You won’t find the information in a headline because she isn’t a conservative. Amy Bishop, the University of Alabama shooter, is a major Obama lover. I’d call her a “supporter” but that validates what is basically an infatuation between The One and his mindless supporters, as well as The One and himself.
The news was reported by the Boston Herald in the third to last paragraph in the story.
A family source said Bishop, a mother of four children – the youngest a third-grade boy – was a far-left political extremist who was “obsessed” with President Obama to the point of being off-putting.
What I find more fascinating than her politics is the way the media has been completely silent, minus the one paragraph mention at the end of the article, about Bishop and her “off-putting” Obama love.
Should her views matter? Probably not. Once you have killed innocent people, I don’t care about your reasoning or your musings or your political beliefs. I know all I need to know about you – that, when given the choice, you choose evil. You hate. And that transcends all rational thought.
However, setting that aside, it’s hard to deny the media’s love of blaming conservatives, talk radio, and Christians for any act of violence, discrimination, or hatred within the English speaking world. And if at some point they can prove Bishop ever willingly watched Fox News, they’ll be boycotting Beck again.
This road, however, isn’t a two-way street. Reporting truth is only the bias media’s priority when it fits their narrative. And forget reporting. Bending truth is so much easier. Okay, forget bending. Let’s call it “rewriting”.
For example, James von Brunn, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum shooter, an old guy with an ugly mug.
The liberal media attached him to conservatives and Christians all on the basis that the man was a white supremacist. (Which, by saying that, means they’re also saying only whites can be Christian. Anyone pick up on that?) Not taking into account the fact Christians and conservatives absolutely deplore white supremacists. The very core of conservative values is equality for all, whether black or white or male or female or gay or straight or free thinker or drone.
The only way to obtain that equality is by individualism and not pandering to minorities or special interest groups. What the liberals call “fair” treatment, is really treating one person better than another based on their race or gender or political views. Please explain how that isn’t the definition of “racism” and “bigotry”.
Conservatives believe in giving each American the same opportunities to fail or succeed based on their individual work ethic, passion, ability, integrity and applauding that success.
Also, on the white supremacist narrative, let’s not forget the liberals have reelected Democrat Robert Byrd to office, despite his previous membership in the Ku Klux Klan, since 1959.
During the von Brunn incident, the liberal media didn’t want to report the fact the man was a hater, period. He hated everyone, including Christians, both Bush presidents, big corporations, and had even apparently planned a second shooting at the conservative Weekly Standard offices. He was also a socialist, loved Adolph Hitler, and was anti-Semitic.
Another favorite liberal tool is Scott Roeder, the man who shot and killed late-term abortionist Dr. George Tiller last May. He is also touted as a pro-lifer gone mad. Except the man had no connections to the pro-life movement. He wasn’t pro-life, obvious by the fact he killed a man.
Darn if logic doesn’t stick in their crawl.
What the media forgets, while harping on pro-lifers and trying to connect them to an insane madman who dreamed of killing Tiller for ten years in all various ways, is the killing of Jim Pouillon, a pro-life activist in Michigan. The killer, Harlan James Drake, simply didn’t like Pouillon’s pro-life sign that he held at the side of the road. So he shot the elderly man several times while on his way to perform a second killing.
Where was the media outrage?
From the left to right, we can find examples of the mentally insane and morally corrupt taking it upon themselves to commit heinous crimes in the name of ideology. That happens. And it won’t stop.
You can count on the media, however, to always land on one side of the issue – against conservatives. It’s the no news in news.
February 15th, 2010 at 2:30 pm
I’m amazed you’re surprised the same media who overlooked the fact that John Allen Muhammed was a black serial killer didn’t mention Bishop is a fanatical Obamaite.
February 15th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Not amazed. Not even surprised. But I refuse to accept it. My career is in journalism, mostly newspaper. And I’m going to keep beating that liberal bias drum until the membrane rips, it becomes an undeniable understanding, and Katie Couric stops posing for Harper’s Bazaar.
February 15th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
You do NOT know if that one line in one article was accurate or not!
If it’s true, it should be further reported as another example of how extremism in any form can lead to danger.
Maybe the reason you haven’t seen anything else about it is because it can’t be substantiated??
February 15th, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Bishop was a well-known Socialist teacher. It’s not like a huge jump to think she was crazed over Obama. And really, what’s so insidious about it? She loved Obama. She’s a lefty. Aren’t we all suppose to be loving the man? Isn’t that the entire point of his existence? That everyone loves him, thus the reason for his TWO autobiographies.
Besides, as I pointed out, crazies are crazies. There will always be someone wanting to kill and then find validation for it, like an ideological cause.
What I’m pointing out is that the media is all about giving air to murderers and their ideological causes, as long as it’s a conservative or a Republican. The point of this article is media bias. And as far as the media worried about facts being substantiated? Seriously? Did you ever hear about RatherGate? Or for that matter, the New York Times? Jayson Blair ring a bell?
If anyone had mentioned Bishop enjoyed listening to talk radio, it’d be banner news. I’m only stating the truth. Like or don’t, the media has a severe liberal bias. And most of them will admit to it.
February 15th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
I am an American. So are you. Let’s talk.
I hold no position of authority. I am not possessed of great wealth. I seek no notoriety. I am not funded by any organization or religious denomination. I am not a devotee of “talk radio.” I am neither a racist nor a homophobe nor a misogynist. I have never participated in any political event or as a member of any political party. I am simply an American who, until this moment, has remained silent.
Until now.
I don’t want anything from you. Nothing. I simply want to communicate with you, one citizen to another, about the peril we face as Americans. My statement to you is this: Our nation is being ripped to shreds from within and it is no accident…
At the end of the war in Vietnam, a group of highly-motivated, well-organized radicals (largely based at several renowned universities) proclaimed its agenda for the future. Their mission was far-reaching: they would infiltrate and occupy all of the major institutions of the nation and remake America into a socialist state.
I was there. I went to their rallies. I felt their rage. (The same rage that, evidently, motivates the likes of Prof. Bishop.) I heard their speeches. I read their literature. They meant every word of their declaration to “change” America. Forty years on, they’re close to keeping their promise. They were the vanguard of a movement that has now taken captive our government, our media, our schools and our legal system.
This is a group of people so extremely far from the mainstream of America that I can hardly describe them, except to say that they are driven by a deep-seated anger, a rage, and a hatred of America that only a psychiatrist could explain. Their most effective allies have been our apathy, our ignorance and our sense of helplessness. Make no mistake: they are exceptionally well-funded, well-organized and highly, highly motivated…and you know them by their actions. Labels are unnecessary.
In the past forty years, they have given us the brainwashing of “political correctness.” They have imposed “multiculturalism and diversity” in order to shred both our national identity and the territorial sovereignty of the country: our borders are intentionally porous. They have, by design, enacted legislation that has wrought havoc upon the family. They have created a welfare state that has ensnared the American black on a scale far worse than the evil of slavery. They have destroyed public education and replaced it with a program of social indoctrination and cultural engineering. They have created a cult of “victimization” – pitting citizen against citizen and family against family. They have undermined every effort to defend the nation at home and abroad. They have invented the “global climatic crisis” in an effort to destroy capitalism. They have attempted to vilify our founding fathers as racist imperialists and have demonized all that has been “America” ever since our Declaration of Independence was first pronounced.
They have enlisted the money and resources of the media in their cause—and the wealthy, witless jesters from Hollywood and the New York media have gladly danced along. They have made religion the source of scorn and ridicule. They have purposely confused “tolerance” with “endorsement” and have built a society where the bizarre and grotesque are presented as normal. They have entrenched the slaughter of unborn children as an article of their faith. They have created a culture where parents are afraid to discipline their own children. They have stolen our tax dollars to purchase the votes of the ill-educated and unfortunate among us, to say nothing of the illegal immigrant population. They have attempted to strip citizens of their arms. They have tried to re-write and misinterpret the Constitution; a document that was designed to limit—not enhance—the power of government.
Most insidiously, they have implemented an Orwellian “new speak” which has turned wrong into right and right into wrong.
I ask you, are we truly a “nation?” We are not if we do not share common faith, culture and language, worship the same God, revere the same heroes, cherish the same history, celebrate the same holidays and share the same music, poetry, art and literature?
In other words if “diversity” reigns, then “unity” dies.
In other words, “divide and conquer.”
In other words, their goal is to divide us and subjugate us in a totalitarian state where our freedoms are denied, our individuality is stripped and our personal liberties are extinguished. Whether you like it or not…whether you choose to believe it or not…they’re close to achieving that goal.
Now, they want to fully socialize our medical system, to “nationalize” every major private institution in our economy, to destroy small business, to impose a crushing tax burden upon people who actually work. Ultimately, they seek to obliterate our sovereignty and enslave every citizen to the will of the state.
Want a glimpse of your immediate future? Take a look at California, New York and Michigan. All bankrupt. Civil services and economies in ruin; anarchy standing at the gate.
Perhaps you ask “Why?” our enemies have undertaken this campaign against us. The answer is simple: They condescendingly believe themselves intellectually and morally superior and they want to control us. More than that, they simply hate America.
True patriots must now arise and fight back because our liberty and our very existence as an American people are at stake. Simply rationalizing that the destruction of our nation “could never happen” is the first step toward enslavement.
We can begin to reclaim America by reading our Constitution. People have died to protect our right to do so. But if that task is too burdensome, try reading the first ten Amendments, our Bill of Rights: it will amaze and astonish you. Then, absorb as much as we can from others. Read and listen to all points of view and think critically and independently. For God’s sake (and ours) talk to one another: pick up the phone, write a letter, access the Internet, stand on your roof and shout! Champion liberty and freedom and all that once made America great. Proclaim the inherent greatness of the United States. More than any other weapon, our brains will protect us if only we use them.
After that, take action and VOTE. Until our totalitarian enemies strip us of that right, we can exercise our right to choose our leaders (who are, in fact, our servants.) Government is supposed to work for us, not the reverse.
Finally, if all else fails, remember Thomas Jefferson said that the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. So, allow yourself to think the unthinkable and be mentally and physically and spiritually prepared to answer the call when it comes. Hundreds of thousands of patriots have done so before us. Can we do any less today? I think not.
Buy a gun, learn how to use it.
If, as I believe, we stand at the precipice of a Second American Revolution, then let it begin here and now with you and me. Now is the time to declare that we truly stand in defense of our nation, our country and our Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
May God in heaven bless the United States of America, but it is now up to us to rise and defend her.
I call you to action!
February 15th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
@Tucker,
Sir, you speak with all the passion and determination of a person who sees The Big Picture.
Nicely done. Awesome way to exercise your Freedom of Speech.
You are invited to swing by Conservative Firestorm and add your voice.
http://www.conservativefirestorm.blogspot.com/
Donald Borsch Jr.
CF Admin Tyrant and Conservative Troublemaker
donaldborschjr@yahoo.com
February 15th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
@Tara,
Of course it is impossible that a liberal who loves Obama would:
1. Possess a handgun
2. Shoot innocent people
It boggles the mind, doesn’t it?
I mean, it is only right-wing, bible-thumping, flag-waving rednecks who could conceivably do such a thing. Well, according to the MSM, of course.
February 15th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Yeah, but the bullets were organic and the gun was once owned by Hinckly.
February 15th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
@Donald and @micky
Now, now boys. Let’s not be sarcastic. We all know pulling the trigger wasn’t actually the fault of the person who pulled the trigger. Bishop was just a tragic casualty of capitalism.
February 15th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
The woman was a nut job, Obamanite or not. With one murder (supposedly accidental) under your belt I’m sure at some poit in life that weight is going to catch up with you. I’m willing to bet that this woman had issues that should of but were never dealt with by professionals.
We have an old saying in the sobriety business. When the anger is not in proportion to the actions theres no doubt underlying issues. I’m no shrink, but this has always been the case with clients who’ve become homcidal/suicidal
February 15th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
With all due respect to the political views of the people on this site, if Bishop were a (rational) “far-left political extremist,” she would *hate* Barack Obama! I’m a center-left guy myself, and all my criticisms of Obama are because of his abandonment of liberal values (bailed out the banks, didn’t close Guantanamo, sticks around in Iraq and Afghanistan, abandoned the core principles of health care reform [i.e., require people to buy healthcare while leaving the profit-making companies in charge of providing it], hasn’t pushed for workplace or marriage equality for gays, gutless in mobilizing his own party, should I go on?). Bishop was a nut-job, right, left, or center. You can stop making this particular political hay.
February 15th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
@Robert,
To me it makes perfect sense that she is a liberal, as I firmly believe liberalism is a mental disease.
As she had previously shot her brother and later shot others, she must have some kind of mental illness. And what would that mental illness be?
Yep. Liberalism.
To me it all makes absolutely perfect sense.
I’m just sayin’.
Oh, and man! You really must be disappointed in Obama! No worries. With the Senate taking a recess soon enough, Obama can finally get to work on some of the issues you mentioned above.
February 15th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
@Tara,
Hey, found this article and wanted to drop it in your comments. Enjoy.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100216/ap_on_re_us/us_ala_university_shooting
Now, not for nothing, but if this chick was a Conservative or a Republican, we would have been told in this above link. You betcha.
February 15th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Honestly, people like you merely reaffirm my worst fears about what appears to be the ongoing mental retardation of this country – to use the behavior of a person who has clearly been suffering from an untreated mental illness for the better part of 3 decades as a straw man to attack “liberalism” only reinforces the overall impression that the “right” is comprised of troglodytes who can’t be bothered to parse the incongruity of a “liberal” Massachusetts family, circa 1986, having a GUN in their suburban home. Learn to read, read some stuff, get your GED, then (maybe) you can talk. Sheesh.
February 15th, 2010 at 9:25 pm
“I hold no position of authority. I am not possessed of great wealth. I seek no notoriety. I am not funded by any organization or religious denomination….”
but you do plagiarize the writings of others,
February 15th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
Amy Bishop killed 3 people – all were people of color. Dr. Podila was from India, Dr. Adriel Johnson and Dr. Maria Davis were African American. What “Obama lover” would do that? Interesting choice of words you use. I know of one racist phrase that you are mimicking to incite a particular white-fright response.
By the way, find out what marvelous people they these three doctors were and mourn humanity’s loss. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/us/16alabama.html
February 15th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
actually she was an avid obama fan, that is well documented
February 15th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
Amy Bishop killed 3 people – all were people of color. Dr. Podila was from India, Dr. Adriel Johnson and Dr. Maria Davis were African American. Interesting theory that she worshipped the first African American president. More likely he would have been on her hit list.
By the way, instead of distracting people with craziness – why don’t you comment on what marvelous people these three doctors were and mourn Humanity’s loss???
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/us/16alabama.html
February 15th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Dianne, do you think you can form an argument or are you only capable of name calling and belittling when you are confronted with facts you haven’t got the ability to debate?
February 15th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
it is not a theory, she actually was “obsessed with obama” according to the press.
February 15th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
lisab – I think ‘they’ (progressives) just can’t accept that one of their own might have ‘issues’. It doesn’t mesh with their theories that the only gun-toting, bible-thumping Middle Americans they so despise are on the right.
February 15th, 2010 at 10:06 pm
well, if it makes gwinky feel any better, i do not think she was a bible thumper
just an obamabot disappointed to the point of violence
wait until 2012. if obama loses i fully expect violence in dem african american neighborhoods
February 15th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
The phrase “Obsessed with Obama” can be read two ways:
1) She thought positively of him
…but MORE likely since she CLEARLY had violent tendencies toward people who held some type of authority over her…
2) She was negatively obsessed. Like the three people she killed the other day (who happen to be people of color) the Pres. probably was on the Hit List.
February 15th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
lisab…you are showing your true colors (pun intended). And if the Prez. wins, what will people like you do? I have seen enough comments on NRA sites to know what YOUR tendencies might be.
February 15th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
By the way lisab, you would not see violence in the neighborhoods you described. Again, its your attempt to incite fright in a group of good, honest, salt-of-the-earth people (yes, Conservatives who want the best for the country) and create conflict where there is NONE.