[LSUfan]

State Senator Linda Lopez said the shooter was an “Afgan war veteran”

[shhrubbery!]

Well if that's true (that the shooter is a young man and an Afghan war vet), then it doesn't seem likely he is a Tea Party member. Tea Party folks tend to be middle-aged. There might be quite a few vets in the Tea Party movement, but I have never seen anyone that young.

That same state senator (Linda Lopez) who said she heard he's an Afghan war vet is blaming the Tea Party for inciting this.

Fox News now reporting shooter's name is "Jared Laughner" although Shep Smith is giving different spellings...

[shhrubbery!]

Well if that's true (that the shooter is a young man and an Afghan war vet), then it doesn't seem likely he is a Tea Party member. Tea Party folks tend to be middle-aged. There might be quite a few vets in the Tea Party movement, but I have never seen anyone that young.

That same state senator (Linda Lopez) who said she heard he's an Afghan war vet is blaming the Tea Party for inciting this.

Fox News now reporting shooter's name is "Jared Laughner" although Shep Smith is giving different spellings...