Palm Beach Post Columnist Defends Political Smear Story About Parents of Giffords' Doctor by Claiming It Wasn't Political
Palm Beach Post columnist Jose Lambiet (photo) is so desperate to defend the indefensible that he is now basically telling his readers that what they saw they didn't see. In this case, Lambiet is claiming that his column wasn't political even though that is exactly what it was from playing the class resentment card against the parents of neurosurgeon Michael Lemole who treated Represenstative Gabrielle Giffords by revealing the value of their homes to snarking about how they contributed to Tea Party candidates.
Here is Lambiet now protesting that his politically charged column wasn't political:
There was no political point to Monday’s Page2Live story about the parents of Dr. Michael Lemole, one of the neurosurgeons in Tucson who brought back U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords from the brink of death.
Not political? No way, Jose! Here are your very own words from that column:.
According to campaign filings, Lemole’s parents have showered with thousands in contributions — $15,700 in 2010 alone — Tea Party candidates vying for national offices.
...Nutty U.S. senator wannabe O’Donnell, for example, received $4,000 from Gerald and Emily Lemole last year.
...And then, there was a $1,000-contribution to another Delaware Tea Partier, Glen Urquhart.
...Michael Lemole, by the way, last year gave $1,000 to a political action committee that contributes only to Republicans.
Ironically, in "defending" himself against the charge that his previous column was political, the highly mendacious Palm Beach Post columnist engaged in yet another political smear against the parents of Michael Lemole:
The paperwork — freely available to anyone in the world — showed that, in addition to mainstream, respected politicians, Gerald and Emily supported some who peppered this country’s political process with an extra dose of vitriolic rhetoric.
As for the readers who dared to post criticisms of his smears, sleazemonger Lambiet suggests that they are "twisted" and may even be in the mode of Jared Loughner:
They may provide an insight in the twisted psychology of today’s political discourse and make you wonder: Who’s the next Jared Loughner?
The best reply to Lambiet's disingenuous claim that his original story was not political came from a reader named Jason:
What significance is it that the parents of the doctors contributed to people with whom you disagree with politically. Congresswoman Giffords didn’t plan for this to happen and the attending doctors parents who treated her are now a political story???
You can’t see that you are contributing to the hate and divisiveness in our country by your rhetoric. Your last comment about the “twisted psychology of today’s political discourse..” shows you don’t realize you are a contributing factor to what is fundamentally wrong with “media” today. You get to speak your mind without consequence and if people disagree with you in the same manner in which you attack them, they are the crazies. I wish you the best, but hope you realize stirring things up doesn’t help a community in any way.
It is obvious that Lambiet is so far gone that he probably won't apologize but what is the excuse of the Palm Beach Post?
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So the parents of a physician are now responsible...
Submitted by drsamherman on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 10:12pm.
...for the conduct of that physician? How in the world does that work? The left seems so obsessed by blaming someone for Tuscon that any semblance of reason flushed down the toilet.
Right out of
Submitted by American.Patriot on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 10:20pm.
The man-child's play book for community organizing (destruction)At this point the smarter
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 11:17pm.
At this point the smarter leftists have realized that this smear campaign has backfired and are backpeddling or simply allowing their existing smears to simmer. It's the dumber ones that haven't figured this out, and being dumber they're naturally going to take it into even fringier and fringier frontiers.
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Chris Matthews: The Joy Behar of MSNBC.
Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
Really?
Submitted by The Grooter on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 11:29pm.
Lambiet isn't saying that the parents of the doctor are responsible for the doctor's actions. He is saying that it is ironic that the doctor and parents of the doctor helped save the life of Gifford right after they tried to kill Gifford through there Manchurian assasin, Loughner.
Thus Jason, quoted in the NB post, had it right, but I don't think put it strongly enough. Lambiet is saying that the doctor first tried to kill Gifford and now, strangely, is trying to save her. Lambiet is the nutjob here. His version of reality is many possible universes away from the actual one. This isn't, in my mind, very far away from the Dallas blogger who was justly investigated for declaring that the other members of the House were next after Giffords.
In sum, Lambiet is accusing the doc and his parents of conspiracy to commit murder.
So, yes, where is the Post's apology? And when will they fire Lambiet?
1st amendment rights?
Submitted by octavioj on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 11:43pm.
Two things: where are the first amendment rights on the parents? Second: what difference does it make that the parents of the doctor contributed to the tea parties' candidates? Did the doctor not help save Congresswoman's Giffords life? This is just again an attempt to tie the tea parties with the event. As simple as that.
there is a story here
Submitted by halfacarafe on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 11:58pm.
but so far the MSM is still trying to put blame it on anything conservative. My question is, where is the story of the parents? You have a twenty two year old living in your basement who is becomeing weirder and weirder. He has built a shrine to satan in the back yard. He's been kicked out of college for threats and intimidating behavior. The cops have been over a few times to discuss the threats. He loses or avoids all his friends. He has no job. Where did he get the money for guns and ammo. Aledgedly(sp?) his father chases him into a field the morning of the attack. Supposedly he has a black bag with magazines and ammo. He has to take a cab to the shooting. No car privilege that day? Sure like to know what Sheriff Dipstick knew, and when. And what's the story with the parents?
Half of what? I've had it up to here......
Submitted by old cro on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 6:13am.
with all the bulls*** from the left.
I agree with everything you say. I have been waiting to hear of the political connections of the parents since the beginning of this strange ordeal. Now we have an intrepid reporter researching the politics of the doctors parents? Then publishing them? What a sick world. I believe there is a lot more between sheriff Dipstick and the family that is not being reported. Typical liberal MSM, always protecting their own to the detriment of the truth.
Source of the Vitriol in Politics
Submitted by bravefacari on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 12:07am.
I'm really at a loss for words. I can't imagine even investigating and digging something like this up and then writing about it. What was the point? It defies sanity really. He clearly has too much time on his hands and not enough original ideas to write something purposeful and meaningful to contribute to the national dialog. I guess his Democratic leader, PBO's moving appeal at the Memorial Service didn't apply to him.
This is incredibly sad on so many levels.
Just wait...
Submitted by mrt721 on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 12:17am.
Wow! Just wait until Lambiet finds out about the 'Tea Party' chip Dr. Lemole installed in Ms. Gifford's head while he was in there.
figures can figure, but bleaters just bleat
Submitted by neutron on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 12:23am.
Josie Lamb-Bleat: "It wasn't political."
Al Capone's business card said he ran a furniture store.
What a perfect example of a
Submitted by Chris Norman on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 12:37am.
What a perfect example of a liberal attack weasel. Nasty, cowardly, and even nasty in his cowardice.
yea ....I always go on the
Submitted by TerryWest on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 12:55am.
yea ....I always go on the internet to look up my Doctors parents worth and political affiliations before I let them save my life, it's just an added bonus that while Im here I can see a journalist worth also.
Too bad they don't reveal
Submitted by Chris Norman on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 1:11am.
Too bad they don't reveal journalists' political affiliations and politcal beliefs upfront so people can judge how much to trust their stories.
According to mr. Lambient's
Submitted by Lukes dad on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 7:31am.
According to mr. Lambient's logic, the affiliations and activities of columnist's family members are fair game as well. I'm not sure they are ready to live by their own rules.Just shut up, Jose. Try to
Submitted by johnsonl on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 7:54am.
Just shut up, Jose. Try to keep up, next time. Good luck with your writing career, now that you've had your panties pulled down.
If the PBP
Submitted by HockeyKid on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 8:40am.
doesn't fire this scum-sucking excuse for a journalist, then they will have exposed themselves as the worst sort of political attack rag--not even useful for wrapping fish, since it already stinks.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Jose is a perfect lesson in
Submitted by kronological on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 9:21am.
doubling down on stupid.
No wonder he claimed it wasn't political
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 9:25am.
The comments were positively scathing. Nothing like alienating your readers to help business.
I don't read the PBP, but my mom takes the weekend Sun-Sentinel. Such a "success"....they've downsized the print edition, it's about 2/3 of the size it used to be, they're back to using the cheap ink that gets all over the white leather, instead of the smudgeless ink....and as of last week, one must request the weekly TV guide (the only reason she takes the paper!).
No wonder the print media is becoming as extinct as the dinosaur.
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There were some excellent comments
Submitted by CobraMan on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 1:24pm.
There were some excellent comments to that article. One, in particular, pointed to this graphic, which I found enlightening.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
That's sweet, CobraMan
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 1:43pm.
I think I'm going to bookmark it.
And every time we get a liberal "your side" caused this comment, I'm going to post it.
Excellent stuff....gotta love bloggers!
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this guy is a joke-
Submitted by JIMMY1660 on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 10:06am.
lets pretend the same Dr was to work on his family or loved ones-would any of this nonsense matter.
Dr & Lawyers take oaths to do their job no matter what.
unlike this pea brain.
its so wrong i am laughing at his stupidity.
Democrap liberal socialists
Submitted by eaglewingz08 on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 11:24am.
Democrap liberal socialists are never 'political', they are guardians and espousers of the truth. Only republican/conservatives can be 'political' because they dare to question the high priests of socialism and thus they are heretics. Heretics are 'political' and thus extremism in the service of democrap virtue is no vice.
Just a liberal rag
Submitted by pbthinker on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 12:04pm.
The Palm Beach Post is nothing more than a liberal rag. I stopped subscribing to them after the last election and I'd been a subscriber for over 20 years. They firmly believe they can question the integrity of 50% of the voters in Palm Beach County and still have them buying their paper. I think they've found out that's not true.
As far as Jose Lambiet is concerned, just another liberal political hack disguising himself as a newspaper man.
Jose needs to follow the policy...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 3:06pm.
...Don't Write, Don't Smell!