Pawlenty separates from Palin on use of cross hairs (The Ticket)

Pawlenty: Palin's Gun Sights Map Not 'My Style' (VIDEO)
In an appearance on Good Morning America today, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) pushed back against assertions that violent political Rhetoric was to blame for the weekend shooting rampage in Arizona, which left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) hospitalized in critical condition after being shot in the head. But Pawlenty said politicians must still be mindful that their words can potentially be misconstrued as incitement. "There's no reason to believe, at this point, that there's any motivat...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

Tim Pawlenty Criticizes Sarah Palin's Crosshairs
Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty recently criticized Sarah Palin and her vilified campaign use of crosshair imagery to target legislators for unseating, saying he "wouldn't have done it." Pawlenty, who seems to be in the midst of charging up for a potential presidential run, also gave a half-hearted defense of the former Alaska Governor, telling The New York Times that "there's no indication at present that those cross hairs, Fox News, any particular commentator or show or set of remarks or person was...

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 On Palins Crosshairs: I Wouldnt Have Done It
Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, a contender for the  2012 Republican nomination for president, took a swipe at Sarah Palin when the New York Times asked him about her map with members of Congress, including Gabrielle Giffords, in crosshairs. Pawlenty did stop short of ascribing blame. In the past, Pawlenty has been defensive of Palin, including his book, “Courage to Stand,” which is being released Tuesday. Pawlenty, who left office earlier this month, stopped well short ...

Pawlenty jabs Palin over 2010 crosshairs map
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) said Tuesday he wouldn't have used crosshair images to refer to Candidates for Congress, as former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's (R) PAC had done. Pawlenty, a likely Republican Candidate for president in 2012, took a shot at Palin over the Controversial map her campaign arm had released during the 2010 campaign, which depicted crosshairs over different lawmakers' districts that had been targeted in the election. "It wouldn't have been my style to put the cros...

Pawlenty jabs Palin over 'crosshairs'
Possible Republican presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty took a jab at Sarah Palin, saying he wouldn’t have used gun crosshairs to target Rep Gabrielle Giffords and others. “I wouldn’t have done it,” the former Minnesota Governor told The New York Times on Monday when asked if he would have created a map like the one posted last year on Sarah PAC’s website showing crosshairs on lawmakers who supported Health Care reform. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Politico...

Theyre really worried about her
The NYT discusses the power of Sarah Palin’s marketing strategy and seems clearly worried: By managing her image almost exclusively through Twitter, Facebook, a reality television show and appearances on Fox News, Ms. Palin has managed to become both ubiquitous and insulated, and to emerge as one of the most formidable Republicans considering a presidential run next year. But on Monday, she and her aides were facing questions about whether the strategy that had served her so well since s...

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-...

Personally, Tim Pawlenty Would Not Have Made a Map That Targets Congressmen With Crosshairs
Photo: Allison Shelley/Getty Images Do Sarah Palin's potential Republican rivals sense an opening to ever-so slightly and subtly undermine her with the Tucson shooting? In an interview Monday with reporters at The New York Times, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, considered another contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, defended Ms. Palin, if only to a point. “There’s no indication at present that those cross hairs, Fox News, any particular commentator ...

Tucson spells trouble for Palin's presidential hopes
After a Palin-produced gunsight map went viral, the former Governor was immediately dragged into the debate. The Internet lit up with criticism linking her camp to the shooting of Gabby Giffords (the Arizona congresswoman's district was targeted as one to "take back" in 2010). Palin posted a brief condolence on Facebook but then, she promptly went into self-defense mode --a move that didn't win her any fans, and caused her political stock to plummet in an online futures market. (Yes, t...

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...

Oregon Rep. Schrader holds Beck, Limbaugh responsible for Arizona tragedy
 Oregon Rep. Kurt Schrader, Democrat, is holding Right Wing commentators Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck responsible for the tragic Shooting Spree in Arizona. Saturday, outside of a strip mall in Tucson Arizona, Jared Lee Loughner killed six people, including Federal Judge John Roll, and wounded more than a dozen, including Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords, a Democrat who supported Health Care reform, was Loughner's target. Giffords was...

Pawlenty distances himself from Palin's crosshairs
PAWLENTY DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM PALIN'S CROSSHAIRS.... For a couple of days, much of the right was livid that Sarah Palin's rifle crosshairs, targeting Democrats last year, was part of the conversation about the massacre in Tucson. To mention Palin's "reload" campaign, Conservatives said, was to unfairly cast blame. As of this morning, it's not just the left questioning whether Palin's use of symbols was inappropriate. Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said that Sarah Palin's decision to ...

Starting Lineup: Pawlenty Swipes Palin
Good Tuesday Morning and welcome back to the Starting Lineup. Here's our take on the day's political news. Pawlenty Swipes Palin: The political fallout from the tragic shootings in Arizona continued Monday, as the discussion of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's Controversial map made its way squarely into the 2012 presidential discourse. In an interview with the New York Times, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) pointedly said about the map: "I wouldn't have done it." The remark is definitel...

Toxic rhetoric: Twitter users want Sarah Palin dead, media yawns
Ever since the tragic shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, liberals have sought to blame Sarah Palin and the Tea Party for the attack. Shortly after the shooting, Jane Fonda sent out tweets blaming Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck and the Tea Party. Encouraged by irresponsible and shameful reporting, a number of Twitter users have expressed their desire to see Sarah Palin dead, and some tweets actually call for her Assassination. “So…will everyone be satisfied then when Palin is assa...

Pawlenty: No tax help for Congress
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Tuesday proposed a simple solution to fixing the nation’s incomprehensible tax system: Require members of Congress to do their own. “No help of an accountant, a lawyer or a tax specialist,” he said in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Continue Reading Text Size - + reset “And if they can’t do it, we give them a certification they can go get some help. But I’d like every one of those individ...

Pawlenty defends Palin but differs on crosshairs map
Washington (CNN) - Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Monday he would not have used a map with crosshairs to target Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and other Democrats during the Midterm Elections, but otherwise defended Sarah Palin from suggestions that her graphic may have influenced the man behind last weekend's Shooting Spree in Arizona. "It's not a device I would have chosen to do. Everyone has their style and their own choices," Pawlenty told the New York Times when asked about the map. "But I don't...

Pawlenty on Duncan, Palin, and 100 years of legislation
Lightning Rounds are always a good time, and that's how the New York Times' Michael Shear finishes up his interview with Tim Pawlenty (watch here). Shear: Which was President Obama's best cabinet pick? Pawlenty: Wow. You know, I've gotten along with a number of them, but I don't know all of his policies, historically, but I really like Arne Duncan's emphasis on teaching reform -- overhauling the teaching profession and holding them accountable. For a Democrat, he's been unusually candid about ...

It's On: Pawlenty Jabs Palin Over 'Crosshairs'
Possible Republican presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty took a jab at Sarah Palin, saying he wouldn't have used gun crosshairs to target Rep Gabrielle Giffords and others. "I wouldn't have done it," the former Minnesota Governor told The New York Times on Monday when asked if he would have created a map like the one posted last year on Sarah PAC's website showing crosshairs on lawmakers who supported Health Care reform. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance,...

Blood will be on your hands, Whoopie Goldberg warned talking heads in March
Stumble This! Whoopi Goldberg may not be the best of talents when it comes to picking scripts that will become breakout hits as films, but she certainly seems to have absolutely nailed a prediction of what America's political discourse would become in an era of ubiquitous violent Rhetoric. During a March 2010 broadcast of ABC's daytime Talk Show "The View," co-host Joy Behar called out "an Al Qaeda Christmas Card" circulated by Fox News employee Sarah Palin, showing a map of the US with gun sig...

Pawlenty: Reagan was nice, too
Tim Pawlenty on The View today, after Elisabeth Hasselbeck asked if he was too nice. "People shouldn't confuse being nice or thoughtful or civil with being strong. Let me give you an example. Ronald Reagan -- either agree or disagree with him -- I thought he was one of the best presidents in the history of the country. But what were the lessons of Reagan? He had strong views, but he presented himself in a civil, thoughtful, decent, kind manner. There were almost no instances where Ronald Reaga...

WikiLeaks accuses Palin, Huckabee, Limbaugh of incitement
Wikileaks entered the post-Tucson debate over violent Rhetoric late last night with a Press Release warning there would be more killing sprees like the one targeting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords unless the U.S. government took incitement seriously. "No organisation anywhere in the world is a more devoted advocate of free Speech than Wikileaks but when senior politicians and attention seeking media commentators call for specific individuals or groups of people to be killed they should be charge...