It might be irrelevant to debate whether or not her stupid rhetoric created the situation in which people might resort to committing crimes as what happened last Saturday in Tucson, but when one thinks about the whole thing, the right probably IS responsible for a Jared Loughner in that they went out of their way to cut funding for the mentally ill.
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Sarah Palin should probably consult a dictionary or an encyclopedia before spouting off stupid statements. Or else hire a speechwriter who knows something about history:
Vigorous and spirited public debates during elections are among our most cherished traditions. And after the election, we shake hands and get back to work, and often both sides find common ground back in D.C. and elsewhere. If you don’t like a person’s vision for the country, you’re free to debate that vision. If you don’t like their ideas, you’re free to propose better ideas. But, especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport to condemn. That is reprehensible.
It's not hard to find out what "blood libel" really is. A Google search would also help. Needless to say, more than a few in the Jewish community are not happy with her "liberal" use of a very specific term.
Video of her making a (bigger) fool of herself:
Could a widely read rightwing blogger actually be the "source" of the misuse of the "blood libel" phrase?
Conservative blogger Glenn Reynolds first used the term this week in the context of the Giffords shooting.
"So as the usual talking heads begin their 'have you no decency?' routine aimed at talk radio and Republican politicians, perhaps we should turn the question around. Where is the decency in blood libel?" he wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed titled "The Arizona tragedy and the politics of blood libel."
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