Sanders, an independent who aligns himself with the Democratic Party, went as far as to specifically call on his colleague, Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, to lead the effort. “First, this horr...

Pawlenty on Palin's Political Map: Crosshairs Not My Style
Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said that Sarah Palin's decision to put crosshairs on districts of vulnerable Democrats - including Rep. Giffords' - wasn’t what he would have done, but he doesn’t think it contributed to the terrible tragedy in Tucson on Saturday. “It wouldn’t have been my style to put the crosshairs on there. But again there is no evidence to suggest that it had anything to do with this mentally unstable person’s rage and ...

House members want added security after Giffords shooting
House members will return to the Capitol on Wednesday for the first time since the Tucson, Ariz., shooting rampage that nearly killed colleague Gabrielle Giffords, and they are demanding improved protection ranging from office security cameras to the installation of a plexiglass barrier over the House floor. Members will meet Wednesday with the U.S. Capitol Police and the sergeant-at-arms to discuss security issues in the Capitol and at home in their own districts, which is where Giffords, a De...

Aid and Comfort. [JHoward]
Below this post, Jeff asks who’s granting aid and comfort: I got fifty bucks that says this is McCain. Or maybe Lindsay Graham. Maybe it’s this fellow: Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty this morning added to the political debate about the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords by taking exception to Sarah Palin’s use of cross hairs on a 2010 election map. [...] Pawlenty, who could find himself running against Palin in the 2012 GOP presidential primaries, said “it woul...

Slight jab at Palin from Pawlenty in wide ranging interview with NYT
As he turns to focusing on the national stage shortly after leaving Minnesota’s Governor’s office, Tim Pawlenty is making his way through numerous high-profile interviews. He appeared on both Good Morning America and The View on Tuesday Morning, and on Monday he sat down with The New York Times for an interview addressing a wide number of topics, ranging from Afghanistan to Health Care reform. The Times’ Michael Shear opened the interview by asking Pawlenty about the attempted ...

Pawlenty, Kennedy Knock Palin for Gun Imagery
Former Minnesota Gov. (and likely 2012 GOP presidential contender) Tim Pawlenty took a swipe at former Governor Sarah Palin on Tuesday for her use of crosshairs imagery on a map showing the Democrats that Palin wanted to see lose in the Midterm Elections. "I think Governor Palin is a remarkable leader; I think she brings a lot to the debate and the table, both nationally and within the Republican Party as well," Pawlenty said on ABC's "Good Morning America." But, he continued, "You know, it woul...

Setting The Record Straight
Setting The Record Straight by digby There's a Right Wing trope out there that says Daily Kos put a "bullseye" on Giffords, just as Palin did. For the record from Media Matters: Original Daily Kos Post Did Not Contain A Picture Of Giffords Or A Bull's Eye. In a January 10 Daily Kos post, blogger Jed Lewison wrote that the Tea Party Express Fundraising letter "actually goes so far as to suggest that a 2008 post written by Markos was somehow equivalent to Sarah Palin's use of the gunsight image...

Family of Arizona shooting suspect expresses sorrow
By Brad Poole TUCSON, Arizona | Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:24pm EST TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The family of the accused gunman in the Arizona Shooting Spree expressed sorrow on Tuesday over the "heinous events" while the congresswoman shot in the head showed signs of improvement. In their first public statement, relatives of Jared Lee Loughner, 22, said it was a "very difficult time" and asked for Privacy. "There are no words that can possibly express how we feel. We wish there were, so we could ma...

Family of Arizona shooting suspect expresses sorrow
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The family of the accused gunman in the Arizona shooting spree expressed sorrow on Tuesday over the "heinous events" while the congresswoman shot in the head showed signs of improvement. In their first public statement, relatives of Jared Lee Loughner, 22, said it was a "very difficult time" and asked for Privacy. "There are no words that can possibly express how we feel. We wish there were, so we could make you feel better," read the statement, attributed to "The Lo...

Exclusive: Pawlenty addresses Palin-attack story
Earlier today, the media reported on a supposed dust-up between Tim Pawlenty and Sarah Palin over the Controversial use of “crosshairs” symbols on her website. Peter Hamby at CNN tweeted that “Pawlenty didn’t really ‘jab’ or ‘swipe’ at Palin,” but the former Minnesota Governor began taking criticism from Palin supporters nonetheless.  What Pawlenty said was that the imagery wasn’t really “his style” and he wouldn’t ...

Pawlenty takes gentle jab at Palin in NYT interview
Turning his focus to the national stage after leaving Minnesota’s Governor’s office, Tim Pawlenty is making his way through numerous high-profile interviews. He appeared on both Good Morning America and The View on Tuesday Morning, and on Monday he sat down with The New York Times for an interview addressing a wide number of topics, ranging from Afghanistan to Health Care reform. Minneapolis researchers say face blindness — the inability to recognize faces — may affect 1-...

How Thoughtful of Him: Julian Assange Now Quoting Sheriff Dupnik
It's bad enough this national embarrassment known as Clarence Dupnik is being given all the air time possible to spew his insane bilge and getting congratulatory calls from Barack Obama. Now international leftist icon Julian Assange is sending his props by quoting the insane Dupnik.In the one page statement, Mr Assange also offered sympathy and condolences to the Victims of the Tucson shooting on behalf of Wikileaks, together with best wishes for the recovery of US Representative Gabrielle Giffo...

Congresswoman Wants to Kill the Phrase Job Killing
Despite the complete and thorough debunking of the media’s attempt to link common political discourse with the actions of a deranged lunatic in Tucson, one Congresswoman is taking politically correct Rhetoric to ridiculous lows (h/t Michelle Malkin). Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) took to the Huffington Post to voice her opinion on the Gabrielle Giffords Assassination attempt. She starts harmlessly enough admitting that, “We don’t know what prompted the shooter … to kill i...

Republicans Shift Terms Of Debate on Rampage
Potential Republican Presidential Candidates, pressed to address Saturday's rampage in Arizona, are bringing the discussion around to such themes as the need to strengthen the family and the broader threat of Islamic fundamentalist violence they argue are being ignored. Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, who has made many trips to states that come early in the presidential nominating process, said the post-shooting debate highlighted what he sees as a key distinction between the two part...

George Stephanopoulos: 'No Evidence' Shooter Was Motivated by Politics, Focuses On It Anyway
According to Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos, there's "no evidence" that the Arizona shooter was motivated by political ideology. But, that didn't stop the ABC host from speculating during a discussion with possible Republican Presidential Candidate Tim Pawlenty. After allowing that "crazy voices" inside Jared Loughner's head probably prompted the rampage, Stephanopoulos continued, "But this has sparked a debate about the political debate in ...

Gray Lady editorials respond to Ariz. massacre by demanding increased gun control (Daily Caller)
Read more stories from The Daily Caller Tapper: Some say civil Libertarians the reason loonies like Loughner are out on the street Leahy warns against calls for government Speech restrictions Sen. Kerry calls for political 'civility' post-shooting, but doesn't seem to agree with Republicans on anything Rep. Peter King to introduce bill making it illegal to carry a gun within 1,000 feet of 'high-profile' government official Fellow commenters at UFO Conspiracy website questioned Jared Lee Lough...