How Thoughtful of Him: Julian Assange Now Quoting Sheriff Dupnik

It's bad enough this national embarrassment known as Clarence Dupnik is being given all the air time possible to spew his insane bilge and getting congratulatory calls from Barack Obama. Now international leftist icon Julian Assange is sending his props by quoting the insane Dupnik.

In the one page statement, Mr Assange also offered sympathy and condolences to the victims of the Tucson shooting on behalf of WikiLeaks, together with best wishes for the recovery of US Representative Gabrielle Giffords.

The Democrat from Arizona's 8th district was the target of the shooting spree in which six others, including a nine-year-old girl, were killed.

Aw, that's so sweet of him. A guy whose actions led directly to violence and mass murder is now bravely speaking out against murder. How noble of him.

He also quoted Tucson Sheriff Clarence Dupnik, who is leading the investigation into the shooting, who said that "vitriolic rhetoric" intended to "inflame the public on a daily basis ... has [an] impact on people, especially who are unbalanced personalities to begin with".

Mr Dupnik also observed that officials and media personalities engaging in violent rhetoric "have to consider that they have some responsibility when incidents like this occur and may occur in the future".