AZ Congresswoman in critical condition after shooting

[Princess Doreen]

Originally Posted by herkhorse

I didn't mean to offend.

Of course you meant to offend - the devil made you do it.

Just like the devil made Obama do this...

[geeker2]

Ror !! That Bastard !!

[ArlJim78]

anyone recall the outrage over this quote? I didn't think so.

"That Scott down there that's running for governor of Florida," Mr. Kanjorski said. "Instead of running for governor of Florida, they ought to have him and shoot him. Put him against the wall and shoot him.

compliments of dem rep Kanjorski.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

anyone recall the outrage over this quote? I didn't think so.
compliments of dem rep Kanjorski.

I do. He's a crazy jackass, and he lost as he deserved.

You do realize that the, "If your friends jumped off the bridge, would you too?" defense didn't work with your mother, and doesn't work in the real world of political discourse now, right?

And BTW - very few big-name writers, writing in the media, have actually - truely - blamed Palin, Angle, etc. for this. That's a lie being repeated. Like the lie that the Sheriff in AZ "politicized" the conversation (he did not mention any political party, nor right, left, center, etc., in his Saturday statement against vitriolic rhetoric).

It was Giffords father who brought up the Tea Party, when asked if his daughter had any enemies, he responded, "The whole tea party". Only the Sheriff and Giffords (and her family) know the kind of threats she was getting. We don't.

Is the left wing bringing up past public statements calling for violence by those on the right? Palin, Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity, etc? Yes, they surely are. It's a good time to do so. And yes, people like Kanjorski need to be there, too.

[hi_im_god]

"“We’re gonna punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us.” Obama to Latinos, October 2010"

from jim.

“If Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, ‘We’re gonna punish our enemies and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us,’ if they don’t see that kind of upsurge in voting in this election, then I think it’s gonna be harder and that’s why I think it’s so important that people focus on voting on November 2.”

and the actual violence laced quote.

[Riot]

ACORN? People are still freaking out about that? Turns out the pimp was a complete fake, he was kicked out and the police were called on him for his illegal activities at multiple ACORN offices, and he edited the tape to make ACORN look bad.

The New Black Panther Party - a Faux News creation of fear-mongering, two scary black dudes standing outside a voting place.

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by Riot

ACORN? People are still freaking out about that? Turns out the pimp was a complete fake, he was kicked out and the police were called on him for his illegal activities at multiple ACORN offices, and he edited the tape to make ACORN look bad.

The New Black Panther Party - a Faux News creation of fear-mongering, two scary black dudes standing outside a voting place.

arlington jim made his usual 30 second drop in by posting alleged obama quotes from some right wing blog. i love the idea that someone can look at a quote of the president urging on a violent acorn mob and think "yeah! that really happened!"

[Riot]

Is Dallas responsible for Oswald's actions? Of course not. But should that type of violent rhetoric be tolerated, be part of the political discourse? Of course not.

If nobody remembers, Kennedy was warned by staff not to go to Dallas, they feared for his safety.

The Warren Commission made several findings in its report. One of its conclusions least remembered by the public today is this: Dallas was not to blame for Kennedy’s assassination or Oswald’s subsequent murder (while in police custody) by Jack Ruby.

Yes, back in 1963-64 the city of Dallas was suspected of somehow sharing responsibility for the killing, at least indirectly, because it fostered hatred for the president. As the report stated: “It has been suggested that one of the motivating influences operating on Lee Oswald was the atmosphere in the City of Dallas, especially an atmosphere of extreme opposition to President Kennedy…”

The Warren Commission examined right-wing extremism in Dallas and found it to be strong and prevalent. The report referred to Dallas’s “reputation of the twenties as ‘the Southwest hate capital of Dixie.’” There had been ugly confrontations when Johnson came to Dallas as a vice-presidential candidate during the 1960 campaign, and again when Adlai Stevenson came to the city in October 1963.

Virulent right-wing leaders in Dallas gave lectures and speeches denouncing the Kennedy Administration. In the days before the presidential motorcade was to parade through Dallas, ads appeared in the city’s newspapers condemning Kennedy, as well as nasty editorials and letters to the editors.

Security officials were especially concerned about a handbill that was circulated and posted in Dallas on Nov. 21, 1963, the day before Kennedy appeared and was assassinated. Beneath two photographs of the president, one from the front and one in profile, was the bold headline: WANTED FOR TREASON. The handbill said: “This man is wanted for treasonous activities against the United States.” It then listed seven charges against Kennedy, including “betraying the Constitution,” “turning the sovereignty of the U.S. over to communist-controlled United Nations,” and giving “support and encouragement to the communist-inspired racial riots.”

The Warren Commission report was released to the public on a Sunday afternoon. The next day, it was front page news for newspapers all across the country. Like everywhere else, the report’s conclusion that Oswald acted alone was on the front page of the Dallas papers. In addition, the city’s leading paper carried two additional front page articles about the report that were of particular interest locally: the exoneration of Dallas.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by Riot

Like the lie that the Sheriff in AZ "politicized" the conversation (he did not mention any political party, nor right, left, center, etc., in his Saturday statement against vitriolic rhetoric).

Which made it all the more awesomely telling that absolutely nobody on the Left thought he was talking about them, and everyone on the Right went wild defending themselves against this attack "against them."

Hey, if the shoe fits...

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Which made it all the more awesomely telling that absolutely nobody on the Left thought he was talking about them, and everyone on the Right went wild defending themselves against this attack "against them."

Hey, if the shoe fits...

Well it's not like this guy didn't have a history....uh...isn't he an elected official and didn't he run as a DEM?

Birds of a feather.... (see how I worked that in FOF's )