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Sarah Palin’s “Target” List Could Backfire
Andrew Belonsky :: Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 3:40 pm
From attending Tea Party conventions to hanging with Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin’s done a great job transforming herself into the right-wing’s unspoken leader. Or, at the very least, a main attraction. The right wing has become increasingly angry, not to mention irrational, and Palin’s latest stunt, issuing a list of electoral “targets” could make her more of an outlaw than a rebel.
Six democratic headquarters in four states have been vandalized with window-breaking bricks since health care passed this weekend. Those starts are Ohio, Arizona, New York and Kansas. Many lawmakers, including Louise Slaughter of New York and abortion-hating Democrat Bart Stupak have received death threats.
An Alabama man named Mike Vanderboegh has taken credit for firing up the right, and recently used his blog to urge “sons of liberty” to break windows at Democratic offices. Writes Vanderboegh, a former militia leader, “If we break the windows of hundreds, thousands, of Democrat party headquarters across this country, we might just wake up enough of them to make defending ourselves at the muzzle of a rifle unnecessary.”
The Vanderboegh story dove tails quite nicely with one of Palin’s recent tweets, “Commonsense Conservatives & lovers of America: ‘Don’t Retreat, Instead - RELOAD!’” That tweet included a link to her Facebook page, where the former Alaska governor announced she and Sarah PAC have twenty electoral targets across the nation, including Arizona and Ohio, the latter of which Sarah PAC has spent a lot of her donors’ money. Though it’s great press for Palin’s crusade, most stories revolve around Sarah PAC’s use of crosshairs to illustrate their geographic targets.
Palin would do well to distance herself from these right-wing outbursts. Secret Service has already launched investigations into a “death tweet” against President Obama, and the FBI’s looking into those made against lawmakers like Slaughter, whose family was mentioned in the foreboding message. It’s unclear whether Vanderboegh will face charges for his role, but inciting violence definitely breaks the law, and if Palin’s group becomes too far aligned with this extremist violence, she could, in theory, be described as an accomplice. And that would be disastrous for someone who may one day run for the White House: how can you be President of the United States if you’re accused of helping tear them apart?
LET THE RIGHT WING START SOME SHIT>>>>>WE ARE READY OUR GUNS ARE CLEANED ALSO…..IT WILL BE HOLY WAR!!! FUCK YOU WHITE TRASH MF, BRING IT….THE LATINO’S , BLACKS, ASIAN AND THE GAYS ARE READY FOR YOU RACIST MOTHER FUCKERS…DON’T THINK WE DON’T HAVE OUR GROUPS IN PLACE…YOU MOTHERFUCKERS ARE JUST DUMB ENOUGH TO SHOW YOUR FACES ON TV….YOU ARE BEING WATCHED….FOR EVERY ACTION THERE IS A REACTION!!!!! WE ARE READY TO DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OUR YOU????
SARAH PALIN IS A DUMB SLUT BITCH THAT PROBABLY GETS FUCKED BY HER SON’S……THE DUMBASS QUIT ON HER STATE….SHE ISN’T ABLE TO HOLD AN INTERVIEW….DUMB ASS WHITE TRASH BITCH!!!
Posted by: Mark Welch March 24th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
I’ve always said she’s dangerous. She has charisma and a pretty face, but she likes to wallow on the dark side - she taps into people’s fears and their angers and her lies and accusations encourage civil unrest at the least, and incite riots and violence at the worst. These are not the actions of a leader, they are the actions of a manipulative bully seeking fame and fortune and power. She’s already achieved the first two goals. Heaven help us if she should gain the third.
Posted by: Katie March 24th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
So where was all your denouncements when people were making threats to Bushies, when enviro nuts and anarchists are trashing conventions and summits? When left-wing nut jobs flip over police cars and trash retailers along so-called peace rally marches?
I have little patience and no respect for anyone who incites violence or hate. But I also have little patience for pundits who are one sided and only take issue when the bad behavior is agains people and causes they like and then say and do nothing when it’s directed at the opposition. For me to take you more seriously when you get all up over these crazies you’ve got to set the hypocrisy aside and get a little pissed off when lefties do it too.
Posted by: michael March 24th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
It won’t back fire,we are fed up and big mouths don’t scare us.
Posted by: checktothepower March 24th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
she is truly deranged.
Posted by: evy March 24th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
after masquerading as a vice presidential candidate(what a joke that was)sarah palin simply saw an opportunity to make more money than she could as governor and she jumped on it—-that’s the long and the short of sarah palin—
Posted by: roger March 24th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
It is so funny to hear the Progressives whine and spout the ad hominem attacks. They never form a rational argument or give facts to support a a premise that leads to any conclusion. They presume that others will simply accept their claims because they feel that they are more intelligent than anyone who disagrees with their agenda. The profanities of Mark Welch only go to show that the presumption of intelligence would not be wise.
Posted by: Rick Nelson March 24th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Sarah Palin is an embarrassment not only to Alaska but to the entire country. I live in Anchorage and I believe we need to start feeding some of Sarah’s bullshit back to her. How about we start publishing directions to her house out in Wasilla with a nice big bullseye on it? Aparently, she has no problem with that sort of thing, right?
Posted by: sarahisanidiot March 24th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
She has no charisma or a pretty face. Anyone who thinks she has the former is brainless. And anyone who thinks the former is blind.
Posted by: Fritz March 24th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
It is time that all this Bull—- comes to a end.
#1 We have a President. I never seen so much hate since
the civil rights movement.
GOD is not pleased with the behavior of the hand full of
people how are trying to divide the US into 2.
Less we forget One nation under GOD with liberty and justice
for all.
Posted by: peter March 24th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Rick Nelson - you realize that you just made an ad hominem attack against all progressives, right?
Posted by: Brian March 24th, 2010 at 9:03 pm
70% of the country is behind you Sarah. Go get em. Nothing is going to backfire. The loud mouths on here a nothing but a bunch of cowards. Don’t you dare retract anything you have said or done.
Posted by: Ken Stephens March 24th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
Let’s call all this teaparty bullshit what it really is — racism — pure and simple. It’s not about health care, or how the bill got passed into law. It’s about a bunch of poor white trash who can’t get past the fact that we now have a black president. GET. OVER. IT!!! Sarah Palin isn’t fit to shine Obama’s shoes and yet she continues to spew dangerous lies about him fully aware that she’s riling these morons into a frenzy. What an embarrasment she is. But more importantly, she is dangerous.
Posted by: Binky Fairchild March 24th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
These anti-government people are just sick and tired, and unhappy inside. They hate the government as a projection of their inner pain.
I think a lot of their inner conflict comes from sleep deficit, bad diet, running on adrenaline, and chemical toxins.
THIS GOES FOR YOU TOO ALLCAPS
Posted by: aquarian March 24th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
@ RICK NELSON, If your mom found out she had squamous cell carcinoma and it had already metastasized to distant sites, then her insurance company drops her… How would you feel about the bill then.?. O, keep in mind your families savings have been wiped out by crooks without boundaries or laws to keep them honest. Only to learn that preventive care could have saved her! How would you feel about the bill then? The lack of compassion for other people who are different from you or should I say, “Who has less” is unnerving and this is the state of our country right now. That goes to show that the presumption of your intelligence would not be wise.
Posted by: April Jackson March 24th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Bring it Liberals
Posted by: joe March 24th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
Dems will always be persecuted by the Right or should I say “Rike”, Your Hitler like folk that only want what Hitler wanted. Helter Skelter crazy gun toting cave men with an attitude like Satan. I can see your kids on their school teams and republicans are in the stands yelling kill em son!! Take the joy out of everything! You make 45% of America look like fools. Republicans you’ll never be on top again because us Dems and Some Republicans will never let you in again with the likes of how your acting. We are keeping cool heads. You are inciters of hate and when the shit hits the fan your going to end up in jails. Spend the rest of your lives in prison the with murders,child molester,thieves,guess what you can’t vote in jail. I guess you can get the FOX Chanel though to keep you inspired
Posted by: Beverly March 24th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
I had found Ms Palin to be a breath of fresh air during the campaign. However, during the last several months her behavior has not proven to be that of a Leader of ALL peoples of this country. Now, with her “hitlist”, her actions have denigrated into a call for violence. This is truly not what our Founding Fathers envisioned for a Great Nation.
Posted by: am March 25th, 2010 at 9:50 am
Maybe someone should come up with an anti-teen pregnancy poster…..put a picture of bristol palin with a gun target site over it…..with the message “don’t get pregnant until you get married.
this woman needs her own tactics turned on her.
Posted by: kevin March 25th, 2010 at 12:44 pm
Sarah Palin and her followers scare me! Some people might find her charismatic but I think she is full of hate and anger for anyone who doesn’t share her views. She feeds off the fear and ignorance of the people who worship her. I hate to compare someone to Hitler but I have the feeling she and her posse would love nothing more than to round up all the democrats, blacks, Hispanics, gays, Jews and anyone else different than them and … Well you know how that ended.
Posted by: John March 25th, 2010 at 10:49 pm