Palin: Tucson finger-pointing 'irresponsible'

[Roy Rolling]

Source: MSNBC

Responding to criticism that a heated political climate was a factor in the weekend attack that seriously injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed six others, Sarah Palin expressed "sadness" about "irresponsible statements from people attempting to apportion blame" for the tragedy.

The video, which appeared under the headline "America's Enduring Strength," was posted early Wednesday on the former Alaska governor's website.

Palin has been criticized by some for using crosshairs on a website graphic to indicate congressional districts, including Giffords', where she wanted Republicans to win in last fall's election.

Palin said she had "listened at first puzzled, then with concern and now with sadness to the irresponsible statements from people attempting to apportion blame for this terrible event."


Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41034421/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

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The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

You heard of a "three dog night?" Her guilt has produced a "two-Reagan quote" to try to weasel out of culpability. Nobody expects her to be indicted, but to continually deny any connection at all by using lame excuses like "they are surveryors symbols on a map" and "Reagan said this..." is classless and uneducated.

There is a "lame stream media"---it flows right by her house and she is it.

[Happyhippychick]

1. Sorry Crosshairs, YOU LIE!

[stray cat]

2. Reload Sarah?

[valerief]

37. Her RELOAD language is even more damning than the crosshairs, I think.

Of course, this insane gun culture and lack of funding for the mentally ill are the biggest culprits. Palin has fed this crazy culture.

[Jackpine Radical]

45. I think she meant for people to reload their GPS devices

with new maps.

That's the ticket--GPS maps.

[Kali]

67. ...

:spray: :thumbsup:

[valerief]

71. Oh, yes, cuz GPS maps change government. I see. It's one of those mysteries.

:grr:

[somone]

3. Soulless psychopathic lying piece of trash

Fuck Palin. And fuck Reagan.

[safeinOhio]

4. Momma grizzly whining?

Who'd of thought?

[chelsea0011]

5. No one has blamed the whole of society on this. that's what the RW is selling.

It is entirely on individual responsibility which no one in the RW wants to step up and take.

[Warren Stupidity]

6. Another victim of this terrible tragedy.

:sarcasm:

[yourout]

7. spin, spin, spin, spin.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

8. It's actually going to fun watching her speak,

and tweet etc... I give her at least 2 weeks before she
cannot maintain civility. It's just not in her nature.

[peacefreak]

9. Finger pointing, irresponsible?

Yes Sarah, but only when the finger is pointing at you. Not much wiggle room, eh?

[eShirl]

10. her picture is in the dictionary next to "finger pointing" and "irresponsible"

[Robb]

11. I believe her.

Well, just the first part, where she says she was "puzzled." That sounds about right.

After that it's a bunch of hooey.

[FreakinDJ]

12. Shut up $itch - your done

[russspeakeasy]

39. Stay home, shut up and count your bloody money you bitch.

[sinkingfeeling]

13. Hope someone sends this moron the letter from Giffords' cousin, in the post above.

[indimuse]

14. *IRRESPONSIBLE*! now therez a word... n/t

[feslen]

15. why isn't this whore in jail?

for terrorism? and acts against the State?

[cherish44]

16. haha oh Sarah you're just precious

irresponsible. Yeah you betcha....

[onehandle]

17. onehandle: Ignorant quitter grifter 'irresponsible' nt

[Roland99]

18. Fuck off, Twit. She's just pissed that Discovery isn't renewing her "reality" show

[WestSeattle2]

19. Absolutely, positively lacking any leadership qualities. How did

this woman EVER become governor of a state? Amazing.

[Stumbler]

20. Sounds like psychological projection to me

[Hugin]

21. Yeah, yeah... I know Sarah didn't pull the trigger.

But, Bin Laden didn't pilot the planes either.

Anyway, am I reading this statement correctly? That she's sad people are blaming her? Not, that she's sad for the events and the loss of life.

[BonnieJW]

22. OK, this statement proves it.

Sarah Palin can read.

[No Elephants]

77. It does? Meh. I'm going with the evidence: 5 colleges in 6 years. Or, was it 6 colleges in 5

years? (Any evidence of a degree from any of them?)

[The Second Stone]

23. Palin doesn't seem to understand that 45 percent of the country

feels that she is in part responsible along with her employer Fox and Limbaugh, and that those of us in that 45 percent have been very restrained and responsible in our criticism, even now. Can you imagine how frightened this idiot would be if we used language toward her that was identical to what she used towards Giffords? It isn't that we haven't thought of it, it is because it would be irresponsible that we haven't done it. And won't. We aren't the narcissistic sociopaths.

[MaeScott]

24. Sister Sarah, that dog won't hunt. nt

[bullwinkle428]

25. A video statement on her fucking Facebook page? Really?

What an absolute fucking joke. Does she intend to run the country through her Facebook page?

:nuke:

[FightingBobsghost]

26. Dear Sister Sarah

You poor poor victim. Those big meanies forcing you to scrub your website of the map with "survey" symbolms and reposting videos of your speeches. The nerve.

Your problem is that the people have seen the Empress has no clothes and your pals in the "lamestream media" aren't able to CYA this time because the American public has stopped listening to the spin and are seeing you as you truely are. I hope you were able to save some of the money you grifted cuz you're going to need it because your career as a whateverthehell you are is over.

So cry your crocodile tears and makes sure you wash the blood of Tuscon off your hands before you try to sleep tonight, it the images of the dead and wounded allow you too.

[Javaman]

27. Those who say "don't point fingers" usually have the fingers pointed a them.

oh failin quitter, now is the time to shut the fuck up, but alas, because you are a media whore, that is not in your genetic make-up.

A good grifter knows when to keep quiet.

This will be her eventual undoing.

[Roy Rolling]

28. Civil Culpability

Just Like OJ was found not guilty criminally, so Sarah is not criminally guilty. But OJ WAS found responsible in a civil court. Civil trials require just a fraction over 50% to assign responsibilty and I think that one of the shooting victims' lawyer will drag Queen of Denial Sarah into court for her bullseye graphic and gun violence rhetoric directed at Rep. Giffords.

[somone]

35. They all should sue her ass in civil court

That's how victims of the KKK and Aryan Nations did it.

[brooklynite]

29. "People attempting to apportion blame"...

So, to be clear, Sarah Palin is criticizing Rush, isn't she? She does't say "liberals" (even she's not stupid enough to be that narrowly critical), so she mucst be including the Conservative pundits.

[cbdo2007]

30. No - Tucson cross-hairing is 'irresponsible'

[zehnkatzen]

31. She sure doesn't mind pointing the finger of blame when she's on the aiming end. k/r

Shoe dont fit so good when it's on the other foot, of course.

Tea party neocons never cease to amaze. When someone else dies because of their irresponsibility, it's STILL all about them!

[judesedit]

32. Palin thinks everyone is as stupid as she is... .She looks through the scope of a rifle as often as

time will allow her to kill whatever victim she is preying on. I'd say she knows damn well what she did and is now relying on the public's stupidity and gullibility so she can bullshit herself clean. And she is expecting the media in her pocket to cover her on it. She thinks she can avoid responsibility for this fatal blunder, too. Just like every other crime the quitter thinks she's escaped. Palin will have to live with her hateful rhetoric, inciting of violence, and it's repercussions for the rest of this life and forever after. If she doesn't go away soon, we will get to watch her rot from the inside out.

[fascisthunter]

33. You are a Sociopath, Sarah

[bluestateguy]

34. I didn't hear an apology in that statement

A lot of illogical reasoning and my dog ate my homework excuses, but no acceptance of responsibility for anything.

[faz]

36. Sarah "Let's Reload" Palin

needs to take responsibility of promoting violence and be a man!

[truth2power]

38. Interesting that the "sadness" she speaks of..

is over "irresponsible statements from people attempting to apportion blame", not the deaths and injuries of all those people.

Tone deaf. And that's the very least of it.

[Jefferson23]

40. How typical, no one is shocked at her denial. Please speak to your

alleged innocent target map you took down so soon after the shooting spree Palin.

I can't stand these freaking idiots, but my concern lies more with how our Democratic leadership
will respond to her publicly.

[Turborama]

41. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer...

Sarah Palin brands media's attacks over Arizona shooting as 'blood libel'
Politician breaks silence on Giffords shooting and lambasts opponents with controversial choice of language



Sarah Palin today accused her opponents of manufacturing a "blood libel" by suggesting her rhetoric and campaign tactics had anything to do with the Arizona shootings.

Four days after an incident which left six people dead and critically injured the congresswoman Gabriel Giffords, Palin released a video statement condemning the attack. She denied that a now infamous campaign map showing Giffords' electoral district in the cross hairs of a gun had influenced the shooter Jared Lee Loughner.

In an attack on her accusers, she said: "Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible."

Palin's bizarre use of language is sure to provoke further controversy – a blood libel refers to the false claim that Jews murder children to use in religious rituals. Giffords is Jewish.

More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/12/sarah-palin-response-arizona-shooting

[Hugin]

46. "Blood Libel" from wikipedia.

"Blood libel (also blood accusation) refers to a false accusation or claim that religious minorities, almost always Jews, murder children to use their blood in certain aspects of their religious rituals and holidays. Historically, these claims have–alongside those of well poisoning and host desecration–been a major theme in European persecution of Jews."

Full definition: Blood Libel

Could this woman be any more tone deaf?

[Turborama]

65. Thanks for that. She is that stupid. She just reads what's put in front of her without thinking

In fact, she just does everything without thinking.

[Kali]

68. OMFG!

:wow:

[olegramps]

42. Everyone of the victim should sue Palin for damages.

An appeal should be made to all loyal Democrats and REAL American citizens to contribute to a fund to sue this irresponsible bitch for inciting violence. I don't even care if they can't win, it would be a way to bankrupt this bitch and her supporters. Haul her ass into court and watch her army of cowards melt into the background. This would possibly be an effective method to bring sanity back into politics.

[thisMike]

43. And now from a cave somewhere in Alaska…

Unable to answer even the simplest questions without revealing her total ignorance of- well, just about everything, Palin no longer speaks with members of the press other than her employers at Fox "News". Her Tweets, Facebook posts and now Bin Laden-like videos are her substitute for adult discourse.

[Gregorian]

44. Why is this delusional woman getting a microphone in her face.

Turn it off, and walk away. Drop her like a bag of flaming crap.

This is a waste of time and energy. I know, I know, I'm talking to the media here. It's time to dump the garbage and move on.

[SpankMe]

47. "Blood libel" she says.

Apparently, Mrs. Palin has a difficult time making ANY statement that does not have violence associated with it.

I know it would be a good thing for her to run in 2012, because she's such a whack-job that we'd certainly keep the Whitehouse by a wide margin.

But, she's so frighteningly unintelligent and poisonous to the public debate today that I'd prefer to see her completely out of the picture before the 2012 elections. Liberals need to work to relegate this woman to a wilderness outside of public discourse. Some rich mogul should offer her a laundromat-restaurant-gun shop in Alaska to run. Anything to keep her busy, keep her mouth shut and keep her supporters on the fringe margins.

[faz]

48. Sarah Palin accuses critics of ‘blood libel’

Source: rs

"Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with the criminals who commit them," the conservative Tea Party favorite and former Alaska governor said in her first major response to critics.

"Especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible."



Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/sarah-palin-accuses-critics-blood-libel/

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Sarah, you reload!

[closeupready]

49. So what, we are all anti-Semites now?

:eyes: Honey, your 15 minutes is up.

[Atman]

50. Someone had to write that for her. She probably didn't even know what she was saying.

That second sentence really underscores the bullshit. When has Sarah Palin ever been that erudite? She probable read the script handed to her and thought "blood libel" was a type of lawsuit.

.

[kestrel91316]

51. Two points I must make:

#1 - PROJECTION.
#2 - Queen Sarah Crosshairs has just absolved Osama Bin Ladin of any guilt in radical islamic terrorism - after all, he's just expressing his own views. WE are the haters. Heck, we're placing him in danger.

[bettyellen]

53. "just absolved Osama Bin Ladin of any guilt in radical islamic terrorism" YES!

[closeupready]

54. Right - using the same logic, we need to release Charles Manson immediately, since

we have no evidence that he ever committed any violence, he merely expressed his views that others should be violent. :sarcasm:

[bettyellen]

52. especailly within hours of the funerals, Palin should not be blaming the people who favor sanity and

civility. Her words are horrible, as much as her timing is.

[Raschel]

58. I have really tried to adjust my online comments.

Over the years, I have said cruel things about politicians.

A relative of mine had did business with a high profile Republican. I won't get into details, but after the relative told me some things about the conversation it made me examine myself.

I said to my relative, "you know, this has taught me to watch my words. These are real people, and it's just as bad to say something unkind about them as it is about your next door neighbor." IOW, stick to the issues.

Now this woman, Palin, has a direct link to Rep. Giffords through her map, which Giffords HERSELF addressed. She STILL feels NO guilt about that map, or her rhetoric.

I really cannot stand this woman.

[bettyellen]

70. we should not ever be okay with this behaviour, but yes we all have to examine

what we are communicating, if only because if we do not have standards, the lid flies off the pandors;a box.
i was involved in a local mayoral campaign that got really ugly. i was personally threatened by the candidate hmself,(after he unsuccessfully tried to hire me away) as was his opponent who I worked for. Much nastiness, anti semitism, and no legal remedy either. The threats were vague enough that they covered their asses. But I never saw so much ugliness close up. I have been thinking about it too much lately. Sad.

[Dogmudgeon]

55. "Blood Libel" -- like "Obama's Liberal Death Panels"?

Just askin'.

--d!

[Raschel]

56. It wasn't withing hours, Rep Giffords addressed your cross hairs map last year.

[JDPriestly]

57. The fact that the right-wing is so defensive betrays the fact that

they know what is being said is absolutely true, but they are in denial.

Confront a drunk about his alcoholism. Tell someone that they really should lose a bit of weight.

Or correct someone who is abusing their child in the grocery store.

What kind of reaction do you get?

Yes. Precisely the reaction that people on the right are giving.

We are making progress. Next time one of them slips, we need to point it out. And we need to do that over and over. They do not realize that the images and metaphors they use incite violence. That is because violence is engrained in their deepest psyches -- a part of their earliest childhood memories (at least for many of them).

Look at what we know about the family histories of people like Beck. Just think about it.

[Raschel]

59. How dare she make accusations and stir the pot further on the day of the Presidents visit.

She always tries to link herself with the President in order to elevate her status.

[goforit]

60. Sarah, talk is cheap. Tell your teaparty friends to stop the continnual threats.

[sabra]

61. 'Blood libel' ?

http://onfaith.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/undergod/2011/01/blood_libel_social_sin_and_sarah_palin.html?hpid=topnews

<snip>

The term refers to the false claim made by Christians starting in the Middle Ages that Jews murder non-Jews and use their blood for ritual or medicinal purposes. According to the Anti-Defamation League, the words are connected to anti-Semitism and have a long and painful history for Jews:

"The allegation that Jews murder non-Jews to use their blood for ritual or medicinal purposes dates back to the Middle Ages and has spawned many variants over time. Jewish law expressly prohibits the consumption of any blood. Nevertheless it was alleged that Jews drank Christian blood on Passover and mixed it into matzah, the unleavened bread eaten on that holiday. During medieval times two popes expressly declared such claims to have been fabricated. Nevertheless, instances of what has come to be known as the "blood libel" have persisted into modern times. Blood libels have frequently led to mob violence and pogroms, and have occasionally led to the decimation of entire Jewish communities."

Blood libel wasn't the only religious reference in Palin's statement.

Paraphrasing a verse from the Book of Isaiah, Palin said America would not be deterred by "those who embrace evil and call it good."

[Raschel]

62. This sounds like a threat. Is she sending another dog whistle out? Read:

"journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn."

[RT_Fanatic]

63. There are no words

...to express how utterly vile this person is.

[davepc]

69. Can she do anything more then regurgitate Regan quotes?

[bettyellen]

64. TF- so she is concerned about people targeting pundits because of less violent accusations and

rhetoric than the type she routinely uses? So people having reasoned discussions puts her in danger- but her vitriol and hate is and was never a problem?

[lucky leftie]

66. At least she isn't

using children as shields from criticism, as she did earlier in the week.

[CountAllVotes]

72. finger pointing "impossible"

However, Sarawwwwwww - it is just fine to go around pointing guns isn't it now? :mad:

[mzmolly]

73. Finger pointing about heated rhetoric is irresponsible, but the heated

rhetoric isn't?

[dogfacedboy]

74. FUCK YOU, PALIN. JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!

[defendandprotect]

75. Sarah wears the shoe of "irresponsibility" -- especially in her latest anti-semitic reference .....

[ixion]

76. so now it is 'irresponsible' to point out the obvious?

but NOT irresponsible to work RW whackos up into a bloddy frenzy?

Uh, yeah, right. :eyes:

Is the MSM going to call her on this, or give her a pass?

[No Elephants]

78. On the day of the Memorial Service, she releases a video about her being the

victim, about how accusations relating to her behavior made her sad. Not a word about her sadness for the real victims of the real tragedy and their bereaved ones.

Vintage Palin. Ed Shultz nailed it beautifully last night.

[6000eliot]

79. Pot, meet kettle.

Who accuse Barrack Obama of "palling around with terrorists?"

[Alamuti Lotus]

80. Summary: Finger pointing is irresponsible, and it's all the liberals' fault

:eyes: