Outside the Beltway

Once again, the usual suspects are exploiting tragedy for political purposes.

Should the United States Navy name a ship after martyred gay activist Harvey Milk? This is not a rhetorical question.

What would have happened if Sarah Palin had decided to run for the Republican nomination this year?

Raw Story tweeted “Republicans in Rep. Giffords’ district plan to raffle off the same type of gun Jared Loughner used. ” This links to their own story demonstrating that they’re doing no such thing.

Vice President Biden has called Congressional Republicans and their Tea Party backers “terrorists.”

Allen West says Congressmen who oppose the war in Afghanistan should go over and “get shot at a few times and maybe they’d have a different opinion.”

Sunday’s announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden was the latest example of how Twitter has become the go-to source for “Breaking News.”