Sarah Palin Crosshairs Map Controversy Still Rages
Posted on Jan 10, 2011 @ 06:10AM
Sarah Palin's infamous map, targeting the 20 Congressional candidates she wanted defeated last November, is causing a firestorm of controversy in the wake of the Tucson shooting rampage.
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As RadarOnline.com has been reporting, Palin posted a map on both her PAC (Political Action Committee) website and her own Facebook page. It detailed the 20 Congressional districts with Democratic Representatives who had voted for healthcare reform. What appeared to many to be crosshairs marked each location; it included a list of the Representatives names.
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One of those was Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was shot in the head Saturday and is fighting for her life.
Immediately after the list was posted, the front door of Giffords' office in Tucson was smashed.
Asked about Palin's map, Giffords said at the time, "When people do that, they have to realize there are consequences to their actions."
Palin's team has been on the defensive since the shooting. "We never, ever intended it to be gun sights," Palin staffer Rebecca Mansour said Sunday.
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But following the November elections, Palin herself Tweeted,
"Remember months ago 'bullseye' icon used 2 target the 20 Obamacare-lovin' incumbent seats? We won 18 out of 20 (90% success rate;T'aint bad)."
Giffords was one of the two on the list who won re-election.
Neither the police or FBI are saying if Jared Lee Loughner had ever seen Palin's map or was in any way motivated by right vs. left wing politics.
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It has people on both sides of the debate talking.
"The hard left is going to try to silence the Tea Party movement by blaming us for this," Tea Party founder Judson Phillips said on Sunday. "The left is coming and we hit us hard on this. We need to push back harder."
Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, whose deputies were among the first responders to the tragedy, just wants everybody to calm down.
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Free speech is "not without consequences," he pointed out, just as Congresswoman Giffords did last March.
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The Daily Juice
Jun 01, 2011 @ 18:08
Well, Tea Partiers, this won't make your cause more popular with middle of the road Americans, only those fringey people who are attracted to it in the first place. Normal Americans don't WANT to be associated with folks who are all for violence.
Posted Mon, 01/10/2011 - 12:34pm
And honestly, I think Palin did herself out of the nomination due to this. Regular Americans will be afraid to vote for her, seeing who her supporters are and what she has "accomplished" thus far. Scary!
Posted Mon, 01/10/2011 - 12:36pm
Are you happy now, Sarah? You don't know how to govern by logic and experience, just spiteful emotion. Just a taste of what life would be like with Sarah as President.
Posted Mon, 01/10/2011 - 12:31pm
"A nearly identical map, included in a Democratic Leadership Committee publication in 2004, featured nine bullseyes over regions where Republican candidates were considered vulnerable that year..."
Posted Mon, 01/10/2011 - 10:41am
"...and was accompanied by a caption reading: TARGETING STRATEGY. A smaller caption, beneath the bullseyes, read: BEHIND ENEMY LINES. "
Posted Mon, 01/10/2011 - 10:42am
The gunman met Rep. Gabrielle Giffords three years ago way before Sarah Palin posted a map. So ROL get your facts right before you blame her for the shooting.
Posted Mon, 01/10/2011 - 10:36am
Oh goodness, so loud you couldn't have lunch outside! My my! How dare they demand good for all. Sara made a bad choice, but no blood on hands. He was obsessed schizophrenic.
Posted Mon, 01/10/2011 - 9:48am
Sarah Palin and the rest of the Tea Partiers have blood on their hands.
Posted Mon, 01/10/2011 - 8:49am
Exactly! Any any hard righter that denies this is lying to you. Last April swarms of these tea baggers came to DC & held some rally outside my office. It was so loud w/violent speak that nobody from my office of 200 would go outside for lunch.
Posted Mon, 01/10/2011 - 9:25am
but I bet it made them finally listen.......there never would be a teaparty if they had listend to begin with and if Pelosi would have stopped prancing around telling everyone who was willing to listen 'we won and we can do what we want to.....
Posted Mon, 01/10/2011 - 12:39pm