sarah palin crosshairs

Sarah Palin's Crosshairs under scrutiny after Arizona shooting – Giffords was on that map.

Sarah Palin probably meant nothing by it. A regular gun-loving person could probably use shooting metaphors without any repercussions. If you're gay, you can say metaphors that are gay-related to friends and it probably won't cause a stir. Totally different platforms. Now, Sarah Palin has been receiving a lot of flack regarding the campaign she [...] ...more...

Sarah Palin Aide Rebecca Mansour: Our Crosshairs Map Had Nothing To Do With Violence Or Guns

WASHINGTON -- Shortly after news broke that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) had been shot at a congressional event in her district, observers began noting that she had, during the campaign, literally been Sarah Palin's target. But a Palin aide is now explaining that it was all a misunderstanding: the infamous image was never meant to evoke guns or violence. ...more...

Sarah Palin's pot-shot backfires

SHOT Democrat Gabrielle Giffords expressed her fears at being a "target" in rifle crosshairs on a map released by prominent Republican Sarah Palin before last year's mid-term US elections. ...more...

Sarah Palin pulls 'gun crosshairs' graphic targeting Arizona congresswoman who was shot

Former vice presidential candidate, Alaska governor and Tea Party leader Sarah Palin quickly pulled a graphic from her website on Saturday that used a gun "crosshairs" logo to show that her supporters were "targeting" the Arizona district of Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords . ...more...

Robert Naiman: Is Palin's "Crosshairs" Map Relevant? Giffords Thought So

Is the target map that Sarah Palin published, showing Gabrielle Giffords' congressional district under the cross hairs of a gun, relevant to press coverage of the shootings today in Arizona? The New York Times and the Washington Post disagree. ...more...

Should We Blame Sarah Palin for Gabrielle Giffords' Shooting
Already, people are pointing fingers at Sarah Palin and her "target map" for fostering the tragedy in Arizona—but Howard Kurtz says military terminology has been part of politics for ages. ...more...
Sarah Palin had Giffords in figurative crosshairs over health care vote
The Web is abuzz this afternoon with the shooting of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and the fact that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin had once placed the Congresswoman in figurative crosshairs to raise political funds. ...more...