As Philip Klein has
pointed out Paul Krugman wasted no time in trying to blame
Sarah Palin for the shooting of Arizona Democratic Congresswoman
Gabrielle Giffords.
So too has Jane
Fonda,
The Daily Kos and
John Nichols of The Nation. I am sure there will be
more to come.
Their criticisms of Palin center on the SarahPAC map which targeted
20 Democratic Congressmen who had voted in favor of Obamacare with
crosshairs. Amongst those Democrats was Gabrielle Giffords.
Do these people really think Sarah Palin wanted Giffords and
those other Democratic Congressmen murdered?
Do these people actually believe Palin’s political activity
constituted a death threat to Giffords and the other Democratic
Congressmen?
If so they why didn’t they object when
Democratic Leadership Council essentially used the same tactic
against President Bush during the 2004 presidential
campaign?
Do these people honestly believe Palin inspired Jared Loughner
to commit murder and mayhem?
As of this moment we don’t know why Jared Loughner did what he
did today and we might never know. But if they believe in their
heart of hearts that Sarah Palin was the catalyst for this heinous
act then it says a great deal more about Paul Krugman, Jane Fonda,
The Daily Kos and John Nichols of The Nation than
it does about Palin.
