Now I get it, they dont want to speak before all the facts are in....after all it would be a shame to call it domestic terrorism before they knew for sure. And you know there was that story that maybe it was a bank robbery. So you know, maybe a slow deliberate approach, waiting until all the facts come in is warranted. Incidentally, why does that sound so familiar?
Oh yea.....thats it. That was the Obama approach to Benghazi, where, because he didnt address the possibility it was terrorism with in 7 seconds, he and Hillary are personally responsible for the death's that occurred.
Actually thats not fair....he DID say it could be terrorism in the first speech he gave on the subject....but since he didnt say it loud enough....its still his fault.
I wonder if the republicans are starting to regret that yet? After all, near as I can tell I am now well within my rights to say things like:
Actually thats not fair....he DID say it could be terrorism in the first speech he gave on the subject....but since he didnt say it loud enough....its still his fault.
I wonder if the republicans are starting to regret that yet? After all, near as I can tell I am now well within my rights to say things like:
Jeb Bush wants to murder cops
Marco Rubio supports terrorists
Carly Fiorina is alright with murdering civilians
Rand Paul thinks its ok to kill people if you disagree.
After all, if only the Republicans had said the words DOMESTIC TERRORISM louder, maybe none of this would have happened.
I do look forward to seeing all of them have to give 11+ hour congressional testimony over the course of several years, in which they will have to explain why they didnt drop everything only focus on dead americans to the exclusion of everything else, like eating and pooping, only to eventually learn nothing.
Actually thats a bit unfair. We would totally learn some stuff. Stuff like Marco Rubio and Rand Paul taking to twitter not long after the attack and tweeting a link to buy new campaign merchandise. At least we know they werent too busy to tweet, they just didnt care amirite? Cause by republican standards there is no other explanation. (like say a timed automated tweet that just had bad timing)
Actually, now that I think about it, maybe there IS another explanation other than 13 GOP presidential candidates are implicitly ok with domestic terrorism......they are too confused and/or scared to say anything about it.
Consider, the target of this mass shooting was Planned Parenthood. And Republicans HATE planned parenthood. So much so that the Republican controlled house voted to defund the group based on a videotape that was already known to be doctored with footage that didnt actually happen at planned parenthood at the time they voted. Then, they followed up with a congressional inquiry into Planned Parenthood to see if it was possible that maybe the tape HAD in fact been made at planned parenthood even if the people who made it said otherwise.
Point is, republicans might be a little torn on this one.
I do look forward to seeing all of them have to give 11+ hour congressional testimony over the course of several years, in which they will have to explain why they didnt drop everything only focus on dead americans to the exclusion of everything else, like eating and pooping, only to eventually learn nothing.
Actually thats a bit unfair. We would totally learn some stuff. Stuff like Marco Rubio and Rand Paul taking to twitter not long after the attack and tweeting a link to buy new campaign merchandise. At least we know they werent too busy to tweet, they just didnt care amirite? Cause by republican standards there is no other explanation. (like say a timed automated tweet that just had bad timing)
Actually, now that I think about it, maybe there IS another explanation other than 13 GOP presidential candidates are implicitly ok with domestic terrorism......they are too confused and/or scared to say anything about it.
Consider, the target of this mass shooting was Planned Parenthood. And Republicans HATE planned parenthood. So much so that the Republican controlled house voted to defund the group based on a videotape that was already known to be doctored with footage that didnt actually happen at planned parenthood at the time they voted. Then, they followed up with a congressional inquiry into Planned Parenthood to see if it was possible that maybe the tape HAD in fact been made at planned parenthood even if the people who made it said otherwise.
Point is, republicans might be a little torn on this one.
For them, this would be like ISIS attacking a NeoNazi rally.......actually wait, given the current predilections of the GOP thats a bad analogy, they would KNOW who to support in that one (hint: the Nazis) so I'll try again.
That would be like ISIS bombing a Ku Klux Klan rally. No wait, that one doesnt work either. Ok one more....I got it
From the republican point of view, the Planned Parenthood shooting is like ISIS bombing a black lives matter protest......they dont particularly like either one, and think both are dangerous and evil.
So who do you sympathize with? After all, if you show sympathy to the victims, you piss off the radical anti abortion side of your base......but if show sympathy to the shooter you piss off everyone else.
So whats a Republican to do?
Actually it turns out, they have an answer to that too: Pretend it didnt happen, because its politcally inconvenient that it did.
See not too long after the shooting began, FOXNews (and a few other places) reporting the shooting WASNT taking place at a Planned Parenthood......it was taking place at a Bank.
As they reported:
"Denise Speller, manager at a nearby haircut salon, said she heard roughly 10-20 gunshots in the span of less than five minutes. She said she saw a police cruiser and two officers outside near Chase Bank, not far from the Planned Parenthood facility. One of the officers appeared to fall to the ground and the other office knelt down to render aid, then tried to get the officer to safety behind the car, she said. Another officer told Speller to seek shelter inside the building."
See it HAD to be a bank near the planned parenthood, cause as we all know, Bullets are stationary. Its not possible to shoot any one at range. Also, even if you throw a bullet, they are bound by the borders of the property they are thrown on....its like an invisible fence.
Also, of course, as we all know, in the event of a shooting, Police Officers are trained to tell bystanders to seek shelter in the building with the active shooter......
Point is, this "logic" led to tweets such as this all over the right wing:
by the editor of Breitbart.com
Point is, its possible the 13 Republican candidates who remained silent, actually dont know or wont believe the truth.
Which sounds unlikely....but this is also the same party that believes Bush kept us safe on 9/11....Obama has clearly done something impeachable, despite no evidence and a record number of investigations, Obama was born in Kenya, the 2012 polls had Romney up by a huge landside margin, and all brown folks are dangerous.
So point is, delusion isnt that unlikley for these guys.
So there you have it, you have 13 republican candidate who are either Pro terrorist, delusional or pussies....your choice.
Now to be fair, there was ONE republican candidate who managed to put something out on twitter that expressed sympathies to the victims without actually having to pick a side or decide what the shooting really was about:
Senator Ted Cruz....who tweeted this:
Praying for the loved ones of those killed, those injured & first responders who bravely got the situation under control in Colorado Springs"
Holy crap, look at that, he managed to show sympathy for the cops and the killed, and not endorse planned parenthood or even admit the shooting took place there.
But apparently even that is seemingly beyond the abilities of the other 13 republicans...cause you know ITS SO HARD....but dont worry they are totally up for the challenges of being president.
Although to be fair, Ted Cruz has his own possible problems. In that a few days ago he announced he was endorsed by Operation Rescue, specifically its president Troy Newman.
“I am grateful to receive the endorsement of Troy Newman, He has served as a voice for the unborn for over 25 years, and works tirelessly every day for the pro-life cause. We need leaders like Troy Newman in this country who will stand up for those who do not have a voice.”
Which is now really awkward, since one of the things Operation Rescue does is pay the legal fees for those who commit acts of violence, including murder, against abortion providers.
But hey, at least Cruz feels sorry for those who are killed by those who agree with him and he supports......So thats better than Donald Trump right?
So it turns out that since I first published, 4 more republicans have issued statements, Trump Fiorina, Huckabee and Carson.
Sadly, 3 of those Trump, Fiorina and Huckabee missed their marks and basically blamed planned parenthood for causing the attack.
All 3 cited the video tapes that surfaced months ago alleging to show planned parenthood selling baby parts as being so outrageous and unethical that of course people, including crazy people would feel compelled to stop it. (as the shooter apparently referenced that tape)
Of course the problem with that is those tapes are doctored....as admitted to by the people that put them out and most of the scenes about selling babies wernt filmed at Planned Parenthood (hence why the congressional inquiry got nowhere).
But I mean its still totally Planned Parenthoods fault....after all they SHOULD have been selling baby parts, that way the right wing wouldnt have had to lie about it. Its Planned Parenthoods fault for being too ethical and forcing the right to lie to people to anger crazy people enough to shoot the place up.....or something.
Ben Carson, actually probably should get some credit for his statement though:
"Unfortunately, there’s a lot of extremism coming from all areas. It’s one of the biggest problems that I think is threatening to — to tear our country apart. We — we get into our separate corners and we hate each other, we want to destroy those with whom we disagree.
It comes from both sides. So, you know, there is — there is no saint here in this — in this equation.
But what we really have to start asking ourselves is what can we do as a nation to rectify this situation?
How can we begin to engage in rational discussion?
You know, all you have to do is go to the — an article on the Internet and go to the comments section, you don’t get five comments down before people start calling each other names and acting like idiots, you know."
Now I say some, because, as of this moment, I am unaware of any pro choice activist going into a pro life gathering and shooting people....or even suggesting it, so I dont think you can say both sides are equally as culpable in the violence and shooting and death threats, or producing and having the government act on doctored video.......
But at least he sees this as a bad thing that needs to stop.....just a shame he didnt wake up from his nap 2 days ago to say it.
That would be like ISIS bombing a Ku Klux Klan rally. No wait, that one doesnt work either. Ok one more....I got it
From the republican point of view, the Planned Parenthood shooting is like ISIS bombing a black lives matter protest......they dont particularly like either one, and think both are dangerous and evil.
So who do you sympathize with? After all, if you show sympathy to the victims, you piss off the radical anti abortion side of your base......but if show sympathy to the shooter you piss off everyone else.
So whats a Republican to do?
Actually it turns out, they have an answer to that too: Pretend it didnt happen, because its politcally inconvenient that it did.
See not too long after the shooting began, FOXNews (and a few other places) reporting the shooting WASNT taking place at a Planned Parenthood......it was taking place at a Bank.
As they reported:
"Denise Speller, manager at a nearby haircut salon, said she heard roughly 10-20 gunshots in the span of less than five minutes. She said she saw a police cruiser and two officers outside near Chase Bank, not far from the Planned Parenthood facility. One of the officers appeared to fall to the ground and the other office knelt down to render aid, then tried to get the officer to safety behind the car, she said. Another officer told Speller to seek shelter inside the building."
See it HAD to be a bank near the planned parenthood, cause as we all know, Bullets are stationary. Its not possible to shoot any one at range. Also, even if you throw a bullet, they are bound by the borders of the property they are thrown on....its like an invisible fence.
Also, of course, as we all know, in the event of a shooting, Police Officers are trained to tell bystanders to seek shelter in the building with the active shooter......
Point is, this "logic" led to tweets such as this all over the right wing:
by the editor of Breitbart.com
or an editor of the right wing National Review
Point is, its possible the 13 Republican candidates who remained silent, actually dont know or wont believe the truth.
Which sounds unlikely....but this is also the same party that believes Bush kept us safe on 9/11....Obama has clearly done something impeachable, despite no evidence and a record number of investigations, Obama was born in Kenya, the 2012 polls had Romney up by a huge landside margin, and all brown folks are dangerous.
So point is, delusion isnt that unlikley for these guys.
So there you have it, you have 13 republican candidate who are either Pro terrorist, delusional or pussies....your choice.
Now to be fair, there was ONE republican candidate who managed to put something out on twitter that expressed sympathies to the victims without actually having to pick a side or decide what the shooting really was about:
Senator Ted Cruz....who tweeted this:
Praying for the loved ones of those killed, those injured & first responders who bravely got the situation under control in Colorado Springs"
Holy crap, look at that, he managed to show sympathy for the cops and the killed, and not endorse planned parenthood or even admit the shooting took place there.
But apparently even that is seemingly beyond the abilities of the other 13 republicans...cause you know ITS SO HARD....but dont worry they are totally up for the challenges of being president.
Although to be fair, Ted Cruz has his own possible problems. In that a few days ago he announced he was endorsed by Operation Rescue, specifically its president Troy Newman.
“I am grateful to receive the endorsement of Troy Newman, He has served as a voice for the unborn for over 25 years, and works tirelessly every day for the pro-life cause. We need leaders like Troy Newman in this country who will stand up for those who do not have a voice.”
Which is now really awkward, since one of the things Operation Rescue does is pay the legal fees for those who commit acts of violence, including murder, against abortion providers.
But hey, at least Cruz feels sorry for those who are killed by those who agree with him and he supports......So thats better than Donald Trump right?
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So it turns out that since I first published, 4 more republicans have issued statements, Trump Fiorina, Huckabee and Carson.
Sadly, 3 of those Trump, Fiorina and Huckabee missed their marks and basically blamed planned parenthood for causing the attack.
All 3 cited the video tapes that surfaced months ago alleging to show planned parenthood selling baby parts as being so outrageous and unethical that of course people, including crazy people would feel compelled to stop it. (as the shooter apparently referenced that tape)
Of course the problem with that is those tapes are doctored....as admitted to by the people that put them out and most of the scenes about selling babies wernt filmed at Planned Parenthood (hence why the congressional inquiry got nowhere).
But I mean its still totally Planned Parenthoods fault....after all they SHOULD have been selling baby parts, that way the right wing wouldnt have had to lie about it. Its Planned Parenthoods fault for being too ethical and forcing the right to lie to people to anger crazy people enough to shoot the place up.....or something.
Ben Carson, actually probably should get some credit for his statement though:
"Unfortunately, there’s a lot of extremism coming from all areas. It’s one of the biggest problems that I think is threatening to — to tear our country apart. We — we get into our separate corners and we hate each other, we want to destroy those with whom we disagree.
It comes from both sides. So, you know, there is — there is no saint here in this — in this equation.
But what we really have to start asking ourselves is what can we do as a nation to rectify this situation?
How can we begin to engage in rational discussion?
You know, all you have to do is go to the — an article on the Internet and go to the comments section, you don’t get five comments down before people start calling each other names and acting like idiots, you know."
Now I say some, because, as of this moment, I am unaware of any pro choice activist going into a pro life gathering and shooting people....or even suggesting it, so I dont think you can say both sides are equally as culpable in the violence and shooting and death threats, or producing and having the government act on doctored video.......
But at least he sees this as a bad thing that needs to stop.....just a shame he didnt wake up from his nap 2 days ago to say it.
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Mike Huckabee is now responding as well, and if it wasnt for the fact it took him more than 48 hours to do it, I'd actually say (surprisingly) he nailed his response perfectly:
“Well, we don't know fully what the facts are, They're still being determined. We don't even know some of the victims' names yet. But regardless of why he did it, what he did is domestic terrorism, and what he is did is absolutely abominable, especially to those of us in the pro-life movement, because there's nothing about any of us that would condone or in any way look the other way at something like this."
“Well, we don't know fully what the facts are, They're still being determined. We don't even know some of the victims' names yet. But regardless of why he did it, what he did is domestic terrorism, and what he is did is absolutely abominable, especially to those of us in the pro-life movement, because there's nothing about any of us that would condone or in any way look the other way at something like this."
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