Boston Blame Game

From: FrontPage Magazine

by Matthew Vadum

4-17-2013

As speculation continues to rage over who bombed the Boston Marathon, the Left has been doing its best to paint its enemies in the Tea Party as the likely perpetrators without any evidence whatsoever. 

Some left-wing commentators hedged in their statements, acknowledging that nobody knows for sure who was behind the attack, the first bombing of a U.S. target since 9/11, but those pundits tended to receive little media attention. 

Obama senior advisor David Axelrod refused to let this crisis go to waste. He acknowledged there was very little hard evidence at the moment but went on to suggest on TV that the deadly bombing at the marathon’s finish line Monday had something to do with people who are upset about taxes. 

“And I’m sure what was going through the president’s mind is — we really don’t know who did this,” Axelrod said. “It was Tax Day.” 

MSNBC talking head Chris Matthews blamed those on the Right, stating incorrectly that, “Normally, domestic terrorists, people tend to be on the far right.” Rep. William Keating (D-Mass.) played along on the TV show, also suggesting the bombing could have something to do with Tax Day. 

“Now, we have an international event, the marathon, the oldest marathon,” Keating said. “And we also have Tax Day, April 15, so we don’t know if that’s the kind of symbol a domestic terrorist might use as well.” 

While former Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.), architect of laws and financial regulations that are contributing to the downfall of America, didn’t speculate about the identity of the bomber or bombers, he did use the bombing as an opportunity to argue in favor of big government. 

He praised the “seamless cooperation” by authorities in Boston as they deal with the aftermath of the attack. The retired socialist demagogue smeared those on the Right by intimating that conservatives want to abolish first-responder services — or something. 

“Again, I never was as a member of Congress one of the cheerleaders for less government, lower taxes. No tax cut would have helped us deal with this or will help us recover. This is very expensive. At a time like this, no one thinks about saving pennies.” 

Frank did not point out that no matter how big the government gets, Americans will never be completely safe from terrorism. 

While it’s possible the bombing is the fruit of a right-wing terrorist plot, this seems unlikely. 

Right-wing terrorist attacks have been rare in the U.S. in recent years while Islamic and left-wing terrorist activity (including animal rights and eco-terrorists) have been on the upswing.

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