It is not enough to say that Sarah Palin or losing candidate Jesse Kelly is to blame for the murder and attempted murder in Arizona today. All of the leaders of the republican party across the country are responsible.
The 'wink and a nod' appeals to violence, which have been casting an ever lengthening shadow across the political landscape since at least 2009, are all that the duped and weak-minded FOX viewers of this country need to act.
By refusing to ever condemn the violent language of republican campaigning, it is as if McConnell and Boehner and Cantor and McCain and Steele -- and Beck and Limbaugh etal -- have been telling the crazies of the right that it's acceptable to load up their guns and go kill a democrat.
If the leaders of the Republican Party do not come out and strongly condemn not only the murderer who acted today, but also any other American who would promote gun violence, as well as acknowledge their previous culpability in not speaking out previously, then those leaders may as well have been standing along side the murderer loading his weapon and cheering him on.
There are no other possible statements they can make that will sufficiently account for their refusal to speak out sooner. They must admit their error, apologize to the nation and condemn those who would seek political gain by manipulating the easily manipulated. Those who speak out must include not only the elected leaders of the Republican Party, but the media figures who ignore or encourage the implicit and explicit violence.