Posted on 01/09/2011 8:49:37 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
TUCSON, Ariz. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords remained heavily sedated and in critical condition Sunday as investigators sought to understand what motivated a gunman to carry out an assassination attempt on the Democratic lawmaker in a rampage that killed six people.
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The assassination attempt left Americans questioning whether divisive politics had pushed the suspect over the edge.
A shaken President Barack Obama called the attack "a tragedy for our entire country."
Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement Sunday that FBI Director Robert Mueller was traveling to Arizona to help coordinate the investigation.
In a brief statement Sunday morning, House Speaker John Boehner said flags on the House side of the Capitol in Washington will be flown at half staff to honor Giffords' slain aide, Gabe Zimmerman. Boehner says normal House business this week is postponed to focus on any necessary actions in the shooting aftermath.
Strong reaction came from overseas, as well.
British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed shock at the shooting, and added that he shared President Barack Obama's belief that "we must never allow violence and hate to extinguish the open political discourse which is our surest protection."
Fidel Castro also denounced the attack as atrocious. "Even those of us who don't share at all the politics and philosophies (of the Obama administration) sincerely desire that no children, judges, legislators or citizens of the United States die in such an absurd and unjustifiable way," Castro said in an opinion piece titled "An Atrocious Act," published in Cuban state-controlled media.
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The sheriff blamed the vitriolic political rhetoric that has consumed the country, much of it occurring in Arizona.
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From what I’ve read the judge was shopping and came over to say hello. It was just a coincidence that he was there.
The left had to attack the left to blame the right...so dems need to watch their backs...their own party will attack them.
“They certainly are piling on Arizona, Sarah Palin and talk radio.
In essence the Left has targeted Arizona, Sarah Palin and talk radio.
It would appear that the Obama election campaign has swung into high gear.”
Yeh, forget that the gunman was a nutty nut nutjob.
I wonder if Rep. Giffords has now been purposefully put into an induced coma to allow brain swelling (which could kill her) to abate. This is frequently done.
Wife had a stroke several yrs ago. The Dr’s induced coma because of swelling in brain, plus the fact they did surgery implanting a shunt. They also mounted her head into a steel brace to prevent her from moving.
A wound (stoke, or in this case bullet wound)presents blood around the brain and, though it’s a person own blood it acts as a poison to the brain in the person afflicted.
Hmm, I personally suspect this is a Chapman.
Remember, the perp worked on her campaign.
Dupnik is the same kind of dullwitted obtuse idiot that his predecessors were.
They also cut and removed one side of her skull and put it into refrigeration so that (simply put in layman's terms) the brain has room to expand on that side if it swells precipitiously in the next couple days.
Damn! Poor lady. This is just awful.
Leni
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