Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been shot, along with a number of her staff, at a Safeway in Tucson. This is a tragedy for her family and the families of those who have been shot. A gunman ambushed her at point blank range. It looks like 4 others were killed. The gunman was shot and apprehended. My prayers are with the victims and their families.
Now the repercussions will be felt. Is he a terrorist? My guess is that it is unlikely. Will he be tied to the Tea Party? That seems like a strong possibility. Will this incident be used as a further excuse for the government to crackdown on the citizens of this country? Absolutely. Will the MSM use this incident as a storyline to create fear that any dissent, whether vocally at town hall meetings or on websites like TBP is dangerous? You bet your ass they will.
Is this murder some sort of tipping point event that pits the citizens against government, Wall Street, and the ruling elite? Probably not, but it will be interesting to see if there are more incidents. I’m actually surprised that no high level bank executives have been assassinated by someone who has been victimized by their criminal banks.
Is this an isolated incident or the start of something larger? I don’t know. What do you think?
Arizona congresswoman among 12 shot at Tucson grocery
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(CNN) — At least 12 people were shot at a Tucson grocery store on Saturday, and U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was among them, a Democratic party source told CNN.
Giffords, 40, was holding a constituent meeting at the grocery store when the shooting occurred, according to a schedule posted on her website.
CNN could not confirm conditions for Giffords or any of the others wounded, but the Tuscon Citizen newspaper was reporting that Giffords was shot in the head.
The Democratic source described the situation as “pretty serious,”
The shooting occurred at a Safeway shortly after 10 a.m. MST, according to sheriff’s spokesman Deputy Jason Ogan.
Several shot at Tuscon grocery store
Pictures from the scene showed a Giffords banner hanging from the storefront.
At least two victims with gunshot wounds were transported at Northwest Medical Center, according to spokesman Richard Parker.
“They’ve been coming in the last 10 minutes. I’m not sure of the severity of their injuries,” he said.
Ogan said he did not have conditions on any of the wounded and said the motive for the shooting is unclear.
“We’re just trying to sort this out right now,” he said.
An employee of a nearby business, Jason Pekau, told CNN that he heard “15 to 20 gunshots.”
Giffords, a Democrat, was first elected in 2006. She has served as chairwoman of the House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee and also holds seats on the House Science and Technology and Armed Services committees.
Update. Fox News jumped the gun. She is not dead, but in critical condition.
Personally, I’m saddened that no high level bank executived have been executed yet; legally or otherwise. And their hired thug attorneys with them.
Until we know more, I’m not ruling out a spill-over from Mexico’s war. But I agree, Jim, that it will likely be spun against Republicans, right-wing activists or the Tea Party just because she was a democrat. They’ve already begun doing that with the package bombs in Maryland and the one that targeted Napolitano. There’s going to be a tightening of freedoms in the name of security, for sure.
We want a national law
Establishing childrens bedtimes.
Bedtime Patrol,
We’ll check up on you…
Bedtime Patrol,
Make sure that your bracelet is on.
The nanny state:
To reach down your pants and check to see if you’ve been
Moistening yourself with any unauthorized substance without permission
Tag them!
Curfew them!
Keep them down!
Keep them at home!
At school!
To rent a video on the way home
And stay home.
Just like at work…
Do not gather after dark…
Curfew!
It’s such a family oriented word.
A much more acceptable smiling soft word.
A much more pallatable concept,
THAN MARTIAL LAW!
Put your bracelets on
You are safer when you are watched
Don’t go outside
You’ll set the alarm off!
Curfew
Forever
And ever and ever!
From Zero Hedge
Update: We spoke to an eyewitness, Steven Rayle who was on the scene at the time of the shooting and helped to hold the suspect down while waiting for police. Here’s what he said:
The event was very informal: Gifford had set up a table outside the Safeway and about 20-30 people were gathered to talk to her. The gunman, who may have come from inside the Safeway, walked up and shot Gifford in the head first. According to Rayle, who is a former ER doctor, Gifford was able to move her hands after being shot.
After shooting Gifford, the gunman opened fire indiscriminately for a few seconds, hitting a number of people, including a kid no older than 10 years old. Rayle hid behind a concrete pole and pretended to be dead. When the gunman apparently ran out of ammunition he attempted to flee, but a member of Gifford’s staff tackled him. The Rayle helped hold him down while waiting for the sheriff to arrive, about 15-or 20 minutes later. 30 minutes later the EMS came. Rayle said he was “stunned” by how long it took medical help to arrive.
The man was young, mid-to-late 20s, white clean-shaven with short hair and wearing dark clothing and said nothing during the shooting or while being held down. He didn’t look like a businessman, but more of a “fringe character,” our source said.
This will be used as an excuse to further crackdown on the ownership of guns.
This happened in my neighborhood. I’m shocked, stunned, outraged, and saddened. Perhaps some additional comments later. But not now.
SSS
I was wondering how close this was to your house. Nothing good can come from this. I hope the congresswoman can pull through.
Her husband is a Space Shuttle astronaut.
This is the danger that demagogy poses to our people and our country.
It is divisive, it removes our security and whittles away our rights for some self serving pundit or politicians career and it creates extremists.
My condolences to those families whose lives have been disrupted by this abhorrent act.
State Senator Linda Lopez just stated on Fox News that the Tea Party hated the congresswoman and prompted this incident. That didn’t take long.
Federal Judge John Roll was killed at this event.
They are reporting that the shooter was a 22 year old Afghan war veteran.
From NY Post
Her father Spencer Giffords, 75, wept when asked if his 40-year-old daughter had any enemies.
“Yeah,” he told The Post. “The whole tea party.”
Moral hazard of a lawless Federal Government peeking its’ head up? Won’t know until the spinners and dirt throwers get tired of bleating about it.
The way it went down (as we know about it right now), she was indeed the target of an execution and her attacker was an assassin, amateur or pro. The randomness of the shooting after the target was taken down suggests a suicide “death by cop” or some such as the anticipated outcome by the attacker.
Too bad it happened. Too bad the price all of us will have to pay for it.
“Update. Fox News jumped the gun.” Fox News? That vile network of propaganda? And just how did you happen to receive information from Fox News- home of Newt, Hannity, Beck, Krauthammer, Kristol?
Smokey
Fox News just confirmd that Peyton Manning was involved and it relates to war for oil.
Youtube from killer
The youtube was completely nutty.
But he mentions the US Constitution, gold, silver and the government. This will surely be spun as the act of Tea Party crazy. No doubt about it.
His profile on his MySpace page said 3 of his favorite books are:
Brave New World
Animal Farm
Fahrenheit 451
He was pissed off that our currency isn’t backed by gold.
There is no doubt that this nutjob will be associated to Ron Paul, the Tea Party, supposed right wingers, and anti-illegal immigrants.
I’ve written an article using Brave New World, Animal Farm and Fahrenheit 451.
I think our currency should be backed by gold.
Therefore, I will be implicated.
They’re reporting a small child has died, but that the Congresswoman is expected to survive.
Many blog are lit up by the fact she appeared on Palin’s “political hit list” over the Obamacare vote, even though she was a conservative Democrat who also was very strict on border control issues.
Demagogy or demagoguery (Ancient Greek: δημαγωγία, from δῆμος dēmos “people” and ἄγειν agein “to lead”) is a strategy for gaining political power by appealing to the prejudices, emotions, fears and expectations of the public.
I dont know who the shooter is or what his connections to, if any, political group is.
What I am sure of is that our media, our pundits and our politicians helped create this incident knowing full well the number of unstable people that listen to and watch them might react in a bad way
Fox wasnt the only network that jumped the gun. Todays networks would rather let the horse out of the barn before seeing if its on fire.
I wonder what Ms. Giffords did to provoke the attack? I mean, certainly, since she has been victimized by a deranged murderer, she had it coming. What we as a society must do is carefully reflect on what actions she took to deserve this fate. We must also consider that the assailant had some very legitimate grievances that Ms.Giffords and Mr. Roll had failed to address. This event is highly likely the unfortunate culmination of a whole series of provocations embarked on long ago by Ms. Giffords. So, it may well be, and probably is, that the actions that transpired today were predictable and justifiable because of the previous callousness and insensitivity of the Congresswoman.–JUST ASK THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF 911.
The shooter is Jared Loughner
This appears to be his youtube video;
It appears this is Jared Loughner’s favorite video.
It explains a lot. Scary shit.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Classitup10#p/a/f/0/3L1lsLU-kUw
It appears this is Jared Loughner’s favorite video.
It explains a lot. Scary shit.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Classitup10#p/a/f/0/3L1lsLU-kUw
Also appears his favorite book is Mein Kampf.
Tell you what. That fucker’s video makes as much sense as at least one regular poster on this site.
Loughner seems to think that all government is treasonous..
I wonder if Sarah Palin regrets her portrayal of Gabrielle and others being targeted with simulated gun sights on a map of the United States.
See here; http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/08/congresswoman-gabrie.html
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I wonder if her oppenent regrets running this ad;
“Get on Target for Victory in November. Help remove Gabrielle Giffords from office. Shoot a fully automatic M16 with Jesse Kelly.”
Sarah’s target ad sure looks bad now.
He was pissed off that our currency isn’t backed by gold. -Admin
I read from all political ideologies and this isnt particular to any one although those same ideologies are currently pointing fingers at each other. The freepers are saying Loughner is a leftist manchurian or a angry immigrant false flag and the left is saying its because of Fox news propaganda.
Bizarro.
That fucker’s video makes as much sense as at least one regular poster on this site. -Smokey
The neo-con one I presume
High School picture of Jaren Loughner. Top row, 4th pic.
http://twitpic.com/3o8mkn
Stuck
The picture says a lot. That dude hasn’t had a date in the last 6 years with those good looks. Based on the video, he wasn’t wooing them with his personality either.
Update 2: From his YouTube profile is the reading list of someone who is nuts:
I had favorite books: Animal Farm, Brave New World, The Wizard Of OZ, Aesop Fables, The Odyssey, Alice Adventures Into Wonderland, Fahrenheit 451, Peter Pan, To Kill A Mockingbird, We The Living, Phantom Toll Booth, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Pulp,Through The Looking Glass, The Communist Manifesto, Siddhartha, The Old Man And The Sea, Gulliver’s Travels, Mein Kampf, The Republic, and Meno.”
Loughner’s Myspace was taken down. But here are four pics from it.
Also, picture of a Jared Loughner volunterring at a Tucson Book Festival:
http://www.businessinsider.com/jared-lee-loughner-2011-1
The majority of citizens in the United States of America have
never read the United States of America’s Constitution
You don’t have to accept the Federalist laws
Nonetheless, read the United States of America’s Constitution to
apprehend all of the current treasenous laws.
You’re literate, listener?
Loughner, by his final thoughts video, surely thought he would be killed
With so many people in such a large country with more freedoms then anywhere else in the world it is a wonder this does not happen more often. It is so terrible that these people had to be the target of a single, but crazy individual. However, we should try to remember that only one person did this so lets not pass judgement on everyone or the system we live by.
Sad, ironic that we were at the Maricopa County meeting this morning when this happened. In the room with us among others, Russell Pearce, our Great Sheriff Joe, and David Schweikert.
It’s a shame, but her father is a motherfucker in my book. Using his own daughter’s shooting to villify fellow Americans. Giffords is no “conservative” either. She goes along with the whole damn anti-American agenda. She won by lying about her opponent’s positions and running a series of false ads – shocking!
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Note: My immediate above post was posted in error. Not my words.
Below is a verbatim transcription from Jared Loughner’s youtube website.
A stoopid fuckwad for sure.
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My Final Thoughts: Jared Lee Loughner
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Most people, who read this text, forget in the next 2 second!
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The population of dreamers in the United States of America is less than 5%!
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If 987,123,478,961,876,341,234,671,234,098,601,978.618 is
the year in B.C.E. then the previous year of
987,123,478,961,876,341,234,671,234,098,601,978.618 B.C.E.
is 987,123,478,961,876,341,234,671,234,098,601,978.619
B.C.E.
987,123,478,961,876,341,234,671,234,098,601,978.618 is the
year in B.C.E.
Therefore, the previous year of
987,123,478,961,876,341,234,671,234,098,601,978.618 B.C.E.
is 987,123,478,961,876,341,234,671,234,098,601,978.619
B.C.E.
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If B.C.E. years are unable to start the A.D.E. years are unable to begin.
B.C.E. years are unable to start.
Thus, A.D.E. years are unable to begin.
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If A.D.E. is endless in year then the years in A.D.E don’t cease.
A.D.E. is endless in year.
Therefore, the years in A.D.E. don’t cease.
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If I teach a mentally capable 8 year old for 20 consecutive
minutes to replace an alphabet letter with a new letter and
pronunciation then the mentally capable 8 year old writes
and pronounces the new letter and pronunciation that’s
replacing an alphabet letter in 20 consecutive minutes.
I teach a mentally capable 8 year old for 20 consecutive
minutes to replace an alphabet letter with a new letter and
pronunciation.
Thus, the mentally capable 8 year old writes and pronounces
the new letter and pronunciation that replaces an alphabet
letter in 20 consecutive minutes.
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Every human who’s mentally capable is always able to be treasurer of their new currency.
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If you create one new currency then you’re able to create a second new
currency.
If you’re able to create second new currency then you’re able to create
third new currency.
You create one new currency.
Thus, you’re able to create a third currency.
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You’re a treasurer for a new currency, listener?
You create and distribute your new currency, listener?
You don’t allow the government to control your grammar structure, listener?
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If you create one new language then you’re able to create a
second new language.
If you’re able to create a second new language then you’re
able to create a third new language.
You create one new language.
Thus, you’re able to create a third new language.
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All humans are in need of deep sleep.
Jared Loughner is a human.
Hence, Jared Loughner is in need of deep sleep.
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Sleepwalking.
If I define sleepwalking then sleepwalking is the act or state of walking
eating, or performing other motor acts while asleep, of which one is
unaware upon awakening.
I define sleepwalking.
Thus, sleepwalking is the act or state of walking, eating, or performing other
motor acts while asleep, of which one is unaware upon awakening.
I’m a sleepwalker – who turns off the alarm clock.
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All conscience dreaming at this moment is asleep.
Jared Loughner is conscience dreaming at this moment.
Thus, Jared Loughner is asleep.
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Terrorist.
If I define terrorist then a terrorist is a person who employs terror on terrorism,
especially as a political weapon.
I define terrorist.
Thus, a a terrorist is a person who employs terror on terrorism, especially as a
political weapon.
If you call me a terrorist then the argument to call me a terrorist is Ad
hominem.
You call me a terrorist.
Thus, the argument to call me a terrorist is Ad hominem.
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Every United States Military recruit at MEPS in Phoenix is receiving one
mini bible before the tests.
Jared Loughner is a United States Military recruit at MEPS in Phoenix.
Therefore, Jared Loughner is receiving one mini bible before the tests.
I didn’t write a belief on my Army application, and the recruiter wrote
on the application: None.
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The majority of citizens in the United States of America have
never read the United States of America’s Constitution
You don’t have to accept the federalist laws
Nonetheless, read the United States of America’s Constitution to
apprehend all of the current treasonous laws.
You’re literate, listener?
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If the property owners and government officials are no longer in
ownership of their land and laws from a revolution then the
revolutionary’s from the revolution are in control of the land and
laws.
The property owners and government officials are no longer in
ownership of their land and laws from a revolution.
Thus, the revolutionary’s from the revolution are in control of the
land and laws.
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In conclusion, reading the second United States Constitution, I can’t
trust the current government because of the ratifications: The
government is implying mind control and brainwash on the
people by controlling grammar.
No! I won’t pay debt with a currency that’s not backed by gold and silver!
No! I won’t trust in God!
Stuck
He just had to throw in gold and silver at the end.
Why couldn’t he have said that he admired Greenspan and Bernanke.
Jim — Consider yourself lucky that he didn’t mention he reads TBP on a daily basis.
Stuck
I hope he didn’t purchase one of The Burning Platform t-shirts.
Nah, he was in his early twenties, the young folks reading TBP are the sane and stable ones.
Stuck—-When I go postal and take out about two dozen innocent fast food patrons with an AK-47 and a 9MM Sig Sauer, that’s gonna be my line right before I croak. I’m gonna say “Vote for Ron Paul, the man featured at the world’s best website, The Burning Platform.”
I don’t know what the protocol is regarding criticizing someone who was just shot in the head.
Before today, I never heard of her. But, I’ve been googling her for the past couple hours .. reading articles, watching videos.
I find her politics despicable. She once asked General Petraeus what he was doing “to reduce carbon emissions in the war on terror.” One blogger called her the poster child for everything wrong with American politics. By most accounts, she seems like a liberal wingnut.
And MikeInAZ is correct, her father is a real motherfucker. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree.
That does not mean she deserved what happened today. My thoughts are with her, blah, blah, blah.
Smokey — be careful about posting killing innocents with an AK47. Really. I understand sarcasm … the government eyes do not.
Stuck
I’ve already sent Smokey’s IP address to the Dept of Homeland Security. They should be breaking his door down shortly.
One of the victims was a 9 yr old girl, who died at the University Medical Center. The girl was standing beside Giffords. Why did this freak have to turn his gun on a child? How sad.
Doctors are optimistic about Giffords, who suffered a “through and through” head wound at point blank range. In one side, completely through the brain, and out the other. Appears she will survive, but what will that survival look like?
Let me say something about Admin and Stucky. You two had more information about Loughner, the suspect shooter, posted SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE the local news media got around to it. The media here is just now getting around to the stuff you found, but only in tidbits. That’s really impressive, guys. Standing O.
MikeinAZ is correct. Giffords is not a conservative. On the big issues, she is a cookie-cutter liberal. Voted for the Stimulus, Cap and Trade, and Obamacare as just three examples. But the last time I looked, being a liberal isn’t a capital crime. I hope she will get through all this with minimal damage to her health.
I also agree with Admin’s comments on “the finger pointing has already begun” wrt the Tea Party, gun laws, and so on. It’s gonna get really, really ugly. Lord, why did this have to happen in Arizona, of all places?
SSS
It is clear this guy was deranged. The act was despicable. I hope they can execute him.
I believe this will lead the country closer to some sort of tipping point. Both sides will get angrier. Positions will be solidified. No compromise. The state will use this to put more controls, more rules, more regulations in place. Making anti-government declarations will be seen as dangerous.
This tragic event will lead to more anger, mistrust and probably more violence.
This is starting to piss me off.
A 10 YEAR OLD CHILD was killed too. Plus four others. Plus 4 others in critical condition. But ALL we hear about is this congresswoman (and some brief mentions about the judge).
I guess shooting one of the powers that be is THE mortal sin in America? Woe unto you if you shoot a “leader”!! But …. fuck the peons, eh?
Stuck—-Noted. I retract my statement. I would never shoot anyone. Except in self-defense.
Smokey
I’m rooting for your boy Manning tonight. I hate the Jets.
Well done Smokey. Really.
Admin — WTF is going on with those T-shirts?? FIVE BUCKS extra for a 3X t-shirt? I’m fuckin sick and tired of paying extra for everything from t-shirts to condoms. My birthday is a month away and I asked Ms. Freud to buy me one of those $20 mugs. Really. I can’t wait.
Stuck
I think you should sue someone for size discrimination.
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SSS
It is clear this guy was deranged. The act was despicable. I hope they can execute him.
I believe this will lead the country closer to some sort of tipping point. Both sides will get angrier. Positions will be solidified. No compromise. The state will use this to put more controls, more rules, more regulations in place. Making anti-government declarations will be seen as dangerous.
This tragic event will lead to more anger, mistrust and probably more violence.
Oh, please…this poor bastard ( and his family, and anyone else who knows him!) will spend the rest of their lives at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba being water boarded for who knows what….Osama Bin Laden…you must be a happy man today !!!
i don’t think she was “targeted” i think these things are going to be based on opportunity. i would think that if you have “lost it” you’ll find a target and the bigger the target the better.
i can see folks taking out anyone they can get close enough to. at all levels of government and banking and corporate… once you’ve lost it i don’t see any barriers except maybe wanting to take out someone who by any association your broken mind can conger up. as people get desperate more and more will lash out and the more there are the more ways they’ll find to “lost it”.
when will the next one lost it, i imagine times are getting hard for a lot of people. 2011 doesn’t look any better and to have media and government lying to us all doesn’t help. having hopes lifted and dashed time and again fosters “losing it”
A Black Swan just flew through Tucson today. All the visible evidence will be over analyzed, dissected, spread around to blame the broadest spectrum of political enemies on both sides.
The hidden evidence (that which is not readily observable) will be ignored and the real reason for todays sad tragedy will never be discussed.
Simple, no? The guy is wing-nut, completely insane and his actions were not foreseeable or predictable by anyone. Sure we might be treated to old high school buddies telling us how weird he was or maybe a shrink that had a few sessions with him mumble something about schizophrenia or paranoid tendencies or some bullshit but the truth lies with Occam’s razor.. He’s nutty as a fruitcake and will never see a day in prison (except for a mental ward in a prison hospital),
This will, of course, be debated until Hell has a deep freeze with a lot of collateral damage to personal freedom and the Constitution will probably get kicked around some too. Too bad but typically human where the easy way out is always the way of choice.
We listen to the story and ignore what cannot easily be seen.
Administrator——I’m afraid Peyton is in over his head tonight. Colts are favored but too banged up. Jets win tonight. Make peace with it now, because you’ll probably be hearing a LOT of shit from Jets fans on this board later on.
DexterMorgan
You said, “Oh, please…this poor bastard ( and his family, and anyone else who knows him!) will spend the rest of their lives at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba being water boarded for who knows what.”
Just to clarify, does “this poor bastard” refer to the suspected shooter, Jared Loughner? If so, what leads you to believe that he, his family, and his associates will spend the rest of their lives at Guantanamo Bay?
You’re joking, right?
Weasel Face liberal douchebag Paul Krugman has just blamed the Republicans for the shooting in Tucson:
Just posted by Paul Krugman, who apparently doesn’t need to hear the facts before blasting away at Republicans.
From the NYT:
We don’t have proof yet that this was political, but the odds are that it was. She’s been the target of violence before. And for those wondering why a Blue Dog Democrat, the kind Republicans might be able to work with, might be a target, the answer is that she’s a Democrat who survived what was otherwise a GOP sweep in Arizona, precisely because the Republicans nominated a Tea Party activist. (Her father says that “the whole Tea Party” was her enemy.) And yes, she was on Sarah Palin’s infamous “crosshairs” list.
Just yesterday, Ezra Klein remarked that opposition to health reform was getting scary. Actually, it’s been scary for quite a while, in a way that already reminded many of us of the climate that preceded the Oklahoma City bombing.
You know that Republicans will yell about the evils of partisanship whenever anyone tries to make a connection between the rhetoric of Beck, Limbaugh, etc. and the violence I fear we’re going to see in the months and years ahead. But violent acts are what happen when you create a climate of hate. And it’s long past time for the GOP’s leaders to take a stand against the hate-mongers.
Update: I see that Sarah Palin has called the shooting “tragic”. OK, a bit of history: right-wingers went wild over anyone who called 9/11 a tragedy, insisting that it wasn’t a tragedy, it was an atrocity.
Update: I’m going to take down comments on this one; they would need a lot of moderating, because the crazies are coming out in force, and it’s all too likely to turn into a flame war.
“He just had to throw in gold and silver at the end.
Why couldn’t he have said that he admired Greenspan and Bernanke.”
Because his job was to discredit gold bugs, gun rights advocates, and the Tea Party.
Ahhhh … the business of total fucking lying bullshit begins … I just can’t wait to see the news articles tomorrow ……
PKES
The politicians will stir the shit to the max on this. Count on it. Every pol will have to be quoted in his own local shit-sheet and every talking head will have to be heard on what he/she doesn’t now or even have a clue about.
Just one more example of how the MSM serves the stupid, mostly ignorant FSA of the FSofA.
So how about some Conspiracy Theorizing? The guy was an Afghani War Vet, right? So he probably is the victim of CIA Brainwashing. The operation was probably planned at Langley as PsyOps to further radicalize Tea Party activists to violence, targeting all Liberal Politicians.
In terms of repurcussions, I think you can pretty well forget about handshaking your local CONgress Critter at Walmart in the forseeable future.
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