Vt. senator cites shootings in fundraising letter

Media, liberals are just as twisted as Loughner
This tragedy in Tucson is a mere 100 miles from Maricopa County- Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s domain.  Arpaio blasted the media for making this Criminal Justice affair a political platform.  He said, “People are using this for their own political agenda. I don’t think that’s right. I think we should let the Criminal Justice system do its job.”  Arpaio also said that assertions that Sarah Palin and the right are somehow to blame aren’t right. Palin says ...

Vt. senator cites shootings in fundraising letter
An independent U.S. senator from Vermont is being criticized by national Republicans for citing this past weekend's shootings in Arizona in a Fundraising letter. The letter that Sen. Bernie Sanders sent out on Tuesday begins by mentioning the Shooting Spree in Tucson that killed six people and left Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 13 others wounded. The letter also mentions issues such as Health Care, Social Security and taxes. Sanders is up for re-election in 2012. Brian Walsh of the...

Vt. senator cites shootings in fundraising letter
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — An independent U.S. senator from Vermont is being criticized by national Republicans for citing this past weekend’s shootings in Arizona in a Fundraising letter. The letter that Sen. Bernie Sanders sent out on Tuesday begins by mentioning the Shooting Spree in Tucson that killed six people and left Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 13 others wounded. The letter also mentions issues such as health care, Social Security and taxes. Sanders is up for re-e...

Watch Pres. Obama's Address at Ariz. Memorial Live
President Obama's Speech Wednesday at a memorial service in Tucson, Ariz., the site of a shooting rampage that has shaken the nation, could be a defining moment in his presidency. The White House has said the Speech will focus on the Victims, heroes and those in Tucson affected by the alleged Assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who remains in critical condition. Six others were killed and 13 besides Giffords were injured. Alleged shooter Jared Loughner so far has been charged with ...

Sarah Palin says blaming rhetoric for shooting is 'a blood libel'
Sarah Palin ended her near silence on the Arizona shootings yesterday, saying that critics had manufactured a "blood Libel" by blaming her Rhetoric for contributing to the shooting rampage in Tucson in which six people died and 14 were wounded, including Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords. • In her video message, Sarah Palin said she and her supporters would not change their Rhetoric because of the Arizona shooting In an eight-minute address posted online, the prominent Republican...

Sarah Palin self-destructs. Bernie Sanders should withdraw his fundraising letter.
You want balance? Here it is. Sarah Palin first went into hiding after the Arizona shooting, then emerged with her same old attacks and defenses. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) emerged to use the shooting in a Fundraising e-mail. Both are wrong. Both should be ashamed. In my view Palin will not run for president anytime soon, and her conduct since the Arizona shooting further destroys her credibility nationally. What Palin should have done is say she did not intend any harm with her target talk, ...

Tea Party & Bernie Sanders Using Tucson Tragedy For Fundraising
I bet you never thought you’d see those two in the same headline. I’m a bit surprised myself. Bernie should know better. From The Weekly Standard comes the text of the email from Sanders… Given the recent tragedy in Arizona, as well as the start of the new Congress, I wanted to take this opportunity to share a few words with political friends in Vermont and throughout the country. I also want to thank the very many supporters who have begun contributing online to my 2012 reel...

Bernie Sanders - Slimeball of the Week
"Given the recent tragedy in Arizona, as well as the start of the new Congress, I wanted to take this opportunity to share a few words with political friends in Vermont and throughout the country. I also want to thank the very many supporters who have begun contributing online to my 2012 Reelection campaign at (his website) There is no question but that the Republican Party, big money Corporate Interests and right-wing organizations will vigorously oppose me. Your financial support now and ...

Bernie Sanders, Tea Party Express use Tucson Shooting to Raise Money
Political polar opposites have found common ground - using the Tucson Shooting as an opportunity to raise money. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who touts himself officially as an Independent, but describes himself as a Socialist, sent a Fundraising e-mail out Tuesday afternoon. “Given the recent tragedy in Arizona, as well as the start of the new Congress, I wanted to take this opportunity to share a few words with political friends in Vermont and throughout the country.” Sande...

Senator explains pitch citing Giffords shooting
A spokesman for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said Tuesday "it would have been absurd" not to mention the Arizona Shooting Spree that gravely wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in a recently mailed newsletter to constituents. Michael Briggs, a Sanders spokesman, said one line in the four-page newsletter regularly sent to supporters in Vermont and across the USA was devoted to a request for "future support." The rest of the newsletter, described in a Weekly Standard report earlier today as a fundraisi...

Mixing fundraising and tragedy
Senator Bernie Sanders mixed a Fundraising appeal with his analysis of the Arizona shootings in an email to supporters today, a mixture most public figures have been avoiding: Given the recent tragedy in Arizona, as well as the start of the new Congress, I wanted to take this opportunity to share a few words with political friends in Vermont and throughout the country. I also want to thank th...

SIGN OF THE TIMES
SIGN OF THE TIMES Do lawmakers need Bodyguards now? Almost half of Americans agree with the idea - 48 percent of the respondents say lawmakers "should be given Bodyguards to help protect them," says a new CBS News poll. Forty-two percent disagreed. The public is split about danger. A slim plurality - 47 percent - says the Arizona shootings were a random event and not likely to be repeated; 45 percent predicted there would be more incidents. The specter of violence already has taken an extra toll...

Asking The Right Questions
Do you agree that the "eliminationist Rhetoric" cited by Krugman is a problem and is out of bounds? Are you denying that such rhetoric exists, or that the preponderance of it comes from the right? More broadly, putting aside the case of Jared Loughner, is it a valid question to ask whether such rhetoric in general risks tipping the unhinged into violence? An Arizona Republican Party District Chairman resigned shortly after the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and 18 others on Saturday...

Palin aide: Shes getting death threats at unprecedented levels
I almost wish that this wasn’t being reported as it’ll only inflame things further among fringe types, but after four days of screeching about Palin the murderer, who can blame her staff for wanting to show the world the ironic outcome? I trust and hope that she’ll be fine: She’s got the financial means to hire the best security that money can buy, and remember, as noted earlier, the truly dangerous nuts typically don’t make threats. The vast majority of these peo...

Hannity: 'Reckless Hoax Coming Apart Brick by Brick'
On his Radio Show today, Sean Hannity explains how the the left's campaign to link Jared Loughner with Talk Radio, Sarah Palin and the Tea Party is falling apart "brick by brick." You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who share these values to join us here at Fox Nation. 'Cautious Optim...

Tucson shooting suspect had several scrapes with police
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The college Drop Out accused of shooting six people dead in Arizona had previous police encounters as far back as 2004 for drug use, drunkenness and other troubles in school but no record of violence, Police Reports released on Wednesday showed. The Pima County Sheriff's Department, the lead local agency investigating Saturday's Shooting Spree, also said that various unspecified threats Jared Lee Loughner was alleged to have made prior to his deadly rampage came to t...

Tucson shooting suspect had several scrapes with police
By Tim Gaynor TUCSON, Arizona | Wed Jan 12, 2011 7:57pm EST TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - The college Drop Out accused of shooting six people dead in Arizona had previous police encounters as far back as 2004 for drug use, drunkenness and other troubles in school but no record of violence, Police Reports released on Wednesday showed. The Pima County Sheriff's Department, the lead local agency investigating Saturday's Shooting Spree, also said that various unspecified threats Jared Lee Loughner ...

Franks: Shooting Scene Needed More Guns
A Republican from Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ home state of Arizona suggested Wednesday that the shooting rampage that injured Giffords and killed or wounded 19 others could have been stopped sooner had there been more armed people at the scene. Not a Subscriber? To continue reading, sign up for a free trial. Republican Redistricting Efforts Bankrupt for 2011? 52 minutes ago...

GOP Steers Clear of Blood Libel Comment
Suzy Khimm writes at Mother Jones: Sarah Palin dropped her latest rhetorical bombshell on Tuesday Morning, claiming, in a widely circulated video, that media reports highlighting incendiary right-wing Rhetoric (hers in particular) in the wake of the Tucson shootings was comparable to “blood Libel.” Palin lobbed the term—which has historically referred to the claim that Jews used the blood of Christian babies to make matzoh—just as the House was convening in Washington for the

Blood libel: Sarah Palin attempts to take moral high ground
After days of silence , Sarah Palin released an 8 minute video on her Facebook page to bemoan the media’s alleged persecution of herself and other pundits after the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday in Tucson.  She accused them of conducting “blood Libel” against her. Jewish fundamentalists have responded by saying she clearly seemed ignorant of what the term means by using it to describe her current predicament.  Blood libel refers to a belief centuries...

Sarah Palin, Blood Libel, and Death Panels
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin claims she is the Victim of "blood Libel," a reference to the anti-Semitic claim that Jews sacrifice Christian Children. A Jewish congresswoman got a bullet through her brain, but Sarah Palin is casting herself as the Victim because some people have criticized her. Talk about chutzpah. “The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s ‘Death Panel’ so his bure...

Liberals Seek Ban on Metaphors in Wake of Arizona Shooting
After the monstrous shooting in Arizona last week, surely we can all agree that we've got to pass Obama's agenda immediately and stop using metaphors. At least I think that's what the Mainstream Media are trying to tell me. Liberals instantly leapt on the sickening massacre at a Tucson political event over the weekend to accuse tea partiers, Sarah Palin and all Conservatives who talk out loud of being complicit in Murder by inspiring the shooter, Jared Loughner. You must login to comment. The Fo...

Require youths to listen to Rush
I know how to save the nation from this violence caused by people who do not watch Fox News, do not know who Sarah Palin is and who do not attend Tea Party rallies. Make them listen to Rush Limbaugh. I got my idea from Rush Limbaugh’s commentary today: RUSH: This morning on Good Morning America a portion of an interview Ashleigh Banfield did with Zach Osler, who is a High School friend of the shooter Jared Loughner.  Ashleigh Banfield: “What was his motive in Saturday’s atta...

Bernie Sanders: Send me money or more people will die [Reader Post]
There’s always one. Following a tragedy it can be expected that the left will take advantage of it to further a political agenda and that is exactly what happened. In the wake of the event in Tucson member of both parties in Congress put a stop to their political activities out of respect for Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Lawmakers had scheduled various Fundraisers and meet-and-greet events with Lobbyists and other Donors this week, but those were canceled as Democrats and Republicans ...

Fmr. Vt. chair: Sanders e-mail disrespects Ariz. victims
Former Vermont Republican chairman Jim Barnett says Sen. Bernie Sanders' Fundraising e-mail commenting on the Arizona tragedy is both "ironic and hypocritical." Barnett, who now serves as a GOP operative in Connecticut, told Politico "no one in the country is more steeped in the incendiary, us-versus-them radical Rhetoric than Sen. Sanders." "This is not the first time Mr. Sanders has shown poor taste and disrespect to Victims of tragedy. In 2005, he held a party boat,...