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Obama Calls for Civility in Wake of Tragedy
For the most part, the response to the Tucson tragedy has been a dispiriting spectacle. Within hours of the shooting, some on the left were pinning the blame in part on Sarah Palin, despite the lack of evidence that alleged shooter Jared Loughner had been inspired by her Rhetoric. Then some on the other side began attacking the left for politicizing the tragedy - accusations, of course, that were themselves a politicization of the tragedy. Instead of remembering the Victims of the attack, many ...

Mark Halperin Claims Conservative Pundits Are Hoping Obama Fails In His Tucson Speech But Where Is the Evidence?
Time magazine's Mark Halperin scolded "media voices on the Right" on MSNBC Wednesday, for hoping President Obama fails in his Wednesday night Speech in Tucson, Arizona. He railed against conservative media pundits for wishing such a thing during a national tragedy. "It should be about the Victims, and...it shouldn't be about the media," said Halperin on "Morning Joe" Wednesday. "There are media voices on the Right who are cheering for the President to f...

Jacob Heilbrunn: Obama's Ennobling Speech
President Obama's Speech in Tuscon will trigger much commentary, but in speaking many words, he really uttered the last one. There was a finality to Obama's speech, a lapidary effect that endowed it with humility and gravity. It would be hard to think of a more moving and dignified speech, particularly when set against the foil of Sarah Palin's creepy and self-absorbed effusions earlier today. In essence, Obama returned to his earliest and most deeply felt theme, which is that optimism, not h...

Democrats respond to McDonnell's State of the Commonwealth Address
House Minority Leader Ward L. Armstrong provided the official response to Gov. Bob McDonnell's Speech for Virginia Democrats. "While he talks a pretty good game about Small Government and cutting spending, his legislative agenda suggests that he has not gotten the point made in the last election when it comes to Deficit spending," Armstrong said in taped remarks. Armstrong touted Democratic priorities of Job Creation and education improvements and transportation, which happen to be McDonnell's ...

Rhetoric as comfort food: The mac-and-cheese instinct
Neither the right nor the left lost any time criticizing the other after the Tucson shootings, but it's increasingly clear the suspect was not politically motivated. If only we could go back to Monday. Discussions about Saturday's shootings in Tucson, which killed six and wounded 13, including Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, were so much simpler then: inflamed, righteous and deliciously partisan in a comfort-food kind of way. The fallout from the tragedy took a neat and predictable course: t...

Sarah Palin Fumbles and Flails Into an Otherwise Solemn Day
Following Sarah Palin’s videotaped statement today, let there be no doubt about her total lack of seriousness — a character trait, in fact, that’s utterly dwarfed by her chronic inability to construct prepared, Teleprompter-presented remarks without virtually choking on her own tongue. Sarah Palin could have used her time to be a leader — to take the high road and talk about the heroes and the Victims of this Terrorist Attack. She could have used the time to discuss respo...

The Tucson Massacre Pep Rally
Listening to the service on the radio during rush hour traffic was something. I can’t imagine what it must of looked like on TV. I have been to more then a few memorial services in my life, as I’m sure many of you have, but this surreal service is…as Michelle Malkin wrote…gross. Of all the memorial services I have been to for slain officers I have never, EVER, heard cheering..whoops and hollering. I’m at a loss for words at this disgusting display tonight. Update 8...

President Obama Tells the Nation Gabrielle Giffords Opened Her Eyes Today Shortly After He Visited Her Video 1/12/11
Here is video of President Obama tonight telling the nation that Democrat Rep. Gabrielle Giffords opened her eyes today for the first time shortly after he visited her in Tucson, Arizona. Obama shared the good news during his Speech tonight at a Memorial Service on the campus of the University of Arizona. Via Gateway Pundit ...

Viking Pundit
A very good memorial Speech - President Obama was empathetic, evocative, and effective in his address at the University of Arizona in remembrance of the Victims of the Tucson tragedy. He talked about the people lost and pointed out the heroes of the day, then made a "better angels of our nature" call to the nation. The only thing that was a little bit grating was the pep rally feel with whooping and whistling from the crowd; even in this Obama was composed and solemn with a gravity to match the...

Obama: May good come of Arizona tragedy
Invoking the memory of a slain 9-year-old girl, a solemn President Obama on Wednesday night urged Americans to "live up to her expectations" and shelve bitter politics as the nation grieves for the Victims of Saturday's attack outside a Tucson, Ariz., Supermarket that left six people dead and more than a dozen others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, seriously injured. Mr. Obama's address at a deeply emotional memorial service capped a day of mourning that began earlier in the House of Represe...

President Obama: "Our hearts are broke"
Republican Governor Jan Brewer stated that the acts of Jared Loughner last Saturday morning outside of a Safeway in Tucson were those done by a “mad man” and “senseless”.  The names of those who passed in the shooting were read and prayers and biblical scripture were cited by those in attendance.  Additionally, President Obama stated that he had visited Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and stated that she had opened her eyes for the first time since the incident.  P...

RJtv for Thursday: Slain dancer's sister curses suspect
RJTV FOR THURSDAY IS ONLINE NOW AT WWW.LVRJ.COM/RJTV FEATURING VIDEO OF CELESTE FLORES NARVAEZ IN A Profanity-LACED COURTROOM TIRADE AIMED AT JASON BLU GRIFFITH, CHARGED WITH Murder IN THE DEATH OF DEBORA FLORES NARVAEZ. RJTV HAS THE RESPONSES OF BOTH Sarah Palin and Sharron Angle TO COMMENTS ABOUT POLITICAL Rhetoric IN THE WAKE OF THE FATAL SHOOTINGS IN TUCSON, ARIZ. THESE STORIES and MORE ARE A CLICK AWAY AT LVRJ.COM/RJTV and DON T FORGET OUR iPhone-FRIENDLY VERSION AT WWW.LVRJ.COM/RJTVIP RJtv...

Reconciliation
Recap: Don't blame the state of the Senate on Mitch McConnell; Sarah Palin's missed opportunity; and inequality in one graph and one thought experiment. 1) Sen. Mark Udall wants Republicans and Democrats to sit together at the State of the Union. 2) "If you invest for 'the intellectual challenge' rather than to make lots of money, you’ll get what you wished for."...

Obama Begins His 2012 Campaign in Tucson Arizona on Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Passing out t-shirts and displaying banners emblazoned with the words "Together We Thrive", what was billed as a memorial for the Tucson massacre Victims took on the look and feel of a campaign event for Barack Obama.  Michelle Malkin calls it a "bizarre pep rally" a "branding of the Tucson massacre" a "sea of white and blue [no red]". President Obama used to preach that there was no “Red America” and no “Blue America,” just one Americ

President Obama's Tucson Speech
Well, I just have one comment after watching the President’s Speech: what an enormous contrast with Sarah Palin’s shallow statement. A Grand Canyon of contrast. Well done, Mr. President. ...

#rsrh A good speech by the President.
Whether or not you think that it cleared the bar raised this morning by former Governor Palin; personally, I suspect that there were additions and revisions based on the first Speech.  I certainly do think that the ‘It did not’ add-on was meant as a rebuke to the President’s own party base, far too many of whom have been acting in a manner and using a tone that the President was visibly eager to rise above. So… I guess we’ll see if that takes.  In the meantime: ...

Mitchell Finds It Relevant to Highlight on NBC How MSNBC.com Users Reject Palins Retort
Sarah Palin’s use in a video commentary of the “blood Libel” phrase, against those exploiting the Tucson shooting in order to discredit her, inflamed television Journalists with NBC’s Andrea Mitchell ridiculously highlighting on Wednesday’s Nightly News how “more than 375,000 people have expressed their views in an online poll on MSNBC.com” and “nearly 59 percent do not agree with Palin.” As if MSNBC.com attracts any kind of representative au...

Pelosi was in room when Giffords opened her eyes
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, all close friends of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, were in the Hospital room with the Arizona Democrat when she opened her eyes for the first time since she was shot in the head Saturday during a rampage that killed six in Tucson, Ariz. In a Speech at a University of Arizona service for the Victims of the shootings, President Barack Obama broke the news that Giffords, who has been in critical condition si...

Joe Wilsons You Lie Slogan Offered On Commemorative Assault Rifles
The Palmetto State Armory just released a commemorative, limited edition “you lie” Assault Rifle, repeating the phrase made popular by Rep. Joe Wilson’s (R-SC) deplorable break in civility during President Obama’s Health Care Speech in 2009. Palmetto State Armory’s webpage was quickly taken down after the story broke, but the Columbia Free Times captured an image from the site of Wilson holding a rifle and showing the “you lie” inscription etched on to...

Obama: Don't turn on each other
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Summoning the soul of a nation, President Barack Obama on Wednesday implored Americans to honor those slain and injured in the Arizona shootings by becoming better people, telling a polarized citizenry that it is time to talk with each other "in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds." Following a Hospital bedside visit with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the target of the Assassination, he said: "She knows we're here, and she knows we love her." In a memorably dramatic...

In floor speech, Cicilline condemns Ariz. attack
WASHINGTON — In his maiden Speech to the House of Representatives, Rep. David N. Cicilline joined Wednesday in paying tribute to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other Victims of what he called “a brutal act of Domestic Terrorism” last weekend in Tucson. The new Democratic representative of Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District was among several dozen members who spoke of their Democratic colleague from Arizona, Giffords, and the six citizens killed in the rampage that...

The Cheering in Arizona
I am watching Obama give what appears to be a campaign Speech in Arizona. Call me old fashioned, but the Arizona memorial event is was more like a sporting event than a memorial service. The wolf whistles, the whooping and hollerin' for Obama, Big Sis Napolitano, Holder (?)  et al is making my skin crawl. ...

Sarah Palin's respectful response to her critics (VIDEO)
Sarah Palin released her anticipated response to the severe criticism she has received from some pundits, politicians, and others since last Saturday's Arizona shootings in which Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was wounded along with 13 others and in which 6 persons were fatally shot.   Palin's response, regardless of one's opinion of her, can be labeled as appropriately respectful to the situation, the injured and dead, and to her opponents.  Hopefully, her r...

Jews Troubled By Palin's Use Of 'Blood Libel'
By Nicole Neroulias Religion News Service (RNS) Four days after an Assassination attempt critically wounded a Jewish congresswoman and killed six others, Sarah Palin on Wednesday (Jan. 12) accused "Journalists and pundits" of Manufacturing a "blood Libel" that seeks to link her and other Conservatives to the massacre. The "blood Libel" language unsettled many Jewish groups, who say the term has been used for centuries to justify persecution of Jews. "Blood Libel" is often traced to the Gospel...

The desperation of the left
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Daniel Henninger: ... They expected to take losses in November. What they got instead was Armageddon. Suddenly an authentic reform movement, linked to the Republican Party, whose goal simply is to stop the public spending curve, had come to life. This poses a mortal threat to the financial oxygen in the economic ecosystem that the public wing of the Democratic Party has inhabited all these years. The stakes for the American left in 2012 couldn't possibly be h...