The Left Won't Drop the Blame Game

A new poll finds that 6 in 10 Americans do not attribute the massacre in Arizona to divisive political rhetoric. Will the left get the message?

A CBS News poll has found that 6 in 10 Americans do not attribute the massacre in Arizona to divisive political rhetoric.

Two thoughts.

First, the CBS writeup includes a classic Nixonian use of the passive voice. The poll, we are told, comes in spite of the fact that "much focus has been put on the harsh tone of politics in Washington and around the country, particularly after a contentious midterm election."

Put there by whom?

A liberal press corps eager to lay this crime at the feet of conservative politicians?

A more honest account would have been "in spite of the best efforts of the press, most Americans continue to view this as the act of a sick individual rather than hour four of the Rush Limbaugh Show."

Which brings me to my second point. Given that there is not one scintilla of evidence tying this crime to conservative politics or rhetoric, what does it say about the 4 in 10 Americans who do blame the political environment?

Could they be, perhaps, so distrustful and hateful of their fellow citizens that they are willing to believe that they are somehow complicit in the attempted assassination of a member of Congress?

So much for liberalism having a lock on civility.

And so much for the reality based community.