I don't think there is any link between what politicians have said in the past and what happened yesterday - or at least I'm assuming the guy that committed this atrocity was mental unstable and not using anything remotely like logic.
I do thin Palin's career as a Presidential hopeful ended. Why? Not because she influenced the actions. Rather her generated persona has been primarily this gun-tottin' pioneering woman from the 'edge of civilization'. Clearly, this has won her a lot of support in the past. However, suddenly that persona and the 'reload/target/second amendment' type rhetoric is....'um....politically incorrect?? So, the questions becomes can she reinvent herself, will the media and her followers let her reinvent herself?
I'm not sure she can. Its politics. Its all about perception and being in the right/wrong place at a point in time. 'Drill baby drill' caught some followers, but then the leak in the Gulf also made that a statement most politicians would not like to be associated with.
Politicians and Presidential hopefuls come and go. I think Palin might have actually been a contender. However, her political opponents now have too much 'ammo' (!) to use against her.
The above aside. I hope this tragedy makes politicians - on all sides - start behaving with a bit more respect for their opponents, and cease with the overtly violent rhetoric. AS I say I don't think this had any connection with the events of yesterday, but overal its time to tone things down a bit.
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I don't think there is any link between what politicians have said in the past and what happened yesterday - or at least I'm assuming the guy that committed this atrocity was mental unstable and not using anything remotely like logic.
I do thin Palin's career as a Presidential hopeful ended. Why? Not because she influenced the actions. Rather her generated persona has been primarily this gun-tottin' pioneering woman from the 'edge of civilization'. Clearly, this has won her a lot of support in the past. However, suddenly that persona and the 'reload/target/second amendment' type rhetoric is....'um....politically incorrect?? So, the questions becomes can she reinvent herself, will the media and her followers let her reinvent herself?
I'm not sure she can. Its politics. Its all about perception and being in the right/wrong place at a point in time. 'Drill baby drill' caught some followers, but then the leak in the Gulf also made that a statement most politicians would not like to be associated with.
Politicians and Presidential hopefuls come and go. I think Palin might have actually been a contender. However, her political opponents now have too much 'ammo' (!) to use against her.
The above aside. I hope this tragedy makes politicians - on all sides - start behaving with a bit more respect for their opponents, and cease with the overtly violent rhetoric. AS I say I don't think this had any connection with the events of yesterday, but overal its time to tone things down a bit.