And Lo, The Subject Changes!
by tristero
Here we go again:"To see the left exploit this for political advantage -- some people have no conscience," the Tea Party Patriot's Mark Meckler told The Daily Beast. "It's genuinely revolting...I think it sinks to the level of evil."
"[I]f these scumbags want to play it politically, let it be on their conscience," he said.
Oh, by the way, this is shaping up to be the dominant meme going forward about the latest outrage from postcard-perfect Arizona. Here's the latest typing from Ross Douthat:...the attempted murder of a Democratic congresswoman is a potential gift to liberalism.
It takes a uniquely cynical moron to imagine that it is a gift to liberalism for a Democratic congresswoman to get shot in the head.
Never mind, tho. The left is doing all it can to use this belated Christmas present to gain political traction and that's the story. Ignore the fact that there is hardly any left left in the United States, at least any even remotely close to political power. It's still the story.And that's what they'll be talking about next Sunday on the blovia-sphere, and in the op-eds.
UPDATE: But wait! There's more!Another Tea Party leader is accusing the left of unfairly blaming the Tea Party for the mass shootings in Arizona, describing how "revolting and disgusting the left is for trying to associate the tea party with violence like this."
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*Actually, there are two elephants, the other being the eliminationist rhetoric spewing from top Republicans.The elephant I'm thinking about, though, which hardly anyone mentions, is this:
What kind of crazy-ass country permits automatic weapons to be sold to nearly any adult who wants one, including raving lunatics?