Political fallout from Arizona shooting

Arizona shootings: Obama plans visit to state
Source: Arizona Central 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 were wounded outside a Supermarket where Giffords set up a booth to hear the concerns of constituents. Obama observed a moment of silence f...

Obama heads to Arizona Wednesday
President Barack Obama on Wednesday will head to Tucson, Ariz., the scene of a shooting rampage that killed six people and critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, according to a White House official. ...

President Obama Headed To Arizona Wednesday
What is this? A person familiar with the president's schedule has told NPR's Scott Horsely that President Obama will travel to Tucson on Wednesday. Details of his trip are still sparse. Earlier today, the president and First Lady Michelle Obama observed a moment of silence on the South Lawn of the White House. The president also signed a proclamation asking that flags be flown at half staff to honor the Victims of Saturday's shootings. Six people were killed and more than a dozen wounded when a ...

US shootings: Tragedy touches the space station
International Space Station commander Scott Kelly led NASA in a moment of silence yesterday as he struggled with the shooting of his congresswoman sister-in-law as well as six people who were killed in the incident. His identical twin brother, Mark Kelly, is married to Gabrielle Giffords. Both brothers are Astronauts. Flight controllers in Houston fell silent as Scott Kelly spoke via radio from space. "We have a unique vantage point here aboard the International Space Station," he said. "As I ...

Suspect in Arizona shootings appears in court
By David Schwartz PHOENIX, Arizona | Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:42pm EST PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - A troubled 22-year-old College Dropout made his first court appearance on Monday on five federal charges, including the attempted Assassination of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who remained in critical condition with a bullet wound to the head. His hands manacled together, Jared Lee Loughner said understood the charges against him that stem from a Shooting Spree in Tucson on Saturday that left s...

Tragedy in Arizona
Gabrielle Giffords was doing what members of Congress do every week: She was home in Tucson to meet with her constituents. Today, Giffords lies in critical condition in a Tucson Hospital after one of those constituents opened fire with a semiautomatic Handgun. Six people died in the attack; 14 were injured. The madness at the Tucson shopping center Saturday morning raises old and troubling questions about gun violence in America and threatens a treasured American tradition: the right of the pe...

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

Shock and silence: US honours shooting victims
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama observe a 'moment of silence' on the South Lawn at the White House to honor Victims of the Tucson shooting. Photo: AFP SOMBRE chimes rang out across a frosty Washington today, plunging America into a moment of silence, and President Barack Obama voiced a nation's shock over an Arizona shooting rampage. Mourners gathered at the White House, at the US Capitol, and at a Hospital in the southwestern state where lawmaker Gabrielle Giffords, the pri...

Official: Obama to travel to Arizona on Wednesday
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and government employees observe a moment of silence on South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, to honor those who were killed and injured in the shooting in Tucson, Ariz. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., is in critical condition after being shot in the head. 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...

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On Saturday, Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was targeted and shot in the head during a mass meeting with voters. During the contentious Elections last fall, her opponent, Jesse Kelly, held fund-raisers where he urged supporters to help remove Giffords from office by joining him to shoot a fully loaded M-16 rifle (Page 1A, Jan. 9). Hate Speech proclaimed by politicians and political pundits riles up the violent to violence. Those politicians and pundits can't escape charges of complicity. Ther...

AP source: Obama to visit Arizona on Wednesday to attend memorial for shooting victims.
Frenzy surrounds Ariz. shooting suspect's hearing Will public blame Republicans for Arizona killings? National Journal cover story, features, include violent Rhetoric! Journalists urged caution after Ft. Hood, now race to blame Palin after Arizona shootings Sheriff says Ariz. rampage suspect not cooperating ...

The media tries to pin the Arizona shooting on the Tea Party and talk radio
  Before I get to the main topic of this post I would like to offer my condolences, thoughts, and heartfelt sympathy to all of the Victims and the families and friends, as well as everyone else who was affected by the shooting in Arizona over the weekend. There is nothing that I can say to make anyone feel better, but please know that the nation is with you.   Having said that, this is a post that I was hoping I wouldn’t have to write, but it has become obvious that I m...

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....

FNCs Brit Hume rips left-wing habit of equating disagreement with liberalism with hate (Daily Caller)
Read more stories from The Daily Caller 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 Barbara Walters: 'I'm feeling bad for Sarah Palin' Among the most astonishing things to come out of the attempt on the life of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords have been the knee-jerk reac...

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Philly.com: Dallas Green's grief: 'My princess is gone' By JAN RANSOM & PAUL HAGEN Philadelphia Daily News "I can't believe my princess is gone." That's what former Phillies manager Dallas Green told the team's general manager, Ruben Amaro Jr., over the phone yesterday while en route to Arizona, reacting to the Murder of his 9-year-old granddaughter. Christina Green was killed in the hail of bullets in the Assassination attempt on U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday as she waited i...

Redstate: Outspoken Sheriff Accused Of Dismissing Loughner Death Threats
Jared Loughner has been making death threats by phone to many people in Pima County including staff of Pima Community College, radio personalities and local Bloggers. When Pima County Sheriff's Office was informed, his deputies assured the Victims that he was being well managed by the Mental Health system. It was also suggested that further pressing of charges would be unnecessary and probably cause more problems than it solved as Jared Loughner has a family member that works for Pima County. Th...

Rep. Jeff Flake: Congress "Will Take Threats More Seriously"
On Monday's Washington Unplugged Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), a colleague of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), spoke with CBS News political analyst John Dickerson and expressed shock and disbelief over Saturday's tragic shooting in Tucson that left 6 dead and Giffords in critical condition. Flake told Dickerson, "No one could fathom this kind of thing happening, Arizona or anywhere." Flake also noted the reaction among fellow members of Congress and acknowledged that in light of Saturday's eve...

Suspect in Arizona shootings appears in court
By David Schwartz PHOENIX, Arizona | Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:42pm EST PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - A troubled 22-year-old College Dropout made his first court appearance on Monday on five federal charges, including the attempted Assassination of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who remained in critical condition with a bullet wound to the head. His hands manacled together, Jared Lee Loughner said understood the charges against him that stem from a Shooting Spree in Tucson on Saturday that left s...

The narrative of the hateful left
The Murder of six people, the shooting of twelve more, including Congresswoman Giffords, and the politization of the incident: Andrew Klavan writes about The Hateful Left Where incendiary political Rhetoric truly resides in America Indeed, the Left’s hysterical response to all who disagree with it—that they are Racist or sexist or “phobic” or somehow reminiscent of Hitler—has become so predictable that satirists, from the Libertarian Greg Gutfeld to the liberal Jon Stewart, h

Video: Giffords' Astronaut Brother-in-Law Issues Statement from Space
International Space Station commander Scott Kelly is Gabrielle Giffords’ brother-in-law, and today he made a statement on the shooting in Arizona. As I look out the window, I see a very beautiful planet that seems very inviting and peaceful. Unfortunately, it is not. These days, we are constantly reminded of the unspeakable acts of violence and damage we can inflict upon one another, not just with our actions but also with our irresponsible words. We are better than this. We must do better...

Suspect in Arizona shootings appears in court
PHOENIX, Arizona (Reuters) - A troubled 22-year-old College Dropout made his first court appearance on Monday on five federal charges, including the attempted Assassination of Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who remained in critical condition with a bullet wound to the head. His hands manacled together, Jared Lee Loughner said understood the charges against him that stem from a Shooting Spree in Tucson on Saturday that left six people dead and 14 others wounded at an event Giffords hosted fo...

Right rejects lefts charges on Palin
Prominent Conservatives like Bill Kristol, Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh are defending Sarah Palin, who was subjected to criticism from Liberal Bloggers after Saturday’s shootings in Arizona. The Bloggers suggested Palin’s use of inflammatory Rhetoric during the 2010 campaign helped create a climate conducive to the type of violence that shook the nation over the weekend.  Several sought to link Palin’s use of a crosshairs symbol on her website and Facebook page to the Tucson shootin

Jared Lee Loughner - defense by mug shot?
Is he trying for an insanity defense with this Mug Shot? Judy Clarke has been appointed Jared Lee Loughner's federal public defender. She previously defended the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski. (CNN): Jared Lee Loughner, the suspect accused of opening fire outside an Arizona Supermarket over the weekend, appeared calm and in control during his first court appearance Monday, but gave no indication as to how he would plead to the charges. The 22-year-old faces five federal counts connected to the Sa...

Beck: Stop it!
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Palinistas furious over "surveyor's symbols"
The news was barely out today when social networks were erupting, blaming Sarah Palin and the Tea Party for inciting the 22-year-old alleged gunman who shot U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat from Arizona, and 16 others in a Grocery Store in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords was one of those 20 moderate Republicans and Democrats that were on Palin's now infamous "target list" that Palin compiled early last year. The graphic that went with the list features rifle scope-like cross hairs on certain legi...