Arizona shooting: 'Does she have any enemies?' 'Yeah. The whole Tea Party'

Auburn-Oregon Party, Tucson Tragedy = An Emotional 3 Days for Arizona
In a cruel twist of timing, the eyes of the nation focused on Arizona on Monday – not because of the Tucson shooting rampage Saturday that left six dead and 14 wounded. Instead, the center of attention had moved by Monday afternoon about 125 miles north to Glendale, where the BCS national Championship Game was set to be played. Certainly the day was filled with reflection and remembrances related to the devastating attack on U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and people who had stopped at a shop...

Calls for softer tone in politics gets cool reception
By Ed Stoddard DALLAS | Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:21pm EST DALLAS (Reuters) - Calls to reset the tone of politics in the aftermath of Saturday's shooting rampage in Arizona got short shrift on Talk Radio and elsewhere as left and right traded blame for the massacre. From the right, Bloggers and pundits labeled suspected shooter Jared Lee Loughner a "leftist" while critics of conservative super-star Sarah Palin accused her of creating a combustible political atmosphere with her behavior and Rhetoric....

8 Still Hospitalized after Deadly Arizona Shooting
Monday, January 10, 2011 By Pauline Arrillaga, Associated Press From left, Ellie Steve, 6, Lucia Reeves, 6, and Zoe Reeves, 18, gather for a candlelight vigil outside the offices U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., in Tucson, Ariz., Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. Giffords was critically wounded during a shooting at a political event Saturday in Tucson. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Phoenix (AP) - Doctors say Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is still responding to doctors and her condition is stable. He...

Pima County GOP Chair Calls On Obama To 'Stop The Blame'
TUCSON, AZ -- With President Obama reportedly set to visit this divided and mourning Arizona city Wednesday, the chair of the county Republican party is calling on the president to help put an end to what he calls "assigning blame" in the wake of Saturday's shooting at a constituent event for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) that left six dead and the congresswoman gravely wounded. Brian Miller called on Obama to "lead the effort to stop the blame" after the shooting, responsibility for which he...

Was the Arizona Shooting Sheriff Dupnik's Fault?
By RightKlik It's pretty clear at this point that Jared Loughner was the Lone Wolf shooter solely responsible for the carnage in Tuscon, Arizona on Saturday. But without a shred of evidence, liberals in this country want to blame the "usual suspects," including Sarah Palin, the tea partiers and conservative Talk Radio. Let's cast the net wider. On Saturday, we began asking pointed questions about Tuscon Sheriff Clarence Dupnik: A congresswoman got shot point-blank in the head in Pima County, A...

Searching for answers to Tuscon tragedy
Image via CrunchBase IBD: From New York newspaper columnists to an Illinois senator, the liberal left is blaming the Tea Party and conservative stars for the shooting of an Arizona congresswoman. How about blaming the Communist and Nazi-loving shooter? It didn't take long for New York Times columnist Paul Krugman to blame the Tea Party and Sarah Palin for the shooting outside a Tucson Supermarket that seriously injured Congresswoman Gabriel Giffords and left six others, including a 9-year-old,...

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shooting won't change local Tea Party
Here in Greensboro, the Tea Party is now localizing - instead of just focusing on Washington issues.    Rep. Gabrielle Giffords being shot in Tucson won't change the area Tea Party.  If conversations with two leading area Tea Party Activists are any guide, the Tea Party here will stay the same as what it was before Saturday's attempted Assassination - if not get even angrier.    In many ways, Kim Oliver and Steve Carter have little in common - other than anger agai...

I Haven't Stopped Thinking About Sarah Palin's Complicity
in the Giffords shooting. There is the offensive cross-hairs campaign map to consider first. The Palin supporters have now claimed that these are surveyor symbols, not cross-hairs. You can try to run away from your part in the violence that you have incited, but if those are survey symbols, tell me the next big whopper: what did Sarah Palin really mean when she said, Don't retreat, reload. ??? Was she thinking of her stapler or the vending machines at the office? All the gun Rhetoric, all the v...

Jon Stewart Doesnt Blame Toxic Political Discourse For Arizona Shooting Tragedy
Jon Stewart addressed the tragic events that occurred in Arizona this weekend by asking “How do you make sense of these types of senseless situations?” Giving up on any real attempt at satirical humor, Stewart instead taking a meaningful, measured and earnest approach to the current political finger pointing over the incident, which he called “as predictable as it is dispiriting.” While Stewart didn’t blame toxic discourse, he did seek a distinction “between ...

Sarah (Reload) Palin and Rush Limbaugh Condemned For Their Hate Speech; Beck Takes Stand Against Violence By Holding Gun
While we don’t know for certain what  Jared Loughner’s motivation was in the attempted Assassination of Gabrielle Giffords, there is an increasing consensus among reasonable people that the hate-speech which has been common on the right is dangerous to Civil Discourse and our Democracy. This has become a turning point in the career of Sarah Palin, who prefers to pander to the Far Right than to speak to the concerns of mainstream Americans. Most likely this week will mark the end o...

UC Berkeley chancellor ties AZ immigration law to Giffords shooting (Daily Caller)
Read more stories from The Daily Caller UC Berkeley chancellor ties AZ Immigration law to Giffords shooting FNC's Brit Hume rips left-wing 'habit' of equating disagreement with Liberalism with hate Experts say Metro escalator woes product of union inefficiency Will Gates address Chinese rare earth strong arming? Tea Party Express raising money in aftermath of Arizona shooting In an official e-mail to the University of California at Berkeley campus community, chancellor Robert Birgeneau said th...

Joe Peyronnin: Free Speech
On the day when America collectively observed a moment of silence for Representative Gabrielle Giffords and the other Victims of Saturday's shootings in Tucson, a war of words broke out over the role "vitriol" played in the incident, even though there probably is no link. And the argument reflected the deep division that has roiled this country over the past few years. Most interesting was the apparent admission by Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes, in an interview with GlobalGrind.com founder Rus...

Boston Tea Party:Statement denouncing shooting of Gabrielle Giffords, a judge & 8 others in Tuscon
I do not make a habit of issuing statements on behalf of the BTP or National Committee, however I believe that time is of the essence and this is one occasion where I will break this habit. On behalf of the BTP and the National Committee, I wish to denounce the act of violence perpetrated against a Congresswoman, judge & at least 8 other individuals in Tuscon, Arizona. The BTP supports “the freedom of all people to peaceably assemble and to engage in active Political Speech” an...

Late Night: Not the Best Day to Be Sarah Palin
As Jane noted earlier today, Sarah Palin awoke on Sunday to find herself at the fiery center of the debate about increased violent political Rhetoric in this country. And as usual, Palin — scratch that — Palin’s handlers paint her as the real Victim of the Arizona tragedy. Everyone makes mistakes. But anyone waiting for Sarah Palin to acknowledge she might have made one here is going to have some time on their hands.  Following the Tucson shooting, Palin’s aide disingenuou...

First Keep The Focus On Grief: Obama To Attend Memorial In Arizona On Wednesday Before Likely Speech And Gun Rights Clampdown
Related Video: Leftist Clampdown Ahead? Obama’s Political Signal: Grief Is For Now But “In The Coming Days, We’ll Have Time To Reflect” WASHINGTON - A senior administration official says President Barack Obama will travel to Arizona on Wednesday to attend a memorial service for the Victims of last weekend’s shooting rampage. Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is in critical condition after being shot in the head Saturday. Six others died and more than a dozen

AZ shootings: McConnell, Yarmuth talk rhetoric and security
Related: Suspect in attack on congresswoman to appear in court McConnell speaks to Students about Tucson shootings Obama: US grieving, shocked over Ariz. rampage Military: alleged Giffords gunman failed Drug Test McConnell calls for review of congressional security (WHAS11) - The Assassination attempt of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords that killed six and injured 14 others has sparked a national debate about whether inflammatory political Rhetoric was a factor in the attack. After Pim...

Giffords Shooting: Christina-Taylor Green, 9-Year-Old Killed In Arizona Shooting, Was Daughter Of Dodgers Employee
Los Angeles — Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is expressing condolences about the 9-year-old girl killed by a gunman who opened fire at an Arizona congresswoman's event. She is the granddaughter of former Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green and the daughter of a Dodgers scout. Christina-Taylor Green was shot outside a Tucson grocery story when she went to see Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was meeting with constituents there. McCourt says the team lost a member of the Dodger...

Jared Loughner Charged
Jan.  10, 2011  Jared Lee Loughner Charged with 5 Counts of Murder, Attempted Murder and murder involving a member of Congress.  He indicated he understood the charges in court and his lawyer spoke to him offering her guidance.  The same lawyer Judy Clarke who has defended another mass murderer the Unabomer Ted Kaczinski has seen insanity defenses before. Loughner has said nothing about why he did the murders and what drove him to trying to assassinate a US congresswoman in...

Arizona shootings prompt call for ban on high-capacity clips
For many in Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' southeastern Arizona district, guns are a way of life for hunting and protection while they're working on their ranches in a part of the country that has become Ground Zero for Smuggling. But, to some East Coast lawmakers, that gun culture led to Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz., which killed six and wounded the congresswoman and 13 others. Now two lawmakers have said they'll push for tougher gun controls, including stricter limits on high-capacit...

What Violent Right Wing Rhetoric?
As the Right Wing blogs and pundits desperately try to spin away any responsibility for the violent Rhetoric flowing from their side of the political aisle, here are a few Tea Party photos from the LGF archives to remind them why people were concerned, long before today's mass Murder in Arizona. © Unknown © Unknown © Unknown © Unknown © Unknown © Unknown © Unknown © Unknown ...

What To Say?
Before stepping into this thicket, I'll begin by reviewing the apparent ground rules for discussing political Rhetoric and whether it has anything to do with the tragedy in Tucson. The acts of a mentally unbalanced man bear no connection to the political climate around him. Once you draw any such connection, then you are hurling accusations of incitement. Any critique of American political discourse must paint the excesses at both ends of the political spectrum as equal. And as soon as you try...

Arizona Tragedy Doesn't have to be Gun Debate
By now, everyone is aware of the tragedy in Arizona, where AZ Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and twelve others were injured, and six, including nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green were killed. Jared L. Loughner, 22, of Tucson, is the suspected gunman in the shooting Saturday at a meet-the-constituents meeting in Tucson. This does not have to turn into an argument about Gun Control. In Chicago, until at least 1976, open carry of all pistols was legal. A special permit wasn’t required. If you coul...

8 still hospitalized after deadly Arizona shooting
PHOENIX (AP) - Doctors say Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is still responding to doctors and her condition is stable. Her brain remains swollen, but the pressure hasn't increased. Two of those injured in a deadly shooting Saturday in Tucson are in intensive care, with one in critical condition. Doctors said Monday eight of those injured remain hospitalized. A Federal Judge, a congressional aide and a 9-year-old girl, Christina Taylor Green, were among the six people killed, while Giffords and...

Profiles of Arizona shooting victims
JOHN M. ROLL, 63 • The U.S. District Court judge was named Arizona's chief Federal Judge in 2006. He was appointed to the federal bench in 1991. He previously served as a state trial judge and as a judge on the midlevel Arizona Court of appeals, and as a county and state prosecutor. Survivors include his wife, Maureen; three sons; and five Grandchildren. CHRISTINA TAYLOR GREEN, 9 • Born on Sept. 11, 2001, she was a third-grader at Mesa Verde Elementary School. She loved animals, sing...

Girl killed in Arizona mass shooting has Md. roots
The 9-year-old girl killed in the shooting that has critically injured Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was born in Maryland. Christina Taylor Green was born shortly after the Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks in 2001. Her father, John Green, is a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Earlier, he was a scout with the Baltimore Orioles and had a family farm in Conowingo, Md. Christina's mother, Roxanna Green, says Christina was always aware she was born on 9/11 and was very patriotic. A year after her birth...