Gabrielle Giffords shot

[LSN80]

Shes a democrat congresswoman from Arizona who was taking part in a support event called "Congress in Your Corner", on the corner of a local convenience store in a poorer area of her town. The media is withholding details but apparently she was shot in the head. Several of her staffers were shot as well. Fortunately, the bastard was tackled by a bystander. Its this type of thing that just saddens me to no end.

 

[Decarow]

Man, that's just a shame. It doesn't matter what political party you associate with, it's just evil. To take another person's life is a crime of humanity.

Edit: She is reportedly only been shot. Not dead. Still, it's a shame.

 

[Coco]

Awkward...

Spoiler

 

[JGlass]

Coco nailed it with posting that picture. What the tea party claims to be an innocent joke has been taken literally by someone. While I suppose I am jumping to conclusions here, I won't be the least bit surprised to learn that it was a tea party supporter.

 

[LSN80]

Coco nailed it with posting that picture. What the tea party claims to be an innocent joke has been taken literally by someone. While I suppose I am jumping to conclusions here, I won't be the least bit surprised to learn that it was a tea party supporter.

Honestly, I think both of you are right. I dont think youre jumping to conclusions whatsoever. She tweeted before the incident "welcoming all to come to my first of many more to come Congress on your Corner events to talk personally with me, and offer me feedback, positive or negative."

Some feedback. Despicable.

Edit: Conflicting reports right now. SOme outlets are reporting her DOA, but her personal aide sent a message to ABC news noting she's in surgery. Either way, this truly saddens me.

 

[One Punch Doug Crashin]

This is a sad day for American security. Not only has it failed a Congresswoman it failed many, many other people. May god have mercy on the shooter.

 

[I Suck Ass]

Quite sad. I'm now worried, because Coco's picture has a target right near the area I live. Paranoid? Maybe. But I'm still a little worried.

 

[JGlass]

LSN, I think right now it's being agreed upon that she is in surgery. Hopefully she lives, as I would hate for a congresswoman who was doing something as noble as having a speaking with her constituents die as a martyr.

I'm interested to see how Fox News spins this.

 

[Serious Jones]

Keith Olbermann just tweeted that she's alive and out of surgery.

This is still a terrible, terrible occurence. Even if she lives, multiple people are dead, and I hope that this is given the spotlight that it deserves.

 

[JGlass]

Apparently they have a suspect in custody but are still looking for another. Apparently at least nine people are dead as a result of the shootings. This is obscene.

 

[DirtyJosé]

"Jared Laughner" is the name being thrown around for the suspect.

 

[DirtyJosé]

Some sites are reporting up to 6 people dead, including a 9 year old child.

Suspect is in custody. Weapon has been found.

Sarah Palin's Facebook is goin' nuts.

 

[Freddy4190]

http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/08/congresswoman-gabrielle-giffords-shot-in-arizona/

A doctor treating U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona after she was shot in the head during a public event in Tucson this morning said he was "very optimistic" about her chances to recover.

The trauma director of the University of Arizona Medical Center, Dr. Peter Rhee, said Giffords is in critical condition following surgery. He said one bullet went "through and through" her head and that she was able to "follow commands."

Rhee said 10 patients were brought to the hospital. One, a nine-year-old boy, died. Five other other patients were in critical condition.

U.S. District Judge John Roll, the chief federal judge in Arizona, also was confirmed dead.

Giffords was holding an event outside a Safeway grocery store when a man ran up and started shooting, witnnesses said.

Pima County Sheriff's Deputy Chief Rich Kastigar said at a briefing that the suspect is a Jared Lee Loughner, 22, from Arizona and that he was armed with a pistol that had "an extended magazine."

Kastigar said a total of 18 people were shot.

Yeah, it's insane. I don't even know what to make of it. Absolute craziness.

 

[DirtyJosé]

His youtube account turns up typical creeper stuff like vids about "mind control" and a "new currency". Among his favorite books are "The Communist Manifesto", "Mein Kampf", and "The Phantom Tollbooth". His MySpace has been taken down.

There are reports up to two others are being sought as well for possible involvement.

 

[JGlass]

Sarah Palin's Facebook is goin' nuts.

She offers her condolences to the family of and to congresswoman Giffords and the other families involved in the shootings today. I wonder how she will address the fact that she herself put the cross hairs on Gifford's district and listed her as a "target."

 

[JGlass]

Additionally, apparently on Palin's website, they took down the cross hairs over Gifford's district. Probably not the worst idea in the world, let's just hope they don't try to deny the fact that they ever had it up there.

 

[Serious Jones]

I don't think it's entirely right to turn this political, and I think it's disgusting what some people are doing to make it so.

For example, look at this fake facebook people have already made. Take a minute and report it.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001952074770

 

[JGlass]

The sad thing SJ is that people are going to believe that shit. They won't take time to put together the logic that if he was inspired by a Democrat he probably wouldn't shoot a democrat.

 

[DirtyJosé]

I don't think it's entirely right to turn this political, and I think it's disgusting what some people are doing to make it so.

A politician was shot. Kinda hard to keep politics out of it, especially when it involves not only one of the hot spots for left vs right in America (Arizona), but also involves cryptic shit like Palin's targeted list (complete with names and locations).

Also, this quote from Gabrielle herself speaks volumes:

"We need to realize that the rhetoric, and the firing people up and … for example, we’re on Sarah Palin’s ‘targeted’ list, but the thing is, the way she has it depicted, we’re in the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do that, they’ve gotta realize that there are consequences to that action."~~U.S. Representative Gabrielle Gifford

 

[Lee]

I was just going to post that quote fucking hell people are stupid. I'm so angry at the world today it's unbelievable.

 

[JGlass]

I was just going to post that quote fucking hell people are stupid. I'm so angry at the world today it's unbelievable.

It's kind of hard to believe we made it this far, isn't it?

 

[Serious Jones]

A politician was shot. Kinda hard to keep politics out of it, especially when it involves not only one of the hot spots for left vs right in America (Arizona), but also involves cryptic shit like Palin's targeted list (complete with names and locations).

Also, this quote from Gabrielle herself speaks volumes:

"We need to realize that the rhetoric, and the firing people up and … for example, we’re on Sarah Palin’s ‘targeted’ list, but the thing is, the way she has it depicted, we’re in the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district. When people do that, they’ve gotta realize that there are consequences to that action."~~U.S. Representative Gabrielle Gifford

I agree. I'm adamantly against Palin and the Tea Party and all that. I was just thinking that it was still a mild leap to place blame on them, objectively, at this point.

But upon further review, this was bound to happen eventually. Ignorance and fear can cause crazy people to do crazy things. We can only hope that this gets the press that it deserves.

The sad thing SJ is that people are going to believe that shit. They won't take time to put together the logic that if he was inspired by a Democrat he probably wouldn't shoot a democrat.

I've already seen it being linked on Sarah Palin's Facebook page.

 

[DirtyJosé]

Upon further review, this was bound to happen eventually. Ignorance and fear can cause crazy people to do crazy things. We can only hope that this gets the press that it deserves.

Indeed.

Also, the number of right-wing sites I've visited pursuing this news has made me sick.

 

[JGlass]

You really can't blame sites with conservative tendencies for reporting on the story and trying to get updates because this is a HUGE development. At the same time, they need to be extra sensitive regarding the subject and they should at least question if the cross-hair map had any influence on the gunmen.

 

[One Punch Doug Crashin]

I don't see HOW you can spin this story though.