Video of Dem Congressman Brad Sherman: If Violent Rhetoric Didnt Cause This Shooting, It Will Cause Next One

Overheated Rhetoric on Overheated Rhetoric
If the pundit class were merely seeking to use the Tucson shootings as an opportunity to open a debate on civility in American life, that would simply be a case of misguided opportunism. There is a time and a place for such a debate. A better time would be when the dead are buried and the wounded have recovered, and when cooler heads can prevail in such a debate. Overheated Rhetoric is misplaced in a debate about overheated rhetoric. I have not heard anyone on these pages suggest that our public...

Dem Congressman: If Violent Rhetoric Didnt Cause This Shooting, It Will Next Time
J on Media to Sheriff Dupnik: Can We Have Your Records on Giffords Shooter? Dupnik to Media: No, No You Can’t.. the Boodge on Media to Sheriff Dupnik: Can We Have Your Records on Giffords Shooter? Dupnik to Media: No, No You Can’t.. Wishful thinking? (RCP)- “Whether [political Rhetoric] caused what happened in Tucson or not, it’ll cause the next tragedy,” Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) predicts on Fox News....

Video; Jared Loughner's Best Friend: "He Did Not Watch TV, He Disliked the News, He Didnt Listen to Political Radio, He Didnt T
This morning on “Good Morning America,” ABC’s Ashleigh Banfield sat down with Zach Osler, a High School friend of Jared Loughner, the suspect in the Tucson massacre. Maybe Chris Matthews, the hacks at MSNBC and Sheriff Dupnik can take a listen..(At 2:25 of this video) ...

David Brock Tells Matthews: Glenn Beck Has Been Responsible For 3 Thwarted Assassination Attempts
Media Matters founder David Brock appeared on Hardball and revealed to Chris Matthews his allegation that “Glenn Beck himself has been responsible for three thwarted Assassination attempts this year.” Brock listed three occurrences where a crazed assassin targeted a liberal politician or institution, and where evidence later emerged that the assassin may have been a viewer of Beck’s show. Matthews just nodded in astonishment, not questioning whether such tangential evidence tru...

Systematic Assassinations Not Part Of Our Politics
The steam seems to be going out of the move to "deftly pin this" -- the shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 13 others -- "on the Tea Partiers," as one unidentified senior Democratic operative put it to Politico. It has become obvious that the murderer was crazy, the follower of no political movement, motivated only by the bizarre ideas ricocheting through his head. If any blame attaches to others, it is to authorities who had notice of his madness and did not do enough to confine hi...

Obama at Arizona Memorial: 'We Can't Use This Tragedy to Turn on Each Other' [VIDEO]
President Obama eulogized the six slain and congreswoman Gabrielle Giffords in the Arizona shooting last weekend at a memorial service in Tucson last night—and he delivered a message to those on seemingly both sides of the aisle who have been quick to politicize this tragedy. "What we can't do is use this tragedy as one more occasion to turn on each other," he said. Obama also delivered the news that he visited Giffords and that she opened her eyes for the first time. Take a look: Visit ...

Oh. No. He. Didn't. Chris Matthews blames the Tucson shootings on... the strident tone of Mark Levin's voice
Not that you needed more proof that Chris Matthews has lost all command of his faculties, but tonight's diatribe should confirm what we all knew. The Tingle-Master -- which is the term he prefers, I hear -- assailed constitutional attorney and radio host Mark Levin this evening in what must be an all-time record for IQ mismatch. I liken it to a toy poodle attempting to mount Marmaduke. Chris Matthews, joined by two liberal Talk Radio hosts on Tuesday's Hardball, essentially blamed...Mark Levin f...

Imus Rips 'Angry,' 'Vile,' 'Psycho,' 'Spittle-spewing' Chris Matthews for Attacking Mark Levin
As NewsBusters previously reported, Chris Matthews on Tuesday blamed conservative Talk Radio hosts Mark Levin and Michael Savage for supposedly creating the climate of hate that led to Saturday's shootings in Tucson, Arizona....

Video: Maybe Loughner watched Chris Matthews
Could this have been Jared Lee Loughner’s call?  Probably not, but if Chris Matthews  continues to go down this blood Libel road, he and his guest should be held accountable as well for even discussing the notion of another massacre of Americans for President Obama to use to regain a connectedness to the American People.  An easier way, with no bloodshed, would be for Obama to govern from the center and according to the will of the consent of the governed, ins...

Morning Bell: No Debt Ceiling Raise Without Spending Cuts
On March 16, 2006, when our National Debt stood at $8.27 Trillion, a young Senator from Illinois announced his intention to vote against raising our nation’s Debt ceiling to $9 Trillion, explaining: The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s Debt Limit is a sign of leadership failure. Leadership means that “the buck stops here.” Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our Children and Grandchildren. America has a Debt probl

It Isn't The Rhetoric They Fear, It's The Passion
This via Instapundit, from an extended series of links on the Tucson massacre.  The biggest worry after the November Elections was that a lot of people on the right would declare victory and go home. The shameless attempt to politicize the Tucson shootings and scapegoat people on the right has generated a huge amount of anger. Tea Party folks being who they are, I suspect this will mostly manifest itself as grunt-level political work in preparation for 2012 — precisely the opposite of ...

Jealous Liberal Radio Hosts Join Chris Matthews in Blaming Conservative Talk Radio for Giffords Shooting
Chris Matthews, joined by two liberal Talk Radio hosts on Tuesday's Hardball, essentially blamed the likes of conservative hosts like Mark Levin for creating the climate of hate that led to the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords as the envious MSNBC host proclaimed: "People like Mark Levin, Michael Savage...every time you listen to them are furious, furious at the left with anger that's just builds and builds in their voice and by the time they go to commercial, they're just in some...

Democrat: Whether Political Rhetoric Was Involved In Tucson Or Not, It Will Cause The Next Tragedy
And so begins the shift on this issue. “Whether [political Rhetoric] caused what happened in Tucson or not, it’ll cause the next tragedy,” says Rep. Brad Sherman on Fox News. Thus with this talking point, as evidence mounts that Jarred Loughren wasn’t motivated by politics at all, Democrats can continue their innuendo. Again, this is all about silencing dissent. If you’re dissenting you’re rocking the boat. If you’re rocking the boat you’re creatin...

SARAH PALIN: America's Enduring Strength
Like millions of Americans I learned of the tragic events in Arizona on Saturday, and my heart broke for the innocent Victims. No words can fill the hole left by the death of an innocent, but we do mourn for the victims’ families as we express our sympathy. I agree with the sentiments shared yesterday at the beautiful Catholic mass held in honor of the Victims. The mass will hopefully help begin a healing process for the families touched by this tragedy and for our country. Our exceptional...

Video: Tingles Blames Sound of Mark Levins Voice For Giffords Shooting
gastorgrab on Pelosi to Travel With Obama to AZ For Memorial Service. RushBabe on Police Visited Home of AZ Shooter on More Than One Occasion. Diamond Girl on Boehner: No New Restrictions on Firearms. “People like Mark Levin, Michael Savage…every time you listen to them are furious, furious at the left with anger that’s just builds and builds in their voice and by the time they go to commercial, they’re just in some rage, every night, with ugly talk….They must have ...

A Tale of Two Matthews: How MSNBC's Host Handled Tucson Shooting vs. Ft. Hood Shooting
Matthews vs. Matthews breitbart.tv After the Ft. Hood shooting, Chris Matthews went out of his way to find reasons other than Radical Islam for the shooting. And he had a representative of CAIR on his show for the express purpose of keeping people from jumping to conclusions about the Muslims. Today, in stark contrast, Mr. Matthews assigned motive and direct cause for the Tucson shooting. ...

Poll: Health Care Obama's Best -- And Worst -- Accomplishment
In a stark measure of just how divisive the Health Care law is, a Quinnipiac Poll released today finds that that piece of Legislation is both the most popular and unpopular accomplishment of Obama's presidency. In the poll, Health Care reform was by far the top answer to two open ended questions that asked respondents to name the best and the worst thing Obama has done as president. Twenty-six percent of respondents said Health Care was he best thing Obama has done, while 27% said it was the w...

Left Lays Seige After Arizona Shootings
Sheriff Dupnik’s comments immediately after the horrific weekend shootings wherelaid the blame on conservative Talk Radio have caused the American left and right even further apart. Though there is no proof that the suspect Jared Loughner ever listened to talk radio, and in fact may actually have leftist beliefs, Sheriff Dupnik continued to pound the airwaves and lengthened his fifteen minutes of fame into a fifth day. Despite the fact that he’s responsible for the investigation of ...

David Brock: Beck responsible for 3 thwarted assassination attempts (Daily Caller)
Read more stories from The Daily Caller David Brock: Beck 'responsible for 3 thwarted Assassination attempts' Herman Cain launches presidential Exploratory Committee Midterm Election most negative ever, study says Call to reinstate fairness doctrine after Arizona shooting not likely to result in action Daily Beast, Newsweek piece contradicted by story's source, DHS statements Media Matters founder David Brock holds Glenn Beck responsible for three Assassination attacks that took place last yea...

Recognizing Pernicious Faith-Based Leftism
Even as those shot were being rushed to the Hospital or covered as they lay, the Left led by the NY Times' Paul Krugman and abetted by establishment network and print media whipped up a Salem witch trial atmosphere, maliciously insinuating Sarah Palin and all Americans who seek open debate are murderous. This will not stand. We know this is only the latest in a long line of, yes blood Libels, by the left, as they seek to equate heartland Americans with deadly despotism. Michael Barone:

So did you see Obamas speech at the memorial service last night?
Well, I did, and he didn’t disappoint the crowds or most of the punditocracy judging from the immediate, gushing, reactions on both sides of the spectrum that I saw and read afterwards.   In his usual mellifluous voice, with his usual eloquence, he delivered a lovely Speech full of platitudes and aphorisms which is his usual style; and the adoring crowds got t-shirts with slogans on them too! The only problem was it was a Speech he should have delivered days ago, when his ca...

Death wishes from the left
The Media Research Center responds to the post-Tucson debate about political Rhetoric by rounding up the lowlights of liberal media figures wishing bodily harm upon their political opponents. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews and Ed Schultz make the list for joking about the demise of Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney, respectively. And Bill Maher also made a joke about Rushbo meeting an untimely end. MRC President Brent Bozell hits on similar themes to Palin and Angle's messages this morning, arguing ...

David Brock: "Glenn Beck Himself Has Been Responsible For Three Thwarted Assassination Attempts This Year"
This is unbelievable, but then again it's MSNBC. Chris Matthews with Media Matters David Brock talking about you guessed it, all the hate on the right. I can't wait to hear what Beck has to say about this tomorrow, If he does respond, I'll post it ...

For too many Israelis, Arab money is dirty money
An old joke tells the story of a court clown that was asked by the king to do something for which the Apology would be worse than the deed itself. The clown sneaked behind the king and pinched his butt. When the king demanded an explanation, the clown said: “sorry, I thought it was the queen”. The claim by Im Tirzu (a new Israeli Extremist right-wing movement), regarding the Israeli Knesset's decision to establish a new committee that will investigate the funding sources of Human Rights or...

Larwyn's Linx: Liberals Seek Ban on Metaphors in Wake of Shooting
Have a great link you'd like me to review? Drop me an email. Bloggers: you can install a Larwyn's Linx blog widget! Reaganomics vs. Obamanomics: It’s Reagan in a Rout: Blumer Democracy Imperiled? Six reasons our democratic republic is in trouble.: PJM Image adapted from: iOwnTheWorld. QOTD: Defending ourselves against what? Some a-hole on MSLSD with no numbers, no Ratings, no audience, no substance, no common sense making an allegation. We know without question that the murderer in Tucson ...