In fact, I had Loughner in mind. Sorry but I lost your train of thought when I got to blaming Republicans part. Clearly I do blame them.

I blame them for Oklahoma City. Did Republicans meet in a national caucus and vote in United Nations monitored elections about whether to bomb the Oklahoma City Federal Building? No, they didn’t. But the vicious hate rhetoric common then was in every way like Palin’s use of crosshairs.

So no, blaming Republicans is not ridiculous.