Just got it on facebook.
Be well, Gabrielle.
Well, God Bless, Gabby.
Hang in there..
There are things more important in life than wielding power and holding a fancy title.
Good luck to both you and Mark.
I wish her well, I really do.
I remember reading that she, along with other members, were working on a piece of legislation that either rolled back Congressional salaries or spending just prior to the savage attack. If so, I think Congress should move forward with that piece of legislation.
My prayers for her continued recovery.
Her husband has retired, I think. All in all, it would be better to be home and concentrate on her health and marriage.
I wish her a strong recovery and good health.
Best wishes to her.
But to the vermin who blamed the shooting on Palin, I hope you rot in hell.
Adding my prayers for her recovery.
How sad that a sick deranged left wing nut can end the career of one of the dwindling number of moderate democrats.
Sad, she was a blue dog, I hope the scum who shot her gets to meet Bubba in the prison shower.
I have to respect her for knowing what's best for her and not hanging around just to keep the seat for her party and letting staffers run things like the Dems often do.
Hope she can come back someday.
This is a good decision on her part. She is unable to represent the citizens of her district.
What is Debbie Shultz going to use for political propaganda now?
Gosh, the woman took a bullet to the head and went through hell. Even as a dyed-in-the-wool conservative she’d have my vote had she run. God help her.
I wish her well. But as for those who made use of her for political purposes, I have little sympathy.
I imagine we’ll see more of that. She was a relatively conservative Democrat, and the district might well go Republican, so I expect the dirty tricksters will pull out all the stops again, blaming her shooting on Sarah Palin and the Christian Conservatives, who had her in their crosshairs.
Playing for the sympathy vote. I hope whoever runs for that district points out that the killer was a crazy, potheaded leftist, who was given a gun permit despite run-ins with the law because his mother was a high-up Democrat player.
At least SHE cares enough about this Country to know when to step aside ... there are about 400 other Congress members who should do the same ... on both sides of the aisle.
We have to stop paying their salaries ... the original intent was not to make SERVING in Congress a life-long profession.
My gggggreatuncle had to pay his own way when he served in the House representing Virginia and later, Kentucky. Let the States that elect them support them ... with NO contributions from lobbyists or businesses, people, nations. Their pay should come from the people who elected them not from outside their district or State.
Best wishes for her continuing recovery. She is very courageous and made the right decision. Her constituents have been without effective representation for over a year now.
This may be a GOP pick up as Jesse Kelly, who lost to Giffords by a small margin in 2010, has declared again.
Isn't that illegal?
She began "serving" in Congress in January, 2007. She just retired. Why the long wait when it was clear she couldn't fulfill her duties long ago?
Members who participated in the congressional pension system are vested after five (5) years of service.
I won't be so nice about her departure... good riddance, you self-serving grifter. Sadly, you clearly belonged in Congress... your kind of people.
As the mother of a closed-head injured daughter, I can attest to the fact that Rep. Giffords has a very long recovery ahead of her. Her age and the nature of the injury are working against her. Stress, particularly the kind of stress encountered as a U.S. Congressman would probably cause her to regress. Her ability to reason has to be greatly effected by this TBI. She said something publicaly this summer that showed she was not grasping the situation at hand. I wish I could remember it. But I immediately thought, that was the response of a Traumatic Brain Injured person. Sad. I wish her well and a full recovery. She made the right decision.