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Sarah Palin Asks Everyone To Stop Blaming Her For Arizona Shooting

Posted on Wed Jan 12, 2011 09:53 AM PDT

Sarah Palin: "America's Enduring Strength" from Sarah Palin on Vimeo.

In the wake of the shootings in Arizona that killed six people and left US Rep Gabrielle Giffords seriously wounded, former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is making a plea to the media not to "manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the hatred and violence that they purport to condemn."

Palin posted this video message to her critics saying, "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."

She condemns the idea that heated political debate inspires violence like the rampage committed by 22-year-old gunman Jared Lee Loughner in Tuscon: "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. As I said while campaigning for others last March in Arizona during a very heated primary race, 'We know violence isn't the answer. When we 'take up our arms,' we're talking about our vote."



What do YOU think -- is heated political debate and, often, bipartisan finger-pointing, dangerous? Perhaps GUNS are dangerous, no?

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Posted by: Anonymous

You bloggers and celebs must be trying to get her killed, Palin and her family receive death threat on a daily basis for almost three years now....stop the hate.



Posted by: Anonymous

Yeah Palin! get those greasy, slope-headed, greasy brown bear ape MESSYCAN WETBACK ILLEGAL ALIENS OUT OF OUR COUNTRY!!! YEAH TEABAGGERS! GO ARIZONA! GO ARIZONA! THE WETBACK APES ARE TURNING OUR COUNTRY INTO A GIANT DRUG RIDDLES TOILET BOWL JUST LIKE MEXICO!



Posted by: Anonymous

THe leftwing anarchist flag burning pot head and all around kook was insane like some libs.



Posted by: Anonymous

10:05 is a pothead related to the shooter pay no attention.



Posted by: Anonymous

WoW sounds more presidential than Barry, I am impressed.



Posted by: Anonymous

Heated rhetoric on both sides is metaphorical like when Obama says "If the bring a knife we bring a GUN to a fight".



Posted by: Anonymous

"Punish the enemy" Obama.



Posted by: The Dude

The dude is a nutcase and the dems take advantage of 6 murdered people to bash the repubs.....
The dems have sunk to a new low.....



Posted by: L

The Lierals couldn't be happier that this horrible shooting happened - they get to point fingers and talk trash about Palin, O'Rielly, Beck and Limbaugh. When is the actaul shooter going to be held responsible?



Posted by: Anonymous

Yes MSNBC and CNN and Sheriff Dupnik are doing their best to make it political when it isn't.
"Never let a good crisis go to waste".
Next the "Fairness Doctrine" and Internet ID will be forced on us.



Posted by: Anonymous

shake hands and get back to work, yea right thats why she goes around bashing this administration, it's ok for her to incite hate, she never does anything wrong according to her. she needs to just go the efffff away and take up a noble cause, like being spokesperson for kids with "special needs". i think she could do great things if she chose wisely and since she has a "special needs" child herself what could be a better cause for her?



Posted by: Anonymous

yea just like the right they hate moooslums and think they are all terorist



Posted by: Anonymous

Senator from Vermont is already fundraising off the tragedy....sick



Posted by: Anonymous

What exactly has she been hateful about, nobody ever explains.



Posted by: Anonymous

She makes me sick.



Posted by: Anonymous

This woman...ughhh...makes me sick to my stomach as does her family.



Posted by: joho777

I can see Sarah Palin's point.

Hate, demagoguery, and discrimination have been tools of American politics for over 150 years.

Sarah Palin just used the tools that were most convenient for her.

If tree-hugging and love-your-neighbor were the way to get votes, she would have used them.

So she feels that it's not fair if one disturbed individual took what she said to heart and committed multiple murders.

He was on his own; she feels that it didn't have anything to do with her speeches.

So she feels that you shouldn't blame her just because she is a politician, O.K?



Posted by: Anonymous

Sarah has soros funded websites, whole news rooms and newspapers spreading lies about her cause she makes to much damn sense.



Posted by: Anonymous

Maybe if good, law abiding citizens were allowed to carry weapons they could have killed this freak before he murdered these people. Americans are so nieve to think that the police will protect them. What a joke!



Posted by: Anonymous

Such a hypocrite. Like when she made up the lie that Obama wanted to start death panels to kill newborns like her son with Downs Syndrome. A total, complete fabrication. Yet she was all too willing to point that finger and start that lie. She sickens me. She can't own up to the fact that she purposefully and gleefully used a violent rifle image in her map. Is she to blame for the shootings? No, she is not. Is she to blame for her violent rhetoric (don't retreat, reload)? Of course? Live by the hunting analogy, be judged by it.



Posted by: Anonymous

The point is not that she is to blame for the shootings, it is that she should take responsibility for the language and imagery that she chooses to use. But she has shown, time and time again, that she is completely unwilling to take responsibility for anything that she does. She taught her children to do the same when she showed them to blame others for their poor use of language - it's not my fault I was forced to call you a ***.



Posted by: Anonymous

People, learn to spell. Nothing says dumb ass better than not knowing english grammar or spelling. Nieve is spelled "Naive". As for the racist comments, please explain to me how a chemical in your skin called meletonin, which is resonsible for skin color, how does this chemical make you a druggie? How does the absence of the chemical make you right (white)? And please explain in a scientific way, not a angry hateful way (dumb ass way.



Posted by: Anonymous

Sheriff Dupnik's crime rate is double the much demonized by the press Sheriff Arpaio just a county away.
Safer in Maricopa.
Stay strong Joe don't let the "govt. witchhunt" get you down.



Posted by: Anonymous

@12:06 guess what death panels were snuck back in during the slow news holidays.



Posted by: kc

Seriously? Since when is saying 'put her in the crosshairs' not inflammatory? What other way is there to interpret this statement? She's a loopy nut job, and she is making people take her literally. She needs to watch what she says from now on, and take responsibility for what comes out of her mouth.



Posted by: Anonymous

Both parties use targets and crosshairs doesn't mean anything now go back to the sorosfundedhuffpost.



Posted by: Anonymous

It's the elderly the death panels are for not newborns.
That's called abortion and yes we are forced to pay for your abortions too.



Posted by: Anonymous

Abortions are under "women's health" in Obamacare in case you are wondering.



Posted by: Anonymous

Blame the Mexicans for everything including all this mess.....I am a proud US American, of Mexican background, and understand this: My family and my parents who immigrated in 1930, are staying here, whether you, who hate, like it or not! Deal with it!



Posted by: Anonymous

abortions are not paid for. "death panels" are being brought up by STATES, not the federal government and they are not death panels, people, they are decisions by the state about what to fund - no different than what INSURANCE companies have been denying for years and years to children and adult patients who need medical procedures. WAKE UP.



Posted by: Anonymous

Wow. You folks are really out of touch. Sarah's a bully and that's all there is to it...



Posted by: Anonymous

"Heated debate" does not equal rifle targets of brandished guns.



Posted by: surf

Hey Palin:
I don't blame you for the shootings, myself i blame our entire government. Now Palin my advice to you STFU, and stay the hell in Alaska,and the thought of you with about as much of a chance as hell freezing over becoming president makes me want to VOMIT.



Posted by: Shelly

1:17: it's Not Mexicans, pple hate, it's being Invaded by 20 Million Illegals!!! get it straight and since yur a Legal American, stop whining about being considered Mexican; yur not!! as you say, you're a proud US American! act like it!!! the illegals are just as bad, if not worse for you!!

anyway, the Mexicans aren't responsible for this... but numbnuts Palin certainly is! how would she like her own mug stuck in 'crosshairs'?? I love how repugs are hateful and nasty, but when something occurs that makes them take responsibility for their hideous words, they back step as far as they can!! Idiot Palin doesn't think she's responsible, but she's taken down all her hateful garbage off of facebook!! done. and anyone who listens to the hateful garbage that beck, limburger, hannity and the rest of them spew, need to recheck their brain n' make sure it's still there! the right's rhetoric, as we've recently seen, is dangerous for small minds!!



Posted by: Anonymous

Palin IS the reason those people were gunned down. She goes around spewing hate and condoning violence. I hope these peoples senseless death is forever on her conscience.



Posted by: Anonymous

Some of you people need to put down that Obama koolaid he has failed us all and you are just as angry about it.



Posted by: Anonymous

He was a nut cake because of the liberal teaching and lack of love in his family.. He was desiring to be killed.. but the laggard, worthless cops didn't kill him.



Posted by: Anonymous

Wow Palin is truly impressive the more I hear the more I want to learn about her.



Posted by: Anonymous

Everytime the media tries to make Sarah look bad she comes back and nails them between the eyes.



Posted by: Anonymous

She is an idiot. Now, the entire Jewish community is mad at her. Why would she even use the term "blood libel"? Someone in her camp wants her to fail.



Posted by: Anonymous

Manufactured outrage where have I seen this before.
And the persecution of Sarah Palin continues.
Sane people don't believe anything they hear or read anymore.



Posted by: Anonymous

LIBS are really desperate the term is from the 12th century and nowadays used as metaphor for false accusations.
Seriously Chrissy Matthews et al get a grip on yourselves.



Posted by: Anonymous

any moron ,even one as clueless and self serving as this chick should know you don't put rifle sights on people pics and use terms like reload ,

ever hear of john hinckley ?

was reagan shot because of his politics or because the guy was insane ?

she is turning this nightmare into something about her ,

newsflash it's not about her !

it's about an insane nutjob shooting people in a beautiful city on a peaceful saturday morning or at least it was until this happened

and yeah there are some mexicans here ,so what ? , it's the southwest genius , anyway he's not mexican lol ,
so what difference does it make lol

nutjobs don't care about politics ,
he's clearly shizo & delusional ,
your basic nut from the gitgo ,
his parents aren't to blame either , crazy just happens sometimes ,

but sure use this nightmare to further your own interests ,

sounds par for the course for this creature who's 15 minutes was up a long time ago



Posted by: Faz

You ramo these people up and then are too oowardly to stand by the actions created, she knows her cross hairs had something to do with this or she wouldnt be speaking and not because she has any intention of running for President. She has already signed on for the second season of her show which will pay her millions for nothing, and the folks on here supporting her can't see how they were used so she could become rich, not poor, so how will they make the connection to her and this current tradgedy.



Posted by: Anonymous

The Obama-Media targeted Palin for destruction because they know she could WIN.
Should Obama apologize for bringing a gun to knife fight.
Democrat Kanjorski calls for fl gov. Scott to be shot.
Who apologizes first.
Who decides what speech is to be "BANNED".
Surely no sane citizen wants to go down this road.
Point being this is just manufactured and selective outrage to attack Gov. Palin.
Keep the shots coming she is a tough cookie.
OOPS was that hate speech...



Posted by: Anonymous

I'm sorry but I cant help but laugh at how insincere she comes off in this video. She is reading a teleprompter and keeps putting emphasis on the wrong words! It is comical to watch but really, sara, you are so disrespectful. Why not take a long vacation from the SPOTLIGHT you said made you quit as governor and then we could all get a nice break from you.



Posted by: she needs to b stripped of her citizenship

sarah's such a hypocrite! she doesn't want ppl to manufacture lies that incite violence directed at her, but she has no problem doing it herself to others as she's done time and time again: bullseye map? "don't retreat, reload"? KArma's a BITCH ma'am!



Posted by: Anonymous

I'm still waiting for exactly what she said is so hateful????
The above is common language on both sides.



Posted by: Anonymous

I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT A LIBERAL, DEMOCRAT, INDEPENDANT OR REPUBLICAN .... ALL OF THEM MAKE UP SHIT TO SUPPORT THEIR SO CALLED POINT. ITS ANNOYING ALREADY... EVERYONE NEEDS TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING BUT WHEN YOU HAVE EVERYONE LYING IT MAKES IT HARD TO SEE THE TRUTH... I'M SICK OF IT ... ADULTS ARE ACTING SO IMMATURE AND THERE'S PROOF OF THIS ALL OVER...



Posted by: Anonymous

WHY DOESN'T EVERYONE ACT THEIR AGE AND STOP FIGHTING LIKE FIFTH GRADERS IN A SCHOOL YARD... INSTEAD LETS FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE.. ROSES GREW OUT OF CONCRETE SO MANY TIMES IN OUR HISTORY.. DURING THIS TRAGEDY WE SAW SO MANY PEOPLE STAND TOGETHER AND WE SAW THEM REALIZE HOW PRECIOUS LIFE IS AND HOW FOOLISH IT IS TO SPEND IT BICKERING..



Posted by: Anonymous

I agree bit the libs started the shiiiite when sheriff Dupnik accused the right instead of doing his job.



Posted by: Anonymous

"What do YOU think -- is heated political debate and, often, bipartisan finger-pointing, dangerous? Perhaps GUNS are dangerous, no?" I'm not sure which is more ridiculous, blaming Sarah Palin for this or blaming the gun. The blame starts and ends with the scumbag that pulled the trigger. If he had gotten behind the wheel of his car and driven into the crowd, would we be blaming GM? For that matter, in 2009 (the last year for which statistics were published) 33,808 people died in motor vehicle accidents in the US. That's over 92 per day, and that's the fewest since records started being kept in 1975. Is that Sara Palins fault?



Posted by: Anonymous

^^^ Damn you for making so much sense.



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