Rejecting Palin
After Sarah Palin's statement about the Tucson shooting and her role in the matter, I, for the most part, agree with her statements about debate and responsibility. Jared Loughner chose to attack Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and kill six people for reasons we will never truly understand. So Sarah Palin could not be directly responsible for this. I would think video game "Call Of Duty" or movie "Red" would have influenced a spree killer than a simple graphic which put bullseyes twenty Congresspeople for the 2010 election. However, Palin's statement, which begins as a defense of free speech and open debate, quickly turns into a pathetic attempt at the "best defense is a good offense". Palin's post-campaign rhetoric has been exactly that: she will respond any criticism with an infuriating attack, knowing that she is has no one to answer to for her irresponsible comments. Her base of extreme right wing supporters love her unwaveringly, no politician...