Old and busted: actually trying to hold the Sheriff of Broward County accountable for the failures of his department.

New hotness: hating on Dana Loesch and the NRA because GUNS!

Yes, it’s more fun to take pot shots at Dana Loesch and her family than it is to assign culpability for the multiple law enforcement failures that keep cascading in on themselves in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting – where a 14 year old and a football coach were bigger and better men than Deputy Scot Peterson. Who cares about that? Someone has dirt on NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch!

Dana Loesch came to me 10yrs ago pitching a sitcom starring herself: “A hot young mom who does far right radio show.” Said her age & looks would make 1 side hate her & 1 love her so everyone would watch. Was obsessed w the potential fame & money. I turned her down.

— Paul Guyot (@Fizzhogg) February 22, 2018

My memory is she was consumed with the idea that she was super hot & right wing, so that rare combo (her words) HAD to mean she could get rich & famous. Guess she found another way to her goal.

— Paul Guyot (@Fizzhogg) February 22, 2018

As I’ve watched her career ascent, I believe she realized that the more out there she goes, the more fame and money she gets. And I guarantee you she’s more about that than she is guns. Which is kinda worse, actually.

— Paul Guyot (@Fizzhogg) February 22, 2018

Dana was amused by this, until the media decided to run with the story AND publish the names of her children, as reported by Ben Howe of RedState.

Interestingly, Dana recalls it somewhat differently. She showed me the tweet at CPAC, laughing it off as some idiot that approached her years ago to try and get attention for himself. I asked if she had any correspondence saved from that long ago and if so, to forward it to me.

She couldn’t find any email correspondence, but she did find a much nicer version of Mr. Guyot when he sent her an invitation on LinkedIn about 9 years ago and she forwarded that over to me as I was considering writing a post about it.

This doesn’t exactly sound like Dana was doing the asking.

I had considered not posting it (she showed me the tweet on Thursday when it had about 225 retweets) and I decided I didn’t want to draw attention to this obvious ploy for attention from someone who shouldn’t need it after his widely acclaimed role as “bellman” in the 1993 blockbuster juggernaut, “Born Yesterday.”

But then Page Six picked up the story, as did the Daily Mail (I won’t link to that version since they went the extra mile and included the Loesch children’s names in the story), and it seemed like a good time for me to post this.

Loesch has responded on Twitter, and says that the media reporting this never asked her for comment.

My only comment on a bit of trash I saw. I wish as much effort was focused on the Broward Sheriff’s dereliction of duty. pic.twitter.com/eqXiArmJyh

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) February 25, 2018

The anti-gun crowd has decided that the NRA and Loesch are the ones who need to be hated and threatened out of existence.

Perfect timing. Perfect. pic.twitter.com/3UNjlsuyYB

— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) February 24, 2018

So it’s time to pile on with the Two-Minute Hate and name children as well.

This woman is just awful

— Nick (@iadevaia16) February 25, 2018

They named her kids in a story I’m going to be debunking. Exactly what is awful about being upset that your children’s names were posted to the public?

— Ben (@BenHowe) February 25, 2018

Nothing, it should be debunked, but she is awful. Her strange propaganda videos her bizarre claim that the media loves mass shootings. Those things have a profound impact on a highly impressionable base of people. It’s like the worst thing to say at the worst possible time.

— Nick (@iadevaia16) February 25, 2018

No, she is not right and she is very clearly and maliciously pandering to an angry crowd who’ve been indoctrinated by conspiracy theories and fear mongering. We all know this. She represents a very disturbing breakdown in the US.

— Nick (@iadevaia16) February 25, 2018

Meanwhile, the sheriff’s department is trying desperately to cover their rear ends from the impending civil lawsuits.

pic.twitter.com/yTPCDJMU2C

— Broward Sheriff (@browardsheriff) February 25, 2018

Thank you, Broward's Cowards, for clarifying you only ignored 23 warnings about the shooter and not 39.

Good luck on that investigation into why 4 of your cowards sat in a parking lot while kids were slaughtered and officers from other agencies went in.

— I'm a M'Fin Pickle in a Top Hat (@sunnyright) February 25, 2018

Suuuuuuper-defensive release from Broward Sheriff at 10pm. Yiiiiikes. https://t.co/wIug3k7DDZ

— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) February 25, 2018

Also, Sheriff Israel held a press conference to announce and confirm at least one deputy failed to go into the school while kids were being slaughtered. Now you’re saying that’s simply a claim from the police? C’mon. https://t.co/YFh3gKRXBo

— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) February 25, 2018

"We only messed up 23 times not 39" is an interesting hill to choose to die on https://t.co/1E79I9A7xt

— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) February 25, 2018

Well, Sheriff Israel is supposed to be on CNN with Jake Tapper tomorrow morning…

Will ask him about this tomorrow morning — see you all on @CNNSotu https://t.co/mlBaO3mZZH

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 25, 2018

… and I’m pretty certain it won’t be the rally of applause and praise that it was last week when the sheriff was on CNN.

This has been a terrible week for the public discourse in America, and attempting to cast dirt and pile on Dana Loesch isn’t going to fix the obvious corruption and incompetence in the Broward County Sheriff’s Office that could have stopped this killer before he stepped out of his Uber.

If the narrative continues to be to trash the NRA and Dana Loesch personally for an event they had nothing to do with, while giving the cowards of Broward a pass, then we are all in deep, deep trouble.