Pawlenty jabs Palin over 'crosshairs'

Blame gunman, not rhetoric
On Feb. 15, 1933, Giuseppe Zangara, delusional and a loner, fired his .32-caliber pistol at FDR in the Bayfront Park area of Miami. Five feet tall, Zangara could not aim over the crowd. So, he stood on a folding chair and was piled on after the first of five shots. He wounded four people, including Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago. In two weeks, Zangara, who pled guilty, had been sentenced to 80 years. When Cermak died on March 6, Zangara was retried for Murder and sentenced to the Electric Chair, ...

NYT: Cops Previously Visited Loughner Home
With all the evidence against the suspected Tucson shooter Jared Loughner, a Guilty verdict could still prove very difficult. Jan Crawford reports on the latest details of the case. As new details are released of Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner's alleged behavioral issues, Dean Reynolds reports on the latest Mental Health laws in Arizona. Jared Loughner, 22, is charged in the shooting that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords critically wounded and killed six people in Tucson, Ariz. (CBS) In thi...

Incitement to Tyranny
The left-wing radicals are at it again, folks. They're revving up their engines on the revolutionary wings of national mourning -- and sparking the now very familiar incitement-to-tyranny fires among an anxiety-ridden populace. Arizona families have not even buried their dead yet, and already a big-government Democrat has said he will introduce a bill making it illegal to "threaten" or "incite violence" against a federal official. First Amendment and personal accountability ...

Palin finds some defenders in the mainstream media she often derides
Despite her frequent claims that the “lamestream media” hunt for “gotcha” moments at her expense, Sarah Palin has been defended by a variety of Mainstream Media figures and liberal Journalists in the wake of the Arizona shootings. Her ostensible link to the incident is a map Palin produced during the 2010 election for her “Take Back the 20” campaign. The map marked 20 vulnerable Democrats’ districts with crosshairs — one of which centered on the district of

What Did Influence Jared Loughner?
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 By Terence P. Jeffrey Hardly an hour had passed after the first sketchy news broke on Saturday that there had been a horrific shooting attack in Tucson, Ariz., at a public event held by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, when the liberal media began reporting the incident in a way that suggested it was somehow linked to modern American politics -- as practiced by Conservatives. At 1:53 p.m. Tucson time on Saturday, The Associated Press released a story reporting the identi...

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...

6 killed in Tucson remembered at mass
TUCSON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Christina Green and those who died with her were remembered Tuesday in a memorial mass at the Tucson church where the 9-year-old had her first communion. Bishop Gerald Kicanas gave the homily at St. Odilia Roman Catholic Church, the Arizona Star reported. The service was called a Mass for the Healing of Our Community, and the church, which holds about 700, was packed -- with more people watching a TV feed in the parish hall. Jared Lee Loughner, 22, has been charged with ...

Pawlenty On Gov't Shutdown: We Survived It In Minnesota! (VIDEO)
Former Minnesota Gov. and potential 2012 Republican Presidential Candidate Tim Pawlenty suggested today that if he were president, he might just allow a government shut down, because it's not really that big of a deal. "In Minnesota we survived it OK," he said. In July 2005, the Minnesota government shut down after Pawlenty and State Legislators couldn't Compromise on a Budget. Pawlenty explained to Fox News' Neil Cavuto: "In Minnesota, it's a very liberal place. It leans pretty hard the other...

Liberal Sickos Exploit a Rampage (Brent Bozell III)
Creators Syndicate – Imagine the Saturday morning of congressional aide Mark Kimble. Kimble told of going to a Safeway for a typical meet-and-greet event with his boss, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Kimble said he went into the store for coffee, and as he came out, Giffords was talking to a couple about Medicare and reimbursements, and Federal Judge John Roll had just walked up to her and shouted "Hi" — when a gunman opened fire. Nobody in America should greet this scene with...

Liberal Sickos Exploit a Rampage
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 By L. Brent Bozell III Imagine the Saturday morning of congressional aide Mark Kimble. Kimble told of going to a Safeway for a typical meet-and-greet event with his boss, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Kimble said he went into the store for coffee, and as he came out, Giffords was talking to a couple about Medicare and reimbursements, and Federal Judge John Roll had just walked up to her and shouted “Hi” - when a gunman opened fire. Nobody in America should greet

Jared Loughners parents break silence
Breaking their silence, the parents of Arizona suspect Jared Loughner said they “wish they could change the heinous events of Saturday.” Claire Martin and Masada Siegel talk to their neighbors. Plus, full coverage of the Arizona shooting. Randy and Amy Loughner have always been something of a mystery to their neighbors. Odd, reclusive, and, in Randy’s case, occasionally antagonistic, they live in a single-story, white-brick house that’s almost entirely obscured by overgr...

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 ...

Capitol Hill Happenings: Today in Congress
The House of Representatives plans to pass a resolution honoring those killed and wounded in Saturday's massacre at a "Congress on Your Corner" event hosted by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., in Tucson, Arizona. Six people were killed and another fourteen were wounded. Giffords remains in the Hospital with a gunshot wound to the head, though doctors say that that she has a "101 percent chance of survival." The resolution will also honor the acts of heroism on the scene, such as those by Daniel...

First Comes Fear
By ROBERT WRIGHT NYT People on the left and right have been wrestling over the legacy of Jared Loughner, arguing about whether his Shooting Spree proves that the Sarah Palins and Glenn Becks of the world are fomenting violence. But it’s not as if this is the only data point we have. Here’s another one: Six months ago, police in California pulled over a truck that turned out to contain a rifle, a Handgun, a shotgun and Body Armor. Police learned from the driver — sometime after he opened

Tunisian prime minister says most prisoners arrested during deadly riots freed
Alleged Ariz. gunman Jared Loughner had prior run-ins with police Feds investigate if alleged Ariz. gunman sent explosive packages to Md. FSU Student killed, Fla. man wounded in accidental shooting Five teens found dead in Fla. motel, police believe carbon monoxide poisoning to be cause of death Click here to cancel reply. You must be logged in to post a comment. Rep. King to introduce strict ban on guns near government officials Rush Limbaugh: It's 'insane' to fault Palin for Ariz. shootin...

Rush Limbaugh: Democrats Seek "to Profit Out of Murder"
Rush Limbaugh (Credit: AP) Rush Limbaugh is not exactly dialing down the Rhetoric in the wake of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others in Tucson on Saturday. In his first comments on the tragedy, Limbaugh lashed out at the Democratic Party as one that "seeks to profit out of Murder," Roll Call reports, citing Limbaugh's comments as aired on a Tucson station. The Roll Call report also quotes Limbaugh saying that the political left "openly wishes for such disaster in order to prof...

Arizona suspect's troubles didn't prevent him from buying gun
Tucson, Ariz. — Jared Loughner had trouble with the law, was rejected by The Army after flunking a Drug Test and was considered so mentally unstable that he was banned from his college campus, where officials considered him a threat to other Students and faculty. But the 22-year-old had no trouble buying the Glock semiautomatic pistol that authorities say he used in the Tucson rampage Saturday that left six dead and 14 injured, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

Obama to Arizona as shot lawmaker fights for life (AFP)
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama will lead Americans in national mourning Wednesday after an Arizona shooting tragedy unleashed a polarizing national debate about the violent Rhetoric rocking US politics. Obama will fly to the southwestern state to lead a tribute service for the six people who were killed and the 14 wounded in the Assassination attempt on congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who is fighting for her life in a Hospital. His trip will take place after the family of th...

Obama to be nation's consoler at memorial service (AP)
WASHINGTON – Searching for unity out of tragedy, President Barack Obama will honor the Victims of the Arizona Mass Shooting in personal terms and remind those in grief that an entire nation is with them. The president is again stepping into his role as national consoler, a test of leadership that comes with the job. His mission at Wednesday's memorial is to uplift and rally, not to examine political Incivility. Set to speak during an evening gathering in Tucson, Ariz., Obama will remembe...

POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Wednesday, January 12, 2011
The CNN Washington Bureau’s morning speed read of the top stories making news from around the country and the world. Click on the headlines for more. President Obama began working Monday night on the Speech he will deliver during a memorial service Wednesday for the Victims of Saturday's Mass Shooting in Tucson, Arizona. White House officials say Obama has determined the broad idea of what he wants to say and is working with his team of Speechwriters on drafting his remarks. According to ...

Arizona shooting: The claim that more guns means less crime is just silly
I walked into a drugstore in Phoenix the night after the Tucson shooting and saw toy guns for sale. They were a garish red plastic, with bright orange tips, and bore the notice that it’s strictly illegal to paint the guns in any way to resemble real ones. Yet here, as Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik declared after the shooting, just about anyone can buy and carry a gun almost anywhere at any time. So why bother with toys? Sheriff Dupnik is the one politician (sheriffs are elected) who...

Will Tucson Tragedy Shift Gun Control Debate?
Roanoke Firearms store owner John Markell holds a Glock 19 Handgun, the model used in both the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre and the recent shootings in Tucson, Ariz. Sales of the handgun surged after both events. In the wake of the tragic shooting in Tucson Saturday, pundits have spent countless hours debating the role of Sarah Palin in the story - despite the fact that there is no evidence that alleged shooter Jared Lee Loughner is a Palin supporter or had ever seen or heard her Rhetoric. What ...

New Poll Finds Mike Huckabee Leads 2012 GOP Pack in Iowa
Public Policy Polling (PPP), a firm with connections to national Democrats, released a new poll Tuesday that showed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who moved to the Sunshine State last year, is the favorite to win the Iowa Caucus if he decides to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. Traditionally the first battle for the presidential nominations of both parties, the Iowa caucus, which is followed by the New Hampshire primary, is scheduled for Feb. 6, 2012. Huckabee, w...

The far left goes political with Arizona tragedy
Jared Loughner, the gunman charged with shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-AZ and the Murders of six people in Tucson on Saturday, wasn't new to the local authorities.  His bizarre beliefs about “conscious dreaming” and government mind control imposed through English grammar were well known as far back as 2007. In other words, before Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was known outside her own state and the Tea Party was ever organized.  Contrary to views of the Far Left persuasi...

Nations eyes turn to Obama as mourner in chief in Tucson
President Obama will try to make sense of the senseless on Wednesday as he travels to a memorial service for six people killed in the Assassination attempt of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).  Obama will speak at the University of Arizona Wednesday evening in front of a crowd expected to include Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), whom Obama defeated for president in 2008.  The address could be a key moment in Obama’s presidency, as the nation stops to hear what the president has to say about a