Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and Staff Gunned Down at Event

Gabrielle Giffords was on Sarah Palins crosshairs map - A history of violent words used against Giffords
No motives have emerged from today’s senseless shooting in Tucson, but Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has a long history of being targeted by the Tea Party—sometimes in violent terms. In the run-up to 2010’s heated Midterm Elections, Arizona Democrat Gabrielle Giffords was placedon Sarah Palin’s “target map,” released in March, which featured gun crosshairs superimposed over her target’s districts on a United States map. The graphic was removed from ...

Giffords: Dem who wins in conservative district
(01-09) 04:04 PST PHOENIX (AP) -- Gabrielle Giffords, one of her state's most high-profile Democrats, seems at first glance to be an unlikely choice of voters in conservative-leaning southern Arizona. But she has managed to remain popular, winning election three times in the Tucson-area Congressional District by holding Centrist positions, reaching out to constituents and bucking her party's position on many issues as a key member of the "Blue Dog Coalition" Democrats. She has been tough on bo...

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...

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...

Gabrielle Giffords shooting: America searches for answers
Americans were searching their souls on Sunday night, contemplating whether the country's toxic political environment was to blame for a massacre that left a Congresswoman fighting for her life and six others dead....

Surgeons say Giffords showing positive signs
TUCSON, Ariz. — Doctors treating wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords provided an optimistic update Sunday about her chances for survival, saying they are "very, very encouraged" by her ability to respond to simple commands along with their success in controlling her bleeding. The FBI said Law Enforcement could bring charges against the gunman as early as Sunday, and House Speaker John Boehner said normal House business this week has been postponed in the aftermath of the shooting. Surgeons s...

Photo gallery: Praying for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
“ Praying for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords “ Photos by AP & AFP ...

Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shot in the head
(01-09) 04:00 PST Tucson -- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday by a gunman who opened fire outside a Grocery Store during a meeting with voters, killing a Federal Judge and five others in an attempted Assassination that rattled the country and left Americans questioning whether divisive politics had pushed the suspect over the edge. Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said Giffords was the target of a gunman whom he described as mentally unstable and possibly act...

Docs say hard to predict brain damage in Giffords
WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors say they are optimistic about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ odds. But it can take weeks to months to learn the level of Brain Damage she might suffer from the gunshot blast to the head on Saturday. Dr. Peter Rhee, a trauma surgeon in Tucson where she was shot, said the bullet traveled the length of the left side of the Arizona congresswoman’s brain, from back to front. That offers a better outlook than if it had entered the brain’s center or both side...

Doctors Talking Positively about Rep. Giffords Chances of Survival Video Report 1/9/11
Here is a video report on the shooting yesterday in Tucson, Arizona of U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 17 other people. It gives a recap of what happened, and says doctors are “talking positively” about Giffords’ “chances of survival” following emergency surgery. My prayers go out for her and the others wounded in this attack, and for the families of those who were killed. I know many of you are doing the same. ...

Congresswoman fights for life after shooting
Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was fighting for her life on Sunday following a shooting rampage that left at least six people, including a nine-year-old girl and a Federal Judge dead. Ms Giffords, a 40-year-old member of the House of Representatives who first took office in 2007, was shot in the head at close range while attending a public event called “Congress on your Corner”, at a Supermarket in Tucson, Arizona, on Saturday. EDITOR’S CHOICE Congresswoman fights for life a

Heated Political Rhetoric And The Giffords Shooting
The tragic shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others in Arizona has started another debate about political Rhetoric. It's a stupid debate, and it's utterly pointless....

Portrait Of Gabrielle Giffords: Democrat Who Repeatedly Won In Conservative District
Phoenix (AP) - Gabrielle Giffords, one of her state’s most high-profile Democrats, seems at first glance to be an unlikely choice of voters in conservative-leaning southern Arizona. But she has managed to remain popular, winning election three times in the Tucson-area Congressional District by holding Centrist positions, reaching out to constituents and bucking her party’s position on many issues as a key member of the “Blue Dog Coalition” Democrats. She has been toug...

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...

Surgeons say Giffords showing positive signs
In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ari... TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Doctors treating wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords provided an optimistic update Sunday about her chances for survival, saying they are "very, very encouraged" by her ability to respond to simple commands along with their success in controlling her bleeding. Surgeons said a bullet went through Giffords' head on the left side of the brain, but she is still able to respond to commands such as squeezi...

Rep. Giffords Remains in Critical Condition
Like this Story? Share it: Katie Couric discusses the current state of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. as well as her chance of survival with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Peter DeNoble. Katie Couric and Karen Brown give an update on the current status of the Tuscon, Ariz. shooting which claimed the lives of Federal Judge John Roll and a 9-year-old girl, as well as critically injured Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. (CBS/AP) TUCSON - U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was in critical condition Sund...

AZ shooting targets US congresswoman, kills 6
FILE - This undated file photo provided by The Office of Rep. Gabrielle... TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A gunman nearly unloaded a semiautomatic weapon at a busy Supermarket Saturday during a public gathering for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, wounding the Democrat and killing Arizona's chief Federal Judge and five others in an attempted Assassination that left Americans questioning whether divisive politics had pushed the suspect over the edge. The shooting targeted Giffords and left the three-term Congress...

Arizona Gunman Was "on a Mission"
TUCSON, Ariz. -- The "shady individual" showed up at a public gathering for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords asking to see the lawmaker, according to event volunteer Alex Villec. Told he would have to wait his turn, the man left but returned minutes later and gunfire erupted. The man, wearing a black cap and baggy pants and shirt, rushed by a table separating him and Giffords, raised an arm, and then came shots, Villec, 19, told The Associated Press. Firing a semiautomatic weapon, the gunman targeted Gif...

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...

AZ shooting targets US congresswoman, kills 6
(01-09) 05:30 PST Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- The "shady individual" showed up at a public gathering for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords asking to see the lawmaker, according to event volunteer Alex Villec. Told he would have to wait his turn, the man left but returned minutes later and gunfire erupted. The man, wearing a black cap and baggy pants and shirt, rushed by a table separating him and Giffords, raised an arm, and then came shots, Villec, 19, told The Associated Press. Firing a semiautomatic weapon...

Gabrielle Giffords Remains Sedated Following Arizona Shooting
TUCSON, Ariz. — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords remained heavily sedated and in critical condition Sunday as investigators sought to understand what motivated a gunman to carry out an Assassination attempt on the Democratic lawmaker in a rampage that killed six people. University Medical Center spokeswoman Darci Slaten told The Associated Press that Giffords underwent a two-hour surgery Saturday and has not been conscious since the shooting. She said more information will be released at a news c...

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...

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...

Gabrielle Giffords In Last Interiew: Deficit Is Greatest National Security Threat And Its Important We Maintain Our Superiority
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Gabrielle Giffords shooting: from Columbine to Tuscon
Some of the deadliest shooting sprees in the United States since 1999....