By Ed Farnan, Op Ed, Irish Central<\/p>\n
“With gunshots still echoing, the first news reports from Tucson hit the wires: Congresswoman Gabby Giffords shot and critically injured, many others killed and wounded.<\/p>\n
Within two hours of the event the spinners in the main stream media started politicizing the tragedy: Gunman was a Tea Partier, he was a militia member, he was inflamed by the hate speech and inflammatory rhetoric from Sarah Palin and the right wing … Even the local sheriff, Dupnik, jumped in the fray and blamed the act on the overheated rhetoric put out by the Tea Party and Sarah Palin. Glaringly, the sheriff is not ready for prime time.<\/p>\n
The 3rd in command of the democrats in Congress, Clyburn flat out said Sarah Palin “didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t grasp why her rhetoric was so troubling, regardless of the motivations of the alleged shooter.” All of this was eagerly lapped up by the main stream media and dished out to the world.<\/p>\n
Where was the voice of reason of “lets not jump to conclusions before we know all of the facts,” which President Obama was quick to issue immediately after the shooter at Fort Hood Texas killed 15 and wounded dozens while chanting allahu akhbar?<\/p>\n
Silence from the Whitehouse allowed the story to fester.<\/p>\n
This was a classic case of desperately wanting the facts to fit the desired outcome.”<\/p>\n