Sharron Angle and her 2nd amendment remedy, Sarah Palins crosshair map and her Don't Retreat Reload statement and Michele Bachmann Calls for Armed Revolution merged today with the lock and load mentality of right wing republicans and tea party nut jobs to take down U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona and 17 or more citizens attending a public event in Tucson this morning.
Giffords was holding an event outside a grocery store when a man ran up and started shooting, witnnesses said. The sheriff told MSNBC five people were killed and six were wounded, including some members of her staff. One witness says three bodies are covered with sheets outside the Safeway store.
The sheriff said the gunman has been captured.
Giffords has represented Arizona's 8th Congressional district since 2007 and is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition of conservative Democrats. She narrowly defeated tea party-backed Republican Jesse Kelly to win a third House term in November.
Sharron Angle and her 2nd amendment remedy are meant to do what the ballot box fails to do. Angle wasn't shy about saying it and republicans didn't shy away from supporting her.
Giffords' congressional office in Tucson was vandalized in March after she voted in favor of the health care reform bill. The time is way past for the GOP and TEA PARTY to take a stand against criminality. The GOP and Tea Party fan the flames of hate and pretend innocence when the deeds get done.
Sarah Palin included Giffords on a list of Democratic candidates who should be defeated in the midterm elections because of their support for the health care overhaul. Sarah hastly took her map with the cross hairs down shortly after the congresswoman was shot.
"We are just devastated. This community is devastated," Sylvia Lee, a friend of Giffords', said on CNN. "No matter what side of the political realm you're on, this is just a tragedy that is unspeakable."
"She was an incredibly dedicated community servant. She was always willing to talk to her constituents, she was very visible."
Democratic strategist Donna Brazile reacted to the shooting with this message on Twitter: The increasing levels of incivility, intolerance and a political climate that favors those who threatens, bully others must end. I am so sad Giffords has served on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Committee on Armed Services, according to her election website.
Giffords previously served in the Arizona legislature and State Senate and was CEO of El Campo Tire, her family's tire and automotive business.
The election website describes Giffords as "a longtime gun owner and strong supporter of the Second Amendment."
Giffords, 40, married astronaut Mark E. Kelly in 2007. She was the first Jewish woman elected to Congress from Arizona.
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Here's a update on the gunman.
The 22 year old veteran of the Afghan War (at 4:45pm Tucon time the Army said suspect was a reject and never in service) and conservative is in custody in Tucson, Arizona and has been identified as Jared Lee Loughner. To visit his YouTube page click here
(reader emailed to say authorities might be taking down the site the above link leads to so here is a sample of suspects writings.
there's no flag in the constitution then the flag in the film is unknown.
There's no flag in the constitution.
Therefore, the flag in the film is unknown.
Burn every new and old flag that you see.
Burn your flag!
I bet you can imagine this in your mind with a faster speed.
Watch this protest in reverse!
Ask the local police; "What's your illegal activity on duty?".
If you protest the government then there's a new government from protesting.
There's not a new government from protesting.
Thus, you aren't protesting the government.
There's something important in this video: There's no communication to anyone in this location.
You shouldn't be afraid of the stars.
There's a new bird on my right shoulder. The beak is two feet and lime green. The rarest bird on earth, there's no feathers, but small grey scales all over the body. It's with one large red eye with a light blue iris. The bird feet are the same as a woodpecker. This new bird and there's only one, the gender is not female or male. The wings of this bird are beautiful; 3 feet wide with the shape of a bald eagle that you could die for. If you can see this bird then you will understand. You think this bird is able to chat about a government?
I want you to imagine a comet or meteoroid coming through the atmosphere.
On the other hand, welcome yourself to the desert: Maybe your ability to protest is from the brainwash of the current government structure. ...)
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Todays carnage left among the six dead, a 9 year old child and a Federal Judge and a dozen wounded. Arizona has more than a fair share of loons but it is by no means alone.
Don't think for a moment these nut jobs are in other parts of the country and not thriving here in central Virginia. 6th District Congressman, Bob Goodlatte is a prime example. He's been in Congress for 20 years and has sponsored almost nothing.
Bob Goodlatte is known as the co sponsor of the birther bill. This is just about his only accomplishment. Birther Bob and 10 other congressmen, mostly from Texas, are the proud authors of this useless bill. That’s all the support it has, 11 members out of 435, and it is 2 years old. Decent people are ashamed to be associated with it. Birther Bob isn't, decent or ashamed.
Bob Goodlatte is a Tea Bagger and a prime supporter of the Lynchburg Tea Party which has a checkered past of its own, giving out what it thought was a Congressman’s home address and inviting its followers to drop by and let the Congressman know how they felt about Democratic legislation.
The address was not the Congressmans but a relative with wife and children who had their gas lines sabotaged in an attempt to blow up their house. This was the work of a Liberty grad with a christian attitude and he refused to take the address down from his blog saying he learned to do research at Liberty University and could not make a mistake on the address. He was a charter member of the Lynchburg Tea Party and the publisher of the blog that posted the faulty address. The Lynchburg Tea Party tried to distance themselves from him when the FBI investigated the incident. Bob Goodlatte provided the web space to the Lynchburg Tea Party to publish their hate filled blog. Goodlatte later took down the blog from his website.
Tom Perriello's office was trashed here in Virginia's 5 CD at about the same time Giffords' congressional office in Tucson was vandalized. The Gop and the Tea Party fanned the flames of hate here and pretended innocence also. Bob Goodlatte should be man enough to stand up and call an end to this madness but the GOP profits from this at election time and Goodlatte has gone out of his way to make it possible. Who ever said you can't fool the voters didn't have a clue about the voters in central Virginia. They enjoy being kept in the dark.
Republicans in Amherst County and Lynchburg are all too happy to take the help and support of the Tea Party and keep quiet as their actions come to light. These GOP'ers don't have the courage to stand up and seperate themselves from the corrupt and immoral actions of these groups.
Republicans will accept help from any source. They will lie about knowing where the help came from but they willingly take it none the less. Even Liberty and Falwell lack the courage to take a stand. They are more interested in political power than in doing whats right. It is amazing how power mad even christians have become though I should acknowledge there is a huge space between a Baptist and Liberty Falwell Faux christians.
Every time that a person views the branded mountain side they should think about what the mating of the GOP with the EVANGELICAL Christian onslaught has done to the world we live in. That giant and ugly LU that disfigures the view is 10 times uglier than any billboard or combination of signs devised by an ad agency and their scar on nature. But Thats Just The Ugliness That Shows.
If you're a republican and I've hurt your feelings then it the first time you've felt anything since the first Bush Administration ended. You've been playing dirty pool so long you no longer know right from wrong. You and the GOP have all but destroyed this once great country we both live in. Democrats aren't perfect but we would like to heal the American Dream and offer it to everyone. You want to take something away from normal people and give the rich another tax cut and there is no limit to what you won't do to get your way.
If you're some sort of a christian and I've hurt your feelings, turn the other cheek and check how close your actions are to the road Jesus walked. Quit kidding yourself. The creator is neither Democrat or Republican.
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