[Vision2020] A Resolution for the 112th Congress (after the Tucson Tragedy)

Wed Jan 12 20:28:19 PST 2011

What is the uber left? What policies do they hold? What are they
saying about Palin that is so egregious? Be specific. Use quotes.

I know that I've made some claims about Palin and the shooter, but
most of my claims were distorted by you and by Roger. I never blamed
Palin, for instance. I certainly never claimed that she was
responsible in any way. It would be an extreme claim to say that she
was an accessory, which I don't believe and never said. But I think it
is just as extreme to say that the volatile political rhetoric of the
radical right and the climate it created, and the Palin poster in
particular, had nothing to do with the shooting. In between the
extreme all and nothing claims are a variety of more plausible views
and I haven't said which of those I accept because I really don't know
what to say about it.

You say "Stop trying to tarnish your ideological 'enemies' with
reasons for a event that just are not there." But this is such a joke
it is not funny. I'm merely asking that Palin and others stop using a
"bullseye" to target their political enemies, that the right stop
referring to everyone on the left as a communist, that they stop the
distortion and the over-the-top rhetoric. That we realize, as one V
post put it, we are hovering around the same spot on the political
compass. Again, there is nothing radical about any of this and it is
precisely the very same request that you're making. So I find that
ironic!

Add to this that if I had political motives, what I'd do is keep my
mouth shut wrt criticisms of Palin. What I'd try to do is get her to
win the Republican nomination since she is one of handful of people
that Obama has a chance of beating. She is simply not electable. I
hope she does win the Republican nomination for that very reason (but
she won't). So if I were playing political gamesmanship I'd keep quiet
about her. I wouldn't criticize her. It makes no sense to criticize
her if you're a Democrat and your only concern is to get Democrats
elected. She is the best thing for the party in years. But I'm out of
politics and have more broad social concerns, like the well being of
our country. I'm using this as an opportunity to try to get the
over-the-top rhetoric to stop.

Lastly, wrt to your claims about "surveyor symbols" that is just plain
stupid. I'm not saying you are stupid since I don't think for a minute
that you believe that story. So the fact that I don't believe it can't
be a slight against me. No one believes that story, and we're not all
members of the uber left. Even the folks telling that story don't
believe it.

Here's a nice article on the issue.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2011/01/gunsights_or_surveyor_symbols.html

At the end of this article there is a comment from Palin herself,
tweeted after the election: "Remember months ago 'bullseye' icon used
2 target the 20 Obamacare-lovin' incumbent seats? We won 18 out of 20
(90% success rate;T'aint bad)."

Nothing about surveying here from the horses mouth. Try explaining
this! Or better yet, try dropping this stupid fairytale altogether. NO
one is buying it.

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 5:25 PM, the lockshop <lockshop at pull.twcbc.com> wrote:
> The symbol means here, this place, this location on the map. In other words
> this is a district where we would like a Republican to be in office. Sort of
> like X marks the spot. Why the uber left keeps trying to make this tragedy
> about Sarah and the right is really an unsavory mystery. The shooter was
> crazy. Stop trying to tarnish your ideological "enemies" with reasons for a
> event that just are not there.
>
> g
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Campbell"
> <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>
> To: <nickgier at roadrunner.com>
> Cc: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 4:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A Resolution for the 112th Congress (after the
> Tucson Tragedy)
>
>
> Another question: What possible meaning or significance could surveyor
> symbols have? Why that symbol?
>
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:26 PM,  <nickgier at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>>
>> A note to Roger and Gary:
>>
>> When Democrats start calling for "Second Amendment" solutions, then I will
>> consider your losing battle to make Democrats more violent.
>>
>> If Palin meant those to be surveyor symbols, why did she accompany the map
>> with the tweet "Don't Retreat, Reload"? Could it be that the webmaster
>> couldn't find the cross-hairs symbol that he really intended and needed?
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> A RESOLUTION FOR THE 112TH CONGRESS
>>
>> Whereas, the Pima County Sheriff rightly said that violent rhetoric has
>> consequences;
>>
>> Whereas, abortion clinic doctors were marked with cross-hairs and “four
>> doctors, two clinic employees, a security guard, and a clinic escort were
>> killed”;
>>
>> Whereas, GOP Senate candidate Sharon Angle and Tea Party leaders declared
>> that a “Second Amendment” solution may be necessary for the Obama
>> administration;
>>
>> Whereas, in November of 2009 a person brought a handgun to one of now
>> critically wounded Rep. Gabriel Giffords’ community gatherings;
>>
>> Whereas, GOP Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted 22
>> Democratic seats with a symbol that Giffords, a gun owner, took as
>> cross-hairs (the map was followed by a tweet that said “Don’t Retreat,
>> Reload”);
>>
>> Whereas, Gifford’s opponent Jesse Kelley asked supporters to "shoot a
>> fully automatic M16" to "get on target" and help "remove Gabrielle
>> Giffords";
>>
>> Whereas, on Fox Business News Sarah Palin offered praise for Kelly: "I
>> don't feel worthy to lace his combat boots";
>>
>> Whereas, on January 12, 2011 four GOP leaders in Arizona, criticized as
>> McCain supporters, resigned after violent threats from Tea Party activists;
>>
>> Whereas, Giffords’ office was vandalized right after she voted for the
>> Affordable Health Care Act;
>>
>> Whereas, the U.S. lags other industrialized countries in mental health
>> services, and Arizona ranks second to last in the U.S.;
>>
>> Whereas, repeal of the Affordable Health Care Act has no chance of passing
>> Congress;
>>
>> Whereas, Americans, sometime by polls of 2-1, support major aspects of the
>> Affordable Health Care Act;
>>
>> Therefore Be it Resolved that the repeal of the Affordable Health Care Act
>> be withdrawn;
>>
>> Be It Further Resolved that more funds be provided for mental health
>> treatment;
>>
>> And May It Further Resolved that all Americans stop demonizing their
>> political and religious opponents and refrain from using violent rhetoric
>> about them.
>>
>> And Finally May It Be Resolved that on the eve of the MLK Holiday all
>> Americans attempt to embrace the ethics of non-violence that Martin Luther
>> King drew from Mahatma Gandhi and his own Christian faith.
>>
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