Trey Grayson: 'Moderation' Email Was Just Giffords Being Giffords

Gabrielle Giffords Wrote Email Calling For 'Centrism And Moderation' On Eve Of Shooting
WASHINGTON -- On the eve of the shooting that left her critically injured, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) wrote an email to Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson (R), asking his help in toning down the partisan Rhetoric in the country. "After you get settled, I would love to talk about what we can do to promote centrism and moderation," wrote Giffords. "I am one of only 12 Dems left in a GOP district (the only woman) and think that we need to figure out how to tone our Rhetoric and parti...

Giffords Friend Says She's Devoted To Overcoming Partisanship
What is this? Morning Edition's Renee Montagne talks this morning with outgoing Ky. Secretary of State Trey Grayson about his friend, Ariz. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords was one of 13 people wounded Saturday by a gunman who's charged with plotting her Murder and with killing other six people. Grayson says her passion for building bridges is likely what helps her win re-election in a contentious legislative district. When Renee inquired about toxic political Rhetoric, Grayson reflected: Ky. S...

On eve of shooting, Giffords sought to tone our rhetoric and partisanship down (The Ticket)
The day before she was shot at a political event, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) emailed a close Republican friend saying she wanted to promote ways to "tone our Rhetoric and Partisanship down." According to Kentucky news site cn|2, Giffords emailed Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson -- who lost to Rand Paul in the state's contentious GOP Senate primary last year -- to congratulate him on being hired as head of Harvard University's Institute of Politics. She said she wanted to talk to...

Giffords email: Need to 'tone our rhetoric and partisanship down'
Washington (CNN) - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, sent an email the night before she was shot at an event in Tucson calling for a more civil tone in politics. Giffords offered congratulations to Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson, a Republican, after he was named Director of Harvard University's Institute of Politics on Friday. "After you get settled, I would love to talk about what we can do to promote centrism and moderation," Giffords wrote in the email, provided to CNN by Grayson....

Giffords sent e-mail before shooting calling for 'moderation'
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- The night before she was wounded in a shooting that killed six people, Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords sent an e-mail to a friend in Kentucky discussing how to "promote centrism and moderation." In the message, obtained by The Associated Press, the Democratic on Friday congratulated Republican Secretary of State Trey Grayson on his new position at Harvard University. She wrote him: "After you get settled, I would love to talk about what we can do to promote centrism and moderat...

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...

Politically charged fundraising e-mail on Arizona shootings draws scrutiny
Washington (CNN) - Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders told political supporters Tuesday that there needs to be a concerted effort by Arizona Republicans to help create a safe environment for people with opposing political ideologies, following the attempted Assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona. Sanders, an independent who aligns himself with the Democratic Party, went as far as to specifically call on his colleague, Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, to lead the effort. “First, this horr...

Giffords wrote of need to 'tone our rhetoric and partisanship down' on eve of shooting
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) wrote of the need to "tone our Rhetoric and Partisanship down" the day before having been shot. Giffords e-mailed outgoing Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson (R), who will become director of Harvard University's Institute of Politics, on Friday to offer congratulations on the new position, and urge him to use his new job to "promote centrism and moderation," according to a copy of the e-mail published by cn|2 Politics on Monday, and flagged by The Huffi...

Gabrielle Giffords Expressed Desire To Tone Our Rhetoric And Partisanship Down One Day Before Shooting
ABC News’ Michael Falcone reports: Less than 24-hours before she was critically wounded by a lone gunman at an event in her Arizona Congressional district, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat, wrote an e-mail message to Kentucky’s Republican Secretary of State Trey Grayson expressing her desire find ways to “tone our Rhetoric and Partisanship down.” Giffords sent a note congratulating Grayson on his recent appointment as director of Harvard University’s Institute of Politics

Friend Of Rep. Shot In Rampage Shares Eerie E-Mail
Source: thebostonchannel BOSTON -- A friend of the Arizona congresswoman who was shot and seriously injured in a shooting rampage this weekend is sharing an e-mail she wrote the day before the massacre. ... "(Giffords) is a good enough friend that I wanted her to be on that short list of people that I was telling about my new announcement," Trey Grayson, who was just named Harvard Institute of Politics director. Grayson, who is still Kentucky's Secretary of State, received a congratulatory e-mai...

Its time to dial down the political rhetoric (Rep. John Lewis)
Last week, members of Congress took time out of the congressional schedule to read the words of the U.S. Constitution. It amazes me, in light of the critical condition Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) now confronts, that somehow by some twist of fate she fell in line at the place where she read the words of the First Amendment. The Constitution is the touchstone of every legislator; it is almost a sacred text in our Democracy. In view of our reverence for the document, I think some Americans ...

Robin Carnahan, Gabrielle Giffords attended conference on civility
JEFFERSON CITY • The day Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head, some of her former classmates got on a Conference Call that night to figure out what to do. Giffords, who is in critical condition in an Arizona Hospital after a gunman killed six people outside a Grocery Store, was part of the inaugural class of Rodel fellows, a Bipartisan program of the Aspen Institute. The Aspen Institute is a Colorado-based Think Tank that brings together young leaders from both sides of th...

Giffords wrote to Harvard, seeking dialogue on civil discourse
US Representative Gabrielle Giffords wrote an e-mail Friday, a day before she was grievously wounded, congratulating the new director of Harvard’s Institute of Politics and saying she wanted to talk with him about ways to tone down the political debate. Kentucky’s Secretary of State — Trey Grayson, a Republican who was named to the Harvard post earlier that day — had become friends with the Arizona congresswoman. They met when both were Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellows in P...

The Giffords I Know
In late November 2005, I was writing my first big feature for The Hotline, a look at rising stars in each state (subscribers can see that story here.) I called a State Senator everyone told me was going places in politics, and Gabrielle Giffords answered the phone. It was the first of perhaps two dozen conversations I've had with Giffords. She launched her first run for Congress less than a week later, after then-Rep. Jim Kolbe announced his Retirement. I have always come away from those talks ...

Palin: Journalists incite hatred after AZ shooting (AP)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Sarah Palin has posted a nearly eight-minute video on her Facebook page condemning those who blame political Rhetoric for the Arizona shooting that gravely wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Last spring, Palin targeted Giffords' district as one of 20 that should be taken back. Palin has been criticized for marking each district with the cross hairs of a gun sight. In the video posted Wednesday, the 2008 GOP vice Presidential Candidate said vigorous debates are a ch...

Clyburn: Palin 'Seems Not to Be Able to Understand What's Going on Here'
Good grief, don't these people know when to shut up?A House Democratic leader on Wednesday lashed out at Sarah Palin, accusing the former Alaska Governor of being intellectually unable of understanding why she's faced criticism related to the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said that Palin had missed the point by releasing a statement this morning blasting the media for "blood Libel" for looking to assign blame in part to her rhet...

Half-term governor breaks her silence
HALF-TERM Governor BREAKS HER SILENCE.... As tempted as I am to simply ignore former half-term Gov. Sarah Palin's (R) latest statement, I suppose there's no point in pretending it's not of some interest to the political world this morning. Palin has been unusually quiet since Saturday's massacre in Tucson, and as interest in the Toxicity of political Rhetoric has grown more intense, her role in cheapening and dragging down our discourse has generated a fair amount of attention. Today, Palin br...

Palin: Media incite hatred, a 'blood libel' after Arizona shooting
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has posted a nearly eight-minute video on her Facebook page condemning those who blame political Rhetoric for the Arizona shooting that gravely wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Last spring, Mrs. Palin targeted Mrs. Giffords' district as one of 20 that should be taken back. Mrs. Palin has been criticized for marking each district with the cross hairs of a gun sight. In the video posted Wednesday, the 2008 GOP vice presidential candidat...

Sarah Palin is Now the Face of the Arizona Shooting and a Victim of "Blood Libel"
Sarah Palin: "America's Enduring Strength" from Sarah Palin on Vimeo. Six people were killed when Jared Loughner started shooting in Arizona on Saturday, while Rep. Gabrielle Giffords remains hospitalized. Sara Palin was also a Victim and she wants everyone to know. In her first public statement on the matter, save a brief Twitter and Facebook posting, Palin only uses the word "I" seven times, but she's the real subject of her own message. "No words can fill the hole left by the death of an in...

Sarah Palin accuses critics of "blood libel" (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Prominent Republican Sarah Palin on Wednesday accused critics of "blood Libel" by blaming her Rhetoric for contributing to the shooting rampage in Tucson that killed six and wounded 14, including Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords. "Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with the criminals who commit them," the conservative Tea Party favorite and former Alaska Governor said in her first major response to c...

Sarah Palin accuses critics of blood libel
Stumble This! WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prominent Republican Sarah Palin on Wednesday accused critics of "blood Libel" by blaming her Rhetoric for contributing to the shooting rampage in Tucson that killed six and wounded 14, including Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords. "Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with the criminals who commit them," the conservative Tea Party favorite and former Alaska Governor said in her first major response to critics. "Espe...

Palin Calls Criticism of Her Rhetoric "Blood Libel"
Sarah Palin, addressing critics and pundits who have said her use of violent Rhetoric may have contributed to the shooting in Arizona that left a congresswoman injured and six others dead, used a loaded term often associated with Anti-Semitism. "Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own," Palin said in a video on her Facebook page. "Especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood Libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and ...

Morning Vid: Sarah Palin's Response to Gifford's Shooting (The Atlantic Wire)
WASHINGTON, DC – In response to the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and others last Saturday, Sarah Palin has recorded a nearly eight-minute video condemning the attacks, praising "the heroism of those who overpowered a deranged gunman" and reaffirming "passionate exchange and debate of ideas" in American political discourse. The former vice Presidential Candidate expressed her condolences to Victim's families and also voiced her concerns about the "irresponsible statements from peop...

Mary Reed: Mother, Heroine
Arizona Central:t was supposed to be a nice, quick moment. A photograph to help commemorate an important event. Mary Reed and her daughter, Emma McMahon, were only going to be there for a few minutes. Emma, a Tucson high-school senior, had been a congressional page for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords over the summer. But things had been so busy, she never got a photograph of herself with the congresswoman. Giffords inspired her, and she wanted the memory. Then everything changed. A gunman approac...

Gabrielle Giffords Makes Progress (Photos)
The office of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) on Tuesday night released new photographs of the congresswoman, who remains in critical condition after Saturday's Mass Shooting in Tucson, Ariz. The photos were taken Sunday in the congresswoman's room at University Medical Center. They show her husband Mark Kelly holding her hand. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband Mark Kelly holds her hand in her room at University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. (Credit: Office...