I’d already watched Sarah Palin’s recorded statement on the Arizona shootings when I’d decided to track down video of President Obama’s speech at the Tucson memorial service for those men and women who were killed or wounded on Saturday. I know that, in the past, I’ve expressed a great deal of dissatisfaction with the President, […]
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Obama on the deaths of the men and women in Tucson
Posted in Observations, Politics Also tagged Arizona, Bush tax cuts, Christina Taylor Green, cynicism, Gabrielle Giffords, gun violence, irresponsible rhetoric, John Roll, Obama, potential for violence, Sarah Palin, the public option, threat of assassination, Tucson, violence on the extreme right, vitriol 10 Comments
Arizona Republicans leaving office in fear of fellow Republicans
Saying, “I love the Republican Party but I don’t want to take a bullet for anyone,” Arizona Legislative District 20 Republican Chairman Anthony Miller tendered his resignation this weekend. The following clip comes from Think Progress: Just hours after 22-year-old gunman Jared Loughner launched a shooting spree at a Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) constituent event […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Anthony Miller, Arizona, Gabrielle Giffords, hypocrisy watch, J.D. Hayworth, Jared Loughner, John McCain, Keith Olbermann, McCain's boy, potential for violence, Republicans terrified by other Republicans, Sarah Palin, tea party, the collapse of the Republican party, threats of violence, tweet, violence on the extreme right 36 Comments