Pima Country Sheriff Dupnik appeared on Fox News in which he directly blamed Sharron Angle and Sarah Palin for the shootings that occurred in Tuscon, Arizona that critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, killed 6 others, and injured at least 12 others. Dupnik said "When you have people like Sharron Angle in Las Vegas running against Harry Reid making outrageous statements such as 'we need to resort taking the 2nd amendment into certain cases' and for people like Sarah Palin to say 'we have people like Gabby Giffords in our crosshairs', I think those statements are totally irresponsible and they're not without consequences and I think we may be seeing the fruits of it right here."
Liberal bloggers began the blame game right after the tragedy occurred. At the forefront of the accusations was the founder of the extreme left-wing Daily Kos who tweeted “Mission Accomplished, Sarah Palin."
Now the talking points and opportunism is being repeated by a majority of prominent Democrats. Many are also using the event to push through legislation that would outlaw threatening lawmakers as well as taking the opportunity to push through a new gun law.
Perhaps instead of politicizing this event we should be praying for the friends and family of those involved, as well looking into the mental state of the shooter, Jared Loughner.
Sarah Palin did not make Loughner do what he did, his insanity did. It's also been discovered he's been planning the act since 2007, long before the Tea Party who is taking a blunt of the blame from the left even began.