There was a story a week or so ago about Sarah Palin which I wanted to mention at the time, but didn't. As you may recall, she raised a minor stink earlier this year after the Tucson shootings and despite her previous references such as "lock and load" and using crosshairs to target political foes, didn't understand why people would think she might share some responsibility for the shooting of political (and other) figures.
And as previously reported, she was able to ascertain the real victim, herself, who had been blood libeled by the media. She pointed out that shooters bear the real responsibility for their actions and anyone who didn't understand that was a complete idiot.
Weeks later, when asked to comment on the legislative situation in Wisconsin, she said that the pro-union people should tone down their rhetoric because they would be responsible if someone got hurt. No inconsistency here.
Glenn Greenwald of Salon has a very illuminating story of similar cluelessness from those bastions of Ayn Randian beliefs, those poor Koch brothers, who feel like they have been so unfairly victimized because of their philosophy. It examines this crazy-ass, despite all evidence to the contrary, idea that Obama is an uberliberal that hates business. Its a good read.
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/03/27/koch
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