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		<title>Frank Rich Declares Shep Smith&#8217;s Email Inbox To Be Reality&#8217;s Barometer</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gushy-mushy ultra-liberal Frank Rich breaks out his waving finger in The Obama Haters’ Silent Enablers, warning us all that the right is out for blood, violence &#038; MAYHEM!!!]]></description>
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<p>Gushy-mushy ultra-liberal Frank Rich breaks out his waving finger in <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/opinion/14rich.html?_r=2" target="_blank">The Obama Haters’ Silent Enablers</a>, warning us all that the right is out for blood, violence &amp; MAYHEM!!!</p>

<p>In his painfully strained analysis, Rich asserts that two recent violent incidents, Dr. George Tiller&#8217;s murder and the Holocaust museum murder are indications of a surge in right wing violence. Of course, he ignores the Army recruiters&#8217; murder by a Muslim extremist &#8211; that just doesn&#8217;t factor in, you see. Like most leftists, Rich wastes no time in preposterously blaming the high-profile personalities of the center-right for inciting the violence through &#8220;rhetoric&#8221; against&#8230;. OBAMA!?! Writes Rich, &#8220;What is this fury about? &#8230; the new president.&#8221;</p>

<p>Yep. Mind-numbing, isn&#8217;t it? Sadly, this is how the left reasons:</p>

<p>Criticizing Obama = Responsibility for Killing George Tiller &amp; Inciting racist violence against Jews</p>

<p>Yes, to the left, strong criticism of Obama invariably leads to increased right-wing violence. They think the DHS report on right wing extremism has been vindicated. It hasn&#8217;t &#8211; <a href="http://michellemalkin.com/2009/06/11/the-dhs-right-wing-extremism-report-and-the-holocaust-shooter/" target="_blank">not at all</a>.</p>

<p>What&#8217;s even worse, Rich&#8217;s strongest proof for his wacky assertion is&#8230;. Fox News&#8217; Shepherd Smith??</p>

<p>Yes, the same Shepherd Smith who has been <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1813385/posts" target="_blank">leaning slightly to the left as of late</a>. Don&#8217;t get me wrong &#8211; I&#8217;m a big fan of Shep, but you can&#8217;t help but notice he gets <a href="http://www.popeater.com/television/article/best-shepard-smith-viral-videos/442673" target="_blank">emotional every now and then</a> &#8211; that&#8217;s what makes him so entertaining and simultaneously prone to liberal outbursts.</p>

<p>Here is Frank Rich&#8217;s <strong>Big Proof</strong> that all hell is breaking loose on the right:</p>

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<p>What&#8217;s up with the &#8220;feeding each other&#8221; and &#8220;more &amp; more it seems like people are taking the extra step and getting the gun out?&#8221; Yeah, because Dr. Tiller&#8217;s murderer &amp; Von Brunn both emailed Shep before they went out and did their heinous deeds&#8230; oh, wait &#8211; that never happened! Fact is people who email you are busy&#8230; emailing you and watching your TV show &#8211; NOT &#8220;getting the gun out.&#8221;</p>

<p>There is no evidence of a connection to the recent violence in the last two weeks and Obama becoming president. Rich&#8217;s piece is partly a lame attempt to paint the right as extremist and violent.</p>

<p>In concluding, Rich puts on his Doomsayer hat:</p>


<blockquote><p>This kind of rhetoric, with its pseudo-Scriptural call to action, is toxic. It is getting louder each day of the Obama presidency. No one, not even Fox News viewers, can say they weren’t warned. [Background Thunder]</p></blockquote>


<p>The true purpose behind Rich&#8217;s column is to attempt to lessen the legitimate criticism of Obama, which is obviously proving to be effective. The true danger is that conservatives will listen to Rich, Shep, &amp; others on the left who want them to tone down the rhetoric.</p>

<p>So, keep it up conservatives! Don&#8217;t let up in your criticism of Obama &amp; the Democrats&#8217; schizophrenic spending &amp; blatant attempts to inject more socialism into the already bloated and corrupt government. Don&#8217;t hesitate to voice your real concerns!</p><div style='clear:both'></div>]]></content:encoded>
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