Sarah Palin's rhetoric
By Jennifer Rubin
Sarah Palin was unfairly tagged by many on the left, and by many supposedly responsible news organizations, for somehow having provoked the Tucson shooter. There is zero evidence so far that the shooter was aware of any of Palin's campaign material. The evidence is overwhelming that he is deranged. The hypocrisy is jaw-dropping: In the Fort Hood shooting, many liberals ignored evidence that the motive was Islamic radicalism and labeled the shooter a lunatic; in Tucson, everything we know suggests the shooter was a lunatic, and yet, they peddle the notion that he was inspired by conservative campaign rhetoric.
Lost in the shuffle was an utterance for which Palin should be held to account. Last week, she accused the president of intentional weakening the economy. (And this is the voice of someone seriously contemplating a presidential run, mind you.) This is crazy talk and should be rejected.
I fully agree. As I have pointed out in earlier Blogs, the Fort Hood killer was inspired by the Imam-in-hiding, Al Alwaki, who is widely believed to have inspired other wannbe terrorists, as well.
Advocating violence against innocent Americans is simply not acceptable political discourse, whether coming from Democrats, Republicans, radical Islamists, or American militias.
The time has come to rediscover the political center... to rediscover civility and civil discourse... to appreciate that the survival of our political system and our civil liberties outweighs the cause of the moment, be it abortion, health care or what have you.
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