Posted on 01/08/2011 12:16:48 PM PST by Qbert
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was wounded in a shooting at a supermarket today in Tucson, Arizona. At least 12 people have been shot, and reportedly six have died. Thoughts and prayers go out to Rep. Giffords and family and all of those wounded on this horrific day.
Congresswoman Giffords was reportedly shot in the head. There are conflicting reports as to whether she has died.
Despite the lack of further information, ABC local news (and countless Tweets on Twitter) have begun implying that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin supposedly motivated the actions of the shooter because of her "Take Back the 20" political "target map":
"Giffords was one of 20 House Democrats who voted for the new health care reform law featured on Sarah Palin's infamous "Take Back the 20" target map last year. The map drew controversy for its use of gun sights.
Giffords' office was vandalized after the health care vote.
To imply that Palin is somehow responsible for a shooting because of a harmless political map is beyond revolting. It is especially troubling in an era in which President Obama has repeatedly used highly charged, violent-themed language, recently calling his opponents "hostage takers", and stating during his 2008 campaign that his supporters would "bring a gun" if his opponents brought a "knife" to a hypothetical fight.
THE CIVIL WAR WAS LAUNCHED BY PBS LEHRER
about ObamaCARE and it attacked this woman.
From the AOL headline article:
“When asked by the New York Post whether his daughter had any enemies, Spencer Giffords, 75 tearfully replied: “The whole tea party.”
Somebody PLEASE wake up the hamsters!!
The site is torture today.
Now in light of the fact that we have NOT YET been shown or heard of a discription of this gunman, I suspect he would most likely be in the column of a Illegal, or a Progressive/Democrat Mafia, who has volunteered to do the act and let it be blamed on a conservative.
These people simply need a FIGHT, and don't care who they hurt to get one. Collateral damage to them, and one Blue Dog Democrat out of the way.
I pray for her, and hope she makes it through the surgery, may the Lord Jesus Christ be with her and the surgeons.
Can't let a good crisis/tragedy/disaster go to waste, y'know. Its all about the politics.
Prayers for those involved and a long, painful end for the shooter.
Please ask the moderator to delete your posts or I will. She is my Congresswoman and I vehemently disagree with her on many issues, but this is a horrible tragedy.
STFU
Arizona state senator Linda Lopez (unk. party affiliation at this time) on with Shemp Smith, implying that Tea Partiers may well be responsible. She also said that her sources are saying that the shooter is an Afghanistan war vet. Take that with a pound of salt until confirmed by LEOs
Linda Lopez on FOX complaining about Giffords facing vitriol of tea partiers.
Your message is uncalled for and ignorant. We don’t need this on FR
I say pull the plug on the Nazi
Oh please, stop it. How pathetic.
For a billion reasons, I understand being irate over Obamacare, but thinking unfortunate thoughts like those is simply descending down to the level of the radicals on the Left.
As frustrating as it is at many times, our changes occur at the ballot box.
The shadow government owned MSM will blame ANYthing on Sarah Pslin in a heartbeat! This proves that they are scared to death of her because she represents, in one person, the Consearvative American people they’ve been trying so hard to obliterate! We are seeing the first vestiges of anarchy!
My fervent prayers toing up for Rep. Gifford and her cohorts
There are NO limits to how brazen the MSM will be to blame Sarah Palin on everything that has gone wrong in America.
Yes, this incident is terrible, but for the MSM to spin it the way they have towards holding Palin culpable is just as terrible.
Your message is uncalled for and ignorant
Hmm, kinda funny that they are blaming Sarah for this but they have NO comment about THIS
That was posted on the Daily Kooks web site a few days ago
Senator Linda Lopez on Fox just insinuated that the Tea Party was to blame for this shooting. She said that the Tea Party during the campaign said a lot of things about her that wasn’t true and spread hate.
I am getting sick and tired of the Tea Party being blamed for acts of violence. I don’t remember one incidence of this, and an elected lawmaker spreads unwarranted blame.
I’m on a non-political website where some commenters are treating it as absolute fact that both the Tea Party and Sarah Palin are to blame. They’re posting Palin’s map with the targets are proof that she wanted this to happen. People are losing their minds this afternoon.
According to FOX news...
Rep. Gifford apparently is out of surgery and is responding to commands. Federal Judge John Roll, appointed by President George W, has been wounded.
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