Majority Of Americans Believe Left Attempted To Exploit AZ Tragedy To Make Right Look Bad

Quick post on Gallup who finally asked the appropriate question about what portion of Americans feel the far left and commentators that attempted to convince the public to think the right's rhetoric was somehow responsible was just using "the tragedy to make conservatives look bad."

In other words, the public saw right through the left's pathetic attempts to spin and connect the right with the act of Jared Lee Loughner when he shot and killed 6 people and injured 13 others.

The poll was conducted Jan. 11, three days after Jared Loughner allegedly shot and killed six people in Tucson, Ariz., and seriously injured numerous others including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Some of the early news coverage of the shootings discussed whether the increasingly inflammatory language used in political debate today could have motivated the shooter to attack the Democratic member of Congress. That theory was put forth by the sheriff of Pima County, Ariz., who argued that conservative thought leaders like Sarah Palin use language that may encourage their supporters to commit acts of violence against their opponents.

Most Americans reject that theory, with 53% agreeing that commentators who allege conservative rhetoric was responsible were mostly attempting to use the tragedy to make conservatives look bad. Roughly one in three, 35%, say the commentators were making a legitimate point about how dangerous the language used by conservatives can be.

Though Americans doubt that the language used in political debate was a motivating factor in the shootings, they are inclined to believe all major U.S. political groups are going too far in using inflammatory language to criticize their opponents. In fact, Americans are about equally likely to say Democrats (51%) and Republicans (53%) are guilty of this. A similar percentage also believe this applies to supporters of the Tea Party movement.

Americans watch and listen and make up their own minds no matter how often the left attempts to mislead them.

As a side note since the left's attempt included a very strong push to mislead the public and pin blame on Sarah Palin for Loughner's acts, once she responded, it seems the public views her as more "sincere" and "believable" after seeing her response to those far left liberals attempts.

Can you say... BACKFIRE?

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Liberal Democrats Tired Of Carrying Obama And Democrats' Water And Whine To David Axelrod

Tensions between the White House and the far left Liberal blogosphere just got a little more tense as a Liberal blogger, Susan Madrak of Crooks and Liars, whines to David Axelrod on a teleconference call between him and bloggers.

"We're the girl you'll take under the bleachers but you won't be seen with in the light of day," the blogger, Susan Madrak of Crooks and Liars, pointedly told Axelrod on the call, which was organzied for liberal bloggers and progressive media.

The call seemed to perfectly capture the tense dynamic that exists between the White House and the online and organized left: Though White House advisers in the past have dumped on the left, anonymously and even on the record, Axelrod repeatedly pleaded with the bloggers on the call for help in pumping up the flagging enthusiasm of rank and file Dems.

"You play a great role in informing people about the stakes of elections," Axelrod told the bloggers. "One of the reasons I was eager to expend time was to enlist you."

But hovering over the call was the obvious disconnect between this plea for help and statements like those of Robert Gibbs, who recently pilloried the "professional left" for being overly critical of the White House.

That tension burst out into the open when Madrak directly asked Axelrod: "Have you ever heard of hippie punching?" That prompted a long silence from Axelrod.

More:

Madrak replied that Axelrod was missing the point -- that the criticism of the left made it tougher for bloggers like herself to motivate the base. "Don't make our jobs harder," she said.

"Right back at'cha. Right back at'cha," Axelrod replied, a bit testily, an apparent reference to blogospheric criticism of the administration.

The administration wants to pull Liberal bloggers off the shelf, dust them off again now that a big election is coming up and Liberal bloggers feel put out that they aren't getting the respect they feel they deserve for pushing the Democratic party so far to the left they fell off the cliff.

I am finding the whole thing extremely laughable.

Make sure to read The Other McCain on this, he titles his piece "Oh, My: Liberal Bloggers Getting Tired of Putting Out (Propaganda) for Obama?"

Hysterical!!!

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