(CNN) – As of Saturday, Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' name appeared on a website titled "take back the 20" as part of a list originally issued by Sarah Palin of vulnerable House Democrats. A map on the site showed crosshairs over the contested Democratic districts.
Palin first posted the list in March 2010, naming 20 House members who voted for health care reform and represented districts that Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona won in the 2008 presidential election.
At the time, Giffords responded to the map by saying on MSNBC that her long-serving colleagues had "never seen anything like it."
"The thing is, the way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district," Giffords said in March. "When people do that, they've got to realize there's consequences to that action."
After Giffords was shot in Tuscon, Arizona, Saturday, Palin responded on her Facebook page:
"My sincere condolences are offered to the family of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other victims of today's tragic shootings in Arizona. On behalf of Todd and my family, we all pray for the victims and their families, and for peace and justice."
At a press conference Saturday, Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik criticized people who are making a living off "inflaming the American public."
"When you look at unbalanced people, how they respond to the vitriol that comes out of certain mouths about tearing down the government, the anger, the hatred, the bigotry that goes on in this country is getting to be outrageous," Dupnik said. "Unfortunately, Arizona has become sort of the capital. We have become the Mecca for prejudice and bigotry."
And Saturday's tragedy was not the first time the Arizona Democrat was targeted. The day after she voted in favor of health care reform, a glass panel at her Tucson office was shattered.
Giffords won a close race against Republican Jesse Kelly in November. Kelly was a Tea Party favorite who ultimately received 47 percent of the vote to Giffords' 49 percent. The Republican-leaning 8th district went for George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004.
Tea Party Express Chairwoman Amy Kremer responded to the events Saturday by saying the group is "shocked and saddened" by the "terrible tragedy."
"These heinous crimes have no place in America, and they are especially grievous when committed against our elected officials. Spirited debate is desirable in our country, but it only should be the clash of ideas," Kremer said in a statement. "An attack on anyone for political purposes, if that was a factor in this shooting, is an attack on the democratic process. We join with everyone in vociferously condemning it."
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What can I say, ever since the Palin HIT List , I saw this coming.
Shame on Sarah Palin, she has the blood of a much better woman than her on her hands. How many more template "messages of condolence" does she have, ready to send out? One for each of the other 19 of her targets? And the people defending her actions ought to be so ashamed of themselves. I will predict right now that this is the end of the Tea Party, and certainly the end of Sarah Palin's ambitions to be anything other than a hateful dingbat.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander... I hope Sarah Palin reaps what she has sown
Just wait. Fox News and Palin will denounce all of this an unrelated to their vitriol, just like they did when Dr. Tiller was murdered after O'Reilly said it was okay to murder abortion providers.
We show our disdain in America with a ballot box; not with bullets. Condolences to the families and also to the shooter's parents. This very likely isn't what they dreamt of for their son.
Old Chinese proverb: Those who profit from inflammatory political rhetoric pay when unstable crazies listen.
I think the moment, the Tea Party formed, we all realized where this was leading and we did nothing. CNN, Fox and every media outlet is to blame for having the craziest of the crazy on and letting them spew their garbage. That is not objective journalism, its a rubber stamp journalism. As well as the public for drinking the Kool Aid. I am very curious to see who this second gunmen is. I hope AZ has a death penalty and a good prosecution team. My thoughts and prayers to the victims.
Sarah Palin and the rest of her gang need to be tried for murder. She and her gang are partly responsible for this tragedy. Why in this world anyone listens to this nutbag is beyond comprehension.
Way to go Sarah! No you didn't pull the trigger but you whip these idiots into a frezy to do these dumb things and then have the nerve to send your condolenses? Very presidential Sarah......
How about background on the ACTUAL murderer. Does he have any ties/made any statement on support of Palin/Beck/Tea Party? No no and no. Quite the opposite, as if it matters. 6 people are dead and many more injured, and the Sheriff, CNN and many others use this tragedy as an opportunity to make false and inflammatory remarks about a political rival. You do a great disservice to victims of this horrific event and the American people looking for honest reporting. I suppose sensationalism sells, but shame on you nonetheless.
There's blood on your hands now, Palin.
Thanks to the fanatical angry rhetoric from you and Beck and Rush and Hannity etc.
Sarah Palin, you have blood on your hands.
Sarah Palin is America's version of Muqtada al-Sadr.
My heart breaks for the victims of this heinous act. My heart breaks because of the violence in our nation. My resolve is to look beyond the present, and attempt to make the place where I live a little better. If this means turning my back on the rhetoric, and hate filled extremist, then so be it. It's time for common sense to take center stage, and for those who attempt to insight violence, either through radio or television to be held accountable, then punished accordingly.
Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Fox News, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh all have blood on their hands today. They preach hate to stupid people and this is what happens.
Well, though Sarah Palin got her Second Amendment solution, the shooter cannot really be thought of as belonging to any side. His youtube video is the rantings of a true whack-job, filled with repeated examples of the same really lame fallacious logic, and obsessed with the government's evil use of . . . grammar. Not a major talking point of either side. He likes guns and does not like god – again, not fitting into any existing approach.
Just a kid with massive sanity issues.
The right wing has lost its mind, I'm sorry. Yes that left wing had its share of retards during the Bush administration but none of them killed children. This country is being taken over by ultra-conservative lunatics and it's fucking scary.
for a year people have warned that sarah palin was guilty of incitement to violence. now it's happened. arrest palin now!!
This is an extremely sad incident and my prayers are with the congresswoman and her family. This incident should be a wake up call to all of the politicians that have in the past election insinuated violence as a means to bring about political change.
While we can't blame Palin for that sick person's actions,we can blame her for her idiotic rhetoric and her violent themes.
Id like to trade my sherrif Arpaio for this Dupnik guy. He has a much clearer understanding of what the real danger in Arizona is.
my prayers are with the victims
Of course all of these self-proclaimed patriots bear no blame-like Pontious Pilate, they have clean hands.
this is a tragic moment in u.s. history. i hope and pray it won't occur again to other elected and appointed representatives of federal and state government. but the leaders of this country need to realize that many people are disturbed deeply by the representation they are receiving. millions of americans are without work and many many citizens have seen their retirement funds and hopes for the future vanish because of inept or corruptt representation by our elected politicians. the people we send to office must do a better job. we need to build a safer, more civil nation where everyone gets a chance to be heard, and when horrible incidents like this are a thing of the past.
Another instance of Sarah Palin saying something stupid. She offered her CONDOLENCES to the family of Gabrielle Giffords? Giffords is alive, not dead!
My prayers go out to Rep. Giffords, along with the other injured. Sympathies are extended to all who were killed. I commend the Sheriff for speaking out about the troubling language used by today's politicians and the media for fueling fires in the name of politics. Sarah Palin, the coward she is, posts on her Facebook page. She fuels hatred masked behind a smile. People....wake up! These are human lives we are talking about. Let's get back to civility. Politics is just that, politics. Hatred and venom in the name of politics or to sell a radio program/book, etc. is nothing but pure evil. Respectfully disagree. Let's keep hate and violence off the table before more innocent lives are lost through these senseless acts of violence.
I am a Democratic officeholder and former Dem. chairperson of Kentucky's largest county. Let's not blame our process for this terrible crime. Agressive open debate on paramount national issues is the heart of our process. No politician wants someone physically injured. An unhealthy mind will misunderstand and misjudge reality and become frustrated on just about any factual scenario. Let's not give this idiot credability by playing on his actions,but join together to help these victims.
Palin and her crosshairs insanity, her ugly arrogance, and her hunger for attention and pandering to the lowest levels of human indecency, is responsible for this.
Amy Kremer said "These heinous crimes have no place in America, and they are especially grievous when committed against our elected officials." So, when a non-elected person is shot by a maniac like this, it's a less grievous offense?!! A 9-year-old child was killed in this incident. Was her death LESS GRIEVOUS in Amy Kremer's mind because she wasn't an elected politician??
Palin....your apologies are to late. Your hatred and words are what is so terrible about todays political climate. You seem to be one of many GOPer who use the airwaves to provoke hatred, political divide and anger. You will be judged someday...as for the rest of America we really need to find peace with our differences, and reject the evil that people like Palin feed off of.
It's so so sad... I pray she comes out well with no brain damage. I guessed like most people that the "mentally unstable" card will be played once the assassin comes under scrutiny. It was so. Sadly, the truth is, the unbelievable volume of hate that has been propagated by the anti-Obama establishment has been nothing short of a call to arms. It suddenly became fashionable for Republicans to sound exactly like Rush Limbaugh. I pray we dont see more bloodshed. God bless America.
Sarah Palin, and Jesse Kelly did not pull the trigger. But they did choose the target and point the gun. Both of them should be charged in some way with this crime.
As far as the Tea Party hacks are concerned, the only 'tragedy' is that Ms Gifford is still alive.
This is a real tragedy and our prayer go out to the families affected. This being said, it is shameful to see the media using this tragedy to connect it to the Tea Party or remarks made by Palin. I wonder if CNN reported that the shooter was reported to own the Communist Manifesto. Or mentioned the inflamatory remarks by the President, "punish our enemy." Shame.
Each time something violent happens the Left jumps to the conclusion that it has to be the Tea Party, then later, when they find out it was just the opposite they still deride the Tea Party as if they were responsible.....all the while screaming abpout 'inflamed rhetoric'.......you guys are the biggest offendes.....like when that idiot Bloomburg blamed the Tea Party for the Times Square bombing........and you wonder why people are fleeing ther Democratic Party?!?
It was only a matter of time before the heated rhetoric being used would lad to a tragedy. All of us have allowed this language to be used and we all need to turn away from those who continue to use this language. We need to work together, accept our differences and learn to respect what others hold dear. We cannot always win and we have to learn to be good losers.
Such a sad day for all of us. May better days be ahead for us all.
OK< so where's the connection to this kid and the tea party? It's disgusting that CNN and other media outlets are using this incident to their political fortune...
The fact that it appears as if Jared Loughner was an antisocial nutcase rather than a paid political assassin does nothing to diminish the responsibility of hatemongering party figureheads who have fanned the hysteria of local politics in placing crosshairs and targets on some 20 Congresspeople, exhorting citizens to "Let's get rid of [any of 20]," and "come shoot an M-16 with me."
And then these same people incite, with inflammatory rhetoric, "It's the other party who's done it, not us!" Sorry. One of the great things about the Internet is that you can establish a time line for published material. Try as one might to put a spin on it, it's really clear who has been creating this climate, and they, and we, know who they are. They have gotten what they wished for, and they have to live with this or be in denial of it for the rest of their lives, either of which will justly destroy their futures (witness O.J. Simpson). The blood of today's hate-inspired tragedy is on their hands.
Violence Begets Violence and Evil is Evil in any form and violence toward any of God’s children, in any form is Evil. Sarah Palin you Harvest What You Sow!! "Violence". Its too late to send condolences you have to live with your actions! otherwise in a perfect functional democratic Nation you and all your like should be behind bars!!. Its ironic petty criminals are behind bars yet you and the people of your like are roaming free sowing the seeds of discord!!!
Civilised people hunt animals in order to get meat. How come a human being hunting his fellow human being? For what reason!!!!! Very difficult to understand this.
Surely there must be some way to charge those who put others in the crosshairs, as Punk out Palin and others have done, to with oincitement to violence at the least
Way to go PALIN! Look at the mess you are making by inflaming the public. To all you people out there who think she deserved it, just wait you will get yours! What comes around goes around!!!!
Q: Why aren't they calling him a terrorist?
A: Because he is NOT a muslim.
He is white, and most likely a Christian, so he won't be labeled a TERRORIST.
So.... you just want to blame the Repubes... or the Conservatives... or Sarah Palin... how about just blame the pyscho that actually did this. You (CNN) and others are just trying to STIR the pot. Kind of and moronic concept don't you think
ur one sided story wont do any good...CNN will loose, dems will loose badly come 2012...
one of the liberal blog threatned gifford to death for her decision not to support pelosi for minority leader in house
disgusting CNN and i wish u face business down for such partisan reporting..
People like Palin, Beck, Limbough, the Tea Party, etc are going to be the death of this country. Their strategy is to divide America between the Ultra-Conservatives and everyone else, i.e., "only Conservatives are "real Americans!" They incite the conservative fringe elements into a frenzy! This is just the beginning!
Right. We didn't really mean "Lock and ReLoad".
Gov. Palin is dealing with dozens of death threats from people that believe the lies our national media tells us about the Palin's family.
Mrs. Palin and her bullseyes need to rethought and forgotten in the future. Her offhanded comments have set off other people, maybe not has possible the young man who shot the Representative Gabbi today but just as emotional in many ways. Mrs. Palin is not the only one who has been careless with their comments but hers sure look bad right now after this shooting. Whatever happened to civility in this country?
Is this what Sarah Palin and her crowd of clowns are talking about when they talk about loading and re-loading, and exercising their 2nd amendment rights? This is a sad day in this country. I hope that Mrs. Palin, Mr. Beck,Mr. O'Riley and the rest of the clowns at Fake News will own this. Let them have some courage and claim this tragedy today.
Look at what the right-wing has reduced this country to. Shameless and ignorant fools like the tea party and palin are running amuck and gunning people down.
Palin and her type of nasty rhetoric needs to stop. The same with the likes of Beck, Limbaugh, Coulter and their ilk. Their toxic rants incite the nutcakes among us. I hope all the injured recover and my sincere condolences to all who lost loved ones over this senseless act. This does not serve our country and we need to put an end to this polarizing hatred.
Actually, Wolf and the commentators are wrong. According to his videos and comments regarding political rhetoric and constitutionality, he studied Constitutional wording in a way where he tries to read the Constitution literally, versus using the gloss of legal precedents and practices that have come to alter the Constitution. In this sense, his political thought and ideas align with Constitutionalists or Literalists who are principally Libertarian Republicans, and in its current radically manifested state, Tea Partiers. He reads his freedoms and civil rights in the same way Tea Partiers have read their's, literally, which makes him though he is of extreme right orientation, very much in line with Tea Partiers. Please do your research before you shake your head because some intern gave you bad notes.
Well Palin look at the consequences of your hatred and stupis actions.. How do you sleep at night???? You have blood on your hands lady!!!!
I for one would like for the hyper-partisan blog warriors to agree to a cease-fire - just for a while to let today's event sink in, hmm? We can revert back to questioning each other's parentage after we find out for sure what went on today.
The sheriff is absolutely correct. What is sickening is Palin has the nerve to apologize! A little to late Sarah. You are disgusting. (No I am not a lefty liberal, I am a republican from Anchorage, Alaska and I can only hope that this is the end of Sarah Palin).
Why would she offer the family condolences, as if a death occurred in the part of the Congresswomans family? That's kind of creepy!
Why do Americans listen to The Palins, Bachmans,Becks and Limbaughs of the world?
Have we really become that dumb to listen to and believe people who lie and mis-lead and promote bigotry and fear?
I hope and pray that we become smarter and learn that inorder to advance our country and the world we must work for peace and understanding. Pope Paul VI said; "If you want Peace work for Justice."
FDR said: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" Probably one of the greatest quotes of all time.
Lastly JFK said: "Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country"
Well one easy thing that we can do for our country is to educate ourselves and not let nut case media people like Beck and Limbaugh and nut case politicians like Palin,Bachman,Dement,and Cantor influence our brains.
Get smart America, we have alot of hard work to do, we can't waste our time on stupid bigotry and fear mongering!
There is blood on Palin's hands....
If the author of the above piece is suggesting that Sarah Palin is somehow responsible for this, then this truly equates to the most irresponsible article I have ever read in my 33 years of life...
This is what happening when you start spreading fear,hate,bigotry,lies and violence. Sarah Palin,Teaparty,Fox news, Rush Limburg,republicans and anyone else who is gullilable are to blame. My heart and prayers goes out to all the victims and their family. Is this is how they take back America? We the people must show them we do not fight violence with violence. We use our right by writing to our congressman, non-violent protest & voting the next election.
if like you admit there is NO EVIDENCE that this whacko ever read Sarah Palins tweets or even liked Palin
WHY LINK THIS HORRIBLE INCIDENT TO HER IN ANY WAY???? You are guilty of the very thing you claim to be spouting against. Vitriole at its unbalanced, unsupported worst. of course you leftioes would use this tragedy to ramp up yoru
attacks on any and all things Palin. Shame on you. This guy claims to hate God . Diesn't sound like a Palin fan to me.
Shame on you
I do believe that the bullseye that was put on that district by Sarah Palin instigated this shooting. I said it was wrong then and predicted this would happen. Fox News and Sarah Palin cannot keep putting out the hate and think that unbalanced people won't be listening.
Palin needs to understand now why she must stop the hate
I didn't vote for Palin, or any Republicans for that matter, but that's quite the accusation. I noticed you (the writer) didn't explicitly state that Palin or the Tea Party was responsible for this tragedy but you're insinuations are disgraceful. The authorities have not discovered the motives for the killings, but you're already accusing the Tea Party. Really? Has CNN become a left-wing version of FoxNews? Whatever happened to the standard of journalism for which CNN became so famous for? If we're going on pure speculation here, what about the fact that someone (Caitie Parker) who knew the shooter posted on her Twitter account, “As I knew him he was left wing, quite liberal. & oddly obsessed with the 2012 prophecy.” I guess that would disprove your accusation wouldn't it? That's really a shame. I thought CNN had more integrity than this.
Faux News and its associates( Palin, Limbaugh, Beck, O'Reilly, Hannity, Armey, Gingrich) are a terrorism network.
The shooter was neither Right nor Left.
He was simply crazy.
To say that S.Palin & the extreme right radio had nothing to do with this attack is the same as saying that Popes Gregory Vii (just war) and Urban II (God wills it !) had nothing to do with starting the crusades.
Sarah Palin and many others need to take responsbility for their rhetoric last year that ignigted this situation. Palin never apoligized last year– she said done in "humor." Some of us did not laugh last year and we are not laughing now.... Let's all tone it down. We should be able to express different opinions with out making references to crosshairs on guns...which imply shooting thoes we disagree with. How sad that a unstable person took the Palin references to heart and acted on them. Let us all think about the consequences that may occur with our humor and words. Go bless all of the victims in Arizona.
I applaud Amy Kremer for stating what should be said. Acts like this are an attack on democracy. The most amazing thing about our country is we can disagree with our govenmen and openly protest our dissatisfaction with our government. Unfortunately there are those in politics and entertainment (certain news orgs or mayble all) that find it much more profitable to fan the flames of fanaticism to full their coffers with money than to make valid efforts to improve our country. This is truely a tragic day. My prayers and blessings to all affected.
When people like Palin and Sharon angle use political vitriol with metaphorical imagery of guns and violence, they need to be held accountable for the actions of their followers. The way to hold these people accountable is to vote against everything they stand for and to not subscribe to anything they are selling.
Palin and the Repubs apparently wanted to make sure that Giffords did not vote against the health care reform repeal.
"Commonsense Conservatives & lovers of America: ‘Don’t Retreat, Instead – RELOAD!’"
-Sarah Palin. March 23, 2010
Way to go sarah. You got your stupid wish.
For Sarah Palin to have the gall to offer condelences is beyond me. Now she wants to play innocent of should I say stupid and pray for peace and justice. If this wasn't such a tragic incident this would funny. This ignornant women shrill hateful words every time she opens her stupid mouth. Innocent people were killed and injured as a result of all the vitrol. Sarah Palin instills hatred into the minds of the unstable.. All that nosense about taking our country back, don't retreat reload, putting cross hairs across districts she targeted, the President is not one of us (that just a few) have inflamed those nuts out there who can't think for themselves. I hope Pallin and all the other Republicans realize the danger of their divisive behavior. Palin has made millions of dollars spewing hatred, anger and bigotry and now she has to deal with the consequences of her words. Go back to the wilds of Alaska and take Michelle Bachmann, Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, Sean Hannity and the rest of the right wing nuts, so we the sane people can take our coutry back! Don't get the wrong... I don't totally blame Sarah Palin. The real culprit is John McCain. He's the old fool that unleashed this lunatic on the American people.
It's a little late for Palin's condolences. Peace and justice would have started with not putting cross-hairs over an elected official–or anyone else.
Sarah Palin, a perfect example of things that should have never come to the main-land.
Congratulations Sarah Palin, you got what you were looking for. Your hands have blood in it!
Palin is an accessory to murder. Not holding her and those of her mindset accountable is simply negligent.
I am waiting to read the conservative post about crime in the black community
What a suprise that CNN would fan the flames further by posting this story
We as a nation should be coming together at a time like this, regardless of whether you are a Republican, Democrat, Independent, or just don't care. We should use this tragedy as a reason to all come together as one. After listening to the reckless accusations on the left, it is now evident that we are more divided today than we were yesterday, and that is the shame.
Many saw this coming. The fearful use the hatred in their political speech since they are afraid to tell the truth that they are run by the rich. This is just the sad reality that we have abused our freedoms and are now going to loose them because of it. The pen is mightier than the sword, but some political parties can only preach fear and hatred. Sick!
I would love to hear Palin apologize for such a violent image on the website, but I seriously doubt that will happen.
“If foreign terrorists had a map and a list...the CIA would be on top of whoever created the list. The FBI cannot ignore the map, it's contents or the sponsor of such a devastating, cruel and vicious act. Mrs. Palin should be picked up by police, handcuffed and marched in for "questioning" at the minimum. To ignore the obvious is also a crime.”
Give me a break. Are you really trying to blame the Tea Party and Sarah Palin for her unfortunate death? Do you really hate Palin and the Tea Party so much that you will use the horrible murder of Giffords to score political points. Disgusting.
Sarah Palin and the rest of the GOP Republican trash who have been stirring up hatred in our nation because they are too ignorant to debate on substance and don’t care about consequences of their works should be charged for in sighting violence. Bachman and Boehner should be in jail with her before the sun comes up. There needs to be a full investigation of the funding of the tweet, face book and other accounts being used to spread hate and insight violence.
SHAME ON THESE REPUBLICAN TRASH and their slow ignorant and hateful leaders Limbaugh Boehner, McConnell and Beck who fan the flames trying to build a movement. These are sick people who have NO values.
There is no doubt that the constant over the top, violent rethoric coming out of Palin, Limbaugh and Beck, and by right-leaning commenters in these blogs and news sites on a daily basis is largely responsible for this tragedy. It only takes one deranged individual to take this pervasive vitriol to the next level.
So polarizing...Left vs. Right...Religion vs. Religion vs. Non-Religious...Fox vs. MSNBC...this pundit vs. that pundit...North vs. South...black vs. white...Sarah Palin vs. common decency...America is viciously gnawing itself to death...its the death of the American spirit..and its disgusting...
Not that any of this is false, but what is the relevance of this to a shooting? If the shooter is a Tea Partier, OK, you might have a point. Given that we know next to nothing (and what I've heard indicates he's a deranged lunatic of leftist persuasion) it seems like CNN is hoping readers draw conclusions facts currently don't warrant by mentioning the Tea Party in the same breath as the shooting. Shame on you for taking advantage of a tragedy like this.
This story is beyond the pale. If you want to politicize the motives of the shooter, let's be factual. His classmate from high school and college described him as a "left-wing pothead." Furthemore, his favorite books include Communist Manifesto and Mein Kemf. Add to this is his support for flag-burning. This guy was a radical, deranged liberal. He was not a conservative, nor a member of the tea party. So while I am no fan of Sarah Palin, she had nothing to do with this. You should be ashamed.
Maybe NOW that idiot from Wasilla will finally consider how her endless litany of IGNORANCE and HATE are endangering this country, and SHUT UP!
Palin reaps what she has sown.
We don't know whether, or how, this was politically motivated, but if it was it should be no surprise. According to the right wing, Fox News, Limbaugh crowd, to be a Democrat, or (gasp) a liberal is akin to being unAmerican. Sarah Palin had this Congresswoman in her "sights" during the last campaign. The hatred and vitriol on the right to anyone else is incredibly destructive, and is tearing the country apart.
I feel sad & disappointed:Our Country is the world leader of freedom and democracy and I hope that such a lunacy that lead to the tragedy of killing five people and injuring many others in Arizona, will not be a reason for counter attack...We are not in a jungle...We need to adhere to self control and put America above all our political differences...Violence is not the solution and will never be.
The whole bit about the cross hairs is total stupidity. This just makes anyone that comments on it in media or gov't look like an idiot. Sadly, one idiot shown in the video was the congresswoman that was shot today. Apparently she already had brain damage.
When the sheriff said there may be reason to believe this individual may have mental issues, he showed he has mental issues, stupidity. Duh, of course the shooter has mental issues. Any idiot can tell you that.
Are you all forgetting that one of the people killed, Roll, was Republican appointed? I think CNN is trying to spin this as an attack on Democrats. Look at all the hate and 'death to Bush' posters and where was the concern then. There is hate out there, it is from the left, but do not expect the media to ever consider that.
Palin won't get it, she will never understand why placing crosshairs over Giffords could possibly be negative. She isn't smart enough to understand that words have power only when they influence others to action. For years now Palin has been using the language of war and killing and violence and those words sink in. They bring people to acton. And the result is this. Now Palin's supporters will plead ignorance too.
Briston Palin will have a warm and heartfelt welcome in Arizona. That's for sure!
Sarah Palin incited violence in a well documented way. Her conviction as coconspirator should come easily!
This article is political exploitation at it's highest. The author of this article is just a much a monster for trying to somehow use this horrible tragedy for political gain...before the people killed can even be buried. The shooter was obviously extremely mentally unstable and didn't have any links to any political parties. Exploitation articles like this make me sick to my stomach.
I bet this shooter was a conservative(republican)....that side as Bill Maher said is moving into a mental institution.
Sarah Palin should have criminal charges pressed for instigation of attempted murder. Crosshairs, "take them out", "Don't retreat, reload!", and so on are instigation of violence. Of course Sarah will get sued by next of kin and lose. Of course Sarah has no chance of a political career now. But I want to see criminal charges against Sarah Palin for instigation of attempted murder.
Palin had a snowball's chance before. Because of her crosshairs and "Don't retreat. Reload." it is down to a snowflake's chance. Her hands are now permanently stained red, as are those of Rush, Beck and Fox. Because of this tragic event, there are plenty of deaths to take credit for. Which one of you want the 9-year old's? Which one wants credit for the federal judge?
It's time for democrats and liberal to buy guns. Protect democratic values from gun touting republicans.
Guess what Tea Party, Taliban and Terrorists have in common? They all start with T and they all the same.
The tea Party members will continue to defend Palin, Bachmann, Angle, Hannity and Beck for their hateful and stupid remarks that incite the mentally ill to commit acts of violence to anyone who disagree with them. Thanks to them innocent people have lost their lives or had their lives dramatically altered.
My sympathies go out to all who have been victimized by this horrible tragedy.
To the mouth pieces of Fake News, Go home and shut up. Especially you, Sarah. Playing the victim while inciting violence is an insult to Christianity. You are not Christians. Who would Jesus place in his cross hairs?
Charge palin with negligent homicide!!!
I wouldn't be surprised if Palin will now be investigated by the FBI for incitement to hatred, or possibly even for counselling the commission of a capital crime. Palin was pandering to people's base emotions when she encouraged her followers to "lock and load" on her website, with gun sight cross-hairs over her opponents photographs. She should feel partly responsible for today's killing spree and assassination attempt. While no sane person would take her words to heart, there's always a chance some unbalanced person will. When politics and guns are mentioned in the same breath you know there's a serious problem in the country.
Interesting, Palin's website is no longer up and running – I wonder why?
Articles like this are exactly the "people who are making a living off "inflaming the American public.", that the sheriff was talking about. CNN should be ashamed to sink to this level of reporting. Report the facts and leave the sensationalism to the tabloids. You are a respected news organization. This story is not News, it is inflamatory conjecture.
Palin and the Tea Partiers whip up a frenzy of hatred and division with their words and images, and then they feign surprise when someone acts on their incendiary rhetoric.
It's a shame they're not more intuitive about the borderline intellects to whom they're appealing.
Just wait for next week, when the Becks and Limbaughs make the attack the fault of the victims. You betcha . . .
Yeah...let's use gun sights for political purposes again, Palin. You should be ashamed. Lost my vote!!!
The condolences for the Tucson tragedy being issued by Tea Party groups sound hollow and insincere when you remember that these same groups championed candidates that spoke about the need for " Second Amendment remedies" or wanting their supporters "armed and dangerous".......
gratuliere mss palin
Yes? Well,I hope that there ARE regular,sensible people in the TeaP,like this lady sounds,who NEED things like Health Care,same as anyone else! There is no "Govt.Takeover",Death Panels",or taking from Medicare! After all,Medicare IS Govt Ins~and my husband has put off retiring because we cannot afford our meds on Medicare! FINALLY,in 2011~NOW~the new HC starts fixing that! If we work,we ALL pay into SS AND Medicare every week,and the ONLY reason its called"entitlement"is because WE ARE entitled to it after we pay for it~and,Soc.Sec.DOES NOT Add to the deficit! We ALL need the peace of mind to know we,or a family member, can HAVE medical care when needed. We hv a grandchild who had cancer at 2yrs old~now he is a teen~an A student an college bound.ALL children like him DESERVE to have Health Ins.Surely most TP folks are NOT rich,and ,if not,they need Ins. The Repubs hv NO intention of REPLACING the HC Bill~thats a fairy tale so lets all move ON TO JOBS ETC! Lets have the good America we USED to have,for us,and our families.
This is not a proud day in American History, and I have to agree with the Sheriff's comments; even if they are never directly tied to the killings, he is right to assert inflaming hatreds and anger, putting up "Hit Lists", we can never know for sure what drives someone across the threshold.
Thank you so much CNN for bring to light the terrible comments and speach that some politicians have been using lately. I have truely been saddened this year more than any previously by the hate, insensitive, and dangerous comments made by many politicians. Comments such as Sarah Palin's and others like "Lock and Load" or "Second Ammendment Solutions" should not be allowed. We should hold these politicians accountable for their comments. Because there is no good to come from these types of comments and very frequently this type of comments can do alot of harm as in the incident we have seen. We need the press and media to highlight this behavior of Sarah Palin AS WELL AS others so that we can have a very important discussion around this issue. I know politicians will always be stretching the truth and slanting things for their own advantage but we should not allow things to get to the point of inciting dangerous or violent behavior.
When you put the crosshairs of a gun sight over the district you intend to target then the people placing the crosshairs have got to realize there's consequences to that action. Sarah Palin, I hope the likes of you and others like Sharon Angle realize that now. As dispicable and grotest as the both of you are, I would never do that to you or your family. I do, however , hope that your political life takes a turn for the worst with something like this hanging around your neck. I do hope that the good people of Alaska will decide not to even elect you Dog Catcher. You have been preaching you vile hate now since John McCain found you and now people, the crazies are listening to you and starting to do some of the things you wish them to do because they are not wrapped to tight. Even though they comit the act, you are just as responsible because you preached the hate to them. Now after having said all of that, I do not have any hate for you Ms Palin or Amgle but I do think more of the most grotest creature on earth than I do the two of you.
Frankly, I really don't want to hear from Sarah Palin how sorry she is for the violence in Arizona and how she is praying for the families after the stunts she has pulled with posting crosshairs on her Facebook and calling for people to "reload." I am sickened by the rhetoric of Palin and anyone who purports to be a Christian and then uses images of violence and also supports the NRA and is for flooding this country with more weapons. Please Sarah, just keep your thoughts to yourself for once. This is not about you and you are such a hypocrite your words only make things worse.
I Knew something like this would happen i waqs hopeing i was wrong,but the media starts covering stupid people like sarah palin,Michell Bachmann,and the rest of the tea party nut's all funded by Rupert Murdoch,owner of fox news,these people are to blame for the violence,with sayings like the tree of liberty needs to be watered with the blood of tyants from time to time i mean what did you think was going to happen when you tell people the new heath care bill was going to kill grandma imean comon the far right reaches some very unstable people with thir rhetoric,this must stop its time for the middle to make a choice.their is no room in this society for politicians who spread hate,supicion,and lies, I call on the American people to stand up & say no more.
Next to Giffords, Palin looks like a moronic, sniveling insect.
sad, sad, and sad...it represents racists, brainlessness, and nonsense...in a democratic society.....we need stringent immigration policies....all these India guys are claiming their kith and kin...watch, and deport...
how sad. what has happened to our political system in America? My prayers are with all of the shooting victims. My God be with all.
Really!!! Is this Really the time for politics? Humanize this tragity? This is the type of garbage that fuels nut jobs like this guy.
Sarah Palin and her Tea Party political tactics are to blame for this and McCain, Kyl and Brewer allowed her to come to our state and get away with spewing forth hate and advocating violence whipping folks into a frenzy. Not a single Republican stood up and spoke out against it. The only way for evil to triumph is for good people to stand back and do nothing. It's time to just say no to the ugliness.
The sheriff should stick to investigation, apprehension and incarceration and leave politics and his political agenda to himself. Trying to link this tragedy in any way with Gov. Palin is remarkable and baseless.
One more reason for ALL media to stop posting anything Palin says or does. She is an idiot, a hate-filled ignorant nobody who lives for publicity. Her constant use of gun terms, targeting people, and her outright racism during the McCain campaign makes it past time to remove her comments from all public media. She has nothing to offer and her vitriol definitely added to the reason Congresswoman Giffords was shot in the head today. Palin had Giffords on one of her "reload target lists" for supporting healthcare reform. Congresswoman Giffords had already expressed concern that such irresponsible actions like what Palin did was dangerous and sadly today it came true. Of course Palin takes no responsibility for her violence-inducing actions. For God's sakes – get Palin off and keep her off all media. She is a nobody with nothing to offer. She is uneducated, a terrible mother, a non-leader, a quitter, and a hate-filled moron ignorant of all history and how our government works. Get rid of her and FOX off our airwaves.
what does this story have to do with sara palin? The desperaterly attempted association of this tragedy and responsibility is transparent of cnn's bias.
Nice going Sarah. Who's next?
Sara Palin should at least help the shooter pay for his legal defense. Sara had "We've diagnosed the problem...help us find a solution" and then a gun-sight in each district. So Sara, he helped you, now help him.
Sarah Palin is guilty of murder.
What a sick, disgusting, but classic leftist, thing to do. You lament the vitriolic nature of political discourse, and then stretch to lay some level of blame for this act at the feet of Sara Palin because it advantages your political persuation. The man was a nut job with no clear political leaning. He was an atheist, too. Are you going to link him to all the atheists out there? Have you no shame?
I agree with the Sheriff when I was in DC last year I stopped at a Starbucks not far from the White House and a lady who seemed schizophrenic was talking to herself for 30 minutes about the government in a extremely panicked state as if someone was attacking her. She then started talking to me putting down every aspect of the government and urger myself and and others in the Starbucks to attend our weekly Tea Party meeting. I did not think she was violent but if she hod those tendencies I would not of put it past her to harm an elected official.
Palin can stick her prayers where the sun don't shine.6 people dead because of her stupid political agenda.Make no mistake,she has blood on her hands.
What these people forget is the fact there are some who will take it the next step. Palin ought to be ashamed and hide her head in the sand. Her apologies are a bit too late. Granted I am assuming this guy was influenced in some way by her but still. Violence be it in words not actions still begets violence in both words and actions of some.
"Giffords had history with Palin, Tea Party" What history? A poster? He has a stronger link with the author of this article – both are nut-jobs.
Yes Palin's rhetoeric is partly to blame as is the ready availability of guns to all, no matter how immature or deranged. Palin constantly used deadly, violent imagery. As the Rep said so prophetically, there are repercussions for such abuse of free speech when repeated over and over again in a context of demonizing all who disagree with demagogues like her and Limbaugh etc
To Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik I applaud you, I applaud you, I applaud you. It is time to put an end to these politicians and their cash cows who do nothing but go around the country preaching hate and inflaming the public. My heart breaks to know that a 9 year old little girl lost her life because irresponsible adults care more about POWER than the harm they cause with their rhetoric.
God Bless America
1-my condolences to those who lost ones in this tragedy. I also want to say my prayers to those still fighting for their lives. Mrs Giffords was a hero, just for representing her constituents and her brand of political action in Arizona. We all have to take the action of this murderer in its context. It is a terrorist act committed against an unsuspecting crowd. The gunner killed many people. The Governor Jan Brewer and her tea party rhetoric in Arizona should be held accountable. The Republican party, John Brehner and all the leadership should be held accountable for the hate they spew every day on all venues. They are creating the American Taliban and giving them the public face they needed to consolidate their belief and hate.
We all should take time to check with our own conscience: Do we want America to turn into a Taliban country? Do we want to let religious and political fanatics to take charge in our country? Let's us regain our senses before it is too late.
Wow – you guys are really reaching here! Showing your true colors by attempting to pin anything negative at all on Sarah Palin – no matter how non-existent the connection.
FYI the Giffords shooter had nothing to do with the Tea Party – he was described by a close friend as "left-wing". But I'm sure you knew that already – don't let the truth get in the way of your agenda...
Anyone candidate that palin is against, we should probably vote for.
I am astounded at the complete ignorance of Palin. Did she not realize she was inciting violence? Or was she courting it? Why does any news outlet give her a voice? She needs to be shut down now, beginning today. I hope news organizations will have the courage to do so.
Sad to see this happen, I'm sure this was a act of a demented soul and not a political statement made against either party. However ALL POLITICIANS need to remember to vote the will of their districts not vote simply their personal feeling. If you can't perform this task don't run for office, if you choose to ignore the folks, you run the risk of retaliation....sometimes this is unfortunately violent. The people in America are no longer sitting on the sidelines; they intend to hold their government responsible. If you disenfranchise the voters you are going to have violence.
pfffffft. anyone with any brain knows those tea partiers are secretly giggling with glee.... notice that palin said she offered her prayers ON BEHALF OF TODD AND HER FAMILY. not mention of hers. if you ask me, i'd guess the only thing she's praying for tonight is that Giffords doesn't survive
get ready for a BIG blow back from the right on this topic and I bet that sheriff in Arizona that made comments blaming un-named radio and television announcers is going to be attacked by them, especially Limbaugh, come Monday morning. The Palin defenders will be out in force too. This tragic situation might have been fueled by some of their rhetoric, but we are also dealing with a person or persons that have NO respect for human life, didn't matter if they shot sn person who was to the right or left. This finger pointing to me is only going to make things worse and not better.
this is a sad day for us all ... but dragging sarah palin into it with no knowledge of the killers intention is hate speech too just like the sherrif said ... cnn should be ashamed
Sarah Palin is responsible for this hatred, Hannity, Glen Beck, O'Rielly. All of Fox News. They should all accept responibilty for what they have said. "Reload", Sarah, you are toast. So sad for our country and evil these few have unleashed.
Bad choices blooming into violent consequences, I hope we civilize out debating culture.
At what point is the media going to focus on what Palin truly is? She is a spiteful and unqualified dimwit incapable of any form of real leadership. Inciting the ignorant and unstable cannot be accepted as passable, acceptable or excusable.
palin is at fault on this shooting.. just look at her writings .. she is a menace...
I don't know how many times Sarah Palin is going to put things on the internet that call for the harm and/or assassination of elected officials before she is indicted???!!! First "don't retreat, RELOAD".... then she actually puts out a map with GUN CROSS HAIRS on it for every district where a Democratic congressman or congresswoman voted for the health care reform. The article is right- there are too many Timothy McVeighs out there who carry a deep, twisted hatred of government, and when they see people like Sarah Palin putting cross hairs on a map of the country, something ticks in these deranged people and you get what happened yesterday. Palin should be indicted tomorrow!
When you post and encourage such bile, how can you not except that sooner or later things of this nature will happen. Actually it validates the issues. So when tragedy happens don't scurry back into the shadows and speak of how outraged you are that things like this have happen, when this is what you really wanted to happen. It is very sad that people make profit off of situations like this and done have the character to admit it.
Tea Party people have their B's in their throat now. Consequences? Does any one in Palin family know that does that mean? they are l"earn from the experience and then forget "kind!
When you use suggestive violent speech, wink- wink, you are responsible when OTHERS act . When you shout "kill them", and someone does, you can't say you're not part of it. It's inciting others to do violence. Blood is on your hands even though you weren't there, you did'nt fire the gun yourself.
Palin should be arrested!
This Is why Saran Palin Is UNQUALIFIED and shouldn't be able too run for any PUBLIC OFFICE of any kind. If she wasn't just a big IDIOT she should have know putting cross hair on people, they may be sick people out their that may try too do It. Someone In Politics should NOT HAVE SAY anything like that to begin with.
Maybe, just maybe, we should lock Sarah Palin up for inciting violence.
I guess the crosshairs over Giffords' face don't seem like such a good idea now. Who didn't see something like this coming? Time to rachet back the hate-talk. We're all American's.
Finally...the demise of Sarah Palin!
The shooter had no history with Palin...was not her supporter...was not part of the conservative movement or the Tea Party movement. If fact he was liberal........and didn't our president , the most liberal presodident ever, say ‘We’re gonna punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us,’
Wake up liberal media.........and wasn't the judge appointed by Bush? Are there any true journalists left in America?
Sarah Palin's condolences and prayers are a travesty....she and Beck and Limbaugh incite this type of behavior with their thoughtles words and insinuations. They will try to mitigate it and say oh it's just a figure of speech but it IS NOT! What are the connotations in Palins world for "salvo" and "cross-hairs"? Just when I thought I couldn't find her any more dispicable...low and behold....
In the first moments after the shooting, the left-wing blogs were on fire, blaming the shooting on "right-wingers", Sarah Palin and the Tea Party. However, when the facts came out that the shooter was actually "pretty left-wing", as described by people who know him, they shifted the blame to "vitriol" and "violent speech" from the right, obviously because "left-wing nut job" didn't fit their agenda.
I have news for them; The shooter's name is not "Vitriol". It's "Jared Lee Loughner", a crazed, left-wing nut job. Suggestion: Have a shred of integrity.
Out of respect for Gabrielle Giffords and the many people who lost loved ones and the shock that myself and others in Tucson are feeling.....PLEASE DO NOT give the former Gov of Alaska any press regarding this. You people are unbelievable.
It's in no way new that mentally unstable people are influenced by political rhetoric that uses violent language and metaphor. Not new. Not at all. We should know better. Speeches and warnings were made and given in 2008 that I vividly recall – and still it continued. I am sure I am not alone in, sadly, not being surprised by this. IF this incident changes that kind of language (as violent deaths in the past have temporarily), I can only hope that this time it is a permanent change. Although history shows us otherwise, let's try. Media, politicians, individuals, we all share the responsibility.
We all control our own vocabulary, and the symbols we use – at least that.
So, let's try.
This is a misleading article. It mentions a history between the shooter and Palin, but then no actual history is mentioned in the article, other than the shooter used one of Palin's maps. Judging from the rantings of this guy, he would have just as easily shot Palin or any other politician.
If this doesn't bring forth the rage and absolute disgust for Pathetic Palin and the teabuggers then nothing will. Have we become so hateful and Unchrsitian to let these people, with their ignorance and stupidity have a place in politics and American life? If we have then America can go to?
Sarah Palin, Glen Beck, Russ Limbaugh should be man up and take responsibility for this shooting because they are the one who indirectly inspired these mad, angry people to man up to shoot.
That title "history with palin, tea party is misleading. Everyone in politics makes comments about one another during campaigns. This is a nothing story, a non-story, if you will. Don't inflame anyone else with any more of these exaggerated writings.
Sadness , complete sadness
With all the hate flying around this was bound to happen, what a horrible tragedy and shame on those that would contribute to inflaming the American public and setting these unbalances individuals off.
What a terrible tragedy this is. I feel so sad for all the families involved.
I wonder whether Palin's bravdo will allow her to continue to talk about "reloading".
And what do the political, religious and media hate-mongers expect? (Yes, Fox News, I mean you). Get people fired up with, "this group or that group is responsible for your problems and needs to be eliminated"...and this is what you get.
Hitler did it with the Jews and so America goes, it seems.
The others targeted by Palin and her loyal, fanatical, cookoo-clock Palin-nuts need to hire bodyguards as soon as they can.
It is not just Palin's rhetoric. It is Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Shaun Hannity, Tea Party... They are all
creating fear and they feed the delusional. The unstable people read more into what the right extremists say and they
believe what they say is a call to take violent action. The Fox Network and the Tea Party are pushing the paranoia and fear.This was bound to happen. I feel so bad for what happened to the innocent people.
CNN might want to mention Palin has scrubbed her Facebook page of the imagery. To late, the Internet never forgets.
sister sarah, their blood is on your hands.
Although Sarah Palin isn’t responsible for this shooting she should be condemned for putting "take back the 20" on her website. It is unconscionable what she posted and people like her and at Fox News make matters only worse.
is this the start of the take back.
Angle: I feel that the Second Amendment is the right to keep and bear arms for our citizenry. This not for someone who's in the military. This not for law enforcement. This is for us. And in fact when you read that Constitution and the founding fathers, they intended this to stop tyranny. This is for us when our government becomes tyrannical...
Manders: If we needed it at any time in history, it might be right now.
Angle: Well it's to defend ourselves. And you know, I'm hoping that we're not getting to Second Amendment remedies. I hope the vote will be the cure for ... problems.
Palin should be held responsible for her hate-mongering.
Sarah Palin puts crosshairs like those you would see when using a rifle scope on Congresswoman Giffords' district and now extends her condolences to her. Congresswoman Giffords didn't die in this attack and I hope she sues Sarah Palin for this inciting this violence.
Way to go Sarah Pailhead.....This is what happens when you spout your brand of nonsense. The stupid, simple people you you reach with your insane, hateful rantings seem to be taking action , motivated by your idiotic representations. What do you think..if you put gun targets on people, while you are getting all these crazys that folow you fored up, you didnt think for a minute that thta was irresposible. Alot tlike the way you walk around spouting that bull " Don't retreat, reload". wheres the next hillbilly with a 70 IQ going to come out of the woodwork and kill again based on that stupid saying. PLEASE for the sake of this nation SHUT THE F UP AND GO AWAY! I find it sadly ironic that the poor woman that was shot, spoke out against the very element that put her death into motion..nice job..you betcha!
It's pretty funny how the TeaParty people all suddenly become all warm and fuzzy after one of their own goes postal like this. Maybe if you would tone down the rhetoric, this would never have happened. That sheriff in AZ was right–all this vitriol is just trouble in the making.
I am with the sherriff of Pima County, the words and ideas of many \with influence above others, can have consequences,now is time for the consequences to be named and bring these people to either shut their mouths or be taken away from express their idiotics ideas. Sarah Palin, Rush, O'Reilly and many other tea party member should be ashmed of themselves.
Palins remorse is a little late, if she truly cared she never would have come up with the "Crosshairs" campaign. I think most are aware that all the lies, fear and hate that has been spread by Republicans comes with a price. To all the people that have posted on here and always asked why we were so afraid of Palin, this serves as your answer, this is exactly why people were afraid of someone like Palin who toured the country spewing lies and hate in every town and city. It would only be a matter of time before the pretty lady's lies would find someone weak enough to believe, and do something so tragic. There must be responsibilty when you are a public figure or a public party that makes a living off of spreading hate, lies and division. Sherriff Dubnik could not have said it better,when he spoke about all the lies and hate that are spread by politicians and celebrities that must be stopped before there is more death. God bless the victims and their famlies. May this be a major wake up call to stop the lies and rhetoric, and that justice be served to those who continue to promote fear and hate.
I you read this shooter's postings in the other articles it is clear that he is an anarchist. He's not associated with either political party/movenmet. People trying to lump the shooter into a political movement to demonize either side of the political spectrum are just as dangerous as the shooter himself.
If you read this shooter's postings in the other articles it is clear that he is an anarchist. He's not associated with either political party/movenmet. People trying to lump the shooter into a political movement to demonize either side of the political spectrum are just as dangerous as the shooter himself
You people are disgraceful and will politicize anything. This guy is just a nut job; nothing to do with Palin or the Tea Party.
The likes of Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, and even Michelle Bachmann and any other politician who signs on to the hatred, should be held directly responsible for acts such as this, as they only serve to perpetuate this hatred and bigotry. There is no place for it.
If anything good comes of this, is that the likes of those above are history, and will only serve to solidify the Democratic Party...just wait until the next election.
This article is irresponsible. You do not know why the guy did what he did so to put it out there that Sarah Palin had something to do with it is wrong.
This article should be removed!!!
SHAME ON CNN!!!!
Sure Tea party. Fan the flames but condemn the fire.
Representative Giffords was willing to face death threats so that children and young adults with type 1 diabetes, cancer, and other deadly diseases, could get health insurance. I am grateful to Representative Giffords for what she did for my child. God bless her, and all of the others that were murdered and wounded. I believe that losing a child is the worst thing that can happen to a person. My heart is breaking for the little 9 year old girl and her family.
It is amazing how everyone started jumping to conclusion even before the dust had settled. CNN is so hung up on Palin that half of CNN started blaming Palin immediately. MSNBC in particular Bath Tub Boy started blaming the Tea Party, Beck etc. When will the people in the media become reporters instead of lap dogs for the Socialist party. State run Media doesn't tell the truth they hide from the truth.
oops, Sarah stepped on it again. She should just shut up and go away, especially now that she has caused death, even to a child
Sarah Palin, and Jesse Kelly did not pull the trigger. But they did choose the target and point the weapon. The weapon of course is the unbalanced person that did pull the trigger. Both Sarah and Jesse should be charged in some way with this crime.There is no way they could not know this would happen.
Sarah Palin should be held accountable for inciting this violence. Exactly what the Conresswoman feared about Palin's extrene methods has happened.
First they say "We came unarmed, THIS TIME" and then they are shocked when somebody does shoot? They have been making threats and proclaiming psychotic delusions and then they claim they are not to blame when a nut tries to save America by killing her "enemies"
When the tragedy first unfolded I knew CNN would try to politicize it. To make this kind of jump so quick CNN must be in close contact & working with Democratic strategists. Also it was also funny when Wolf Blitzer noted he liked books like The Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf and Wolf replies that he liked books from both the extreme far right and far left. Mein Kampf is a book that help started the Nazi SOCIALIST party. Go look it up Nazi on wikipedia and it looks like a platform for the democratic party.
Palin has blood her hands...you don't talk that crap without stirring up the crazies. This is the result of those inflammatory remarks not just by her but by others as well. And then there is the fact that NO ONE would call them out on it. McCain, Boehner, Bachmann....your words mean nothing anymore. That sheriff in Arizona was spot on!
Sarah and Todd can just pray! I am praying that she looses the ability to speak, seems she has already lost the ability to think. Her actions of spewing hate and suggesting that taking up arms against our govenrnment (even if overtly through a symbol) have cost us 6 lives, perhaps more in the coming days. Palin belongs in the Big House not the White House
At one time, I actually had some respect for Sarah Palin and thought she had something to offer the nation.
Now I wish she would just go away.
Sara palin should take full responsibility for this her and the rest of the nutbar right wing americans!! Promoting the violence through the use of immages of people in the cross hairs!! Shame on her! it is truly scary that there are those that think she should be president, she's not smart enough to manage a Dunkin donut shop. The right they preach religion but are as tunnel visioned as the radical extremists in te muslim world
Will it ever be a reality, where each of us, who does "love" America, reflect on what we do to contribute to the hating of fellow Americans? To be honest, I have been made to feel less American because I am a Democrat, and I have looked at Republicans as being truly "UN-American." From now on, I hope I can respectfully disagree with fellow Americans who have different opinions than what I hold dear. I will try...
It's time that people who incite hotheads and whackos be held responsible by the press. All I heard last night were platitudes about not getting upset at demagogues like Angle, Palin and the rest of the extreme right.
90% of the comments I read on the net were preemptive strikes against the meme that this would give "libs" (they can't even spell the word out) an excuse to take away my gun. It's all about them – the dead child is just collateral damage.
Yes – I'm disgusted with the right wing and with the stenographers masking as journalists who are too frightened to speak truth, this is what Angle meant – her 2nd Amendment remedy.
I've been in the military and I've owned both handguns and rifles – so try to find a rational reason to rebut my argument rather than a wild eyed shriek about my liberal thoughts.