© Mike Luckovich Palin has played the victim card too many times. And if her response to the Tucson shootings wasn’t tone deaf enough, her next public appearance is at a gun and hunting convention in Nevada. UPDATE: I guess she just can’t stop herself. Jon Stewart points out the obvious, but does it hilariously:
“Sarah Palin’s reality show will not be returning as she contemplates a possible run for president in 2012. When a candidate walks away from a reality show, that’s when you know they’re serious about being president of the United States.” – Jay Leno “Sad news. It looks like ‘Sarah Palin’s Alaska’ won’t be back for […]
Congressman Peter King (R-NY) is calling for it to be made illegal for Americans to support WikiLeaks, by adding them to the Treasury Department’s “economic blacklist”. This would put WikiLeaks on the same list as terrorist groups and international drug dealers. And indeed, King has publicly likened WikiLeaks to a military act of aggression. I […]
Amazing news from Egypt: Muslims showed up at Christmas Eve mass services in churches around Egypt and at candle light vigils held outside, offering their bodies and lives as “shields” to Egypt’s threatened Christian community. Among those shields were beloved comedian Adel Imam and movie star Yousra, popular Muslim televangelist and preacher Amr Khaled, the […]
It probably isn’t this bad, but I did get a good laugh out of this: © August J Pollak
“I wouldn’t blame our political rhetoric any more than I would blame heavy metal music for Columbine. And that is coming from someone who truly hates our political environment.” – Jon Stewart “I do think that it’s a worthwhile goal not to conflate our political opponents with our enemies, if for no other reason than […]
Paul Waldman at The American Prospect makes an excellent point about what passes for political discourse in this country recently: The rhetoric of violence is not the only kind of rhetoric that encourages violence. The apocalyptic rhetoric we’ve seen from some on the right, most notably Glenn Beck, should be part of this discussion too. […]
© Chan Lowe The only way the inflammatory rhetoric will get toned down is if we stop supporting it. When people use it, let them know you don’t like it. When politicians spew it, don’t vote for them. That applies whether you agree with their positions or not.
“John Boehner chose a huge gavel. I think somebody’s compensating for his small government.” – Stephen Colbert “How about the new Speaker of the House, John Boehner. Have you seen this guy’s enormous gavel. I’m telling you, if in four hours, that gavel is still that size, he’s got to call a doctor.” – David […]
© RR Anderson I had to think about it before I posted this comic, because I could be accused of doing the same thing people like Sarah Palin are doing. But that’s the whole point. It has to stop. Violent, eliminationist rhetoric has to stop, no matter which side it comes from. We don’t have […]
Yes, [the Republican] party has worked to achieve certain goals like repeal of the president’s health care reform law, and at times we have employed rhetoric like “massive government takeover” and “death panels.” Yet, while some have called this “troubling” and “irrational,” it certainly could not have influenced the shooter, for he was clearly troubled […]
© Nate Beeler I wonder if the Republicans actually believe that repealing HCR is the right thing to do, if they are just automatically opposed to anything Obama does, or if they are merely trying to keep their increasingly fringe base energized.
“The Republicans now control the House, and they say their plan is to stick to a strict interpretation of the original Constitution. So I hope you didn’t like voting, women and non-whites.” – Jimmy Kimmel “They’re also hoping to cut back on government regulation on Wall Street. I think we can all agree that Wall […]
© Verbalobe I am not going to blame Sarah Palin for the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords, and I support the second amendment. But the cutsie/violent rhetoric being used by the right against their opponents has got to stop. It is becoming terrorism.
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