Sarah Palin and other conservatives have used violent sorts of rhetoric in a political context. Ms. Palin used the image of a crosshairs to indicate the congressional and senatorial districts she was 'targeting' in the last election. This sort of violent rhetoric encourages and ultimately causes acts of violence. If we don't stop this sort of language there will be more incidents like the recent Arizona shootings, and our entire political process will be compromised.
Palin and others on the right of presumption of innocence, and ...