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Left wingers jumped the gun on Tucson shooting

Ed Farnan, Op Ed,

Published Sunday, January 16, 2011, 8:38 AM

Updated Sunday, January 16, 2011, 9:03 AM

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With gunshots still echoing, the first news reports from Tucson hit the wires: Congresswoman Gabby Giffords shot and critically injured, many others killed and wounded. Within two hours of the event the spinners in the main stream media started politicizing the tragedy: Gunman was a Tea Partier, he was a militia member, he was inflamed by the hate speech and inflammatory rhetoric from Sarah Palin and the right wing ... Even the local sheriff, Dupnik, jumped in the fray and blamed the act on the overheated rhetoric put out by the Tea Party and Sarah Palin. Glaringly, the sheriff is not ready for prime time. The 3rd in command of the democrats in Congress, Clyburn flat out said Sarah Palin "didn’t grasp why her rhetoric was so troubling, regardless of the motivations of the alleged shooter." All of this was eagerly lapped up by the main stream media and dished out to the world.

Where was the voice of reason of "lets not jump to conclusions before we know all of the facts," which President Obama was quick to issue immediately after the shooter at Fort Hood Texas killed 15 and wounded dozens while chanting allah akhbar? Silence from the Whitehouse allowed the story to fester.

This was a classic case of desperately wanting the facts to fit the desired outcome ... In doing so, the red flags of truth that fluttered out there just waiting to be discovered. The left, after suffering gigantic defeats at the polls in November, were hoping for a Hail Mary pass to rescue them and this would be it, no matter what. But sorry for them, the inconvenient truth was always there, it just had to be looked at: The gunman survived and is in custody, we find he is a deeply disturbed individual, a person with a history of drug use, brushes with the law and classmates and teachers who doubted his sanity and were fearful of him ... He never listened to talk radio or was he involved in politics ... but he fixated on congresswoman Gibbs a few years ago, long before there was a Tea Party, or Sarah Palin came on the scene. Now will there be apologies to Sarah Palin and the Tea Party from those that libeled them? Will the death threats to Palin and the head of the Tucson Tea Party be retracted? Will the main stream media write pieces un-doing their mischief and disinformation to the world? I am waiting.

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maloney | Jan 21, 2011, 07:12 PM EST

The liberals want the right to start something so bad they can taste it. Only problem is they don't have the balls to back anything up. You think you can sick the law enforcement or the military on the conservatives. You forget most of the law & military are conservative & are waiting for you, the left to start it. Your Fusion Centers won't work either.

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FastEddy | Jan 19, 2011, 12:13 PM EST

" This was a classic case of desperately wanting the facts to fit the desired outcome ... " ... This is also a classic case of the left leaning clueless fringe of the main stream media locking step with a few shrill media pundits.

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usetheforce | Jan 19, 2011, 11:18 AM EST

holy brain farts, Mcglynn is an idiot. I used to live there too and it was no different than any other city with any other smear campaign. If you truly think that it was politically motivated, then I have some foil helmets you can buy so the gov doesnt hear your thoughts. I have a weather machine that i am selling...got it from the gov as well. also a few copies of documentaries from michael moore and his lies. Got the internet Al gore invented....anything else you are naive enough to believe???????

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usetheforce | Jan 19, 2011, 11:09 AM EST

It figures liberals would jump the 'gun' on this. they've always been pansies.

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usetheforce | Jan 19, 2011, 11:08 AM EST

hey daddymac, this article is spot on. Just because she is holding a gun doesnt mean she is out to hurt anyone. Have you ever heard of hunting? I laugh at liberals who point the finger at conservatives because a lot of us hunt and own guns. they will come in handy should those terrorists decide to invade our counry, ya think? where will you be when this happens? will you shout your peace lovin tree hugin slogans at them as they take you out? good luck with that.

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sully1167 | Jan 18, 2011, 06:23 AM EST

A "Psycho is a "Psycho", It does not matter what his political views are. People should not think in terms of "Left Wing,or "Right Wing". They should think in a sense of what is right, and was it wrong.

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irishwxman | Jan 17, 2011, 09:55 PM EST

I have to laugh. I'm reading all of these comments, and the liberal whack jobs just refuse to let go. You nuts are on your knees praying to St. Stephen to PLEASE give us another Oklahoma City. Please let there be a violent act by a tea partier so you all can say, "I told you so!!" You all are such hypocrites. I seem to recall when G.W. Bush was in the white house, all of those liberal morons outside calling for his murder! Nah...that's not violet vitriol at all is it? You idiots make me want to puke. This was your last hurrah. America sees you for who you really are now.

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irishwxman | Jan 17, 2011, 09:48 PM EST

Some of those left wingers were right here on IC. About time this website put out a common sense article.

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jamieLM | Jan 17, 2011, 06:17 PM EST

Any mentally unbalanced person who is determined to kill a lot of people will find a way to do it. This guy could've gone on the net and found out how to build a bomb, like McVeigh did, or he could've bought a gun illegally off the street, or he could've stolen one. These "nuts" have time on their hands to figure out a way to get a weapon, or make a "weapon," and to plan - how, when, & where - to kill people. These "headcases" have so many rights that it's not easy to get them into treatment if they don't want to go and haven't committed a crime.

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johnymac60 | Jan 17, 2011, 04:38 PM EST

McGlynn, I was actually agreeing with you until you decided that if one does not live in Tuscon, one does not know what one is talking about. That's nonsense, of course. Folks can and do speak out and give opinions on many topics not having been present at the event. And as for Docsgirl; you better cover your head, lass. Ever read anything about the Blue-shirts? Actually, American politics makes me smile. Most Americans are calm and thoughtful folks. As in any other nation, it's the idiots and extremists on both sides that get overheated (in this case, over ridiculously similar parties.) The political parties, if they aligned with European political groups, would be virtually identical in ideology. In Europe, left wing and Right wing do not mean the same thing they mean in the US. And Sarah Palin? Nice looking. Big mouth. But why the vitriol against her alone? It's a bit much, really. To say she had a hand in this tragedy - that's just a load of cr_p.

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chesapeake | Jan 17, 2011, 01:46 PM EST

Many of the death threats continue from the far left..at least one individual went to far that his threat landed him in jail. Such assinine behavior must be curtailed. No sane individual would or could have committed such a crime; and to vehemently blame the tea party or Rush Limbaugh or Sasah Palin is totslly unfair becaude the liberal press will take these unsubstatiated claims to the fore and our stupid 25% will always consider it as fact. For example, take the picture of Sarah Palin included with this article and many of the remarks preceding mine.

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DaddyMac22 | Jan 17, 2011, 09:35 AM EST

How can you write this with a straight face considering the attached picture?

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broughshane | Jan 17, 2011, 09:06 AM EST

Probably not!

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JohnE67 | Jan 17, 2011, 12:50 AM EST

I see apologies coming from the Left as soon as they start from the Right...about 3 days after never. Palin is clown who could have taken the high road, yet chose to press her twisted agenda further by diverting blame and refusing to accept even a slight responsibility. This is not about politic, it is about mental illness and how a system that is has failed. There can be no greater call to socialize medicine then the fact that Loughner apparently did not have the proper care or supervision and was able to perpetrate this heinous, unfeeling and disgusting deed. Well maybe is is about politic...

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paulbrant | Jan 16, 2011, 11:46 PM EST

Yes he's a nut but a slightly right-wing nut, and he took advantage of conservative Arizona's total lack of gun control laws. Sarah is NRA all the way, and a nut herself.

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