Right Wing Nutjobs
Should Sarah Palin Be Held Responsible for the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tragedy?
If you saw this tweet (above) last March and followed Palin’s exhortation to go to her Facebook page, this (below) is what you would have seen there until it was taken down today for some odd reason:
When are we gonna start considering the extremists in the Tea Party the insurrectionists and domestic terrorists that they truly are. We were already warned very clearly before this tragedy occurred.
Related:
– Sarah Palin Criticized Over Gabrielle Giffords Presence on “Target List.” [CBS News]
– Is Palin’s “Crosshairs” Map Relevant? Giffords Thought So. [HuffPost]
– Bloodshed Puts New Focus on Vitriol in Politics. [The New York Times]
– Sarah Palin Issues Statement On “The Tragedy In Arizona.” :/ [via Facebook]
[graphic via HuffPost / Tweet via The Maddow Blog]
BREAKING NEWS: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and Others Shot in Lone Gunman Attack!
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) has been shot in the head while at a constituency appearance this morning in the parking lot of a Tuscon supermarket and is currently in critical condition. One of her Aides, a Federal Judge, a young child and at least two others are all dead. Noteworthy is the fact that Giffords’ office was one of many attacked during the contentious healthcare reform negotiations last year.
Jared Lee Loughner, 22 has been identified as the shooter. He seems like a f-cking lunatic The New York Post asked her father, Spencer Giffords if Ms. Giffords had any enemies as he headed to the hospital to see her. “Yeah,” He replied. “The whole tea party.” [via The National Post]
Read more via The New York Times: article | Live Blog
Related:
– Last March, Rep. Giffords discussed being on Sarah Palin’s ‘targeted list.’ [Americablog]
– President Obama speaks on the shooting:
Read more from Whitehouse.gov HERE.
Developing….
Rep. John Boehner and the GOP Immediately Go Into Bitchassness Mode
“No longer can we kick the can [of deficit management] down the road….” and the GOP intend to run the House in a ‘more transparent’ manner??
More:
Democrats say GOP exempting $1 trillion from deficit. [AP]
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Tucker Carlson Thinks Michael Vick Should Have Been Executed for his Dog Fighting Transgressions!
I know this story is starting to get a tad stale but I couldn’t let this f-ckery slide. Watch the video – everyone else in the discussion actually sounds somewhat reasonable and I agree with most of the points they make but Carson sounds crazy right out the gate with the above pronouncement! We are philosophically worlds apart on just about everything anyway and he’s obviously an intelligent dude, but what little respect I had for him I lost after watching this….
More:
Opposing Views on Why Tucker Carlson, Fox News Want to Dehumanize Eagles Vick.
[via Huff Post]