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   > Why are the rightists defending the murderer?   
      
   Because they arn't.   
      
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   > Attack on Arizona congresswoman leaves federal judge and 9-year-old boy   
   > dead   
      
   9 year old GIRL..   
   You are so consumed with hate you can't even get that smal fact straight   
      
      
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   > 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 a 9-year-old boy and a federal judge and wounding   
   > several others in a rampage that rattled the nation.   
   > gabrielle_giffords_sign.jpgView full sizeChris Morrison, The Associated   
   > PressPeople gather Saturday at the scene of a shooting involving Rep.   
   > Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., at a Safeway grocery store in Tucson, Ariz.   
   >   
   > Giffords was among at least 10 people wounded, and the hospital said her   
   > outlook was "optimistic" and that she was responding to commands from   
   > doctors. The hospital said a 9-year-old child was among the killed, and a   
   > U.S. Marshal said a federal judge was also fatally shot in the attack.   
   >   
   > Giffords spokesman C.J. Karamargin said an unspecified number of her staff   
   > members were injured in the shooting. Congressional officials said an aide   
   > to the Democrat was killed, but few details were released about the staff   
   > members.   
   >   
   > Police say the shooting suspect was in custody, and was identified by   
   > people familiar with the investigation as Jared Loughner, 22. Pima County   
   > Sheriff's officials said he used a pistol to carry out the rampage. U.S.   
   > officials who provided his name to the AP spoke on condition of anonymity   
   > because they were not authorized to release it publicly.   
   >   
   > The shooting prompted an outpouring of sympathy from politicians and   
   > people around the country. President Barack Obama called the shooting "an   
   > unspeakable tragedy" and that such "a senseless and terrible act of   
   > violence has no place in a free society. gabrielle_giffords.jpgOffice of   
   > Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, via The Associated PressRep. Gabrielle Giffords,   
   > D-Ariz.   
   >   
   > "I am horrified by the senseless attack on Congresswoman Gabrielle   
   > Giffords and members of her staff," newly elected House Speaker John   
   > Boehner said. "An attack on one who serves is an attack on all who serve.   
   > Acts and threats of violence against public officials have no place in our   
   > society. Our prayers are with Congresswoman Giffords, her staff, all who   
   > were injured, and their families. This is a sad day for our country."   
   >   
   > Former U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, a Louisiana Democrat who knows Giffords   
   > well from their participation in Blue Dog Coalition of moderate and   
   > conservative House Democrats, was deeply shaken by the news.   
   >   
   > "She's a very solid person, a very friendly person, very outgoing," said   
   > Melancon, who said her ability to get re-elected in a conservative   
   > district in Arizona was testament to how well-liked she is. "She's a   
   > centrist, it's not like she's right-wing or left-wing."   
   >   
   > "This thing, it's scary," said Melancon, who with his wife, Peachy, and   
   > former U.S. Rep. John Tanner, D-Tenn., a founder of the Blue Dogs, and his   
   > wife, were gathered with friends in Washington to watch the Saints game   
   > when they heard the news.   
   >   
   > Melancon said they were soon on the phone with U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler,   
   > D-N.C., another Blue Dog. All were concerned about the recent rising tide   
   > of intolerance and anger directed at members of Congress, Melancon said.   
   >   
   > "These talk-show people gin these people up, getting their blood pressure   
   > up and getting them mad at Democrats," said Melancon, noting that he got a   
   > taste of it from some tea party folks in Louisiana during his campaign   
   > last year for the U.S. Senate. "They were very loud and very disruptive   
   > and didn't want to hear anything you had to say."   
   >   
   > The shooting, obviously, brings things to a whole other level.   
   >   
   > "If this is what America is going to be like, it's a sad day for America,"   
   > Melancon said.   
   >   
   > Rep. Cedric Richmond, a New Orleans Democrat, said he wonders whether the   
   > incident is the result of an increasingly heated political environment,   
   > adding that he's eager to hear more about the young man in custody in the   
   > shooting.   
   >   
   > "I think this less than respectful discourse that we're having, and the   
   > tone of the conversation, is not healthy for a country," Richmond said.   
   > "But I really just want to hear what this person has to say, if   
   > anything."   
   >   
   > Richmond said he met Giffords in 2002 during a three-week program for   
   > senior government executives at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy   
   > School of Government. Both were serving in their respective state Houses   
   > of Representatives at the time.   
   >   
   > "She's a true public servant. Here she was having a community meeting.   
   > Look at her and her husband, an astronaut, giving of himself for this   
   > country," Richmond said. "It's just so disappointing that we have people   
   > in this country who would do such a horrific thing, and to so many   
   > people."   
   >   
   > In his 11 years in Baton Rouge and his campaigns for Congress, Richmond   
   > said he never worried about his security.   
   >   
   > "I think it's something that I may have to think about now," he said.   
   >   
   > U.S. Sen. David Vitter, Republican of Louisiana, weighed in almost   
   > immediately: "Wendy and I join all other Louisianians in praying urgently   
   > and fervently for Congresswoman Giffords and those others who were shot at   
   > her town hall meeting. This is a horrible, despicable attack on good   
   > people and on our very democracy. We'll continue our sincere prayer   
   > vigil." gabrielle_giffords_safeway_lot.jpgView full sizeChris Morrison,   
   > The Associated PressEmergency officials work at the scene of a shooting   
   > Saturday that authorities say involved Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.,   
   > at a Safeway grocery store in Tucson, Ariz.   
   >   
   > U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat, also offered her thoughts:   
   > "I am deeply shocked to hear of this senseless attack on a sitting member   
   > of Congress. Congresswoman Giffords and her family are in my prayers. We   
   > also pray for the other victims and their families."   
   >   
   > U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, a Republican from Jefferson, said: "I am deeply   
   > saddened to hear about the tragic shooting of my colleague Gabby Giffords.   
   > There is no place in our free society for this act of violence. Jennifer   
   > and I have Gabby and her family, along with the others who were shot, in   
   > our prayers."   
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