Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz) was shot on 1/8 and Paul Krugman of the N.Y. Times said "We don't have proof yet that this (the shooting) was political..." but then blamed Sarah Palin for having Giffords on her infamous crosshair's list. In other words targeted. He forgot to tell you the Democrats had also used a bullseye when they targeted Republican districts (see map below), and the Daily Kos the left leaning website put a bullseye on Giffords for failure to vote for Pelosi. A blogger on the same site said she was dead to him. After these events transpired it was taken down.* Targeting opponents is a natural strategy in politics. The purpose is not to kill them, but remove them from office and both sides use it. Even if it was politically motivated evidence from the shooter Jared Loughner indicates the "Communist Manifesto" and "Mein Kempf" were some of his favorite books, and his on line journal said "No I won't trust in God". Quite at odds with followers of Palin and Beck. The man was deranged and any thing could have set him off, but to assign blame without proof reminds me of another incident where Pres. Obama said "The Cambridge police acted stupidly" after he admitted he didn't have all the facts. Apparently people don't care how ignorant they sound as long as their voice is heard.
The Democrat targeting strategy map (shown) uses bullseyes. Sarah Palin's used crosshairs. *To see the Daily Kos scrubbed post go to
http://hillbuzz.org/2011/01/08/my-congresswoman-voted-against-nancy-pelosi-and-is-now-dead-to-me-eerie-daily-kos-hit-piece-on-gabrielle-giffords-just-two-days-before-assassination-attempt-on-her/Notice a bullseye assigned to Giffords district, and the blogger claims she is "now is dead to me". No one would believe he actually desired her to be assassinated.
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