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Giffords 'very pleased' as Obama to attend shuttle launch (Giffords clearly only reason)
chron.com ^ | April 20, 2011 | ZAIN SHAUK

Posted on 04/20/2011 5:20:10 PM PDT by Names Ash Housewares

Giffords, whose astronaut husband, Mark Kelly, will command the shuttle, was "very pleased" to hear of the news, the congresswoman's spokesman C.J. Karamargin said Wednesday. The Arizona congresswoman, who served as chairwoman of the House subcommittee overseeing NASA, had previously asked the president to attend launches, but to no avail, he said.

"She smiled broadly," Karamargin said. "This is something very important to her. She has invited the president to attend numerous launches on various occasions, both in person and in writing, so the fact that he is now going to be attending is something that is very meaningful to her."

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Safe to say, if that kooks bullet had missed it's mark, no way Obama would be going to cheer on a shuttle launch.

Of course why these people are pleased at his attendance is a total mystery, Ozero has done everything in his power to destroy American exceptionalism through human spaceflight at NASA.

1 posted on 04/20/2011 5:20:17 PM PDT by Names Ash Housewares
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Run away!


2 posted on 04/20/2011 5:24:08 PM PDT by allmost
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Politics, Politics, and more Politics. Its the only thing the community organizer knows. When she is of no more use, under the bus goes Giffords.


3 posted on 04/20/2011 5:26:30 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Where is the “barf alert”?

Giffords, Obama and the cessation of NASA.

Can we say twilight zone?


4 posted on 04/20/2011 5:27:05 PM PDT by acapesket
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Hope Obama remembers to credit the Muslim world for inventing and building the space shuttle.


5 posted on 04/20/2011 5:27:51 PM PDT by Dagnabitt
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Good point about what Obama has done for Gifford’s husband’s livelihood. He does away with it for Muslim outreach!

IF she said what they say she did, I blame it on partisanship and pressure from her “friend” Debbie Washerwoman-Schulze.

How many people will NOT be able to attend due to the all of the security and posse Obama has with him?


6 posted on 04/20/2011 5:28:32 PM PDT by Txsleuth
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To: Names Ash Housewares

It appears as though Gabby doesn’t mind being used as a prop by the commie ‘RATS. Oh well...


7 posted on 04/20/2011 5:31:50 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Game on!" - Sarah Palin 2012)
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She smiled broadly

No mention of saying anything. They really have a tight lid on details. I'm afraid this is going to be a very slow recovery and maybe not a complete recovery.

8 posted on 04/20/2011 5:33:42 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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I don’t know why NASA isn’t on the list with NPR and PBS to have funding halted. I can’t imagine that our Founding Fathers imagined tax dollars taken from citizens at the point of a gun and turned over to a narrow group of people so they can run experiments in space. If there are good reasons to do this, the private sector will take care of it!!!


9 posted on 04/20/2011 5:34:43 PM PDT by Little Pharma
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To: colorado tanker

The truth is that she will have to resign at some point. No matter how well her recovery is going, her injuries are too severe for her to resume her duties as a congresswoman.


10 posted on 04/20/2011 5:38:38 PM PDT by princeofdarkness (The Obama Administration is circling the wagons. But the Truth Indians are using flaming arrows.)
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Will toast be served?


11 posted on 04/20/2011 5:40:25 PM PDT by edpc (Tagline under construction: Your American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars at work.)
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I haven’t followed her progress. Has she been seen in public yet?


12 posted on 04/20/2011 5:42:15 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (I am declaring 2011 to be the year of ME!)
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To: princeofdarkness

I agree. I hope she recovers enough to be able to live with her husband and not in a nursing home, but that’s probably the most that could be expected with such a severe wound.


13 posted on 04/20/2011 5:42:25 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker; princeofdarkness; FlingWingFlyer; Names Ash Housewares

“Touch the brain, never the same” as the emergency room personnel say.

This is starting to resemble “Weekend at Bernie’s”. I’m glad she didn’t die, “miracle”, blah-blah, but we have to face facts.

If she wasn’t a drooling vegetable we’d have actually had a chance to see her by now. There is no way she will ever be able to resume her duties. Time to call a special election or appoint a successor.


14 posted on 04/20/2011 5:44:20 PM PDT by sinanju
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Sounds like she smiles broadly all the time, doesn't it???????? .
15 posted on 04/20/2011 5:46:44 PM PDT by org.whodat
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To: Names Ash Housewares

I was thinking of Giffords just today. I don’t believe she’ll ever recover enough to resume being an effective congresswoman.


16 posted on 04/20/2011 5:57:19 PM PDT by prairiebreeze ("We need to be in it to win it, and if there's doubt we need to get out". -- Palin on Libya.)
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To: Names Ash Housewares

The final orbiter flight is cursed now.


17 posted on 04/20/2011 5:58:27 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: prairiebreeze

“Touch the brain, never the same” as the emergency room personnel say...There is no way she will ever be able to resume her duties. Time to call a special election or appoint a successor.”

I thought by AZ law that had to be done within 2 months of inability to fulfill duties of the office, so why hasn’t anything been done yet? Oh, that’s right, it’s the rats.


18 posted on 04/20/2011 6:03:00 PM PDT by pops88 (geek chick over 40)
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How much you wanna bet that her husband will run for her office?


19 posted on 04/20/2011 6:08:17 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
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To: Names Ash Housewares

Cleverly worded interpretation of her smile.


20 posted on 04/20/2011 6:22:36 PM PDT by Carley ( TYPICAL STREET THUG, NASTY BULLY, THAT'S OUR PRESIDENT.)
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