By now we all know of the horrible events that transpired in Tucson yesterday. A lone gunman, operating on his own bizarre beliefs, decided Congresswoman Giffords should be killed, and did his best to do that. By the grace of God, she survived, and is in critical condition. Others were not so fortunate, including Federal Judge John Koll.
Among the other victims was Christina Taylor Green only 9, but the third-grader already was an aspiring politician. Gabe Zimmerman,30, the director of community outreach for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, handled thousands of issues raised by constituents out of the congresswoman's offices in Tucson and Sierra Vista. Co-workers say Zimmerman, who had a master's degree in social work, cared passionately about helping people. Phyllis Schneck, 79, widowed mother of two, who retired to Tucson from NJ. Her family says she didn’t shop here regularly, and wasn’t political.
This was the act of a deeply disturbed mind, look at the information about his favorite books, and his video posts. Sick. Really in need of mental help.
But almost more sickening is the effort of some liberal media outlets to play this as inspired by GOP, in particular Sarah Palin.
These are actual headlines I snagged from online:
Sarah Palin Inspired Jared Loughner To Shoot Gabrielle Giffords
Such ludicrous headlines are rightfully being denounced, and many agree with Senator Lamar of TN who said “…it is irresponsible for the media to be bringing up her [Palin’s] much-discussed image of political targets from the 2010 election in the aftermath of the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and others in Arizona.” Amen to that.
Let us all take a moment to ask the media, right and left, to provide news, not idle and wild speculation.
I know Canice....I wrote on this earlier today. The left has no shame, and no sense of proportion and no morals. Remember when Paul Wellstone died in the plane crash and the Minnesota dems nominated Walter Mondale as a replacement candidate? The memorial ceremony turned into an election rally for Mondale. They are disgusting.
ReplyDeleteYes, that is one point of view. However, if one can comprehend the videos, you will get a different viewpoint.
ReplyDeleteYour list seems to be missing two. Also killed were 76-year-old Dorothy Morris and 76-year-old Dorwan Stoddard.
ReplyDeleteWhen Dorwan and Mavy Stoddard first heard the pops outside a Safeway store Saturday morning, they thought they were firecrackers.
But Dorwan quickly realized they were gunshots, and told his wife to dive for some nearby chairs.
Then Dorwan dove on top of his wife of almost 15 years. Mavy, 75, believes her husband most likely saved her life.
She told friends that she held Dorwan for 10 minutes as they waited for help. He never said anything, just breathed heavily.
Mavy was shot two to three times in the legs. Dorwan, 76, died.
Of course it had to be Palin and not the Daily Kos who put a target on Congresswoman Gifford in an article of theirs.
ReplyDeleteHere's a short entry about Dorwan Stoddard.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nationalreview.com/articles/256779/dorwan-stoddard-rip-matthew-shaffer
Isn't it disgusting how the media heads right for speculation far in advance of facts? I gave up on believing them long ago. When you want to know what really happened in any incident like this, the only thing to do is wait a while. Generally the rule is not to believe what you see on television. Somewhere on the internet the facts will be spreading around, and the slanted media will be ignoring it all.