Sarah Palin Is Not A Good Person; Gabrielle Giffords Recovers

Imagine that U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was your cousin, and you're Republican and like Sarah Palin. Obviously, you and Congresswoman Giffords don't see eye-to-eye on things, but you're still very proud of her. You also pay attention to news coverage of her, because, well, she's a congressperson and she's your cousin.

So, you pay attention to the exchange between Congresswoman Giffords and Palin of last March, where your cousin complained that Palin was marking her district with crosshairs, and think "Well, Palin didn't mean what she said about the whole crosshairs bullsye comments," but you do wish Palin would leave her alone.

(Palin as The Devil Wears Prada by Vanmol at Toonpool.com)

Then, as happened two Saturday's ago now, your cousin is shot by a nut. And here, you do think about what Palin did, and now just wish Giffords would get better. Here comes the accusations against Palin - you ignore them. And keep doing so, trying to put blinders on.

But then, Palin comes out and on the Wednesday of mourning for your cousin, and puts out a video that turns attention to herself.

If you have a heart of any kind, you know you'd not appreciate anyone treating your cousin that way. You know it.

But Palin's not done. She gets on Fox News' Hannity and defends the crosshairs map.

If by this point, you don't lose it, you don't have a heart.

And that's the point: Sarah Palin is not a good person.

A good person would not seek the spotlight while a person, a female elected official, is recovering from a gunshot to the head at point blank range that happened in an area that the spotlight seeker marked with crosshairs.

Did anyone ever think about what the relative of Gabrielle Giffords are going through? Certainly not Sarah Palin, who just keeps talking on insensitively.   Did Palin ever consider their feelings?  Does Palin care?

The answer is obviously, no.

If anyone in Palin's family went through what Giffords' has experienced, and was treated to the kind of insensitive words Palin said when she remarked "Peaceful dissent and discussion about ideas, that is what makes America exceptional. We won't allow that to be stifled by a tragic event in Arizona," they would go off.

(And consider this "tragic event" that happened was to one of Palin's enemies in the Health Care Reform issue, Gabrielle Giffords. Nice going Mrs. Palin.)

I really do wish Sarah Palin would understand that she's like acting like an unwelcome protester at a funeral. An appropriate comparison, since six people died in the Arizona Shooting, and Giffords almost became homicide number seven.

It would make everyone happy if Palin would just leave the funeral - or if she's not going to, at least express some respect for the dead and shut up.