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Forgive my anger which leads me to not follow my own advice from my column today, but the establishment media response to Sarah Palin’s speech makes me want to put media faces on a punching bag and beat it to smithereens. The editor in chief of CBS News takes the cake with a sickening, viciously sneering response to Palin’s video statement on the Tucson tragedy — a statement that was eloquent, thoughtful, and well-delivered (even if I think she should not have used the words “blood libel” although it is certainly within the realm of being justifiable). The column by CBS editor Dan Farber is called “Palin Plays the Victim Card.” Farber wrote that Palin “appears to be tone deaf to Giffords statement that there are consequences to actions. The consequences of Palin’s crosshairs may not be directly related to the shooting rampage in Tucson and assassination attempt, but they are related to the level of divisiveness in the country.” And: “The likely presidential aspirant doesn’t seem to take any responsibility for ratcheting up the political dialog or believe that there is any need to moderate the tone of political discourse in America.”
What a crock. Palin isn’t “playing the victim card” (I await the day when Farber accuses a black liberal or radical like Al Sharpton of “playing the race card,” even though Sharpton does it every day of his life); she actually is a victim. The furious and outrageous verbal assault on her in the wake of the shootings has made her a victim indeed. How would Farber like being treated as an accessory to mass murder?
Tone deaf? Consequences to actions? WHAT actions, Mr. Farber?!? Palin’s crosshairs were perfectly acceptable images. Bob Beckel said he uses stuff like that all the time. The moderate DLC used them. The DNCC used them too. Why is it so bad for Palin to use the same symbols the Democrats use? Why does that make her culpable for lowering the tone of debate? There is NOTHING wrong with the tone of her crosshairs ad. It doesn’t promote violence. It just doesn’t. Or, if it does, then blame the Democrats for using it first. Hell, one of the Demo ads that used ctarget symbols didn’t just use a map, but actuall named, described, and put n pictures of the specific Republicans targeted.
Readers of this site know that I am no big fan of Gov. Palin’s. But I will rally to her defense any time she is vilely attacked. I have NEVER seen or heard her “ratchet up the political dialog” in a way that even comes close to going beyond ordinary bunds of discourse. Never. But I have seen her be victimized by the most sickening smears, again and again and again. Tis’ time it stops.
Check out Drudge, for now, for other outlandish renewed attacks on Palin from ABC and others. These people make me feel vomitous.
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tom thompson | 1.12.11 @ 5:57PM
sarah palin needs to keep her mouth in check and go back to school and learn something this time
David W| 1.12.11 @ 6:16PM
Tom,
It is a shame that most of the media and the sheriff and several politicians and several hollywood elites didn't do the same thing to begin with, huh?
She wouldn't have had to open her mouth if not for people like you who accused her of being almost solely responsible for the murders - before we even know anything about the murderer.
Perhaps you could stop writing, go back to school and learn some manners?
Bill| 1.12.11 @ 6:01PM
Sarah Palin's speech was good enough to be called "presidential." The term "a blood libel" is apt, if a risky choice of words. Part of the rest of the speech contradicts part of what went before it, but that's political speeches for you.
It was still good.
Pete| 1.12.11 @ 6:09PM
This is a classic liberal response; accuse the other side of what you have done. That affirmative action dunce in the White House does his best to divide the country along race and class lines every day, but you won't see anyone in the mainstream media mention that, will you? Pretty twisted to insist upon the absurd - that can't lead to a lot of job satisfaction.
Mike| 1.12.11 @ 6:13PM
When I read the headline, I was hoping that maybe the post concerned Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
Patriot| 1.12.11 @ 6:46PM
Wrong again! I thought for sure Quin was referring to leftist tools like Olbermann and Matthews--and I was right.
Mike| 1.12.11 @ 11:00PM
I overestimated Quin.
Occam's Tool| 1.13.11 @ 1:55AM
Mike:
On a TAS website? You expected Palin and conservative commentators to be blasted?
Your expectations may work on some planet, but this is Earth. TAS has a long history of pillorying Left Wing poltroons.
Clint| 1.12.11 @ 6:20PM
The Mainstream Media Agendists join their Liberal Agendist Political Buddies in an ongoing orchestrated agenda to "Quayle" Palin and are attempting to render her unelectable by smearing, marginalizing and mocking her.
We are in a Media War.
While Palin isn't many Tea Party Rebels first choice, we'll have her back against This Ongoing, Unprofessional, Low Stooping Pseudo-Journalistic & Bloviating Mainstream Media Attack.
The Tea Party Rebellion Escalates.
Carpe Diem.
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Patriot| 1.12.11 @ 6:44PM
The Left is doubling down on their vicious lies because they have no choice. We cannot retreat, we must keep up our attack.
Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 1.12.11 @ 6:49PM
Quin: "makes me want to put media faces on a punching bag and beat it to smithereens"
Whoa Quin, slow down a bit, you're ratcheting up the rhetoric here!! You were so obviously fired up when you wrote this, that you misspelled words, screwed up spacing, missed letters, added extra letters, and I have never had the chance to correct anybody here before about that, so come up for some air, or cut back on the Monsters, okay? It's all about the grammar now isn't it? Can I still say that? Probably not, so how about, it's all about the syntax, we can still say that?
The Left is losing the argument Nationwide, and they know it, but it doesn't keep them from trying. Stupid Commies!!
Jim Lakely | 1.12.11 @ 9:31PM
Well said, Quinn. People say that Palin is blessed to have such enemies. I doubt she feels that way.
Occam's Tool| 1.12.11 @ 9:36PM
Dear Jim: one's enemies define one better than one's friends. Her enemies are, to a large extent, craven dogs (Debbie Schlussel is an exception, but she doesn't do the "blood libel" thing---and it was a blood libel.), so it's good to be defined. If someone said I agreed witgh Paul Krugman on ANY issue other than the veracity of his Nobel Prize winning research, I would be ashamed. Outside his Ivory Tower, he's a blithering nitwit.
Jim Lakely | 1.12.11 @ 10:06PM
Points taken, Occam's Tool. I agree. But Palin didn't think she was signing up for 1/10th of what she's received from the left for accepting the honor of being McCain's running mate.
I think in quiet moments β despite the good things her celebrity has brought her β Palin probably regret saying "yes." She's now trying to make the best of some horrible situations β and doing pretty well, all things considered.
Clint| 1.12.11 @ 10:01PM
"Pima County Community College records released Wednesday afternoon detail a series of events that led police to contact Loughner for what instructors and administrators considered increasingly odd behavior.
The file details four incidents in 2010 where campus police officers had contact with Loughner for being disruptive."
http://www.azcentral.com/news/.....cords.html
Yosemeti Sam| 1.12.11 @ 11:23PM
Governor (honorable title) Sarah Palin is a 'Jedhi' and her laser sword do cut deep into the body politic of the Leftoid pyramidic strata.
LOL.
Karl Lucifer Marx| 1.13.11 @ 7:57AM
God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
Ken (Old Texican)| 1.13.11 @ 8:54AM
Quin,
The Communists, (pardon the shorthand), keep trying to picture Sarah as dumb or dumber.
Ironic isn't it that she always chooses the PRECISE word or phrase that turns the national debate around on a dime. The "death panels" the
"blood libel" "momma grizzlies" etc infinitum.
She is a lovely lady,and I enjoy hearing her speeches, but the speech she gave in where? Hong Kong or Singapore?? she impressed the dickens out of me with her grasp of international economics. Wow, wonky!