AZ Democratic Congresswoman, 6 Others Shot and Killed At Event

Congresswoman Giffords Shot in Arizona
photo: Freedom to Marry via Flickr Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was holding a constituent service day in her Arizona district this morning, was shot in the head and wounded along with some of her staff. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot outside a Grocery Store in Tucson while holding a public event, an eyewitness reported Saturday. Giffords, who was re-elected to her third term in November, was hosting her first “Congress on Your Corner” event at the Safeway in ...

Congresswoman responds to commands after being shot at point blank range in the head in mall rampage
Provide feedback to the multimedia producers. Thank you. Your feedback was successfully sent. Video will begin in 5 seconds. What type of connection do you have? Your video format settings have been saved. US Representative Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona is shot in the head at point blank range at a constituency meeting in Tucson. A US congresswoman is in a critical condition but has responded to commands after being shot through the head when a gunman opened fire on a crowd at an Arizona politic...

Federal judge, 9-year-old girl among Ariz. shooting victims
A gunman opened fire during a "Congress on Your Corner" event at a Tucson Safeway Saturday, killing six people and injuring 15, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords,D- Ariz. Those killed include: •Christina Green, 9 Green, who was born on Sept. 11, 2001, was recently elected to her school's Student council and was brought to the event by a neighbor who thought she might be interested. She is the grandaughter of Dallas Green, the former manager of the Philadelphia Phillies major league basebal...

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Reportedly Shot
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, an Arizona Democrat first elected in 2006, has been shot in the head during a public event at a Tucson Grocery Store, according to several news reports. According to NPR, at least nine others, including members of her staff, were injured as well. Giffords' condition is not yet known. From NPR's report: The Democrat, who was re-elected to her third term in November, was hosting a "Congress on Your Corner" event at the Safeway in northwest Tucson when a gunman ran up and s...

Gay Latino Intern Credited with Helping Save Rep. Giffords Life
Intern Daniel Hernandez Jr. with Rep. Giffords Photo from Hernandez's Facebook page Here’s an excellent example of why we need the LGBT and alternative media. John Wright at Dallas Voice notes that the young man who stuck by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords immediately after she was shot and is credited with perhaps saving her life - is a gay Latino. Mainstream Media still usually considers Sexual Orientation and gender identity is either a matter of personal Privacy or a topic for sensa...

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., Others, Reported Wounded In Shooting
What is this? "U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot outside a Grocery Store in Tucson while holding a public event, Arizona Public Media reported Saturday. "The Democrat, who was re-elected to her third term in November, was hosting a 'Congress on Your Corner' event at the Safeway in northwest Tucson when a gunman ran up and started shooting, according to Peter Michaels, news director of Arizona Public Media. "At least five other people, including members of her staff, were hurt. Gif...

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Shot in Arizona
Politico reports (as of 1:36pm ET): Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was shot Saturday outside a Grocery Store in Tucson, Ariz., while holding a public event. NPR reported that she and six others were killed, but her office denied she had died. “That report is incorrect.” Giffords spokesman C.J. Karamargin said. Karamargin said he could not comment about whether other Giffords Staffers were struck in the shooting, but that he was not hit. Giffords, who was first elected in 2006, was hosti...

congresswoman shot
npr is reporting that dem congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has been shot and killed in a tuscon Grocery Store today. It's Skippy the Bush Kangaroo! Follow Skippy on Twitter! Sign the Petitions! Click arrow in upper right corner to see more! They need Luv, too! Great Gift that lasts all year! Golden MonkeyFister Award! : "When I want news, I turn to CNN...and they...turn...to Skippy...the BushKangaroo." contact the mgt. MonkeyFister Award! WTF Is It Now? Rough & Tumble Cal. Politics...

Christina Greenes Mother Remembers Her Daughter
Dot on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot — Thread II. . . myrtle on DHS Memo Linking Loughner to Racist Group, American Renaissance, Leaked. American Renaissance Denies. 9-11 Infidel on DHS Memo Linking Loughner to Racist Group, American Renaissance, Leaked. American Renaissance Denies. Larry7 (prev. just Larry) on Communist Party USA Jumps on The Blame Palin/GOP/Tea Party Bandwagon Just heartwrenching. (FNC) — The mother of a 9-year-old girl gunned down in Saturday’s shoot...

Vitriol focus of lawmakers after Arizona shooting of Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
Reporting from Washington — A day after a gunman opened fire at a public event in Tucson hosted by Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, political vitriol was the focus among some lawmakers, and the politics surrounding the violence broke down largely along partisan lines on the Sunday morning talks shows. Democratic members of Congress largely suggested that the shootings might have been sparked by increasingly bitter political Rhetoric while Republicans described the suspected shoo...

Joe Klein On CNN Targets Fox News And MSNBC
Time columnist Joe Klein appeared on CNN ’s Reliable Sources and pulled no punches attacking Cable News channels and their personalities. Predictably Klein continued his assault on what he perceives to be Glenn Beck’s craziness, but surprisingly also went after MSNBC ’s Ed Schultz. Klein thinks much Extremism is encouraged by Rush Limbaugh and Beck claiming “Glenn Beck traffics in the most crazy and ridiculous Conspiracy theories . . . when you have a respected figure pr...

Arizona shooting spotlights 'toxic' political climate
Recriminations and soul-searching burst forth Sunday over whether an inflamed political climate influenced a gunman to shoot a US congresswoman and 19 other people in Arizona. From the left and the right, politicians and commentators seized on the attempted Assassination of Representative Gabrielle Giffords Saturday as either a reflection of the passions stirred up by rabble-rousing Conservatives or the isolated act of an unhinged psychopath. Liberals highlighted a map posted online during the...

A flame that can't be extingushed and a marriage that should not be saved
Posted by Paul at 9:35 PM When NPR sacked top news executive Ellen Weiss earlier this week, Juan Williams (whom Weiss had sacked) called her the representative of the "very ingrown, incestuous culture" at NPR. He also said her departure is "good news for NPR and people who care about the news." Unfortunately, "NPR" and "people who care about the news" as other than a vehicle for advancing a political agenda may be, for the most part, non-overlapping subsets. In any case, according to the Washin...

Political Violence
I haven't felt this way for a long time, but one of the reasons (there were many shifting ones depending on circumstances) I blogged anonymously for awhile was, I think, a legitimate fear of violence. There was intensity leading up to the Iraq War. The Keyboard Kommandos were doing their part to save the world by getting rid of Saddam Hitler, and even though their team controlled everything and their lovely little war was inevitable, all they could really do was direct their ire at the True Ene...

As I was saying.
These people are not patriots, they are crazy. Believe it or not — I slept through this one. I’ve been sick here the last few days. Ny-Quill and much sleep. Anyhow, Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN are all reporting about the shooter in AZ. HotAir.com also has an excellent round up, as does Memeornadum. You can expect that Fox News and the rest of the liberal media outlets will spin this as left or right. Truth is, it is neither — it is our sick media driven society that is causing th...

Dad of 9-year-old shot in Ariz. was Dodgers scout
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 son 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 Dodgers family, and the organizat...

The Blood of Eden
Pollock's "The Deep" I caught sight of my reflection I caught it in the window I saw the darkness in my heart I saw the signs of my undoing They had been there from the start So many American bodies are sprayed with blood, their own, their lover’s, their mother’s and father’s, their brother’s and sister’s. Oh we are so certain of our innocence, but we are a nation tattooed in crimson, eyes to belly, with Jackson Pollock’s The Deep. We called it a N...

Jared Lee Loughner Identified As Gabrielle Giffords Shooter
© AP/Arizona Daily Star Jared Lee Loughner has been identified as the man suspected of shooting Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). Loughner was described by eyewitnesses at the Arizona shooting as a young white man who looked like a "fringe character," in his mid-to-late 20s, clean-shaven with short hair and wearing dark clothing. Loughner was quickly arrested after he allegedly shot Giffords and some 12 others at a public event at a Safeway Grocery Store in Tucscon. He reporte...

BREAKING NEWS !
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot outside a Grocery Store in Tucson while holding a public event, Arizona Public Media reported Saturday. Giffords, who was re-elected to her third term in November, was hosting her first "Congress on Your Corner” event at the Safeway in northwest Tucson when a gunman ran up and started shooting. At least five other people, including members of her staff, were hurt, according to Peter Michaels, news director of Arizona Public Media. Giffords...

BREAKING: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Killed in Arizona
UPDATE: At least six others were killed in the shooting. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords died after being shot in the head at a public event on Saturday, Pima County, Ariz., sheriff's office confirms. The 40-year-old Democrat was outside a Tucson Grocery Store when a gunman ran up and began firing indiscriminately. The suspect was taken into police custody. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head and killed outside a Grocery Store in Tucson while holding a public event, Arizona Pu...

Leftist Congresswoman Assassinated In Tucson
NPR: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and six others died after a gunman opened fire at a public event on Saturday, the Pima County, Ariz., sheriff’s office confirms. The 40-year-old Democrat, who was re-elected to her third term in November, was hosting a “Congress on Your Corner” event at a Safeway in northwest Tucson when a gunman ran up and started shooting, according to Peter Michaels, news director of Arizona Public Media. At least three other people, including members of her st...

Reports of Giffords' death retracted
From NPR: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and six others died after a gunman opened fire at a public event on Saturday, the Pima County, Ariz., sheriff's office confirms. The 40-year-old Democrat was outside a Tucson Grocery Store when a gunman ran up and began firing indiscriminately. The suspect was taken into police custody. Update: A Sheriff being interviewed on MSNBC (Clarence Dufnick) insisting that Giffords is in "extremely critical condition," but is not dead. Update: Hospital spokesman confir...

Palin staffer: 'Nothing irresponsible about our graphic'
An aide to Sarah Palin is defending the former Alaska Governor's Controversial campaign target map, saying the circles over certain districts were never meant to be gun sights. However, Palin herself described the symbol as a "bullseye." Palin's "Take Back the 20" campaign came under renewed fire after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was severely injured by a gunman on Saturday. The campaign featured a map with crosshairs over Giffords' district, along with the districts of 19 other Democratic...

GOP senator urges media not to talk about Palins violent rhetoric
Stumble This! Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) urged CNN's Candy Crowley Sunday not to mention Fox News' Sarah Palin in connection with the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ). In an a Sunday interview, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) noted that public figures have used violent Rhetoric against Giffords, something Palin has done. "Those of us in public life and the Journalists who cover this should be thoughtful in response to this and try to bring down the rhetoric, which I'm afraid has become perva...

Details of suspect in US rampage slowly emerge
An initial portrait of the man accused of shooting Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the head in an attack that also killed six people outside a Tucson Grocery Store slowly began to emerge, as authorities described a young man with a troubled past and neighbors recalled a 22-year-old who often kept to himself. One former classmate said the accused gunman, Jared Loughner, often did his own thing. Another described him as a Student who disrupted class with occasional outbursts. ...