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Frenchman Tron Resigns, Saying He’s Victim of ‘Across the Atlantic’ Thinking

French minister quits over sexual harassment claims AFP

French civil service minister Georges Tron resigned hours ago, after being accused of sexually harassing two women who worked for him at town hall where he is mayor. In his resignation letter to President Nicolas Sarkozy, Tron insisted that he will prove his innocence.

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Sarah Palin's Term 'Blood Libel' Casts Her As Persecuted Jew

HopeTracker| We admit it. The term ‘blood libel’ sounded pretty fierce from Sarah Palin today, but we didn’t know the derivation of the term. The term ‘blood libel’ is all over the evening news. ABC News was one of the first to define it.

The term ‘blood libel’, used by Sarah Palin to describe websites like Anne of Carversville who want to tone down the call-to-action use of gun-related rhetoric used by today’s politicos — and specifically Palin’s use of crosshairs to target people she wants out of office —   is a direct reference to a time in history when European Christians blamed Jews for kidnapping and murdering Christian children for their blood.

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Gun Love Press | Palin Accuses Critics of 'Blood Libel'

HopeTracker| Republican Tea Party leader Sarah Palin has accused critics of “blood libel” in suggesting that the tone of American politics, talk radio, her use of gun metaphors like “reload” or crosshairs on her targets of Congress members she wants replaced, contributes to a culture of violence in America. Her comments have been posted on her Facebook page. via Reuters

Specifically, Palin writes on her Facebook page:

As I said while campaigning for others last March in Arizona during a very heated primary race, “We know violence isn’t the answer. When we ‘take up our arms’, we’re talking about our vote.”

At least one noteworthy Republican ‘The View’ co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck — who campaigned with Palin in 2008 — labeled Palin’s map “purely despicable’ on March 25, 2010, writes The Washington Post.

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Mama Grizzlie Sarah Palin is upset that we might think she likes violence.

“We’re not going to retreat; we’re going to reload,” said Mama Grizzlie #1 in New Orleans.

Critics say that we ‘liberals’ are ganging up on her for suggesting that Mrs. Palin loves gun analogies. Barbara Walters has come to Palin’s defense. Glenn Beck has also come to the defense of the top Mama Grizzlie.

Just for the record, we’re talking politics in general, not the massacre in Tucson. Reality is that we’re all stirred up on guns and violence today here in America.

Sarah Palin is a woman of peace. Glenn Beck is a man of peace.

Sorry, we gotta read the transcripts. Did Glenn Beck ever extol peace in his life? Seriously now. Ever?

“Sarah, as you know, peace is always the answer,” he (Glenn Beck) said he wrote in his email to her. “I know you’re feeling the same heat — if not much more — on this. I want you to know you have my support. But please look into protection for your family. An attempt on you could bring the republic down.” via WSJ

We doubt it, Glenn, and thanks for adding fuel to the fire. Bringing down the republic down is pretty damn dramatic.

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