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"It is a tragedy for Arizona, and a tragedy for our entire country,"
President Barack Obama declared.
Giffords, 40, is a three-term moderate Democrat who narrowly won
re-election in November against a tea party candidate as conservatives
across the country sought to throw her from office over her support of
the health care law. Her office in Tucson was vandalized in
the hours after the House passed the overhaul last March as anger
over the law spread across the country.
Police say the shooter was in custody, and was identified by people
familiar with the investigation as Jared Loughner, 22. Officials said he
used a pistol with an extended clip to carry out the attack.
U.S. officials who provided his name to the AP spoke on condition of
anonymity because they were not authorized to release it publicly.
In one of several Youtube videos, which featured text against a dark
background, Loughner ... complained about the illiteracy rate among
people living in Giffords' congressional district in Arizona.
Giffords' Tucson office was vandalized a few hours after
the House voted to approve the health care law in March, with
someone either kicking or shooting out a glass door and window. More
recently, the sheriff also said that someone in a "very angry
audience" at a Giffords event dropped a weapon out
of their pants.
In an interview after the vandalism, Giffords referred
to the animosity against her by conservatives. Palin
listed Giffords' seat as one of the top "targets" in the midterm
elections because of the lawmakers' support for the health care law.
"For example, we're on Sarah Palin's targeted
list, but the thing is, that the way that she has it depicted
has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do
that, they have to realize that there are consequences to that action,"
Giffords said in an interview with MSNBC.
The sheriff used the word "vitriol" several times to express his
disgust with the political climate in the country and in
Arizona, a heavily conservative state that put itself at the
center of the national debate on immigration last year with a
contentious crackdown on illegal immigrants. Residents and
politicians here have also vocally opposed Obama and Democrats on
health care.
A San Francisco man upset with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's
support of health care reform pleaded guilty to threatening
the Democratic congresswoman and her family ...
In July, a California man known for his anger over
left-leaning politics engaged in a shootout with highway
patrol officers after planning an attack on the ACLU
and another nonprofit group. The man said he wanted to "start
a revolution" by killing people at the ACLU and the Tides
Foundation.
During his campaign effort to unseat Giffords in November, Republican
challenger Jesse Kelly held fundraisers where he urged supporters to
help remove Giffords from office by joining him to shoot a fully loaded
M-16 rifle.
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Man, the bats are out in force over this shooting in Arizona, even worse than when Clinton blamed McVeigh’s bombing of the Federal Building on Rush Limbaugh’s agitation.
ReplyDeleteNow we got people claiming the shooter was everything from a CIA operative to a member of the Sinaloa Cartel. I’ve read suggestions that Sarah Palin is behind it, Glenn Beck is implicated in it, Fox News was somehow involved, and one loon even suggested a George Bush connection this morning at the Tom Thumb near my house.
Don’t remember who said it first, but my grandfather used to tell me to believe none of what I hear and only half of what I read. Well, he came from a simpler, more innocent time when you COULD believe a little of what you read. Anyway, allow me to offer you this little translation guide for prefacing or qualifying remarks you see or hear regularly in today’s media:
“It is believed that . . .” -- This occurred to me while sitting on the commode
“It is generally understood that . . .” -- I heard someone else saying the same thing
“Local records show . . .” -- Why did they send me to this redneck backwater!?
“Correct according to what we know so far . . .” -- WRONG!
“As you can see . . .” -- This is the best graphic we could come up with this quickly
“A recent survey showed . . .” -- Rumor has it
“Statistics indicate . . .” -- A wild-ass guess
“After continued research by my associates . . .” -- Nobody knows what the hell is going on
“In our experience at this organization . . .” -- Once upon a time
“In situation after situation . . .” -- Twice
“In a series of related cases . . .” -- Three times
“According to local authorities . . .” -- Do these people speak English?
“Typical comments shown below . . .” -- Here are the ones we want you to see
“As has long been known in this area . . .” -- Nobody knows how this shit got started
“A popular understanding indicates . . .” -- These idiots will buy anything you tell ‘em
“It was reported that . . .” -- My sound man heard a taxi driver say
“Some experts argue that . . .” -- We found a few crackpots who are just loony enough to be interesting
“This report will deal with only the high points . . .” -- I haven’t found anything new since my last report
“It is apparent that . . .” -- My boss wants me to say this
“The situation suggests that . . .” -- I’ve been drinking some really good bourbon
“The implications on this are clear . . .” -- If anything were clear on this, we wouldn’t have to speculate
“Many questions are left unanswered . . .” -- I don’t have the slightest clue what’s going on
“The President reacted today in a statement . . .” -- Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
“This will have a strong impact on the next election . . .” -- The Tea Party is responsible
“People want to know what they can do to help . . .” -- Send contributions to
“It can only be hoped that further investigation into this . . .” -- To hell with it! I’m outta here.
It's a magazine, not a clip. You use a clip to speedload a magazine. Sarah's map used a surveyor's mark to highlight districts, not a crosshair. And so on...
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