[UPDATE]: Thankfully, early reports that Congresswoman Giffords had been killed were premature; tragically, four people have been reported dead. After shooting Giffords, the shooter reportedly fired into the crowd indiscriminately until he was subdued by heroes on the scene, including at least one member of Giffords’ staff.
Details still sketchy, but she was apparently shot in the head at point-blank range; NPR reports that at least five other people were shot before the gunman was subdued.
Pray for her and the other victims. This was abominable.
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My goodness that is horrible.
tdawg89 Saturday, January 8th at 1:49PM EDT (link)Let’s hope these early facts are wrong and there aren’t any casualties.
8th district
grateful_red (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 1:58PM EDT (link)I hope she survives. The description of the injury sounds devistating.
She’s from the 8th district south east corner of AZ – Surprizing she’s not in Washington – congress is in session right?
8th district
grateful_red (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 1:58PM EDT (link)I hope she survives. The description of the injury sounds devistating.
She’s from the 8th district south east corner of AZ – Surprizing she’s not in Washington – congress is in session right?
It's the weekend
freemanja1991 (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:06PM EDT (link)Many members of congress go home for the weekend.
Thanks, Moe
lineholder (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 1:50PM EDT (link)This needs to be front-page.
I didn't see yours before I published.
Moe Lane (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 1:51PM EDT (link)I would have bumped and updated if I had.
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NPR reporting she is dead..
ladyimpactohio (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:06PM EDT (link)http://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132764367/congresswoman-shot-in-arizona
Prayers to the family.
We the people tell government what to do, it does not tell us.–Ronald Reagan in his farewell speech
Now 6 others dead too in Tucson
ladyimpactohio (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:09PM EDT (link)http://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132764367/congresswoman-shot-in-arizona?ft=1&f=1014&sc=tw
We the people tell government what to do, it does not tell us.–Ronald Reagan in his farewell speech
The County Sherif is reporting that per the SWAT doctor
knitwit (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:41PM EDT (link)she is still among the living; don’t know how accurate that is. Dupnik isn’t the brightest bulb in the house; but they probably will continue to say that until they notify the husband and relatives of her condition.
I have been scanning through the official Arizona website to try to find out what the procedure is for replacing an elected congressperson in our state; haven’t been able to locate anything yet.
Prayers for all who were there, shot or not, all are traumatized at this point.
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”–Nathan Hale
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You did the right thing, Moe
lineholder (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 10:42PM EDT (link)You got it on the front page. That’s all that matters.
Shooter in custody per KGUN-TV.
Kenny Solomon (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 1:54PM EDT (link)Link here: http://www.kgun9.com/global/story.asp?s=13807722
At least twelve wounded.
Say a prayer.
May God be with each of them and their families... nt.
Justin Spagnolo (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:00PM EDT (link)“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. “ -James Madison
Horrible news.
TNJim (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:05PM EDT (link)Prayers going out fo all those injured. Glad they caught the guy.
Giffords' condition still unknown
aesthete (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:07PM EDT (link)Please pray for her family and the members o her staff who were also injured. This is truly awful, and we should be grateful that a brave person in the crowd tackled the shooter before even more senseless death resulted — a small comfort, but a comfort nonetheless.
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This is absolutely sickening. n/t
midsouthteaparty (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:10PM EDT (link)…
NPR: Giffords, 6 others, have died
Addison (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:10PM EDT (link)http://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132764367/congresswoman-shot-in-arizona
it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses
The left wing blogs...
Big Apple Infidel (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:10PM EDT (link)…are already blaming this on Sarah Palin and the Tea Party
Greetings from occupied territory!
This is so inappropriate
froster (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:19PM EDT (link)for this thread.
Republican from California.
Shocking and absolutely heartbreaking.
chbroussard (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:12PM EDT (link)Prayers to the victims and their families.
That there is D next to her name means nothing now.
gekster (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:13PM EDT (link)An American is an American.
I heard 12 others were also shot.
It was a gathering at a grocery store, per FN.
My prayers to all.
They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway
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“Hopeless and Changeless”
kowalski: Husband astronaut Frank Giffords.
gekster (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:17PM EDT (link)They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway
I’ve gone from
“Hope and Change” to
“Hopeless and Changeless”
got that wrong. Mark Kelly.
gekster (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:21PM EDT (link)news flying to fast.
They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway
I’ve gone from
“Hope and Change” to
“Hopeless and Changeless”
Correction.
Addison (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:22PM EDT (link)Astronaut Mark E. Kelly was her husband. Frank Gifford(s) is someone else’s husband.
it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses
I did catch that.
gekster (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 3:06PM EDT (link)thanks.
They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway
I’ve gone from
“Hope and Change” to
“Hopeless and Changeless”
Yup...
Addison (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 3:30PM EDT (link)…saw you got it seemingly as I was typing my brief correction.
it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses
Drudge links to NPR
Douglas Erley (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:15PM EDT (link)who say she and 5 others died, but the story says their condition is unknown.
FOX News reporting she has died...
JadedByPolitics (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:20PM EDT (link)this is SICK, SICK, SICK!!!!
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This is tragic - Congresswoman, 6 Others, Killed By Gunman
izoneguy (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:24PM EDT (link)I do hope the left will have respect for Rep. Giffords and the others affected by this tragedy. Please don’t make political statements on the backs of those who died.
Congresswoman, 6 Others, Killed By Gunman
http://www.npr.org/2011/01/08/132764367/congresswoman-shot-in-arizona
Those who had once simpered: “I don’t want to destroy the rich, I only want to seize a little of their surplus to help the poor, just a little, they’ll never miss it!” – then, later, had snapped: “The tycoons can stand being squeezed; they’ve amassed enough to last them for three generations” – then, later, had yelled: “Why should the people suffer while businessmen have reserves to last a year?” – now were screaming: “Why should we starve while some people have reserves to last a week?” – Atlas Shrugged
Madness
BigGator5 (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:21PM EDT (link)Madness. Absolute madness.
This is why we have the Death Penalty. Please tell me that Arizona has the Death Penalty!
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Yep
aesthete (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:23PM EDT (link)And this would be a excellent case to apply it to full effect.
“It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money.”
-P.J. O’Rourke
Yup.
Addison (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:26PM EDT (link)Arizona, IIRC, uses lethal injections and/or the gas chamber. And this guy should be fast-tracked, barring some bizarre and extreme circumstances (i.e. he’s psychotic and had his pills switched out for placebos or some other unlikely movie-of-the-week plot device).
it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses
This is truly truly awful.
bjwilson83 (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:23PM EDT (link)Whoever did this, and whatever their motivation, they probably deserve the death penalty.
The crap people are bloging at NPR!
pizzaguy (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:28PM EDT (link)I pulled this off the first comment on the NPR story:
Kit Jones (KitJones) wrote:
Thanks, Michael S. for the HuffPo link to Palin’s site. I went there and pulled up the list of ELECTED Democrats Palin literally targeted on a map of USA and found Rep. Giffords’ name there, along with two other Arizona congresspeople. This MAY be what southern folk sometimes call the chickens coming home to roost. Palin, and others who have spoken about such action being taken, may very well have to take some of the responsibility for this horror, IF it turns out that the shooter has roots in right wing politics. Clearly, he’s insane. In any case, for now the killing of this young woman and others is a tragic object lesson of what can and does happen at times when individuals on the edge of insanity are given permission to take the law into their own hands. I am sick about this event and want to know the full facts about it to help me understand it more fully.
This is just awful.
runner12 (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:29PM EDT (link)I cannot believe this happened. Does she not have a security detail as a Representative? I hope and pray some of the reports that she has died are false. Just unbelievable.
Now the live feed says she's alive, but in critical condition.
bjwilson83 (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:53PM EDT (link)http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream2&hpt=T1
Bio. Gabrielle Giffords.
gekster (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:30PM EDT (link)Per wikipedia:
Giffords was born in Tucson, Arizona.
Giffords married U.S. Navy Captain and astronaut Mark E. Kelly on November 10, 2007. He was the space shuttle’s pilot on STS-108 and STS-121. STS-121 in 2006 was the first shuttle mission to launch on the Fourth of July. Giffords participated in a NASA tradition when she selected “Beautiful Day” by U2 as one of the wake-up calls for the STS-121 shuttle crew. On May 31, 2008, Kelly launched into orbit for the third time as Commander of STS-124. This mission in to space marked the first time an astronaut was married to a sitting member of the U.S. Congress.[36]
Giffords’ parents are Spencer J. Giffords and Gloria Kay Fraser Giffords. Giffords is Arizona’s first Jewish Congresswoman.[37] She is a member of Congregation Chaverim in Tucson.
After Hurricane Katrina struck in the late summer of 2005, Giffords spent time as a volunteer in Houston, Texas, in relief efforts for Hurricane victims. She wrote about her experience in the Tucson Citizen.[38]
Giffords is an avid reader and was featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition on July 9, 2006. She discussed books she was currently reading, including First Man, a biography of astronaut Neil Armstrong and The Heartless Stone a book by Tom Zoellner about the intricacies of the diamond industry across several continents. Congresswoman Giffords was periodically interviewed together with Illinois Republican Peter Roskam on NPR’s All Things Considered. The series focused on their experiences as freshman members of the 110th Congress.
And they allready have her posted as dead.
God bless her and may He save us.
They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway
I’ve gone from
“Hope and Change” to
“Hopeless and Changeless”
Prayers for Congresswoman Giffords, the other victims, and their families.
SoFiMil (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:31PM EDT (link)Sad and sobering news.
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MSNBC
1stRichard (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:36PM EDT (link)MSNBC reporting Giffords alive
Fox News on TV reporting she is alive but critical..-nt-
ladyimpactohio (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:49PM EDT (link)We the people tell government what to do, it does not tell us.–Ronald Reagan in his farewell speech
Conflicting reports - Giffords in surgery? per CNN nt
carolina Saturday, January 8th at 2:37PM EDT (link)Horrible
drivlikejehu Saturday, January 8th at 2:41PM EDT (link)It’s just an unspeakable tragedy, with all the lives lost, including reportedly a child. Something that happens far too often in this country, and of course the world. This case may be the hardest to prevent… a mentally ill person who suddenly lashes out at the world.
Fox News is reporting she is still alive.
jdaman (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:49PM EDT (link)I hope it’s true, I’ve been praying for her and I’ve called my friends and family as well as my pastor and asked them to pray for her to live as well.
“Status quo,” as you know, is Latin for “the mess we’re in”.
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She's Alive!
BigGator5 (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:51PM EDT (link)Fox is now reporting that she’s alive but in critical condition! Will keep you updated.
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This is horrible!
Brian Hibbert (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 2:57PM EDT (link)My prayers to Rep. Giffords, her family and all the others injured.
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Check this blog post on Kos from Thursday before they pull it..
ladyimpactohio (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 3:02PM EDT (link)http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/1/6/933828/-My-CongressWOMAN-voted-against-Nancy-Pelosi!-And-is-now-DEAD-to-me
Markos & Breitbart really going at it on twitter.
We the people tell government what to do, it does not tell us.–Ronald Reagan in his farewell speech
twitter on overload at the moment........ nt
carolina Saturday, January 8th at 3:13PM EDT (link)twitter on overload at the moment........ nt
carolina Saturday, January 8th at 3:13PM EDT (link)Wow, Markos is being just brutal about it on twitter.
bjwilson83 (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 3:17PM EDT (link)“F***ing American Taliban”
“Mission accomplished, Sarah Palin”
Seriously?
No one will look at it from this angle
Jack_Savage (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 3:25PM EDT (link)But if the shooter is associated with the right, maybe he got tired of the “F**k Bush” and “Sarah Palin is a c**t” bumper stickers and the “American Taliban” and “teabagger” taunts that pour out from the left. I mean, if you are going to be accused of being a violent, unstable nut just because you’re not a liberal, why not just go ahead and be a violent unstable nut?
The left has a long history of agitating for violence so they can use it to make a political point. Maybe their wish just came true.
I see what you mean but I pray to God it is not the case.
Christine (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 3:34PM EDT (link)Because if this horrible [person] who did this has an ounce of tea party in him, the left will not stop to consider the motivation. We all know what they will say.
The primary process is FLAWED. Two states should not decide our candidate.
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– Barack Obama, July 3 2008
I do too
Jack_Savage (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 3:49PM EDT (link)I remember Geraldo Rivera recounting stories of when he was a child, and when his father would hear of some crime occurring in their neighborhood he would say “Please God – don’t let it be a Puerto Rican”, because he knew what would follow if that were the case.
The left has taunted, demonized and insulted their enemies to such a disturbing degree that something like this is very likely to emerge from someone very loosely associated with the right. They pray for it to happen without any regard for the victims or their families – they just need bodies to stand on in order to make their point.
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proudmarinemom (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 3:30PM EDT (link)Is the FBI monitoring those posts by on the Daily Kos?
Very disturbing criticism of the Congresswoman by a far-left liberal.
I add my prayers to all the others. May she and all surviving victims recover. nt
mikerazar (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 3:03PM EDT (link)We have a nation to save, people.
Watch these Arizona and Tucson news sources
smagar (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 3:03PM EDT (link)Newspapers:
- Arizona Republic is the state’s most professional newspaper, out of Phoenix
- Arizona Daily Star is Tucson’s only “real” newspaper. Google: “azstarnet”
Online papers:
The Tucson Citizen and Tucson Weekly will be the most pro-liberal. (Tucson Weekly is an alternative newspaper). If you’re looking for slurs on Republicans, they’ll most likely start here.
On TucsonCitizen.com, watch the following bloggers, whose disdain/hatred for Republicans is most white-hot
- Desert, Science and Hot Dogs: The Three Sonorans
- Tucson Progressive
- View From Baja Arizona
- The Data Port
If you’re looking for the places where “blame-the-Republican” comments are likely to emerge, watch the Weekly and the Citizen.
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proudmarinemom (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 3:34PM EDT (link)Did you get a screen shot of that page? The Kos has already taken it down.
The poster made a number of threatening comments against Giffords for her “votes against Pelosi”. He stated that he is a “proud gay” who felt betrayed by Giffords for her conservative votes on a number of issues.
Sarah Palin (spoofed) "On The Tragedy in Arizona"
Peter_Dow (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 7:41PM EDT (link)Sarah Palin (spoofed) “On The Tragedy in Arizona”
“My sincere condolences are offered to the family of one of our SarahPAC’s targeted House Democrats Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other victims of Obamacare in the USA.
On behalf of Todd and my family, we all pray for the victims and their families, and for peaceful early retirements of House and Senate Democrats and of any Republicans who won’t toe our Tea Party line.”
- Sarah Palin (not)
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Greg Garrison (Diary) Saturday, January 8th at 8:00PM EDT (link)…and if it survives this post, I will be flabbergasted.
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