Posted on 11/26/2011 12:55:06 PM PST by presidio9
CNN host Piers Morgan spoke with Gabrielle Giffords‘s husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, on Wednesday and discussed Sarah Palin‘s controversial crosshair map, which targeted the Congresswoman’s district. Kelly wrote in a new book that the former Alaska governor never reached out to them. “We were never contacted by her,” Kelly said.
“I find that extraordinary,” Morgan exclaimed.
“Yeah, I was surprised too,” Kelly replied. “You know, certainly the targets that she put over Gabby’s and other people’s districts, in our opinion, was not the right thing to do. She is not the first person to do that. And it hasn’t always been Republicans that have done that.”
“Some interesting insights in the book into who, you know, walked to the plate and who didn’t, really, in terms of political colleagues and people that she had worked for and against. Sarah Palin doesn’t come out of this very well, I don’t think, because there was a woman who at the time had been putting these cross hair things on her website and stuff, including Gabby,” Morgan observed. “And in her haste to take responsibility didn’t even bother to pick the phone up, to write, do anything.”
“I liked your line about it, which is if you had had the chance to talk to her, and you were expecting to, you weren’t going to say that you were responsible,” Morgan pointed out. “But you were going to say, you’ve been irresponsible.”
“Yeah, that’s my plan. You know, this was no surprise to us. Gabby even spoke about it before January 8th, during the election cycle, leading up to the election, in an interview. I think it might have been on MSNBC or some other — another cable news network. She made is very clear that, hey, this is what’s going on, and this could ultimately incite people to do violent things. So it wasn’t a big surprise on January 8th that — you know, that we — you know, where we knew this map existed with the cross-hairs on it. Now, having said that, you know, Sarah Palin certainly is not responsible for what happened. But I think the angry rhetoric in an election year is not — it’s not helpful.”
And why should she have?
Why???? So you could berate her then bitch to the press that her call wasn’t “sincere” enough?
What a fricken tool.
I am a little surprised that CNN - - yes, even CNN - - would continue to carry this dead weight Morgan.
John Glenn turned out to be one of the ultimate Democrat scumbags.
Odd. Giffords was shot in the head, but her husband got brain damage
Ding ding ding....quote of the day. Spot on !!!!
“”I gave birth this summer and Sarah Palin didn’t call me””
I spent five days in the hospital in October. Not a word from Sarah. She is off my Christmas list forever.
Mark, shut up you shaved head opportunistic douche.
But how do you REALLY feel about Mr. Kelly?
That he's no worth getting a timeout from the mods over. ;)
Ha ha ha
I don’t think people realize how fragile a traumatic brain injury survivor is. They are almost childlike and you see a maturation as time passes but Gabby is not ready for what this horrible husband is putting her through. I am furious with this man. All for book publicity.
I don’t think people realize how fragile a traumatic brain injury survivor is. They are almost childlike and you see a maturation as time passes but Gabby is not ready for what this horrible husband is putting her through. I am furious with this man. All for book publicity.
You wrote: “Most astronauts retire with dignity. This fool wants to be John Glenn.”
Glenn was a Marine Colonel (Pay Grade O-6). Kelly was a Navy Captain (Pay Grade O-6).
You’d think that gentlemen that rose to that level of leadership might be just a little bit more conservative... or did they just leave some of their brains in space before returning to earth?
Gabby Giffords is a liberal bitch. And yes, I live in her district, and remember picketing her office to try to get her to hold town hall meetings. When she finally did, it was obvious she had her marching instructions from Pelosi, and no amount of pressure from her constituents would change her mind.
Guess now I know she is also married to an asshole...
This guy sounds like a complete idiot.
why the heck is Giffords writing a book in the first place and capitalizing on his famous wife who was unfortunately shot? so he makes controversial comments about Palin to draw more attention to himself and sell more books.
Watch Obama make Biden go bye bye, and Gabby become his VP.
As in all fields, some self-serving connivers will rise to those positions and ranks. Just look at how Glenn was portrayed in "The Right Stuff." A libertarian wrote the book and liberals made the film. Even they saw what he was.
Gabby’s recovery has been a miracle, but I don’t think she is capable of serving office.
Her mental function isn’t all there, But we are talking about replacing Joe Biden, so anything is possible.
“Self-serving connivers.” Agree!
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