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Political rhetoric still heated after Giffords shooting
As Rep. Gabrielle Giffords continues to fight for her life, the role of political Rhetoric in the Arizona Shooting Spree that left the Democrat gravely wounded and six people dead continues to rage on the left and right. "Our new era of civility is off to a rocky start," wrote Rich Lowry in the conservative National Review. On his Radio Show Monday, Rush Limbaugh blamed "the Democrat Party" and the News Media for trying to connect alleged shooter Jared Loughner with the Tea Party and Sarah Palin...

Hillary: Loughner Acted Politically
Jared Loughner is an Extremist because he carried out the Arizona shootings while acting on his "political views," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday. "Based on what I know, this is a criminal defendant who was in some ways motivated by his own political views, who had a particular animus toward the congresswoman," Clinton said in an interview with CNN. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and att...

Blood and Blame
As of this writing, it appears that the bloodbath in Tuscon that killed six people and injured 13 others was ignited by a deranged man propelled by personal demons and not political fanaticism. The initial reaction of those who posited a strong and direct link between the accused gunman, Jared Lee Loughner, and the heated Rhetoric of last fall’s campaign probably drew more on their fears than on the facts. But to categorically state that the tenor of public discourse and the coarseness of pu...

Sen. Gillibrand To Az. With President To Address Shootings; Condemns Sarah Palin's "Vitriol"
Among the dignitaries who will pay their respects to the Victims of alleged gunman Jared Lee Loughner's Tucson Shooting Spree along with President Obama today: Our own junior senator, Kirsten Gillibrand. Gillibrand is slated to first visit the University of Arizona Medical Center to visit with Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ husband, staff, and other Victims and their loved ones. The senator is a close Capitol friend of Giffords, who is expected to recover well after being shot in the head a...

Palin's words reach back to sordid history (AP)
NEW YORK – When Sarah Palin accused Journalists and pundits of "blood Libel" in the wake of the deadly Arizona shootings, she reached deep into one of medieval history's most sordid chapters to make her point. The term "blood Libel" is not well known, but it is highly charged — a direct reference to a time when many European Christians blamed Jews for Kidnapping and murdering Christian Children to obtain their blood. Jews were tortured and executed for crimes they did not commit, e...

Sharron Angle: 'Irresponsible' to blame Tea Party
Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle is condemning what she calls "finger-pointing" at the small-government movement in the wake of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' shooting. Angle, a former Republican nominee for Senate, said in a statement that it is "irresponsible" to blame her, Sarah Palin or the Tea Party movement for the Arizona shooting rampage that killed six people and left Giffords, an Arizona Democrat, fighting for her life. "Expanding the context of the attack to blame and to infringe upon the p...

Palin lashes out at blood libel critics over Arizona shooting
TUCSON,Arizona — Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on Wednesday lashed out at critics for Manufacturing “blood Libel” with claims she bore some responsibility for the attempted Assassination of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. In a lengthy video posted on her Facebook page, Ms. Palin rejected charges she has stoked political anger to dangerous levels and urged Americans to reject calls from those “seeking to muzzle dissent with shrill cries of imagined insults....

Palin talks "accountability," doesn't take any
It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Sarah Palin is a Daisy Buchanan for our time -- a careless person, indeed, who tosses around words or images with nary a thought as to their effect, before she retreat...

House honors Giffords, shooting victims
The House is paying tribute today to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the Victims and heroes of the Arizona Shooting Spree with a resolution expressing its grief and outrage. "What this institution needs right now is strength -- holy, uplifting strength," House Speaker John Boehner said, at times weeping openly. "Today it is not ceremony, but tragedy that stirs us to renew our commitment to full our oaths of office. Let us not let this inhuman act frighten us into doing otherwise." Boehner, as he clo...

Sec. Clinton says Arizona shooter motivated by extreme political views
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that the Arizona shooter who killed six and injured 14, including Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D), was motivated by political views. In an interview with CNN Wednesday Clinton, who had recently referred to the shooter as an "Extremist," doubled down on her comments saying that the shooter was an extremist who acted on his "bizarre" political views. "Based on what I know, this is a criminal defendant who was in some ways motivated by...

Gun sales soar after Arizona shooting
By Michael J.W. Stickings Yes, that's right, the Arizona shooting that left six dead, including a nine-year-old girl, has spurred gun sales across the country: One-day sales of Handguns in Arizona jumped 60 percent to 263 on Jan. 10 compared with 164 the corresponding Monday a year ago, the second-biggest increase of any state in the country, according to Federal Bureau of Investigation data. Handgun sales rose 65 perce...

Palin Plays the Victim Card
It's becoming increasingly clear that Jared Lee Loughner is mentally unstable. Sarah Palin's bullseye on Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords did not direct Loughner to shoot Giffords point-blank in the head on January 8, 2011. Did the vitriol in political discourse, crosshairs and phrases like "Don't retreat, reload" (by Sarah Palin) or "If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun" (by President Obama) influence Loughren's state of mind? Perhaps in an idiosyncratic way, according...

911 tapes log harrowing chronicle of Tucson shootings
Tucson, Ariz (Reuters) - A calm male voice surrounded by haunting cries of pain tells a 911 dispatcher of multiple Shooting Victims outside a Tucson Supermarket and of wounds to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. "There was a shooting at Safeway at Ina and Oracle where Gabrielle Giffords was, I do believe Gaby Giffords was hit," the male voice says, with almost animal cries and groans of pain in the background. "At the Safeway sir? ... Was somebody shot there sir?" "It looks like a guy had a sem...

911 tapes log harrowing chronicle of Tucson shootings
By Tim Gaynor Tucson, Ariz | Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:37pm EST Tucson, Ariz (Reuters) - A calm male voice surrounded by haunting cries of pain tells a 911 dispatcher of multiple Shooting Victims outside a Tucson Supermarket and of wounds to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. "There was a shooting at Safeway at Ina and Oracle where Gabrielle Giffords was, I do believe Gaby Giffords was hit," the male voice says, with almost animal cries and groans of pain in the background. "At the Safeway sir? ... W...

Palin/Loughner Poll Nonsense: USA Today Blows Its Own Story
​USA Today is trumpeting its new survey on whether blood-libel Victim Sarah Palin and her ilk are "to blame" for nutcase Jared Loughner's Killing Spree. The story is headlined "Poll: Conservatives not to blame for Ariz. shooting," but there's a slight problem. That's not what the poll says. The lame-ass story says, "Most Americans reject the idea that inflammatory political language by conservatives should be part of the debate" over the Arizona shootings. Wrong--according to the paper's ow...

Line several blocks long for Arizona service
University of Arizona Students and others made up a line several blocks long by midday Wednesday outside of the Tucson arena where President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak. Deputies are present to control the crowd. Some people brought lawn chairs, food and snacks. Obama is expected to remember the six people killed Saturday in an Assassination attempt against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who had been meeting with constituents outside a Grocery Store. The White House said Obama would meet privat...

Gabrielle Giffords Shooting: Jared Loughner May Have Been Influenced by Occult
© Splash A macabre 'altar' in the backyard of Tucson shooter Jared Loughner In messages left on the Internet before the shooting Loughner, 22, revealed himself to be a social outcast with paranoid, nihilistic beliefs and a fixation with grammar. At a public meeting with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords three years ago he asked: "What is government if it doesn't exist?" It left the politician baffled. According to the Southern Poverty Law Centre, a US Civil Rights group, Loughner's lang...

Clinton: Loughner Motivated by Political Views
Politico reports: Jared Loughner is an Extremist because he carried out the Arizona shootings while acting on his “political views,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday. “Based on what I know, this is a criminal defendant who was in some ways motivated by his own political views, who had a particular animus toward the congresswoman,” Clinton said in an interview with CNN. “And I think when you cross the line from expressing opinions that are of conflicting diff

The War on Sarah Palin
I've never seen anyone who inspires such fear and hatred on the left as Sarah Palin. The Arizona shooting has led to a whole new round of anti-Palin hysteria. David Brooks addresses the issue and the media's complicity: Other themes from Loughner’s life fit the rampage-killer profile. He saw himself in world historical terms. He appeared to have a poor sense of his own illness (part of a condition known as anosognosia). He had increasingly frequent run-ins with the police. In short, the e...

Obama to Arizona as shot lawmaker fights for life
President Barack Obama was to lead Americans in national mourning Wednesday after an Arizona shooting tragedy unleashed a polarizing debate about the violent Rhetoric rocking US politics. Obama was headed to the southwestern state to lead a memorial 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 in Tucson. His trip comes after the family of the 22-year-old alleged gunman ...

A media guide for the journalistically challenged,
from Michael Ramirez, Via Larwyn, Dewey, I Own the World, and IBD Tags: Fausta's blog, Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Lee Loughner ...

Psycho Killers Dad Chased Him Before Massacre
Arizona Republic: TUCSON - Mysterious black bag in hand, Jared Loughner ran into the desert, his angry father stopping pursuit in his truck. Hours after Randy Loughner’s futile confrontation with his 22-year-old son Saturday morning, six people were shot dead and more than a dozen others wounded - and Jared Loughner was in custody. The sheriff’s deputies who swarmed the Loughners’ house removed what they describe as evidence Jared Loughner was targeting Rep. Gabri...

Angle: Don't blame me for Tucson shooting rampage (AP)
Las Vegas – Former U.S. Senate Candidate Sharron Angle says she's not to blame for the Arizona shooting that left six people dead and 13 wounded. The former Nevada assemblywoman who tried to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday she condemns all violence. The Tea Party politician calls Saturday's killings senseless and horrifying. Police say 22-year-old Jared Loughner fired at a crowd gathered at an event hosted by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head. I...

How We Enable Crimes of Insanity
The deranged expression on the face of Jared Lee Loughner in the Mug Shot released by the police—taken within hours after he allegedly killed six innocent people and wounded 14 more, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords—suggests that we may never fully understand whatever illness afflicts him. The law requires us to assess his mental state and motivations, but we might do better to analyze our own craziness. That doesn't mean trying to determine whether events like the Tucson massacre...

Ackeman proposes gun-control bill to close 'firesale loophole'
Rep. Gary Ackerman is the third New Yorker to propose gun-control Legislation in the wake of the Mass Shooting in Arizona. Ackerman said his bill would close the “fire sale Loophole,” which allows gun dealers with revoked licenses to legally sell weapons as their personal collections. They don't need to run an FBI Background Check on the buyer, which would be mandatory at a regular firearm Dealership. Ackerman is one of a handful of members of Congress talking about Gun Control, ...