You know who exploited a tragedy for political gain? George W. Bush and the entire Republican Party.

Was Jared Loughner's Act Political?
By Cenk Uygur

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You know who exploited a tragedy for political gain? George W. Bush and the entire Republican Party. They used 9/11 as a gimmick to get re-elected. Then they exploited it to attack a random country that had nothing to do with 9/11. It is nearly impossible to exploit a tragedy anymore than they did with 9/11. And maybe that's why they level the charge against us now, because they know that's the first thing they'd do.

But pointing out that conservative commentators and politicians have been inciting their followers isn't done to get anyone elected. I don't even know whose election this would theoretically effect. This isn't done to press some policy agenda (again, outside of gun control, I can't even think of what agenda we are supposed to theoretically be pushing for). This is to point out an obvious fact that is getting people killed -- if you incite violence, you get violence.

To pretend that isn't happening all across the country everyday on talk radio, etc. is to be willfully blind to reality -- and to allow it to happen again. And trust me, next time they'll also say no one could have seen it coming and that whatever we do we mustn't talk about it. Preventing another tragedy like this would be such terrible exploitation.

Better to be quiet and let them do it again.

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What did you think was going to happen when you kept telling people to grab their guns, the government was endangering their family and way of life and that they should defend themselves? This was going to happen. Don't pretend otherwise.

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the true sociopathy of the GOP.

to the republican party since the soviets got the bomb

I've always felt that was very irresponsible for our country's President to do. Now I wonder about his part to ramp up the hate after things cooled when Clinton called for a Right Wing time out after Oklahoma City.

Bush kept us safe - except fo that anthrax attack thingy on Democrats in Congress.

Which wasn't terrorism

and not political

nope

because we got the tax cuts out of it - and Thank God it passed! :sarcasm:

politicized.

K&R!

:kick:

They are much more sick that simply exploiting 9/11. They caused it.