Rhetoricbuster

Now that Ron Barber has entered into the fray against Jesse Kelly, Democrats seem to be trying to resurrect the false narrative they created in the aftermath of the Tucson massacre. Many liberal Democrats tried to sell the false narrative that an obscure graphic on a Sarah Palin web site and right wing rhetoric caused the shooter, Jared Loughner, to make his way to the parking lot where Giffords was meeting constituents on January 8th, 2011.

Many liberals have been claiming that Barber’s opponent, Kelly, never expressed sympathy for the victims. Nothing could be further from the truth. The day of the shooting, Kelly issued a press release. Here is what he said that very day.

“We are all deeply saddened by this morning’s shooting. We are getting conflicting reports right now. Gabrielle Giffords, the other victims, and their families are in our prayers.”

Jesse Kelly, Giffords’ congressional opponent in November –  Jan 8th, 2011

Feel free to believe the false narrative, but know that it is still false, as it was from the day of the shooting.

I want to thank the Kelly campaign for helping me find this information.

It is so good to see her up and around. The hard work she has put in really shows. Her sheer determination to overcome these grievous wounds is amazing to say the least. I wish her a speedy and full recovery. She is truly remarkable.

I feel bad that she will have to live with the cloud hanging over the whole massacre. Before the blood was even cleaned off the parking lot, a group of liberal journalists decided to blame conservatives, and their rhetoric, of being the cause of this tragedy. They named specifically named Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh. While these two are very conservative, common sense and logic tells you they, in no way, pulled the trigger. Yet, this was the false narrative created by the lapdog media.

It is a shame that when we all should be honoring those who died in this tragedy, the insanely liberal journalists who crafted the false narrative and echoed it, shame Giffords and those who died. To add salt on her wounds, and those of the other victims, these journalists have not corrected the record for the biased lie.

Once they realized they jumped the shark and stepped in it. it just withered on the vine, with not so much as a weak “Never Mind”. I hope Rep. Giffords becomes aware of the malfeasance, and demands an apology on behalf of the American people. Frankly, such irresponsible actions from the media deserves a hard look to see if these people should be on the air at all.

While free speech includes making up lies to spread freely. Should people with television audiences be allowed to do this?