"They Couldn't Help It": Right-Wing Media Strain To Find Ways To Attack Obama's Memorial Speech
Following Obama's widely praised address at the memorial for the victims of the Tucson shooting, the right-wing media have nonetheless strained to find ways to attack him. Their attacks have included the presence of T-shirts at the event -- which were reportedly handed out by the university -- the "pep-rally" atmosphere, and the timing of Obama's speech, among other things.
Right-wing Media Invent Absurd Attacks On Obama's Memorial Speech
Hoft Falsely Claims Obama "Fibbed" About Giffords "Opening Her Eyes For The First Time." In a January 13 post on his blog Gateway Pundit, blogger Jim Hoft linked to a cached article from the blog the Sonoran Chronicle, which misquoted Chief Trauma Surgeon Dr. Peter Rhee as having said in a press conference, "Giffords can open her eyes but because she is on a ventilator she can't speak." The Sonoran Chronicle post itself had been removed at the time of Hoft's posting. Yet, nonetheless, Hoft took the cached article as evidence that it "Looks Like Obama Fibbed About Giffords 'Opening Her Eyes for the First Time'" in his speech last night, and that it was a "very emotional moment" but "unfortunately it was not true."
In fact, Rhee actually said in his January 9 press conference that Giffords "can't open her eyes at this point." From the press conference (emphasis added):
RHEE: No, we can't get into too much more detail than what we already have. But I can tell you right now with the type of surgery, her eyes, she can't open her eyes at this point, mechanical standpoints, and she's also on the ventilator, so she can't speak at this time. [Gateway Pundit, 01/13/11; CNN, State of the Union With Candy Crowley, 01/09/11]
Hoft: "They Couldn't Help It... Team Obama Hands Out T-Shirts at Pep Rally Memorial." In a January 12 Gateway Pundit post titled "They Couldn't Help It... Team Obama Hands Out T-Shirts at Pep Rally Memorial," Hoft wrote "Maybe it's something new? T-shirts at a pep rally memorial...Every memorial needs a special T-shirt. Doesn't it?" [Gateway Pundit, 01/12/11]
Hoft: "It's A Pep Rally." In a January 12 Gateway Pundit post, Hoft wrote, "It's a pep rally...The screaming in the stands by the kids was a little annoying though. They need to discuss this at the next SEIU meeting." Hoft added that despite this, he felt it was "the best speech Obama has ever given." [Gateway Pundit, 01/12/11]
Ace of Spades: "While I Have No Evidence [The T-Shirts Are] Obama's Fault I'm Sure He Is Just The Same." In a January 12 Ace of Spades post, Ace posted a picture of a volunteer laying the "Together We Thrive" T-shirts on the back of chairs and wrote "This has nothing to do with photo-ops. All memorial services and funerals have their own slogans and t-shirts these days. Didn't you know that?" Ace also claimed:
Unfair: Actually, I don't have any evidence the t-shirts were put out by Obama's people. I suspect they were, but it could have been Brewer's people. It could also have been Giffords' family or supporters.
For all I know Obama is just going along with this and might even have objected himself by saying, "T-shirts? Really?"
But while I have no evidence it's Obama's fault I'm sure he is just the same.
I learned that from the [mainstream media]. [Ace of Spades HQ, 01/12/11]
Malkin Complains About Speech's "Timing" And "The Hooting, The Hollering, The Incredibly Inappropriate Tone." On the January 13 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Fox News contributor and blogger Michelle Malkin said the speech was at "the wrong time" and criticized the president for "waiting several days." She continued, "[Y]ou do have to question the timing of it, and as so many of my readers and viewers of that supposed memorial event reacted last night, the hooting, the hollering, the incredibly inappropriate tone and setting for something that should have been uniformly a somber occasion." Later in the interview, co-host Steve Doocy played video of Rep. Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL), who was in attendance at the rally and said, "It wasn't a pep rally." Doocy said, "At our house ... we were expecting something very somber ... but it seemed like a political rally or a pep rally at some times." Malkin responded:
MALKIN: Yeah. The University of Arizona put on this event and it even had a branding and a slogan of "Together We Strive" --
DOOCY: T-shirts.
MALKIN: -- and blue T-shirts that were handed out to everyone as souvenirs, and it had a circus-like atmosphere from the very opening, with the opening prayer that seemed to ramble from the Native American speaker, and then all of the hooting and hollering, as I mentioned. And with all due respect to Congressman Wasserman-Schultz, I don't know what planet she was on because you could see it, you could hear it. [Fox News' Fox & Friends, 01/13/11]
Malkin Calls Speech A "Bizarre Pep Rally," Complains About T-Shirts. In a January 12 post on MichelleMalkin.com, Malkin claimed she was "liveblogging the bizarre pep rally." Malkin's updates frequently cited "whoops and hollers" from the crowd and later called the performance of "Simple Gifts" by the choir "a rare moment of solace in the program." Malkin also complained about the presence of T-shirts and slogans featuring the "Together We Thrive" logo, claiming, "Yes, the Tucson massacre is being branded" (emphasis in original). Malkin continued:
Attendees at the memorial tonight report that they are being handed out the blue and white t-shirts as they enter the venue.
A reader in attendance tells me via Twitter that volunteers will be wearing red-and-white shirts. He's going to try and upload a photo.
[...]
Will there be giant foam fingers and blue cotton candy, too?
Isn't the churning of the instant messaging machine a bit, well, unseemly?
Can't the Democrat political stage managers give it a break just once? [Michelle Malkin, 01/12/11]
Later, in an update, Malkin wrote:
As noted above, the University of Arizona announced the Together We Thrive event -- and a few readers write in to say that the campus initiated the logo/campaign. Given U of A president Robert Shelton's embarrassing, thinly-veiled partisan cheerleading for Obama tonight, it may indeed be a 100 percent-campus-initiated campaign. Given the Obama White House's meticulous attention to stage prop details, however, I would say the odds of involvement by Axelrod/Plouffe & Co. are high. [Michelle Malkin, 01/12/11]
Fox Nation: "Disrespectful: Memorial Turns Into Campaign Rally In Tucson." On January 13, Fox News' blog Fox Nation linked to a KTBS editorial under the headline "Disrespectful: Memorial Turns Into Campaign Rally in Tucson." From Fox Nation: [Fox Nation, 01/13/11]
NewsBusters Attacks "Here We Place Our Hands Over Our Hearts" Line From Speech. In a January 12 NewsBusters post, blogger Mark Finkelstein wrote:
Concluding his remarks at the service in Tucson this evening for the victims of the recent shootings, Pres. Obama proclaimed: "here on this earth, we place our hands over our hearts."
Which made me wonder: since when, Pres. Obama? Weren't you the man who ostentatiously declined, during the presidential campaign, to put your hand on your heart during the National Anthem while everyone else on the stage was doing so?
[...]Will the MSM note the glaring discrepancy between Pres. Obama's current words and recent deeds?
The post continued, "So Pres. Obama goes out of his way to talk of hand over heart. And his two cabinet officers preceding him at the podium quote the Bible at length, with Eric Holder mentioning Jesus. Some repositioning toward the traditional middle with 2012 in mind?" [NewsBusters, 01/12/11]
It's rather sad when this is now a predictable outcome...
The congresswoman was shot in the back of the head. Was the Sherriff supposed to be protecting her? Or the Judge? or the nine year old girl? Or the elderly couple? Or are you saying that the police should follow around everybody with a Glock or a big magazine clip. I admit, it might solve the unemployment problem.
What a moran.
It seems you are the moron for not being able to deduce that from my comments.
Now post a link to the Paris Business Review parody site again and you can retire thinking that you have triumphed.
It wasn't a funeral. It was a memorial service.
When Rush Limbaugh can refer to a 9-year-old gunned down by a maniac as "the nine year old little girl who was snuffed out" without suffering any significant backlash, that is proof that the people who support him are nothing more than rabid animals.
And if you want to classify that as hateful vitriol from the left, you just feel free.
Upon further investigation my father admitted that the only parts of the speech he watched were the parts shown by Faux.
How are we supposed to give in to productive political discourse when only two of three sides are willing to work with each other (Left of Center, Right of Center, and of course, the people who can't comprehend the history of their own name, the Tea Party)?
Thanks!
Who racheted up the hate as soon as the news broke about the shooting? Was it the right or was it the left? And what evidence did they have? It might have been Obama's use of the term " we bring a gun" that set this nut off. So he listened to his political hero and brought one.
You are just another liberal bot who repeats what other liars tell you to think.
Exposing and highlighting hate speech doesn't equal hate speech.
Make a note of it.
exactly, unfortunately the Palin, BeckyBoo, Limpy followers cannot comprehend the difference. they're understanding of "freedom of speech" means they can say and do anything they want. and anyone who points out their hate speech is attacking that freedom and should just (in the 'immortal' words of O'Lyely) "shut up!".
it's difficult to have an adult conversation with a tantruming two year old.
But I am still waiting for any of you bright individuals making all the allegations of a connection to the right by this killer to present any evidence, so far NO ONE has. Perhaps you can do better? I doubt it.
Bull's eyes are vastly different from rifle sight crosshairs.
Bringing a gun to the fight was a movie quote. It isn't quite up to the level of "Reload" and "We came unarmed -- this time" or "If ballots fail, bullets", as Allen West's (R - Teatard) new chief of staff said.
Immediatly the right wing propaganda machine yelped as if they had been bitten, claiming that he had targeted them specifically.
Guilty conscience maybe?
Guilty conscience maybe?"
ditto, they went into defense mode the moment that story hit the airwaves.
I saw absolutely nothing wrong with the behavior of the people at the AZ memorial service. For instance, I've attended a number of memorials in African American churches and I can tell you they are not somber, solemn events. Indeed, they are raucous celebrations of the lives of those we've lost.
That the people in attendance were so moved by the president's words is not surprising in the slightest. Nor was it inappropriate. I think the victims would agree.
There's a difference - that's why they have different names. See, that's the way the English language works. We give different events different names so we can tell them apart.
And it is curious that the same president who mocked the Bible in a partisan speech, "Should we follow Leviticus or Deuteronomy? Following The sermon on the mount..." now quotes the Bible reverantly. Look it up, you'll find it on Youtube.
I tell the truth, unlike David Brock who said Beck burned Pelosi in effigy. Show me that video, but you can't because it doesn't exist.
Understand this, the left jumped at the chance to blame the right WITH NO EVIDENCE.
Was Charles Manson brainwashed by the right? How about Lee Harvey Oswald? How about Pol Pot, Stalin, Hitler(National Socialist Party), Mao or Che? There is evil in this world and there is mental illness.....everything is not about politics.
I vehemently object to your characterization of Sarah. She is not playing.
And BTW, who do you blame for the murders in Az? Why not elaborate on that a bit, you're such an intellectual giant with a keen grasp for the obvious, that I am certain many would be interested in your comments. Perhaps you have the evidence that no one else seems to have? I'll wait.
But tell us, why is it always the Democrats that get attacked and/or killed? Is our hateful rhetoric just not as effective, or is the audience on the right more prone to violent acts?
Oh, and Ayers and obama are not friends and he certainly doesn't work in the white House.
(We can include Che if needed....)
"Patriot".....really.
"WHAT ABOUT BILL AYERS? WHO IS HE ASSOCIATED WITH? IN FACT JUST RECENTLY HE IS ON VIDEO STATING HE DOES NOT REGRET THE BOMBINGS."
can you provide a link to that, or is that one of those made up FAUX stories.
People who say that are more often than not liars.
the left jumped at the chance to blame the right WITH NO EVIDENCE.
Why won't this lie go away? The sheriff didn't name names. It was the hate radio blabbers who somehow KNEW he was talking about them and they began defending themselves.
This is absolutely true and absolutely sad and disgraceful. They can't really find anything wrong with the speech, so they look for anything to call foul on, and the conditions are completely arbitrary and change to suit the attack.
Malkin says the timing was wrong, but anyone who knows Malkin's style knows that the timing would be wrong no matter what. Any sooner and she would have said President Obama was "rushing in for a photo-op" or some other such nonsense. There is NOTHING that the President can do to avoid some nonsense charge from the Malkins of the world. They will always find something to nitpick.
Various bloggers complained about the t-shirts which apparently were not created by, endorsed by, approved of, funded, or distributed by anyone linked to the President...yet they complain about them because even though they have no proof, they just "know" they must be behind it.
When the t-shirt attacks fell flat, they switched to a "campaign atmosphere" attack. I guess if they could find the plants in the audience, or offer any proof whatsoever that the atmosphere was encouraged by the administration they would have a point. The right wing media in their eagerness to find SOMETHING wrong, will not start blaming the people of the state where the tragedy took place.
On the subject of coaching a rally, I suppose the Obama Administration doesn't need to send FOX news producers to stoke up the crowd like a tea party rally. -oops!
Also, what's the problem with the "opened her eyes" line exactly? Another mindless nitpick in the desperate attempt to find some flaw in the event to exploit.
To these conservatives, President Obama is essentially guilty of being a Democrat on a sunny day.
Here, let me fix that for you, slaw:
To these conservatives, President Obama is essentially guilty of being a Black Democratic President.
Where did David Brock say this? I know he has highlighted the show where Beck pretended to cover someone in gasoline and saying...
"President Obama, why don't you just set us on fire?"
Perhaps you are just one of the many morans here and got confused about the time he pretended to poison the former speaker?
Oh and he wasn't mocking the bible, simp, he was pointing out that if government were to follow the bible as some advocate, what books or parts of the bible should be followed - 'cause you know some if it's kinda conflicting.
Binary thinking again.
Either way, if he had done something like that with Dennis Hastert in mind in 2004, he would have found himself on a fast plane ride to Gitmo.
As a black American I am fed up with all of the nitpicking people like you do where President Obama is concerned. You run your mouths and call him weak on the one hand, and on the other, you say he's responsible for the hangnail you just noticed on the pinky finger of your right hand. Which is it? A person can't be weak and all powerful at the same time!
I wish whatever the real problem you have with President Obama, that you'd speak up so that we as a nation can get past this.
If you don't like his policies, say so, but do it by offering a good alternative solution to the problem. Few conservatives are able/willing to do this. You all will have to face the hard fact that President Obama is very intelligent. I know you have problems understanding this because you've been fed a steady mantra of "blacks can't do anything right" all of your lives. Well, the reality is very different, and these constant attacks show that you have problems dealing with reality.
African kingdoms had advanced civilizations while the whites in Europe at the same time were still living in caves. the Greek philosopher, Herodotus, traveled to Africa to visit these kingdoms, and he was very impressed. It's only those who don't have a good education that have problems understanding that every group of people can have intelligent members that are a part of it.
I'll just bet that you haven't an inkling of all of the scientific contributions Muslims have made to the world either because you're too busy calling all of them "terrorists."
Simple minds require simple answers.
This hateful and vindictive atmosphere gets so tiring. There is nothing President Obama can do that the right wing will not find a problem with. Let's take this a step further, these nitpicked and out of context criticisms of the smallest minutia will override any and all positive responses in their reporting.
At this point, right wing media figures are nothing more then hacks paid to demonize democrats. They have nothing positive to say about anything, especially the people in power who pay them. What a miserable existence it is to work only at the politics of personal destruction.
Representative Michael Burgess... oopsie!
"campaign signs" ?? link us to them
"t shirts" it was the idea of a student and the university liked it, and paid for it out of their own $$, no tax dollars involved.
and the administration had nothing to do with it and knew nothing about it.
kiss off, you and your ilk are vile
We CORRECTLY blamed the right for the violent rhetoric.
Here's what he said:
"Should we go with Leviticus, which suggests slavery is ok and that eating shellfish is abomination? How about Deuteronomy, which suggests stoning your child if he strays from the faith? Or should we just stick to the Sermon on the Mount...."
if you really wish to see a true example of communism/socialism,look no further than Jugoslavija under Marshall Tito.he made his country great by defying Stalin,and the western countries,by taking control of the country for the people,not for outside interests.he abolished the death penalty,and made pacts with second and third world countries that helped them all to strengthen each others' autonomy.but please,read for yourself,his form of market socialism was the greatest thing to happen to any country after WW2.
and i would suggest you read about the spectrum of democracy in all of it's forms before you say,sorry,suggest things like Hitler being left wing.
Is that really what you're saying?
Just in case you think members of the Tea Party all drink tea together, you might want to do a little research.
[quote].....everything is not about politics[quote]
Not everything is, but when you kill a politician and a Judge because you hate the Government, that kinda is.
I have a question, do you have a serious mental disability? Your rant is about the least intelligent thing I have seen on the subject. People like you are the reason things like MMFA exist.
You're right - Beck didn't burn Pelosi in effigy. That bout of violent imagery was presented by a different "commentator." Though I can understand the confusion because they do sound the same.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0E5D-_mV3Y
However, Beck is guilty of enacting a mock poisoning of Nancy Pelosi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UudQuVOwSds
If a student had produced either of those videos and the target was his/her teacher or principal they would be expelled from school and possibly face criminal charges. If someone's spouse made threats like that it would justify a protection from abuse order. Ordinary citizens can also be subjected to defamation of character lawsuits (slander and libel). Yet violent speech/threats/libel and slander from politicians and commentators is above the law and protected by the First Amendment?
I think the point that's being missed is it's okay to disagree/protest when displeased with the status quo, just drop the violent rhetoric because in reality it's only one step away from actually committing the crime.
The act of murder typically begins with murderous thoughts or fantasies. Fear of consequences (or a conscience) is enough to restrain most but we seem to be living in a society that has become so hateful and angry the usual restraints appear to have weakened. To suggest that only the mentally ill lack proper restraints is a dangerous fallacy.
The mentally ill process the prevailing culture or climate in the country and construct a reality that appears incomprehensible to the majority of "sane" individuals. What was he/she thinking? However, statistics indicate that the mentally ill are responsible for only a small fraction of the violent crimes committed in the U.S. each year. So what are the factors that might cause otherwise "sane" individuals to cross the line?
What were people thinking in WWII Germany, or in Rwanda, or during any other mass murder/genocide recorded in history? Did they suddenly cross the murderous line on a whim? No. Each event was precipitated by years of unresolved societal problems - a breeding ground for civil unrest and even mass murder. Individuals or a population are first identified/labeled/targeted, dehumanized via propaganda, conveniently assigned the blame for all of life's ills, then "justifiably" eliminated.
I have no agenda or political leanings - only a student of history and human behavior. The labeling/polarizing/dehumanizing/blaming process is well under way in America. A "mass" agreement to drop the labels and a willingness to attack the real issues, not each other, might be helpful at this point - at least worth a try.
wrong sweetie, i've been following all the news stations since this story broke. i heard no one blamed anyone (save for FAUX and co) because the facts (can you say f a c t s?) were not all in. you see that's the difference betwixt low information voters, they make stuff up and "damn those pesky facts". FAUX noise and their ilk went in to immediate attack mode. squealing; "quit blaming us." can you say... 'guilty conscious'.
I am, however, pleased that the President made it hard for them.
You mean where we point out the scurrilous verbal attacks that all of the right wing media department is making about the speech?
That vitriol?
What the heck is vitreol?
Mfasta, can you post anything to do with the article? Looks like you're trolling the posts for anything that you can pounce on. Seems to me you are behaving exactly like the right wing bloggers and pundits the article is spotlighting.
What did YOU think of the speech mfasta? What is YOUR appraisal of the call to civility by the President?
I do not know what could have been done about it, they were on a college campus and the college kids are Pres. Obama's most vocal supporters, but it was disturbing.
I had no problem with their reaction, once the speech started, clapping for the survivors, victims and heroes and the call to living up to the 9 yr old Christina's vision of America.
But, it is nitpicking to make that an issue to use against the President.
I am not making this an issue against the President. He is not alone in being too afraid to tell children they are behaving badly.
Obama did act like an adult. And the audience acted like adults. Why can't you act like an adult and let people assemble the way they want to?
Hey, all of you folks who have a problem with the crowd conduct at this memorial, stay the eff away from mine.
If you are at my memorial and you aren't partying , I will haunt your a$$.
--mfasta's intern
Conservatives would have cheered Obama. They would have cheered him like they have been cheering him for his chastising of the left for attempting to create a link between conservative rhetoric and the actions of a lunatic.
Well, maybe he's not a lunatic. His ex-girlfriend went on Fox News yesterday and said he's faking insanity.
All this false outrage might be for naught.
Oops!!! Never mind.
It has been said, and many times, that if President Obama found a cure for cancer, the right wing would accuse him of having sat on it until it was politically expedient to himself to publicize it.
Where are these adults that should be admonishing all of the bad behavior like hurling insults at congressmen and stomping a woman who happends to diagree with a Republican candidate or who carry signs of the President as a "Monkey see -Monkey spend " caricature.
Hardly any admonishment for publicly(on live TV) calling the POTUS a liar or a racist. The politicain is still in office the other one still on TV..every day!!Why do so many Republicans have no problem with bringing guns to political rallies..latest one Tom Delay("I would welcome them") of all people...convicted Felon...you're kidding!!!
Another false equivalency argument!!!
1. Something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to celebrate or honor the memory of a person, persons or an event.
Please channel your Fox-News insights for us and give the Fox-News-Nothing-But-Truth official definition of the meaning of a memorial.
a : monument
b : something (as a speech or ceremony) that commemorates
c : keepsake, memento
I am not sure where you got your wikipedia definition, but mine is from my boys Merriam-Webster.
The definition of a memorial is not important, the reason for the memorial is. If the memorial was a Gabrielle Giffords Memorial then the reaction from the crowd would have been fine. However, this was also a memorial for the 6 who died, if my 9 year old daughter died I would have been very offended by the way the crowd reacted through out.
You all got angry about the violent rhetoric from the right. Now explain to me, could the reaction of the crowd also encourage mentally ill people to commit violent acts?
Sorry but...that's how this always works. That's how it is we are so easily able to predict the right wing response to these kind of events.
Try this one:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009.
mental illness
n.
Any of various conditions characterized by impairment of an individual's normal cognitive, emotional, or behavioral functioning, and caused by social, psychological, biochemical, genetic, or other factors, such as infection or head trauma. Also called emotional illness, mental disease, mental disorder.
Sorry, there is no way to determine in advance what a mentally ill person will do, regardless of what you think. Perhaps, some may see the people cheering the life lived well and seek help.
However, we can look at some statistics, or science, and make a educated decision about how to prevent the affects of mental illness that produce memorials.
Here is one:
Huston and colleagues have estimated that the average 18-year-old will have viewed 200,000 acts of violence on television (Huston, A.C., Donnerstein, E., Fairchild, H. et al. Big World, Small Screen: The Role of Television in American Society. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1992.)
What people see and hear in the media makes a difference.
And for criticism of the speech and demeanor, look to el Fathead, Rush Limbaugh, KKKing of KKKlass and paragon of virtue.
The faux outrage was manufactured by the right wing media arm.
And apparently you haven't been listening to the leader of the Republican party, as he has had all kinds of criticism of President Obama, his speech, his demeanor, and other nitpicks as well. So far he hasn't come right out and criticized the president's melanin level (though he has repeatedly done it subliminally), but that will come about sooner or later.
"Hm, let's see. what way can we make the president look bad?
"What about the speech?"
"No that won't fly, it was too good."
"What about the event?"
Yeah!! It was too raucous for a memorial service!
IDIOTS!!
It's rather sad when this is now a predictable outcome...
You're right. Hatred and fear is a drug to these idjits.
And indeed, how can they?
Which bill was passed before it was put on line?
"Remember the executive order promising no abortions will be paid or with public funds? "
This was not a campaign promise. It was part of the deal to get health care reform passed. And it was issued, so what's the problem.
"Remember him mocking the Bible in a speech?"
Example and Context please. Or is this just made up too
"Now he's reverantly quoting the Bible and praying."
Pres. Obama his used the bible as a source for quotes for as long as I can remember.
"It's just a little hard to swallow. "
I leave this one alone.
Didn't Jesus say, "pick up your cross and follow me"? Wasn't He about individual salvation? Believe on me and YOU shall be saved? Hasn't Obama numerous times stated he believes in collective salvation? (easily googled) The question becomes, Is Christianity how Christ defines it, or how Obama defines it? Who is more able to judge which is the true Christianity? Individual (I alone am responsible for my salvation) and collective salvation (I must save you to be saved myself) are mutually exclusive. If you choose Christ's definition of individual salvation, that makes the opposite position(they can't both be correct) the apostate religion.
Follow that up with why you think Christianity is any more valid than other, far older religions?
Please don't encourage arturus to post. I like a good debate, but that ain't gonna happen with anything arturus has to say.
You've asked reasonable questions, but you won't get reaonable answers.
At some point, one of these morons will see the light.
Although, projaculator seems to have ended any hope I might have ever had for him. I have a difficult time understanding how I can point out something he said and yet he still says "I didn't say that".
Jon Stewart, talking about Britt Hume's analysis of the Native American benediction at the Tucson memorial:
"We like our benedictions like we like our coffee...
CHRISTIAN!"
Do we really need to post the teabagger signs again?
Have you heard of the birthers?
Remember, most Republicans aren't racists, but most racists are Republicans.
But to answer your questions:
1. Yes, I remember the campaign promises. And if you believe all campaign promises or even a majority of them are kept, you're incredibly naive.
2. Transparency? Not sure what you mean by that.
3. Bills online - Obama's not in congress.
4. Abortions aren't being paid for with public funds even though they should be.
5. No, Obama didn't mock the bible.
6. Yes, he does pray. He's a Christian.
You really need to try harder.
Frankly I don't believe that public funds or insurance should pay for any elective abortion, period. In cases of rape or incest, or if the mother's life will be put in danger, then I think that insurance should have to pay for the abortion.
I do, however, think that if a woman wants one and has the money, unless I helped make that fetus, it is none of my business.
And even if I did help make that fetus, I can still only hold an advisory position, as I am not going to be the one to have to carry around what amounts to a parasite for nine months.
*rolls eyes*
Reminds me of Dom Irrera's comedy bit about people who say "but I mean that in a good way" and "no offense, but..."
so if we offer you our hand in friendship will you accept it or chop it off.
I'd be very careful before I insulted someone else's brain, especially if I couldn't form one sentence that isn't based on a rw talking point.
Maybe if you could find someone with a national stage daily comparing a Republican leader to Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Marx, or any other historical bad guy we have all been conditioned to hate.
I realize that it has only been something like 19 hours since I originally asked you to reference something like that, but really, you don't have to list them all, just list a few. I know that the overwhelming plethora of examples just has to be making it hard for you to cut and paste it all. Go easy on yourself, just pick three people comparable in audience to Limbaugh, Beck, and Fox, and give a few examples of their daily spew, with links so that we can check them out on our own. Like MMFA does.
Oh Michelle, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz has more understanding and integrity in her pinky toe than you and all your co-horts combined and squared.
pep-rally much
And there is something I would like to say about Michelle Malkin right now, but in deferance to Obama's request for more civility in the discourse, I will refrain. (Hint: it rhymes with hunt)
He was a cheerleader in college. Really prepares you for the presidency.
GIMME AN "A"
GIMME AN "R"
WHAT DOES IT SPELL?
PROFIT!
It's pretty low to insult a memorial service as being partisan after a national tragedy. It was nice to see Barack Obama, Jan Brewer, John McCain, and John Kyl, among others, set aside politics and come together for a common purpose. I wish Boehner had been there too..he gave a very warm speech yesterday. Too bad some of you souless opportunists are using this occasion to attack YOUR president.
Fundraise? ...Show me the money!
Campaign? ....I guess you skipped past the part where the t-shirts and so forth were all done by students and approved by the college.
But hey, never let a chance to smear and lie go unexploited.
We're a blended society, like it or not, and we could actually learn something from each other's traditions and beliefs while staying true to our own. Good grief, this is a huge nation. Intolerance is divisive.
It doesn't matter what the pundits think. What matters is what the families thought of it.
I honestly cannot imagine.
How about when that dirty lib said something about the "snuffed out little girl"?
That was hateful.
First off, that isn't what was asked for, way to switch it up and move the goalposts. You can't honestly answer the question without an admission that you were wrong of course.
Secondly, for every liberal using mean spirited attacks, I'll show you just as many mean spirited right wing posts...and this web site's audience is overwhelmingly liberal.
You lost this one, seahawks123, no one bought your false equivalence.
You are just as vile as the dungheaps you parrot, you don't have anything remotely relevant to contribute to ANY conversation, and you are a waste of good air. Every time you have "added to the discourse" it has been witn unproven slurs and "I know you are but what am I" Peewee Herman-esque rejoinders that prove that you don't have an intellectual cell in your body. The allegations that you can find your own @$$ to wipe it are unfounded, and the consanguineal relationship of your parents is almost a given.
Lush Limpballs is a dirty lib? he is the one who said that, after all.
I notice that none of the trolls caught that.
I honestly cannot imagine.
Do some research on psychopaths. They do have different wiring in their brains as shown by MRI brain scans. Seriously.
she gets paid for it
"I'm using this opportunity to announce that I and Vice-President Biden will be resigning our offices and that Weeper, er, um, Speaker of the House Boehner will assume the office of President effective tomorrow."
I take that back. They'd still find a way to criticize him for that.
Resident righties, can you name one?
....crickets....
It's just amazing that a man who could gain the office of the President of the United States hasn't been able to do ANYTHING right. But, then again, this is a country that RE-elected George Bush, so...
Don't you look at yourself and wonder if you're on the right track when you're thinking that way?
Gee, that question looks even dumber in print...
Self reflection is a quality which has to be developed during tragedy. It's so appallingly lacking amongst so many of these folk.
Here's the reason...
I would hope that we can always be regarded as considering ALL the facts to form our opinions. And I think us liberals have a preponderance of the facts on our side - we don't need to make the mistake of ignoring the ones that aren't.
Malkin would complain about the timing, she feels he should have done that on November 4th of 2009.
Next time I am at a memorial I think that I will invite the Anointed One Obama, he's just the thing to liven up the place.
Drink!!!
I find it somewhat ironic that, while MMFA does their consistently superb job documenting the putridness from these bile-spewing hate mongers, they won't allow us use the adjectives, nouns, etc., that most accurately describe them.
Oh well, I guess I'll just have to wait until The Glenn Beck Factfromassing Gospel Hour comes on so I can hone my cursing skills.
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I like it. :)
I can't say whether these folk are human, or not... but they sure aren't Irish.
Only liberals -- generally -- are reflective and stand-up like that. (Like when Olbermann had the class to drop the worst person segment). You think Palin would ever release a video
saying: "You know what, I didn't cause that attack but I guess some of the rhetoric could have been more thoughtful." NEVER.
Gloom is NOT healing and as said below, one should feel better for attending, not worse.
Only liberals -- generally -- are reflective and stand-up like that. (Like when Olbermann had the class to drop the worst person segment). You think Palin would ever release a video
saying: "You know what, I didn't cause that attack but I guess some of the rhetoric could have been more thoughtful." NEVER.
Is Michelle Malkin going to attack him now?
Perhaps you mean the students treated it like a campaign rally? Why don't you level your criticism of the event at the students and citizens of Arizona? Seems like there is NO PROOF ANYWHERE that would support your sleazy attempt to link the President to the t-shirts, or demeanor of the crowd. Easier to score cheap political points by attacking President Obama for things he is not responsible for.
Then you bring up Acorn for good measure.
You are a blind partisan with Obama derangement syndrome.
I wonder if you ever had the intellectual curiosity to check out those "pimp videos" that Fox used to smear ACORN. I wonder if you ever had the integrity to check out the entire "God d@mn America" sermon that the right used to vilify the Revrend Wright, and learn that it wasn't what they told you it was.
Actually, I don't wonder any of this. You see, I know, from the idiotic parroting that you have used in your posts that you neither have any integrity nor intellect to fuel curiosity.
And yes, I am, in fact, an educated elitist. I much prefer that moniker over nescient boor, which would accurately describe such as yourself.
Yeah right, you got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell me too? No need to admit that I tore your little smug, false talking point laden post apart. I'll take your smug little response as a concession...I'm not sure if that's how they do it in Chicago or anything.
I guess it's true - elephants never do forget.
It's funny, the woman who was shot 3 times protecting her daughter found the entitre event inspiring. And others who were there, people who lived through the shooting, family members of the dead and wounded, had no problem with the event.
But you nuts on the right can't seem to let ANY, and I do mean ANY event that President Obama is involved in go without some asinine complaint or comment.
I know we're suppose to work on being civil, but I'll start tomorrow. I've had enough of trying to reason with unreasonable, dumba** nuts! Today, fat a** Limbo, Glenda the snake oil salesman and all you other righ-wing nuts, go sit on a stick and twirl!
Did the White House "brand" the Arizona memorial service with a logo and slogan?...
The burden of proof is on Malkin and she has failed to prove any White House involvement. She may believe she sees the handiwork of the White House at play, but there's no evidence to back that up. Certainly not enough to justify her claim the White House used the shooting tragedy as an opportunity to orchestrate a "branded" political event. We rate Malkin's claim False.
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"The name of the event and the logo for the event were done entirely by the university," said Johnny Cruz, a spokesman for the University of Arizona. "Branding of the event was not done in consultation with the White House, or any elected officials or political organization."
The T-shirts were also the university's doing, Cruz said.
"That was the university's idea," he said. "We wanted to give people something to remember, to symbolize the community spirit."
The university bought the shirts without the use of taxpayer dollars, although he wasn't sure if the cost was borne by donations.
"Almost everything was done by the university," Cruz said, including selection of the location for the event and planning the agenda. Once the president accepted an invitation, he said, the White House helped coordinate some logistics, such as security, but that was the extent of the White House involvement.
And "Together We Thrive" was conceived by a University of Arizona student, he said.
the t-shirts were the idea of a student, paid for by the college. they were not sold, they were gifts to thoses who attended the memorial... do try to keep up.
Although, I have heard Joy Behar do political commentary, found her to be fairly entertaining in that regard. I'm not really a big fan of her comedy.
Rosie O'donell I always found to be kind of annoying in general, not really a fan.
Try Rachel Maddow, Matt Taibbi, or Jon Stewart for more relevance.
Frankly, most liberals are peaceniks, and wouldn't bother with death threats.
I have to tell you though, the only one drumming up hatred for Sarah Palin is Sarah Palin. Her use of a highly offensive term to Jews in the wake of the attempted assassination of a Jew wasn't exactly bright. Now we all know that Simple Sarah is about as bright as a bag of broken light bulbs, but she has handlers who should have warned her about that.
I don't watch those folks you accuse of lacking tact (which is a hoot coming from such as yourself), should I assume that those folks called for violent revolution? Did they demonize Sarah? Did they say that she was un-American and was trying to bring down the country?
Because, let me tell you, one thing that IS plssing me off is all of your "real" American right wing pusbags intimating that I am not an American simply because I think that people should be paid decently for a job well done; because I think that no American should suffer and even die simply because he can't afford treatment for his ills; because I don't believe that someone making 20 million a year should be able to skate on his taxes while someone earning 20 grand can't even afford to save a dime. I am tired of being called un-American because I think that everyone, regardless of skin color, sexual preference, gender, or religion should be treated with dignity and respect unless the INDIVIDUAL loses that right; or because I think that people should no more be allowed to paint their political rivals as socialists, nazis, Hitler, or anything else designed to foment hatred and fear than they should be allowed to shout "fire" in a crowded theater. In other words, you can do it, but it had better be real. I am tired of being called a terrorist sympathiser because I think that waterboarding is torture, and because I didn't agree with Bush on attacking a country that did nothing to us.
I am tired of being accused of wanting to destroy the country I love, and I am tired of high profile celebrity politicians and daily talk show hosts with national audiences painting me as un-American because I don't happen to agree with them on a few issues.
You ask yourself, who is more of an American? A talk show host who never served, a talk show host who managed to avoid serving because he had a pimple on his @$$, or a decorated veteran with 12 years of service to his country?
PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY AN ANTI-GOVERNMENT WHACKO shut the eff up, you useless piece of CR@P.
What does that comment have to do with the one that I made about the speech?
The only criticism I have is the mention of "uncivility" and I thought it was a little too long.
I wouldn't presume to judge how others should heal. Give it a rest and I would expect you to reflect a little on why you are pushing these theme.
Why don't you consider that everyone deals with grief and tragedy differently, and then go screw your self.
In this case, the crowd could have shown BO more respect. It appears to me that they missed the whole purpose of the event.
...work.
Shut up, liar.
Well said. It's interesting to see others that think they know how people should act at a memorial. Not pleasant. But interesting.
My best friend Anne, who happens to be white, attended the funeral of one of our former students that was held at a black church. Afterwards, she called me and said that she had never attended a funeral that focused on providing solace to the family and at which people clapped, cheered, and shouted Amen! She was really impressed, and she went on to say that she wished the funerals she had attended for whites in the past had been the same way because attending them left her more depressed that she had been before the service.
President Obama had no control over the reactions the attendees displayed in reference to parts of his speech. I read a comment today that was made by an 11 year old girl who attended the event. She said that the president's speech really helped her, and that attending had made her feel better. She went on to say that it was just what she needed.
These rw whiners are just upset because the president went to lift the spirits of the people of AZ, and in the end he was successful. One of the first comments I read on Politicususa last night was from someone who had been to the rw blogs for information on how to respond to the speech. Evidently, she had come by to say that the speech was the first of President Obama's 2012 campaign speeches. I thank God everyday that my parents would tell me to think for myself. The pettiness of the comment showed me that no one on the right is willing to tone down the rhetoric or have empathy for the feelings of others. When President Obama spoke about the need for civility in political discussions, they just knew he couldn't have been including them.
Since there was absolutely nothing about the president's speech or behavior to criticize, it seems almost a joke that they have ALL picked the same things to complain about. As influenced in their collective thinking as they all seem to have been by media reactions to this event, is it so wrong to believe that the previous rhetoric may have had some effect as well?
Nah, none of them started believing and parroting the stuff they heard on Fox and the AM dial until AFTER the shooting.
Within minutes after the speech the hate was FLYING all over thedailybeast.com and mediaite.com .. I expected as much. It's kind of like the shooting.. not a matter of "if" but "when".
they are vile creatures that deserve to be spit upon.
And it's not the Dems or Libs that American people have a problems with, it's the people in O's administration who were a part of the Weather Underground, self proclaimed Socialists, Communists and of course a lot of people who have never run nothing in their life except for maybe final exams. At least O had the sense to run Van Jones out of Washington in the middle of the night.
So the american people, who somehow don't include liberals or democrats, have a problem with no one?
Van Jones himself quit to avoid giving to much negative attention to Obama. In other words, he was run out of Washington by Beck, not Obama.
Of course VJ is still calling for the Bottom Up, Top Down and Inside Out, which is insane, because knowing my proud fellow Americans, it will be Bottom Up, Middle Puts Down Bottom and Top is Irrelevant.
Nothing but the truth here.
this is the most stupid, string of barely connected thoughts i have read in a while. Telling you that correlation does not cause causation would imply that you think logically. And what is with the Black Panthers (a group which has been defunct since the 70s) have to do with energy policy?
Lol... Middle puts down bottom, how far in hell is that?
America here is the Obamaphobia clearly, this is the so-call cry "I want my country back".... No need to fear the black man, "revenge is not apart of our plan we only come to heal the broken mends" (Midnite)
First off, you worthless little puke, Dems, Libs, and progressives are AMERICANS, you idiot. And you could have fooled me that you people don't have a problem with us.
You seem to believe that Dems and Libs are people that Americans could have problems with, and by that statement alone you show that you do not believe that we are "real" Americans. What with Glenn Beck calling us nazis, communists, vampires trying to suck the blood out of America, I am not surprised.
When he says that liberals are a cancer to be eradicated by whatever means necessary, I guess that makes it easier, if you dehumanize us, if you make us out not to be Americans, when you decide to take some of us out. Is that the kind of love you prefer? Since you seem to believe that you "support the troops" by sending them off to die so that f#@king Iraqis can be free to blow each other up, I am not surprised.
What I'm reading are words from a very angry person who's agenda is not going to plan and that if the bottom ever does try to rise up, you know they will be defeated like the Redcoats. Of course most people know that the TRUTH can be a very hurtful experience, of which your words clearly show.
As for our troops, I pray that they bring them home everyday, but it seems that Obama has learned developed a taste for war. I agree that we should let the Iraqis blow each other up and street gangs in the US should be allowed to shoot each other up. I call it natural culling of the herd as is Mexico's current policy.
Thanks for your insight...
And please tell me: How many Iraqis died to terrorism in 2001?
Liberals, on the other hand, are just misguided. They think with their hearts instead of their minds. Push the right buttons, and they'll follow you anywhere.
By the way, your attempts at character assassination vis-a-vis Beck, are laughable to anyone who has ever actually watched his show. You do know that he is getting traction in the black community with his shows about the blacks man's contribution to this nation. http://www.theroot.com/buzz/glenn-beck-discovers-black-history
http://www.black-and-right.com/2010/05/29/thank-beck-for-discovering-black-history/
Do you have little thought balloons rising above your noggin when you write so eloquently about "progressives/democrats/Liberals?"
Liked your other screen names better.
Well, besides the words horror and hate, you're correct. But there was a whole lotta generalizin' goin' on.
OMG! YOU ARE SOOOO NOT BLACK!
You direct someone The Root and THIS is what it says:
Gasp and swoon -- Glenn Beck discovers that blacks have been all but removed from American history during the founding of this great nation. He gives his viewers a history lesson. Gee, thanks.
And YOU have the nerve to think that means Beck is getting traction in the Black community?
WHAT part of "Gasp and swoon"/ "Gee thanks" sarcasm didn't YOU get?
Randell Young
If Glenn Beck were a condescending Marxist Democrat, most here would be touting his promotion of black history. "I've got a dream" has truly morphed into "I've got a scheme."
Inconvenient reality check: How's that redistribution scheme working out so far?
If you want to get ahead in America, embrace capitalism not victimhood.
Contrary to hood logic, this is not “acting white”.
Check out Dambisa Moyo… here is a real African Leader and Visionary… and she’s as capitalist as Glenn Beck.
If she hadn’t been born in Zambia, Glenn Beck would be ecstatic to vote for her for President of the United States…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFABdPOpr2A&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXWIUg30Cpk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHKa4qiIegM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWXUWp-4knQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6xD8_fZnVU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oasbi5UPMGo
Yahtahei says:
May 29, 2010 at 11:05 am
Bob;
I think it is “breaking news” for the rest of the country, maybe even Beck himself, but as has already been mentioned, it is about time someone in the main stream misinformation business gave the country some facts instead of the typical liberal Democrat dribble that has inundated our education system.
The “shame” is that it takes a Beck type personality to inform the undereducated adults who have not been exposed to such facts.
Rich says:
May 29, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Becks been doing Friday programs on the Founding Fathers. As this material is no longer taught in school, Beck is trying to reveal it to the public as he discovers it through reading and then bringing on the authors who dug out and researched the material. He emphasizes the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and how the elected representatives are ignoring them.
What he is has shown me is that the Christian values had a strong influence in founding the U.S.A.
This episode shows the Black Founding Fathers and the Black heroes of the revolution and points out just how important these people were to the outcome.
Beck comments on how could this very important history could be hidden from general knowledge.
Short answer – Woodrow Wilson and his Democrats – Progressives.
Well worth watching, I’m listening for the second time as I type this.
Full program; http://usaguns.net/patriots/beckaa.html
Beck is great at digging out the truth.
Lord have mercy!
"My community"? The 2% African American conservative community of which you are not a member?
I've read The Root since it first started back in early 2008. And the only thing appearing on your link is the sarcastic response to the video that I posted. The video has been removed.
The Black and The Tight was started by Bob Parks.
And who is Bob Parks?
In 2006, Bob Parks served as the Vice-Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Assembly, ran for chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party in 2007, Massachusetts state representative in 2008.
He has written for websites like Accuracy In Media (AIM was founded by Reed Irvine in 1969, when Irvine called for sedition charges to be brought against Students for a Democratic Society, the Black Panthers and the Progressive Labor Party, arguing, "If you're going to halt treason, you've got to do it while it's small."), New Media Alliance (On its website Heritage New Media describes NMA as "a conservative issue advocacy and information group established to promote and defend traditional social, political and economic principles nationally."), The New Media Journal (The New Media Journal is division of BasicsProject.org BasicsProject..., Chronwatch (a media watchdog and conservative news organization), Washington Times (no explanation needed)
I would expect nothing but "positive" comments from a right-wing conservative website for Glenda, regardless of the subject.
Haven't you heard, "The truth will set you free!"
In case you missed the point I am making regarding Beck and "black history", consider this. Our history has been "hidden" from us by who? Exactly who is responsible for this shame? And how long has this been going on? And why is it still still going on? Tell me, who is it that is against school choice? The right or the left? Be honest, not partisan, in your response.
Written by a guy who has worked for Fox, the Washington Times and Accuracy In Media, so his credibility is non-existent.
He's also been Vice-Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Assembly. He ran for chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party in 2007 and fore Massachusetts state representative in 2008 as a Republican. Definitely not representative of American blacks.
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Please do not hesitate to be clear, lucid, precise, and to the point. Not that you have ever been any of those things in your posting history here.
Well, not really the black community in New York City since his radio show was cancelled there.
So now you are a marcher with MLK
a Nam vet.
a member or a white-run black website
a Fox producer
and a psychiatrist.
I am continually impressed at your lack of contact with reality.
http://mediamatters.org/research/201012280001#1124530
I am glad to see you retract that false claim (also known as a LIE). What else have you lied about?
Of course, the best plan is just don't lie, and you won't have to worry about getting caught in one.
By the way, you should probably forward this little exchange to Fox. It will demonstrate to them that you have no respect for truth, and will make them like you more.
You should fit right in.
Are you uncomfortably warm right now? Perhaps you should go grab a fire extinguisher and aim it at your pants.
You never marched even once with Dr. King, near him, or for the same reasons he and the people who DID march with him marched.
I have marked this thread, and from now on when you post anything, part of my answer will be a link to it, to show everyone what a lying little puke you are.
Anything.
He denies claiming any of those titles now that he got caught out.
Speaking of which, I haven't seen a whole lot of backlash on that. What's up there?
For one thing, why was Boehner there instead of in Arizona, and for another thing, what kind of a$$hat has a cocktail party at the same time as the memorial?
Even Obama sees it, he clearly was addressing the despicable behavior of the left in his comments last night.
Shame on you and your ilk.
Oh, that's probably because you don't really know him after all and just pulled that whole post of out of your a$$. Yeah, that sounds about right.
it's obvious that right doesn't want to get along, which is evident in such postings and the words of others. otherwise, instead of coming here and saying; "you know, there has been a lot of angry words and acts. perhaps it would be best if Palin, Backman, Beck, Limbaugh need to scale back the hate how about we all stop." instead you go on the attack with the rest of the fright right.
And pitiful.
Or sometimes switching screen names, you forget where you are.
I suspect you are both names but then again, I have a suspicious mind. Sueld ring a bell?
Drink!!!
Your response has no credibility. And if you notice none of the liberal bots who will usually counter every word I say has shown up to refute my points.
Now, refute that, wingnut.
They didn't.
freedoms of Americans.. And all I heard all day is the condemnation of AU students for expressing themselves in a spirit lifting way.
The key phrase here is "College Campus", young American students.They were there to celebrate the lives of the dead and have hope for the victims....Let everyone have there opinion, there is only one point of view for the families, is the lost of there love ones.
Really in my belief there will be evidence linking, the Extreme Right Wing and Talk Radio and the Media. An investigation is taking place.
A search of the accused home and personal was conducted.If in fact he keeps a diary there could be indications of Media influence.One suspicious thing I found after the incident, i was hearing on the news about reports from a girl who knew the accused distinguish his political views and his character saying he don't watch tv or listen to radio.I find this behavior on her part to be suspicious. I advice and I'm sure they are doing. Alaska Ex Governor get her team of Lawyers,also those guys on FOX, and 770 am on my dial. Just to cover there a$$.
However, overall I think the President is doing a great job
and made an excellent speech last night.Please let us have some respect of the 9yr old victim and her family. She was born during tragedy and died in a tragedy. Heaven got an angel.
More reason for AU to cheer!!!! RIP to all those who lost there lives and condolences to the family. Speedy
recovery to all the victims,especially to our Rep Giffords.
I continually underestimate your stupidity.
akmikeus is, apparently, only half a horse. And I think we all know which half that is.
Don't quit your day job. Somebody's gotta stuff those envelopes.
As always, your attempt falls flat on it's stupid ass.
"Together We Thrive" is indeed a recycled Obama campaign slogan. It's from Obama's "Organizing for America" website, Feb 11, 2008. I suppose that's just a coincidence.
Both sides have used military jargon since there were campaigns. Go look up the word campaign...
To blame this on one map from SarahPAC is dishonest and biased, at best.
The media (mostly left leaning) were quick to blame Palin and talk radio for this, before the bodies had even cooled. Righties only responded to the attacks. Do you really expect people to not defend themselves from such things?
For those on the left to accuse righties of hateful speech is simply hypocrisy at its finest.
In the end, Laughner is responsible for this. No one made him run down there and off six people and almost off 14 more. He planned it, gave warnings, including to law enforcement, then went down and did it. He deserves to die, soon and cheap. To try to displace that blame is one reason of many that this country is falling behind and apart.
F^!k the Tea Party...seriously.
Trying to build a narrative for the next two years?
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The Midnight Review
You know nothing of what you speak.
Get a life.
All of you,
just shows how pathetic FAUX and co all are.
with freedom comes responsibility. Just because one has the right to do something, doesn’t mean they ‘should’ do something. here’s a challenge for you, how about you guilt-ridden righties admit to your hate-mongering and agree to tone it down. It seems to me you have absolutely no desire to tone it down. In fact, since this incident righties have ratcheted up the hate mongering. While those on the left have toned it down and taken responsibility for what they say and do; IE Keith Olberman (sp) with removing his ‘Worst Person in the World’ segment.
so what do you say righties, would you like to tone it down with us, and try to get along, or continue with the hate-filled vitriol?
It's plain to see that they've made their choice.