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Arizona Rep. Giffords shot, 6 killed in rampage (update-didn't act alone?)
AP ^ | January 8, 2011 | By TERRY TANG, AMANDA LEE MYERS and DAVID ESPO

Posted on 01/08/2011 6:04:50 PM PST by RummyChick

Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said Giffords was the target of a gunman whom he described as mentally unstable and possibly acting along with an accomplice. He said Giffords was among 13 people wounded in the melee that killed six people, including Arizona's chief federal judge, a 9-year-old girl and an aide for the Democratic lawmaker. He said the rampage ended only after two people tackled the gunman.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: giffords; shooting
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FR is so slow this may be posted ten times before I can get it to post.
1 posted on 01/08/2011 6:04:50 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

Don’t expect to hear any retracting of all the anti-conservative, anti-Tea Party bs that the MSM and the Left has thrown out. If this guy voted for McCain and watched Fox News there be no end of it being said over and over again. Now the spin is he’s just a loner, a wacko, a nut case.


2 posted on 01/08/2011 6:13:33 PM PST by jmacusa (Two wrongs don't make a right. But they can make it interesting.)
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To: RummyChick

A DemocRAT dream come true. They’re all “victims” now. It’s going to be tough for the GOP to get anything done.


3 posted on 01/08/2011 6:14:37 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Repealing ObamaCare is the next "Big ****ing Deal"! Let's Roll!!!!)
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To: RummyChick

Maybe a get away driver.


4 posted on 01/08/2011 6:15:16 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: cripplecreek

Supposedly Olbermann donated to Giffords which is what caused his suspension.


5 posted on 01/08/2011 6:18:38 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick
Is this the accomplice?

6 posted on 01/08/2011 6:21:48 PM PST by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: RummyChick
Jared Loughner

1. Reports now state the shooter is an atheist whose FAVORITE books are Mein Kopf, The Communist Manifesto, and We The Living. He also posted on his youtube page that his favorite video was of an American flag burning.

2. Most likely the shooter worked for the congresswomen for re-election.

3. Most likely the shooter was mad that the congresswomen voted against Pelosi as the House Speaker.

4. Most likely the shooter is a homosexual.

7 posted on 01/08/2011 6:22:03 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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had made death threats before and had been contacted by law enforcement

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/article_91db5db4-1b74-11e0-ba23-001cc4c002e0.html

A former classmate of Loughner at Pima Community College said he was “obviously very disturbed.”

“He disrupted class frequently with nonsensical outbursts,” said Lynda Sorenson, who took a math class with Loughner last summer at Pima Community College’s Northwest campus.

Sorenson doesn’t recall if he ever made any threats or uttered political statements but he was very disruptive, she said. He was asked to leave the pre-algebra class several times and eventually was barred from class, said Sorenson, a Tucson resident.

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“It almost seemed like he was on his own planet, because his comments would have nothing to do with what we were talking about,” Ali said.


8 posted on 01/08/2011 6:23:05 PM PST by RummyChick
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The Army said he tried to enlist in December 2008 but was rejected for reasons the military did not provide.

So much for the left wing lunatic congresswoman's rantings that the guy was former military. When all is said and done, the guy is nuts with left wing leanings.

9 posted on 01/08/2011 6:24:19 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: RummyChick

It took so long for me to reply to this....that I almost forgot what I was going to say.

I am wondering who would be stupid enough to join such a loon as this shooter anyway????


10 posted on 01/08/2011 6:24:20 PM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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To: RummyChick

An accomplice would seem to make sense - there was a lot of shooting.

The soulless left is wetting itself. It is so excited that there is a mass murderer who is a legal, non-muslim, citizen.


11 posted on 01/08/2011 6:26:16 PM PST by chickadee
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FR is so slow this may be posted ten times before I can get it to post.

ss, thought that it was just me,

12 posted on 01/08/2011 6:26:37 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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Don’t know if this will even post, getting to be a joke...

That sheriff more than annoyed me with the innuendo. What is his problem?


13 posted on 01/08/2011 6:27:17 PM PST by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: RummyChick

Whos to say the Federal Judge was not his intended target? The shooter was obviously a lunatic that should have been institutionalized long ago and politics probably had nothing to do with this. Will be interesting to hear his history over the past few years.


14 posted on 01/08/2011 6:29:44 PM PST by OCC
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To: RummyChick

The sheriff should not be making any statements about the mental condition of the suspect. While these are just the sheriff’s opinion, they can jeopardize the trial.

But, I am sure the sheriff’s political is far more important than a conviction.


15 posted on 01/08/2011 6:30:14 PM PST by bwc2221
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16 posted on 01/08/2011 6:31:11 PM PST by jimbo123
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To: Blood of Tyrants

he had an arrest record. I think drug paraphenalia.

Sheriff is blaming flame throwers..I guess people like rush Limbaugh. Don’t know if he mentioned him by name.


17 posted on 01/08/2011 6:31:17 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: jmacusa

I don’t understand why the Left was so worked up regarding the Tea Party, especially since the Creepy Nevadan said it’s going *poof* as soon as the economy improves.


18 posted on 01/08/2011 6:31:20 PM PST by Lauren BaRecall (Happy 112th!)
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To: jmacusa

>> Now the spin is he’s just a loner, a wacko, a nut case.

You’re correct - the deceitful MSM will not make equal characterizations.


19 posted on 01/08/2011 6:31:55 PM PST by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: bwc2221

Sheriff said this
“ Let me just say one thing, because people tend to poo-poo this business about all the vitriol that we hear inflaming the American public by people who make a living off of doing that. That may be free speech. But it’s not without consequences.”

A guy who shouts nonsensical things in a classroom likely had mental problems.Maybe he is schizophrenic??

saw a report that they are looking for a third person.


20 posted on 01/08/2011 6:35:03 PM PST by RummyChick
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