Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords shooting, leads to blame game

The despicable and senseless shooting this last Saturday on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, Arizona which left her in critical condition, six dead and others injured, certainly demonstrates the risk of taking public office. But now, the "blame game" following the shooting, is stirring up all over the internet and into the national news media.

There were already reports and comments popping up all over Twitter from online magazines like Salon and The Huffington Post that it was all about right-wing extremism. Never mind at least allowing some breathing time for people to pray for the Congresswoman's recovery or for those that were killed in the tragic shooting which involved a Federal Court Judge, a Congressional aide, a young child and three senior citizens. Apparently, left-leaning opinion editorial magazines don't have anytime for that, they must find someone on the right to blame immediately.

The first person on their list is Sarah Palin. What a surprise. I honestly don't care for the former Alaskan Governor's views on politics, but it is becoming rather insane that every-time there is a controversy among the Republican party, Palin is the first to blame. The reason Palin is brought into the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords steems from March 2010 when Palin apparently posted a map on her Facebook page showing individuals in the Midterm elections she hoped to "take down".

The second persons on their list are those associated with the Tea Party. Another surprise? The left is blaming the radical right-wing extremism as instrumental in leading to the shooting on Congresswoman Giffords.

There are also some reports to suggest that Tea Party members were angry with believing in the Congresswoman's opposition of the right to bear arms, when in fact, if you look at her track record, Congresswoman Gifford as a blue-dog Democrat, actually supported gun rights and even opposed a Washington D.C. ban on fire arms.

While the left immediately jumped to conclusions this weekend on the shooting, they seem to have been completely ignorant on the real perpetrator who pulled the trigger. A 22 year old, pot smoking, hateful, despicable and horrible individual known as Jared Loughner. According to law enforcement officials and what was found on his Myspace page, this was a man who despised American Government and apparently had a deep admiration for Hitler, Marx and Communism. Those strange elements honestly don't sound like a typical Tea Party member.

Since all of this, there are some in the news media that are taking a look at some of their remarks that have been deemed as hateful. Even MSNBC liberal commentator Keith Olbermann included himself in this arena.

We live in a nation were we're supposed to be allowed to have Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Expression. We can offer opinions, but it seems as though lately there is the notion of imposing opinions and belief systems on other people to the point that those people become insane and carry out acts of violence. We're all supposed to be responsible for our own actions.

And there is only one person responsible for the tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona.