Palin and The Crosshairs Dog Whistle

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Sunday January 09, 2011 · 11:45 AM PST

2011/01/09 · 11:45

Here's the quote going around from Palin spokeswoman Rebecca Mansour.

"We never ever, ever intended it to be gun sights. It was simply cross-hairs like you'd see on maps," said Rebecca Mansour on the Tammy Bruce radio show. Moreover, there was "nothing irresponsible" about the image, and to draw a line connecting Palin and Saturday's shooting is "obscene" and "appalling."

Follow me over the jump to see why this is incredibly disingenous, and why the PAC knew exactly what imagery they were using as a dog whistle to the right wing.

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What do you call them?

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What do you call them?

Crosshairs

82 votes

Gun Sights

29 votes

Reticles

4 votes

Map Markers

9 votes

Crosshair Pie

2 votes

Pumpkin Pie

2 votes

CA Day Fire: Raging Fireporn

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Saturday September 23, 2006 · 1:59 AM PDT

2006/09/23 · 01:59

Hi all -

Perhaps on your local news, you've seen ten seconds of flames roaring through 110,000 acres of national forest and protected wilderness here in Southern California. Well, there are people in the way of the fire, and they need their news, NOW!
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ABC News: The Note: Send Notelibs

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Wednesday October 13, 2004 · 10:47 AM PDT

2004/10/13 · 10:47

ABCNews.com has a daily political recap - The Note - which is doing "Notelibs" - fill in the blank. They're asking for it! Update [2004-10-13 14:0:25 by tyler93023]: I'm sheepishly putting the Notelibs AFTER the break...thanks for keeping me on my toes, Kossacks!

tyler93023

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Thursday October 07, 2004 · 1:58 AM PDT

2004/10/07 · 01:58

I've been doling out money to a couple of the Kos Dozen, a couple organizations, and a local candidate for the US House, Brett Wagner.

I want to spend x amount more, and split it up three ways.

Thoughts from Kosworld on who needs it most right now (with hyperlinks, please).

Who's Kidding Who? (mp3)

tyler93023

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Monday October 04, 2004 · 2:32 PM PDT

2004/10/04 · 14:32

On behalf of a friend of mine, I sent out the following to a number of news organizations (thanks Kossacks for contributing to the email list via various comments). Please feel free to take a listen and distribute the link and/or song as seen fit.

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At the height of the Vietnam War, acclaimed Philadelphia opera singer Lou Tubman wrote a pop song entitled "Who's Kidding Who," exposing the hubris and deception of an administration unwilling to be truthful with the American people.

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