01-10-2011, 11:09 AM
Tried to start a new thread before I saw this one LOL.
Everyone heard the news of Arizona Rep Gabrielle Giffords plus a dozen others getting gunned down in front of a grocery store. One of the first things I wondered was why a 22 year old kid with a gun would shoot a congresswoman point blank. That's because as a non-American, I hadn't known about this:
![[Image: sarah-palin.png]](http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4c9b8a467f8b9a7c26bd0200-557-351/sarah-palin.png)
In Sarah Palin's "Take Back the 20" campaign back in March, she listed twenty key Democratic representatives to unseat during the elections, one of which was Giffords. The 'catchy' campaign had hugely unfortunate implications. An anti-Gifford event held last June advertised: "Get on Target for Victory in November. Help remove Gabrielle Giffords from office. Shoot a fully automatic M16 with Jesse Kelly."
One can see how this can be misconstrued by a crazy fanatic.
The sad thing is about a year back, Giffords commented directly about the responsibility of tempering inflammatory political rhetoric. (She was being interviewed right after her offices in Arizona were vandalized after health care was approved)
Everyone heard the news of Arizona Rep Gabrielle Giffords plus a dozen others getting gunned down in front of a grocery store. One of the first things I wondered was why a 22 year old kid with a gun would shoot a congresswoman point blank. That's because as a non-American, I hadn't known about this:
In Sarah Palin's "Take Back the 20" campaign back in March, she listed twenty key Democratic representatives to unseat during the elections, one of which was Giffords. The 'catchy' campaign had hugely unfortunate implications. An anti-Gifford event held last June advertised: "Get on Target for Victory in November. Help remove Gabrielle Giffords from office. Shoot a fully automatic M16 with Jesse Kelly."
One can see how this can be misconstrued by a crazy fanatic.
The sad thing is about a year back, Giffords commented directly about the responsibility of tempering inflammatory political rhetoric. (She was being interviewed right after her offices in Arizona were vandalized after health care was approved)
PS. If you can, try your hand at giving some of the others a bit of feedback. If you already have, thanks, can you do some more?