President Palin is a reckless menace. But to blame the shooting of tragic shooting in Tucson of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others by an Army trained a deranged kook is taking it too far, even for me.

Here’s the graphic posted on her Facebook last year. It targets Gabrielle Gifford’s Arizona district.

She’s all unrepentant bluster. The closest I’ve seen to a renunciation of the killings was in an email to Glenn Beck:

“I hate violence. I hate war. Our children will not have peace if politicos just capitalize on this to succeed in portraying anyone as inciting terror and violence. Thanks for all you do to send the message of truth and love. And God has the answer. – Sarah”

This tragedy is not a reason to shun candidate Palin.

The reason not to vote for her is that her IQ is too low for the job. She’s neither quick witted enough nor diplomatic enough to be President. And as her administration flounders, she’ll gladly take the USA to another unWINable war that the US taxpayers can’t afford.

I’m keeping my fingers crossed that “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” reality TV show will be canceled after the first season. And she will fade into Fox News pundit oblivion.