Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot in the head Saturday when an assailant opened fire outside a grocery store during a meeting with constituents, killing at least five people and wounding up to 18 others in a rampage that rattled the nation.
Among the killed, a 10-year-old girl and a federal judge. Among the wounded, a nine-year-old child barely clinging to life, according to preliminary reports.
President Barack Obama said in his comments that it was time for the nation to come together during a time of grieving. I believe it is not a time to assume a major expression of patriotism by millions of Americans is responsible or in any way connected to this tragedy.
The congresswoman's father, the elderly, 75-year-old Gifford, answered a Post question if she had any enemies, and he said, "Yeah, the whole Tea Party movement."
Very ignorant, emotional - and we have to endure such vile attacks in the heat of the moment. But no one should, when emotions calm, choose to make this into an opportunist shill for political gain.
For instance, looking into Jared Lee Loughner, 22, according to comments attributed to him, gathered by several major news sources, reveals a picture of a self-proclaimed atheist whose ramblings on redefining language and new currencies appears to indicate favoritism of the Articles of Confederation over our Constitutional Republic.
Also, he is flagged as a flag-burning self-proclaimed terrorist, apparently identified in Twitter chatter as a lift-wing radical.
Conclusion: taking a gun and using bullets to advance a flag-burning atheist lunatic's incoherent, apparently left-wing agenda is NOT Tea Party Patriotism.
Snapping to anti-Tea Party Patriot conclusions on a tragedy like this? SHEER BIGOTRY!!!
In the long run, I say, "good luck" to you if you use this to create a political statement of attack against millions of patriotic, community-oriented and genuinely caring Americans.
