Last night the former half-term governor from Wasilla, continuing her jihad to convince America that she was the twenty-first victim of the horrific shooting in Arizona, followed up her "blood libel" video with an interview by fellow Fox News denizen, Sean Hannity.
As expected, Hannity tossed up softballs and Sarah Palin played the victim, equating criticism of her with censorship, warning that attempts to "shut her up" would "destroy our republic," and of course insisting that she has always condemned violence.
And to prove Palin hates violence, Hannity helpfully played a video:
... noting that it was from a rally in Tucson "in March of 2010."
What Hannity didn't mention was that it was a rally in Tucson on March 26, 2010, the day after Gabrielle Giffords appeared on MSNBC to say:
Oops. Intern heads should roll over this. Because it allows us to once again highlight the self-evident point that Giffords made that day:
GIFFORDS: I mean, this is a situation where -- I mean, people don't -- they really need to realize that the rhetoric and firing people up and, you know, even things, for example, we're on Sarah Palin's targeted list. But the thing is that the way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gunsight over our district.
When people do that, they've gotta realize there's consequences to that action.
... and that Palin is trying to run away from now.
Because while it is true that Palin has denounced violent actions, she continues to pretend that words -- her words in particular -- have no consequences. Unless of course those words are about Sarah Palin, in which case:
... ... journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn.
Criticize Sarah Palin and it will "destroy our Republic." Everyone else is fair game.