Posted on 01/09/2011 6:52:01 AM PST by Brilliant
Gabby Giffords: A Few Words
| From: | Alan Grayson (alangrayson@graysonforcongress.com)
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| Sent: | Sat 1/08/11 6:55 PM |
| To: | Me |
A reporter called me a little while ago, and told me that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had been shot at a public event. She is in critical condition.
I'm going to let others comment on what this means for America. I just want to say what it means to me.
Gabrielle Giffords and I served together on the House Committee on Science and Technology. She was the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, and I was a member of that subcommittee. Her D.C. office was one floor above mine.
I saw Gabby dozens, if not hundreds of times, during our two years together. And nearly every time that I can remember, she was smiling.
Gabby is one of the most cheerful, charming and engaging people I have ever known. She's always looking on the bright side. She has something good to say about pretty much everyone. Bad news never lays a glove on her. She loves life, and all the people in it.
No matter what is going on in your life, after fifteen minutes with Gabby, you'll feel that you can touch the stars.
Everyone knew that Gabby would have a tough race in 2010. (She actually won with 49% of the vote.) But I always thought that if each of her constituents could spend that fifteen minutes with her, and see what she is really like, then she would win with 99.9% of the vote. (Same thing about Harry Teague of New Mexico, who lost, and a few others that I could name.) You would want her as your Congressman, because you would want her as your friend.
I know nothing about the man who shot Gabby, and what was going through his mind when he did this. But I will tell you this - if he shot Gabby out of hatred, then it wasn't Gabby he was shooting, but rather some cartoon version of her, drawn by her political opposition. Because there is no way - NO WAY - that anyone who really knows Gabby could hate her or hurt her. She is a kind, gentle soul.
My heart goes out to Mark Kelly, Gabby's husband, and the many, many people who love her. Gabby, we don't want to lose you. Please stay here with us.
Alan Grayson
Paid for and Authorized by the Committee to Elect Alan Grayson
No one is to blame for this except the guy who pulled the trigger.
Why can’t Grayson just fade away into obscurity?What sane person wants to hear from him?
For the record, the post is from an email Grayson sent out yesterday. I don’t know if it appears on his website or not.
This POS should've stopped at "I know nothing..."
FUAG
Didn’t he say he was sticking to what it meant to him?
then it wasn’t Gabby he was shooting, but rather some cartoon version of her, drawn by her political opposition.
Clueless doofus with moving lips.
Floridians in District 8 still apologizing to the Grayson family for bringing him back home to them, permanently.
Hey Alan....how does the world look through those rose-colored glasses?
Oh...and Kumbayah to y'all.
Vitriolic Political Rhetoric—thy name is Alan Grayson.
Speaking of “cartoons”.....
Mr.Grayson, Ronald Reagan was a fine upstanding gentle
person too, why would anyone want to shoot him ?
Alan Grayson who?
So what “political opposition” picture was he shooting at when he killed the 9 yr old, Allen?
Using Grayson’s own perverse logic, the most “cartoon-ized” person in the US is the POTUS. Therefore Grayson is threatening the life of the POTUS.
This is clearly an illegal act, and Mr. Grayson should be questioned on why he is calling for violent acts against president Obama.
(I didn’t say it would make sense, but then again, most of what Grayson says does not make sense, and is just an expression of hate and vitriol.)
That sums it up.
Grayson is another Kool-Aid drinkin’ tool of the OWG group of socialists who seek to destroy this nation and everything for which it stands.
The fury with which the left has attempted to blame the right for this abhorrent act is beyond the pale; not unexpected, but reprehensible, just the same. And Grasyon only furthers the gasbag rhetoric.
Prayers up for everyone touched by this tragedy.
I thought you were going to say “Palin.” The vitriol spewed by those who are blaming Palin seems even more striking. So if someone acts on that vitriol, then it would seem that those who published it are to blame.
Hey Grayson: GET OFF THE STAGE!
Guys like this are seldom motivated by politics. They are generally losers motivated by the desire to have their 15 minutes of fame.
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