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Monday, 10 January 2011

Shooting Politically Motivated!

Perspective has stated numerous times that the rhetoric coming from the Republicans in the United States is bad for the country, and can only serve to further alienate the Left and the Right!

Rather than co-operate with their rivals on matters that directly affect the well being of the country, these political ideologues have set up a system whereby anything proposed by the Democrats is automatically rejected no matter how much it hurts the country!

With a bit of imagination, this could even be considered 'TREASON' when ideology goes directly against the welfare of the people!

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Over the weekend, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was shot at a campaign event in Tuscon by a deranged gunman who also fired at twenty other people, killing six, including a federal judge and a nine year-old girl. Police have a suspect in custody — 22 year-old Jared Lee Loughner — who in one of his internet posting “suggested that the government was trying to trick him, or take advantage of him.”

Last year, Sarah Palin’s political action committee posted a map with gun cross-hairs over the districts of several Democrats who voted for health care reform, including that of Giffords.

Last year, Giffords herself warned that such a depiction may have consequences.

“For example, we’re on Sarah Palin’s targeted list, but the thing is, the way she has it depicted, we’re in the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district,” Giffords said. “When people do that, they’ve got to realize that there are consequences to that action.” The image appears to have been taken down yesterday.

Palin yesterday offered her “sincere condolences” but her aides have bristled at the notion that Palin’s cross-hairs might have influenced violent actions. In fact, they now deny the image was meant to symbolize a gun-sight at all. “We never ever, ever intended it to be gun sights,” said Palin aide Rebecca Mansour, adding that there was “nothing irresponsible about our graphic.”

Today, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) was asked by CNN’s Candy Crowley about Palin’s ad, and responded that it was actually those referencing the ad that are being “irresponsible”:

CROWLEY: Was it over the line, sort of specifically, since it’s now being talked about everywhere, with Sarah Palin’s web ads about people that she would like to see targeted for political defeat.

ALEXANDER: Well, Candy, I think you’re responsible, by bringing this up, of doing the very thing you’re trying to condemn. You’re making and implying a direct connection between Sarah Palin and what happened. You’re picking out a particular incident.
Well, I think the way to get away from it is for you not to be talking about it. (That's right, sweep it under the carpet! -Ed.)

By Pat Garofalo

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We don't know how this whole thing will play out, but maybe it's time for a re-think of the Right Wing agenda!

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