SARAH PALIN’S TARGETED LIST

THE MAP WITH PALIN’S GUN SIGHTS ON A MAP TO POINT OUT DEMOCRATS AS TARGETS WAS NEVER FUNNY TO ME. ONE OF THOSE TARGETS WAS GABRIELLE GIFFORDS. I THOUGHT SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED AFTER THAT WHEN SHE DID IT. I THINK THIS PLAYS A ROLE INTO WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. SARAH PALIN HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO CARRY HERSELF IN A CERTAIN WAY THAT WOULD NEVER PUT ANOTHER PERSON IN DANGER. SHE HAS FOLLOWERS JUST LIKE EVERYONE WHO LIKES A FAMOUS PERSON HAS AND SHE HAS A RESPONSIBILITY AS A FAMOUS FIGURE.

GIFFORDS TUCSON OFFICE HAD BEEN VANDALIZED A FEW HOURS AFTER THE HOUSE VOTED TO APPROVE THE HEALTH CARE LAW IN MARCH. IT IS NOT KNOWN BUT SOMEONE EITHER KICKED OR SHOT THROUGH A GLASS DOOR AND WINDOW. AFTER THE VANDALISM GABRIELLE GIFFORDS IN AN INTERVIEW REFERRED TO THE ANIMOSITY AGAINST HER BY CONSERVATIVES. SARAH PALIN NOTED GIFFORDS’ SEAT AS ONE OF THE TOP “TARGETS” IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS BECAUSE OF THE LAWMAKERS’ SUPPORT FOR THE HEALTH CARE LAW. IN AN MSNBC INTERVIEW GIFFORDS SAID, “FOR AN EXAMPLE, WERE ON SARAH PALIN’S TARGETED LIST, BUT THE THING IS, THAT THE WAY THAT SHE HAS IT DEPICTED HAS THE CROSSHAIRS OF A GUN SIGHT OVER OUR DISTRICT. WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT, THEY HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO THAT ACTION.”