Sorry, Dr. Krauthammer: The problem is on the left

Thomas Lifson  "There are few political commentators who come up to the level of Dr. Charles Krauthammer, but yesterday he managed to say something very intelligent, reasonable, superficially correct, and wrong-headed.  In his appearance on Special Report yesterday, he blamed multiple factors that involve both parties for the horrendous violence enacted on a baseball practice field, turning it from a field of dreams to a field of nightmares.

ROBERTS: "In the middle of all of this, Charles, an editorial in 'The New York Times' which again repeated the much discredited meme that a Sarah Palin ad was responsible for the Gabby Giffords shooting. So even the media is in on this game, too, not just the political sides."

KRAUTHAMMER: "I agree. That editorial this morning repeating that was not only scandalous but unbelievable because that is a 6-year-old story that's been debunked within three days. It turned out it had nothing at all to do with her. The man who did the shooting was a paranoid schizophrenic. I think the problem here is twofold. It's not just a style but it's also the objectives. There's now a style in our politics where the ad hominem is a norm. People ought to fight over policy but once you begin to question the motives, the patriotism of your opponent, you have gone too far. The worst thing, and I think this is overlooked — the two parties, the two ideologies, you might say, speak about the politics in apocalyptic terms. If the other guy wins, it's the end of the republic. If the other guy wins, it's the end of the world. The man who did the shooting yesterday is a man who bought into that quite literally. You can speak about it hyperbolically. When those are stakes, when you say, 'Unless we stop Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, the republic will not survive,' then it justifies anything. That is the language, the ideology, the rationale of terrorists. The fate of the world hangs on this. And it's up to the leadership to say, 'These are policies. This is not the fate of the republic.'". . . 

 "Michelle Malkin nailed it:

Yes, there are extremists on all sides. But the problem is, whether we are talking about political violence against conservatives on campus, beheading rhetoric and imagery from Hollywood liberals that hate conservatives and Donald Trump to just a couple of days ago when you had one of these antifa protesters stabbing a police horse in the neck, an act for America's anti-sharia protests. There's a problem on the left and they need to acknowledge it."

California wants to secede, then bring back racial segregation

"Harvard will hold a separate commencement ceremony for black seniors by their demand this month. Cal State schools now allow dorms for black students only. They didn’t actually take down the statue of Robert E. Lee in New Orleans, he came back to life and he’s now Secretary of Education."  Comedian Argus Hamilton

CNN Mislabels Unity Moment Of Prayer At Congressional Baseball Game As “Democrats Praying”

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"Members of the Democratic team gather on the field for a prayer before the Congressional Baseball Game https://t.co/OQGigBJ0No

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 15, 2017 

 Democratic Staffers Booed Trump At ‘Unity’ Congressional Baseball Game

For Democrats, it's come down to 'Just Get Someone'

If the Democrats can get someone of high standing, anyone, and force that individual to resign or be fired in disgrace—casting a huge negative pall on Trump’s presidency—then the Democrats will consider themselves successful. That’s the end-game here.

Steve Feinstein  "The November 2016 election of Donald Trump has so incensed the liberal mainstream media and the Democratic establishment that they’ve become virtually unhinged emotionally in their zeal to delegitimize and torpedo his presidency. Far from “coming together as one country after a hard-fought election campaign,” the Democrats and their liberal media collaborators have embarked on a nonstop, all-out crusade to destroy the Trump administration, thereby somehow reversing and overturning last November’s election result. That is their objective, make no mistake: Disqualify, reverse, and oust.

"The Democrats’ disqualification vehicle of choice is some vague, unspecified illegal connection that the Trump people had with Russian operatives before the election that enabled the Russians to manipulate the American voting process in a targeted manner to alter the vote, away from Hillary Clinton, and give it to Donald Trump." . . .

For the Democrats, the goal is get someone. Anyone. Call for endless panels, hearings and investigations. Hold press conferences. Show off for the cameras. Ignite the passions of the hosts at CNN and MSNBC. Provide humorous fodder for the "Daily Show," "Saturday Night Live," and Stephen Colbert at the Republicans’ expense. Try to make Trump and his administration look like buffoonish lying thieves and use the overwhelmingly liberal media to influence the 20%-undecideds.

Grade A Horse Manure. Incitement To Violence Is Not A Bipartisan Problem

Bookworm Room  . . . "Stephen Stromberg, a Wapo editorial writer, does a variation on the theme.  Rather than point to specific conservative incitement, he calls the Bernie bro attempted massacre of Republican Congresscritters “an attack on all of us,” then justifies the progressive rage:

The system often feels unfair. Skewed electoral maps favor one party over another. Rural areas are overrepresented. Party fringes often exert more control over the agenda than the broad middle, where much of the country really is and the only place from which it can be effectively governed. Political money skews legislation. After an election such as last year’s, it is easy for the losing side to feel hopeless and desperate.

"So, the electoral college system and a Supreme Court decision that diminished the obscene domination of unions funding the prog hard left in politics justified the shooting?  What a worthless human being.

"Michael Tomasky, writing at the Daily Beast, points out, with some justification, that one left wing shooter does not create a movement.  But take a look around at everything else going on.  The prog rhetoric of violence is all around us. 

Venom, violence and vindictiveness from the left

The Empire Strikes Back   . . . "There is a difference between “aggressive rhetoric” and severed heads and bricks through windows during an inauguration. And why were there “outbreaks of violence” at some of Trump’s campaign rallies? Because Democratic Party operatives paid provocateurs to disrupt the rallies in hopes of starting fights.

"Next, the AP turns to Democrat James Clyburn, who is best known for lying about a Tea Party rally. Clyburn claimed that he had been barraged with racial insults, when many videos of the incident showed his claims to be false, and despite a substantial cash bounty, no one was ever able to come up with the slightest evidence that Clyburn’s smear was true." . . .

In 2011, Hodgkinson appeared on local television in St. Louis at an Occupy protest, denouncing the “one percent.” No mention whether he defecated on an American flag as his colleagues did.

http://comicallyincorrect.com/

Several Shots Fired At Truck Flying ‘Make America Great Again’ Flag In Indiana  . . . "The victim and a witness informed police that the Malibu pulled up next to the pickup truck, a passenger held a handgun out of the window and then a male fired several shots.

"Police say no one was in injured in the incident. 

"The driver of the Malibu was described as a black male around the age of 23.
The passenger was described as a light skinned black male with a sleeve tattoo on his right arm."   And incidentally the shooter held the gun sideways, gangsta style.

How to Think about the Alexandria Attack  

By our lights, the person singly responsible for Wednesday’s horrors is the man who pulled the trigger. Nonetheless, a pattern of violence is difficult to ignore. Hodginkson’s would-be massacre comes on the heels an attempt last month to run GOP congressman David Kustoff (Tenn.) off the road for supporting the House’s Obamacare-replacement bill, of credible threats of violence against Oregon’s Multnomah County Republican party in April (serious enough that local officials canceled an annual parade, where party members were slated to appear), of a series of violent attacks by “anti-fascists,” and of the firebombing of a GOP headquarters in North Carolina during the election cycle. Recent weeks have seen a glut of wishful thinking about a Trump assassination, most obviously the macabre hijinks of Kathy Griffin. A few on the left have encouraged these episodes; most have been silent.

Top 6 Media Lies That Radicalized the Violent Left   . . . "The anti-Trump rhetoric has morphed into violence and bloodshed more than once over the last year. It began during Trump rallies when Chicago operative Bob Creamer was instrumental in hiring thugs to start violence and bloody up Trump supporters at events. This tactic, called bird-dogging, was used over the entire campaign season at many rallies in order to make it possible for the Democrat media lapdogs like CNN to report that Trump supporters were violent mobs. That narrative failed when James O'Keefe released an undercover video showing Democrat operatives plotting these hoaxes. But the violence didn't end there. Antifa mobs organized to "bash the fash" at pro-Trump or pro-free speech rallies to stop people from hearing controversial speakers like Milo Yiannopoulos and Ann Coulter. They rationalized this action by claiming they were stopping "Nazis" and "white supremacists." The complicit media did nothing to stop such ridiculous claims, but instead fed the flames of hatred. " . . .

Father Of Released American Student From North Korea Thanks Trump, Criticizes Obama Admin

Daily Wire

. . . "Warmbier went on to subtly knock the Obama Administration for their apparently unhelpful "strategic patience."

" 'When Otto was first taken, we were advised by the past administration to take a low profile, while they worked to obtain his release. We did so without resolve," he said. "Earlier this year, Cindy and I decided the time for strategic patience was over, and we made a few media appearances and traveled to Washington to meet with ambassador Joe Yun at the state department."

"The father also took the time to thank President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and those at the State Department for bringing home his son. 

"Warmbier said President Trump called him on Wednesday night. 

" 'He just wanted to find out how Cindy [Warmbier] and I were doing, and wanted to know about Otto," he said. "It was a really nice conversation. It was kind. It was, 'Are you taking care of yourself?' And, 'We worked hard, and I'm sorry this is the outcome.'" . . .

NY Times Tipped Off Shooter to GOP Practice Field Around Time He Moved to Area

Gateway Pundit   . . . "The New York Times tipped off the GOP shooter on the GOP baseball practice field in an April article.

“When members of Congress practice in the early mornings in an Alexandrea, Va., public park for their Congressional Baseball Game, plainclothes United States Capital Police are sitting there in a blac S.U.V.”

"Hodgkinson moved to the area and scoped out the the baseball field since April.

"Hodgkinson asked lawmakers, “Are those Republicans or Democrats?” before gunning down Rep. Scalise and his security detail.

"In addition to Scalise, those shot were Matt Mika, the director of government relations for the Washington office of Tyson Foods and a former congressional staff member who was shot twice in the chest; Zachary Barth, a staffer for Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX), who was hit in the leg by a bullet and was treated and released; two Capitol Police officers who were part of Scalise’s security detail were wounded in the attack: Officer Crystal Griner was shot in the ankle, Officer David Bailey sustained minor injuries and was also treated and released."

Fox News Is Dropping Its ‘Fair & Balanced’ Slogan

New York

"As Fox News moves further into the post–Roger Ailes era, the network is shedding one of its most iconic elements. According to network executives, Fox News has abandoned the marketing slogan “Fair & Balanced.” The decision was made last August after Ailes’s ouster by Fox News co-president Jack Abernethy, because the phrase had “been mocked,” one insider said. Another executive explained that the tagline was “too closely associated with Roger.” Fox executives have been instructed by management to market the network by its other tagline: “Most Watched. Most Trusted.”

"It is hard to overstate the significance of what shedding “Fair & Balanced” means for Fox News. (It would be like the New York Times giving up “All the News That’s Fit to Print.”) Ailes invented the slogan when he launched the network in 1996, and over the years it became a quasi-religious doctrine among Fox’s anchors and viewers. The effectiveness of Fox News as a vehicle for conservative ideology depended on it. “If you come out and you try to do right-wing news, you’re gonna die. You can’t get away with it,” Ailes once told a reporter.

"Inside Fox, Ailes held “Fair & Balanced” seminars with staff members. “He would call a group of senior producers and make you watch the channel and he’d point out stuff, like a banner that’s slightly liberal,” a senior producer told me. “He would say, ‘The news is like a ship. If you take hands off the wheel, it pulls hard to the left.’” Ailes also used “Fair & Balanced” when making hiring decisions, such as saying a job candidate “wasn’t ‘fair & balanced,’” because the person went to a college he didn’t like.

"In the annals of modern advertising, “Fair & Balanced” will be considered a classic. The slogan was Ailes’s cynical genius at its most successful. While liberals mocked the tagline, it allowed Ailes to give viewers the appearance of both sides being heard, when in fact he made sure producers staged segments so that the conservative viewpoint always won."  [unlike the other sources where the anti-conservative view was emphasized. TD]

"A Fox News spokesperson confirmed that the network is dropping the slogan but said the branding change won’t affect programming or editorial decisions."

Do not believe that; the Fox heirs are solidly for Hillary and the rest of the left, as reflected by this cartoon in my opinion. TD

Some of the commentary on the GOP shooting

American Thinker:

Alexandria and the Right to Shoot Back  . . . "But for the Capitol Hill Police *

detail assigned to protect Scalise as a member of the House Republican leadership, the killer would have been free to roam the fenced-in field picking targets at random. The field would have been just another gun-free zone, as in

 

places like Paris, Orlando, and Aurora, Colorado where armed predators are free, thanks to gun control zealots, to ply their deadly trade.

"Let us not overlook the fact the Alexandria shooting comes amidst a torrent of vitriol directed at Republicans in general and President Trump in particular. It should not be lost on anyone that GOP congressmen and their staffs were deliberately targeted on President Trump’s 71st birthday. "

* When I heard the names of the two officers -- a man and a woman, David Bailey and Crystal Griner – there was nothing about those names that indicated any particular ethnicity. But when, late Wednesday, I saw their photos, it seemed pretty clear that both are black.

New York Times publishes despicable lies to soften its own culpability for left-wing violence   . . . "For a newspaper styled as "the newspaper of record" to outright lie in this way shows us that there is panic at the Gray Lady.  As on the left as a whole.  They have been caught out with the consequences of their fusillade of incitement to violence." . . .

Another congressman shot, and civility continues to crumble  . . . "It is wishful thinking that this toxic rhetoric will stop and people will learn their lesson.  It would be nice if an event like this recent shooting would make people rethink the way they speak.  As Congressman Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) told a radio show, "maybe this is a wake-up call.  Let's hope we could disagree on a more polite, conversational basis."

"The question remains: have Americans learned anything since the Gabby Giffords shooting?  The answer appears to be no."

The left's war on patriots and traditional America  . . . "The leftists believe that our borders should be open and that illegal aliens should not be sent home.  They believe that multiculturalism is always good and that America has a lot to apologize for.  The left and its antifa, Black Lives Matter, and stooges in the mainstream media would like to drown out the opinions of the rest of America."

Antifa terrorism  . . . "When we turn to the American left, what do we find?  A group of opinion leaders (Colbert, Griffin, Whedon, Kaine, Lynch), all fanatical adherents of a pseudo-religion, propagandizing and encouraging resistance to a subhuman enemy, the "deplorables," and their political representatives.  The means at their disposal consist not only of the internet, but the American media and entertainment spheres as a whole.  The network consists of millions of disconnected misfits seething with hatred and frustration.  The propaganda includes targets, methods, and repeated suggestions of violence up to and including murder.  All that's lacking is The Call of Global Antifa, but that may well be coming.

"And lo and behold, now we have terror attacks.  How could that possibly have happened?" . . .

More on this today...

Fake news media have blood on their hands

. . . Fake news media pretending to be outraged over the shooting is as absurd as a farmer planting corn and acting shocked when stalks appear. Fake news media's and Democrats' summer of violence has begun.

Lloyd Marcus   "I heard Rush Limbaugh say things are looking good regarding Republicans passing health care reform.  Paraphrasing, Rush says that if that happens, leftists' bad behavior will sink to new levels.

"When the GOP passes health care legislation, fake news media will gleefully incite leftists to new levels of violence.  Fake news media created the anti-Trump crazies for the distinct purpose of inflicting punishment on Trump supporters.  They hope chaos in our streets will ultimately lead to removing Trump from office.  In worship and furtherance of their leftist agenda, fake news media gladly throw American lives on the altar to be burned.

"Folks, I wish I could magically open the eyes of low-info voters to see that fake news media's sole motivation is advancing their anti-Christian agenda and usurping power to control every aspect of our lives.  They are not tolerant of any other point of view.  They are arrogant, believing themselves to be superior.

"While touting their superior compassion and preaching "give peace a chance," leftists beat the crap out of anyone they catch wearing a "Make America Great Again" cap or t-shirt.  Pictures of bloody Trump supporters attacked by peacenik leftists are all over the internet.

"The crews at CNN, MSNBC, and the DNC are despicable human beings with blood on their hands.  Their relentless 24/7 spewing of lies about Trump for the purpose of generating violence is harming people.  In essence, they have launched a clarion call to their enraged base and George Soros-funded hit-men to punish Trump supporters.  Victimized women, seniors, and children are deemed acceptable collateral damage.  This is evil from the pits of hell, folks.  Insidiously, fake news media shroud their disdain for everyday Americans and Trump in intellectual-sounding words." . . .

Wash Times: First Shots Of Second American Civil War Have Been Fired…

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"Starting all over again with an election.

"Via Washington Times:

The first skirmishes of a second American civil war have begun. No, this is not a metaphorical analogy to that bloody conflict that killed approximately 620,000 Americans. It is an objective statement of the reality in America.

Since the election of 2016, the left has gone crazy. Their version of the Tea Party is called “Resistance” and the spearhead of that is a loosely formed terrorist group called “Antifa.” Antifa is short for Anti-Fascist. The irony of their name is not lost on those who actually know history, as their tactics are straight from the fascist playbook.

In the last few months, these groups have repeatedly disrupted peaceful pro-Trump rallies. They have called for and used violence against people who support the president, disagree with them and even against members of the media who will report things Antifa doesn’t want reported.

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