Will Media Report: Suspected Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Appears to Be Obama Fan
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http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-sheffield/2013/04/19/suspected-boston-bomber-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-appears-have-been-obama#ixzz2QwdXncrxBy Matthew Sheffield | April 19, 2013 | 15:58
Several posts on what is believed to be the Twitter profile of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev indicate that that the 19-year-old Chechnyan immigrant was a supporter of Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election.
If that is indeed the case, it does not mean that Obama has any sort of connection with or responsibility for the bombing suspect or his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev. It does, however, completely reverse the fantasy that many American liberals were openly hoping for: that the bombing suspects might be revealed as Timothy McVeigh 2.0, someone whose very name they could use to smear and deride anyone who stands against their belief system. In other words, one of those “dog whistles” we keep hearing so much about.
Now that information has emerged which not only indicates the suspected bombers were not radical conservatives but that one of them appears to be a supporter of President Obama, how widely will it be spread in the endless series of reports trying to report as many details about the two suspects?
Several news agencies have tracked down a Twitter account which is believed to belong to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the younger of the two brothers whom the FBI has identified as the people responsible for a pressure cooker bomb which killed three people and injured nearly 150.
Besides making an apparent joke at the expense of the victims who were killed in the blast (“Lol those people are cooked”), blogger Bob Owens discovered that the owner of the account made clear his political preferences as he celebrated the reelection of President Obama on November 6th.
Tsarnaev retweeted a statement from Obama's official Twitter account after he won which stated “This happened because of you. Thank you.”
He also retweeted a statement from a Twitter user named “TnL 4/20 Monty” which expressed approval of Obama’s defeat of Romney but urged caution: “Barack you my dawg but we all puppets in this bitch.”
The owner of the account also explicitly stated his own approval of Obama saying “america is impervious to the fuckery #justforthisoneday.”
Now that this information is known and liberal publications are known to be quoting other statements from the J_tsar Twitter account, will they quote the above statements?
Update: As an assist to liberal readers of this article, here are some recent posts from NewsBusters documenting how various left-wing media figures sought to blame the bombing on conservatives:
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MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell Blames NRA For Slowing Down Investigation In Boston Bombing
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NPR Heavily Hints Boston Was Bombed by 'Anti-Government Right-Wing Individuals' Who Love Hitler
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Boston Bombing: NYT Reports, National Journal Speculates On 'Right-Wing, Antigovernment Extremist Groups'
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CNN Claims Pressure Cooker Bombs Somehow ‘Signature’ of Extreme Right Terrorists
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Actual Salon Headline: 'Let’s Hope the Boston Marathon Bomber Is a White American'
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MSNBC Brings On Harvard Professor to Speculate ‘Far Right’ May Be Responsible For Boston Attack
In light of the absurd statements referenced above, might it be time for the left to begin speculating about how the radical left and radical Islam is to blame for the next terrorist event? It has been nearly 20 years since Oklahoma City and there hasn't been a second coming of Timothy McVeigh.
