Obama Today: “christian Patriot Nra Terrorists Responsible For Boston Bombings!”
Boston Marathon Explosions Already Being Blamed on the Right
Editor’s
note — We’ll be discussing the Boston Marathon terror attack during a
BlazeCast special at 8pm ET…including your questions, comments &
live chat:
Medical
workers aid injured people at the 2013 Boston Marathon following an
explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered
the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending
authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the
stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts.
Credit: AP
Before any information was available that might indicate who is responsible for the horrific Boston Marathon bombings, Esquire’s Charles P. Pierce cautioned readers against “jumping to conclusions” and blaming the attack on “foreign terrorism.”
However,
he was compelled to remind people that Monday is the “official Patriots
Day holiday” in Massachusetts, celebrating the Battles at Lexington and
Concord. He also pointed out that April 19, the actual date of the
battles, is connected to Oklahoma City bomber Tim McVeigh, who
apparently considered himself a “waterer of the tree of liberty and the
like,” according to Pierce.
“I’ll
bet good money it’s a right-wing nutjob. Today is April 15, Boston
Harbor was where the original Tea Party took place and the on-going
gun-safety legislation makes it the mostly likely culprit,” commenter
Linda Ginsburg wrote.
Other commenters replied by calling Ginsburg an “idiot” and “disgusting.”
TheBlaze cautions readers from blaming ANY group or individual until more information is known.
Medical
workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston
Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two
explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on
Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured
while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the
blasts. Credit: AP
Additionally,
CNN’s Peter Bergen said “first reports are often erroneous” but added
he would be looking into what type of bomb was used to determine who
might be behind the suspected attack.
“If
it was hydrogen peroxide, this is sort of a signature of al-Qaeda. If
it was more conventional explosives, which are much harder to get a hold
of now, that might be another kind of right-wing extremism,” he said.
While
Bergen does suggest that radical Islamic terrorism could be behind the
attack, he singles out “right-wing extremism” as a possibility without
speculating that left-wing extremist groups like Occupy Wall Street
could be behind the explosions. He does not, however, explicitly blame
“right-wing extremism.”
Watch the video via CNN below:
Huffington Post blogger and Al Sharpton’s radio producer Nida Khan also speculated that “all these anti-gov groups” could be behind the explosions.
“We
don’t know anything yet of course, but it is tax day & my first
thought was all these anti-gov groups, but who knows,” Khan tweeted.
We don't know anything yet of course, but it is tax day & my first thought was all these anti-gov groups, but who knows
@NidaKhanNY
Nida Khan
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof used the Boston Marathon explosions to take a shot at Republican lawmakers.
“explosion is a reminder that ATF needs a director. Shame on Senate Republicans for blocking apptment,” he tweeted.
He
quickly backtracked and deleted his tweet after people criticized him
for the ridiculous connection. “People jumping on me for criticizing Sen
Repubs for blocking ATF appointments. ok, that was low blow. i take it
back,” he tweeted.
Appearing
on ABC Monday, former FBI agent Brad Garrett said it wouldn’t surprise
him if the suspected bombing was conducted by a domestic extremist group
trying to make a statement. He said there have been a number of
“domestic extremist events” carried out from the dates April 15-20,
including the Oklahoma City bombing, Columbine and Virginia Tech.
He
went on to say that a “neo Nazi or a patriot group” are not going to
come forward immediately to claim responsibility. He also said it might
be an individual not a group behind the explosions.
“There’s
a lot of public source information about demonstrations on taxes, on a
number of other issues that are hot button issues for extremists groups
who don’t like either what the government is doing or what the
government represents,” he explained.
Watch below via ABC:
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