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We are now all familiar with the tragedy in Arizona. We have seen the deluge of articles blaming the event on the right, Sarah Palin, culture of hate etc.
Paul Krugman declared that the right could find no similarly menacing imagery as that used by Palin. That was a stupid challenge. Examples are now coming to light.
Here’s a link to the blog I got the images below from – please visit it for a bit more commentary. For my part I simply wanted to point out that Krugman’s claims represent duplicity if he was aware of these other images (and I doubt he was) and just plain terrible journalism if he wasn’t.
The first image is Palin’s. The Second is from the Democratic Leadership Counsel’s page here . The Last one is from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Commission. That one can find examples of imagery like Palin’s employed by democrats does not in anyway excuse Palin. However, it certainly does illustrate the ease with which the right is blamed and the left excused.
We are now all familiar with the tragedy in Arizona. We have seen the deluge of articles blaming the event on the right, Sarah Palin, culture of hate etc.
Paul Krugman declared that the right could find no similarly menacing imagery as that used by Palin. That was a stupid challenge. Examples are now coming to light.
Here’s a link to the blog I got the images below from – please visit it for a bit more commentary. For my part I simply wanted to point out that Krugman’s claims represent duplicity if he was aware of these other images (and I doubt he was) and just plain terrible journalism if he wasn’t.
The first image is Palin’s. The Second is from the Democratic Leadership Counsel’s page here . The Last one is from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Commission. That one can find examples of imagery like Palin’s employed by democrats does not in anyway excuse Palin. However, it certainly does illustrate the ease with which the right is blamed and the left excused.
