"There is no evidence that links Jared Loughner to..." Who cares? How would it change anything? If a search of his room had turned up a Sarah Palin shrine, all of her books & a Gadsden flag, wouldn't she still be playing victim? Wouldn't she still be calling her gun besotted rhetoric allusions to voting & the gunsight crosshairs surveyors marks?
Face it, nothing is ever going to be her fault & she will never have occasion to apologize for anything. Nothing she says is ever going to be too much, or over the top. She is incapable of feeling shame or empathy. Mama grizzlies don't worry whether they maul another creature just wandering through the woods, do they? They never have regrets, do they?
Jim Adkisson went into a Tennessee Unitarian church in July of 2008 & unloaded with a shotgun killing two & wounding several more. There were specific links, by way of his reading material, to Sean Hannity, Michael Savage & Bill O'Reilly. He later said he wanted to kill every one on Bernie Goldberg's list of "100 people who are screwing up America." Did Fox News say' "Whoa. Ease up guys? Or did they hire Glenn Beck & have him ratchet up the crazy talk? Did the right wing candidates decide that a civil tone would serve the public good or did they gin up the blood rhetoric?
It doesn't matter whether there are links from violent acts to any political groups, or political brand, or personality. Nothing will ever be their fault.
So, the heated rhetoric, the ballistic language, the crosshair tageting, the 2nd amendment remedies, the "help get rid of Gabby Giffords - fire an automatic M-16" is either damnable on its face, or just the way we do do things in this country. Business as usual - get used to it.
Question for Ms Palin: Will you be putting out a map with targets in the cross hairs again in 2012? If not, why not?
Question for Jesse Kelly: If you run again for congress, will you be holding " Get rid of Gabby Giffords, fire an automatic M-16" fundraisers? If not, why not?