Palin V Obama

In a possible preview of 2012.....yesterday we saw the two in action in regard to the shootings in Tucson. I personally found the difference between their presentations to be enormous. Obama was pretty sober and as the crowd got warmed up, so did he. He is a wordsmith...extraordinary really.

Ms. Palin, could be counted on to keep fighting. She clearly didn't pull the trigger and may not even have factored into the young man's decision.....in fact it is likely she didn't....this time.

I am not sure why these right wing blow hards think it is so important to, well, blow hard. Can't they get there point across without yelling and calling people names and challenging their patriotism and as my Grandma would say, "scaring the Dickens" out of everyone?

That she invokes the name Ronald Reagan, the great communicator, in her self serving tirades is a tragedy. Had I ever met Ronald Reagan (not lucky enough) I would say to Ms. Palin....."I met Ronald Reagan and you are no Ronald Reagan!"

Not sure where I got that idea.......

Go away Sarah - that is the only reasonable thing for you to do.

Tucson

Back on March 26, 2010 I blogged about the back lash from conservatives toward those who voted for much-necessary health care reform. I wrote, "In the mean time, it is good to hear that Republican leaders do not condone such childish actions. However, they should also understand that if you use terms like Hitler, Saddam Hussein, and death panels in the public discourse, you will whip simple minded individuals into a frenzy resulting in brick throwing and shootings until someone gets seriously hurt or killed."

So, now it has happened. I am not sure what his politics are because the young man's ramblings are pretty odd. However, if you look at Sarah Palin's map of "targets", you will see Miss Giffords is "targeted."

The right wingers will decry this singular person and label him as disturbed. Never will the cede that perhaps that disturbed mind was put into over drive by their rhetoric. I personally believe that it has a direct affect. Also, it it too easy for a disturbed person, one who was known to be disturbed, to get a gun in AZ.

Totally unreasonable.