Clearly Liberals Ignoring The “Tone It Down” Memo

By Bob Parks —— Bio and Archives January 12, 2011

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Since Saturday, pundits have been very clear that we “all” have to tone down the heated political rhetoric. Bill O’Reilly’s made it clear again there are loons on both sides, and we’ve all been told to tone down the violent imagery rhetoric.

Progressives are blowing off the memo.

Suppose that Sarah Palin lived in Pakistan. Suppose that Jared Loughner, the alleged killer of federal Judge John Roll and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ staffer Gabe Zimmerman, had once traveled to Pakistan. Suppose that a “credible source” told a U.S. intelligence official that Loughner, while he was in Pakistan, had met with Sarah Palin. And suppose that Sarah Palin had published a map showing Gabrielle Giffords’ congressional district under the cross hairs of a gun sight (of course, as the world knows – including, presumably, people in Pakistan – this last statement is not a supposition, but an established fact.) Could the President of the United States order a drone strike on Sarah Palin’s house?

Okay, let’s break it down. I know of no conservative who talks about killing a liberal but liberals continue to fantasize the killing of conservatives. Bill, would you stop lumping us all together now?