Democrats are furious that the Tucson Arizona killer inconveniently turned out to be a left wing pothead.  Of course the main stream media will never admit that he was a leftist, they now consider him to be from no apparent ideology, left or right.  That is probably correct, but they were sure willing to consider him connected with the right wing, without any evidence at all.  They only developed the “bi-partisan nut case” scenario when it became quite obvious that he was much more closely associated with liberals than with conservatives. 

The following post was put on the Daily Kos, two days before the shooting.  Note, this is from someone in Tucson, Arizona. 

Now ask yourself one simple question:  “Which represents more hate speech, complaining about a congresswoman voting for Obamacare, in spite of wide spread voter opposition, or considering her DEAD because she didn’t vote for Nancy Pelosi?”

It is shameful that so many people, all on the left, are trying to exploit this tragedy.  Have they no shame?  The best way to provide perspective on this case would be consider what would have happened if say, Scott Brown had been shot by someone upset because he voted against Obamacare.  The main stream media would have been outraged if someone dared to imply that Democratic complaints about obstructing health care for all  was somehow responsible.  They would have been quick to point out that this was a deranged individual who was responsible for his or her own actions.

Once again Republicans have let themselves be put on the defensive by the irresponsible and irrational tactics of the liberal left.  What we need is a Republican to show outrage that this tragedy is being exploited for political purposes.   We need a Republican to say that the exploitation of this incident is exactly the kind of hate speech that both parties need to stop.  We need to do what Democrats always do, point out the numerous instances of hate speech from the liberal left and challenge them on their own record.  The real danger here is not from spirited political discourse.  The real danger is if liberals are able to silence political opposition by the shameless exploitation of this incredible tragedy.

In case you are interested the Tea Party Express has already responded to this situation.  This is spot on.  Perhaps that is why they were so effective in the mid-term election:

This weekend we all were horrified to hear the news of the violent shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and several others in Arizona.

One thing that surprised us was how many in the news media and liberal political figures and organizations immediately launched into an attack on the tea party movement – assigning blame for the shooting to our grass roots, Constitutionalist movement in general, and Gov. Sarah Palin in particular.

Friends, this is outrageous.  

It is quite clear that liberals are trying to exploit this shooting for their own political benefit, and they used deception and dishonesty to try and smear all of us and our beliefs.

You know what the truth is?  The truth is that the shooter, Jared Loughner is the one responsible for this atrocity.  But liberals are trying to place the blame on society for embracing the tea party movement.

We here at the Tea Party Express find that disgusting and revolting.

This isn’t a new concept for liberals.  Let us harken back to the words of Ronald Reagan when he called out the Left for similar behavior in years past: 

“We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.”

– Ronald Reagan

If Jared Loughner does have a definable political ideology it is that of a far Left anarchist.  Loughner is a mentally disturbed young man who sought his ideological fulfillment from the Communist Manifesto – hardly the Bible of the Tea Party movement. He posted videos of flag burning on his YouTube channel – again, antics more consistent with Blame America First liberals, not the tea party movement.

In fact, Loughner’s interactions with Congresswoman Giffords date all the way back to 2007 when he confronted her with a question he had, and received an answer he found unacceptable.  You read that right – Loughner’s interactions with Congresswoman Giffords date back to 2007 – well before the tea party movement had even been launched.

This was all an effort to try and demean us and diminish support for the tea party movement, since the Left could not beat us at the ballot box.  Sadly way too many people in the media cooperated with this smear campaign.

The media didn’t tell you that the left-wing website, DailyKos, had targeted Congresswoman Giffords, putting a BULLSEYE on her, did they?  But that’s just what happened.

Instead they tried to blame Gov. Sarah Palin.  Friends, their hypocrisy and double standards are appalling.

This kind of media bias is a large part of why our tea party movement exists – because the voices of We The People have not been represented fairly by the news media, and listened to by our elected officials.

Well guess what:  to those liberals in the news media and on the political Left who think you can silence us, you are wrong!  Your efforts to try and smear us and shut us up will fail.

Right on!.  I hope the Republican leadership is listening.

TDM