THE LEFT IS TRYING TO MAKE LOUGHNER THE VICTIM: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS SCOOPS RUSH LIMBAUGH AND WEASEL ZIPPERS BY A DAY

TODAY, WEASEL ZIPPERS POSTED SOME WISE WORDS FROM RUSH
LIMBAUGH:

What Mr. Loughner knows is that he has the full support of a major political party in this country. He’s sitting there in jail. He knows what’s going on, he knows that . . . the Democrat party is attempting to find anybody but him to blame. He knows if he plays his cards right, he’s just a victim. He’s the latest in a never-ending parade of victims brought about by the unfairness of America .

WE MADE THIS OBSERVATION YESTERDAY - BEFORE RUSH:

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

TO THE LEFT, LOUGHNER WAS A VICTIM OF RIGHT-WING INVECTIVE; IN FACT GIFFORDS WAS A VICTIM OF THE LEFT
The Left's failed narrative - that the Tucson Shooting was a result of right-wing invective and the vitriolic atmosphere created by conservatives - is based on their fixation with victmhood and their flight from personal responsibility.

The Left is truly responsible for the fact that a dangerous psychotic like Loughner was on the streets: the Left dismantled the institutions which might have held Loughner and make impossible forcibly medicating them.

REGULAR READERS KNOW WE SCOOP THE BIGGIES WITH LINKS AND ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY ALL THE TIME. SPREAD THE WORD.

UPDATE: SARAH PALIN GETS IT:

Like many, I’ve spent the past few days reflecting on what happened and praying for guidance. After this shocking tragedy, I listened at first puzzled, then with concern, and now with sadness, to the irresponsible statements from people attempting to apportion blame for this terrible event.

President Reagan said, “We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.”

Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own.

They begin and end with the criminals who commit them, not collectively with all the citizens of a state, not with those who listen to talk radio, not with maps of swing districts used by both sides of the aisle, not with law-abiding citizens who respectfully exercise their First Amendment rights at campaign rallies, not with those who proudly voted in the last election.

The last election was all about taking responsibility for our country’s future. President Obama and I may not agree on everything, but I know he would join me in affirming the health of our democratic process. Two years ago his party was victorious. Last November, the other party won. In both elections the will of the American people was heard, and the peaceful transition of power proved yet again the enduring strength of our Republic.

Vigorous and spirited public debates during elections are among our most cherished traditions. And after the election, we shake hands and get back to work, and often both sides find common ground back in D.C. and elsewhere. If you don’t like a person’s vision for the country, you’re free to debate that vision. If you don’t like their ideas, you’re free to propose better ideas.

But, especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible.

RIGHT ON!