Giffords already tolerated no dissent. At a Fortune 500 company where she held a townhall (I was sitting in the front row), a top, world-renowned scientist questioned her version of global warming. Within a few weeks, he was "retired" at 29 years with the company (nobody does that). There was a shake-up there, and Gabby's BFF who ran the site was moved, but that's about it.
Whenever we showed up to protest or ask questions at her (3 only) townhalls, Giffords would go on local PBS to call us names ("the mob," carrying "swastikas," "inciting riots").
Then there was the dropped gun incident at Safeway in Douglas (on the border), where they tried to act that someone had been out to get her. No arrests, should have been no drama. And the broken window incident they tried to pin on anti-ObamaCare protestors (none of whom would stalk the partying Dems until 2 or 3 in the morning to break a window).
There has long been a chilling atmosphere here and she even lost on Election Day (but early ballots pushed her over).
After she recovers, no one will ever be allowed to question her again, and she'll have whatever seat she wants (Kyl's? McCain's) for life. Not to mention that she can campaign for silence from the opposition nation-wide.
Interesting. Thanks. You have my sympathies.
Can you explain that to me? How does early ballots push her over to win, if in the end she had fewer votes?
thats the plan across the board...smellin more like she took one for the team than anything else...
I’m trying to imagine someone coming back from a shot thru the brain. What are the odds? Her doc guaranties 101% survival. Okay. I accept that possibility. But to survive a brain shot, then come back to the political arena, isn’t this a bit of a stretch.
Are there a number of cases, where someone who has been shot thru the brain, returns to functional normalcy?
That is “if” she comes back, this is a one day at a time situation here.
I believe you
Blood libel - an evil but effective technique.
Wow, lots of info in your post I didn’t know. Scary stuff.
> she can campaign for silence from the opposition nation-wide.
And more gun control, of course.
She wil be the new Brady.
Wow... interesting post, Borax Queen. Giffords doesn't sound all that "moderate" to me after reading your comments.
FReepers: Check out Borax Queen's post #8... lots of stuff in her post about Rep. Gabby Giffords.
(worth repeating)
Decency and decorum in politics are over, if there ever was any. I don’t think that Giffords will be able to pull that over. We still don’t know the extent of her injuries. She may not be mentally competent to serve. But that is another issue. We should not be cowered into civility to the opposition when they practice none towards us. Diplomacy requires two actors of like mind. We don’t have that at this time and it’s time we all realize that. We should not be cowered into surrendering our goal to take the republic back to constitutionalism and individual liberty.
Very interesting information.
Can she keep the seat even if she is permanently disabled cognitively?