Those inside Sarah Palin's inner circle have come forward to admit the ex-Governor of Alaska was truly heartbroken over the recent massacre in Arizona.

"Sarah is destroyed." said a Palin Associate. "She had a new ad with her holding a hunting rifle to Obama's head. It's a great ad. And harmless. But now she just can't use it.

"And now that her show has been cancelled, we can't have someone drug up a caribou for her to shoot.," added the source. "These are dire times."

Palin is just one of many Republicans facing a new dilemma caused by the shooting. That dilemma being "When can we go back to using violent rhetoric? We got nothing else."

Timothy Johnson, a political analyst in Tupleo, Miss., said the Republicans will need to retool their message and make it even simpler while many Americans are too sensitive to violent rhetoric following the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and murder of six others at the hands of Jared Loughner.

"Just repeat 'Tax Cuts' over and over," advised Johnson, who said it should be at least one more week until violent rhetoric is safe to use again. "Don't even try using other words. You'll just screw it up."

For some, however, the week of waiting may prove too much.

"Sarah decide to write a Facebook post all about Jesus, but before long she was just talking about how liberals should be stoned to death" said the Palin source. "She's the victim here."

--WKW

Crossposted at William K. Wolfrum Chronicles