Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) in critical condition, 6 others killed in Arizona

[ilikeverin]

Fox gives information which I'm not sure I've seen:

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[Antonio the Sixth]

I don't care if you don't like what I say. Those people are dangerous, they don't belong to a developped country. I'm fed up of having to "accept" their madness in order not to be called a hack.

[minionofmidas]

Not an eyewitness account, but a possibly garbled recollection of someone else's.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

I do indeed hope by a miracle that she pulls through.

[ilikeverin]

KOLD says now 5 dead, 6 wounded.

Not an eyewitness account, but a possibly garbled recollection of someone else's.

Obviously that's always going to be a problem with any news story like this.

[SvenssonRS]

I don't care if you don't like what I say. Those people are dangerous, they don't belong to a developped country. I'm fed up of having to "accept" their madness in order not to be called a hack.

So all people who are very conservative are insane freaks like this man? Seriously? Is that what you're saying, oh forgiving liberal?

[Franzl]

I don't care if you don't like what I say. Those people are dangerous, they don't belong to a developped country. I'm fed up of having to "accept" their madness in order not to be called a hack.

You're acting a little hysterical here.

[SvenssonRS]

I don't care if you don't like what I say. Those people are dangerous, they don't belong to a developped country. I'm fed up of having to "accept" their madness in order not to be called a hack.

You're acting a little hysterical here.

Give up trying to reason with him. He disgraces and insults Giffords just by affiliating with her party. She deserves better than our actually paying attention to him.

[ilikeverin]

This liveblog says NBC News reports (ugh, second-hand ) a federal judge has been shot and killed.

[RI]

According to TPM, a federal judge was also shot in the incident.

[Lief 🗽]

Does anyone know when was the last time a Congressman was assassinated? I feel like this is a pretty rare event in American history.

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Sky News keeps calling Nancy Pelosi, "the senate minority leader". Hate watching our media covering US news.

[Landslide Lyndon]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry with this idiot:

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[ilikeverin]

MSNBC says a "deputy city manager" has informed them that Giffords is in surgery but is "expected to make it".

[Franzl]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry with this idiot:

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American television reporting is actually a sick joke.

[ilikeverin]

The federal judge was reportedly Chief Judge John Roll.  Just heard it on MSNBC, too, with support from a statement from Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano.

[SvenssonRS]

Does anyone know when was the last time a Congressman was assassinated? I feel like this is a pretty rare event in American history.

If she dies, she'll only be the second, I think. Last one was Leo Ryan.

[DrScholl]

Does anyone know when was the last time a Congressman was assassinated? I feel like this is a pretty rare event in American history.

Rep. Leo Ryan, shot at Jonestown.

[MaxQue]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry with this idiot:

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In a normal country, Mr. Fitzsimmons would be packing his office, now.

[redcommander]

Sarah Palin can take her condolences and shove it. Her hateful rhetoric has endangered Rep. Giffords's life, and every other member of Congress. I hope both Palin is haunted everyday of the rest of her life by her actions partially leading to such an event.

[bullmoose88]

If this was political then this country needs to chill the hell out. People might be on the wrong side of an issue but no one deserves a bullet.

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Sky News keeps calling Nancy Pelosi, "the senate minority leader". Hate watching our media covering US news.

"Speaker John Burner", oh god.

[Lunar]

I believe Svens is correct re:Leo Ryan.

An assassination, wow.

Some tempers could be cooled in this thread folks though.

[Lief 🗽]

Oh yeah, Leo Ryan. Really it's surprising that this is the first time something like this has happened. I've interned with a Congressman and attended these sorts of meet and greets in grocery stores, probably the exact same format of Giffords' event today, and the security is generally only a policeman or two and some staffers who aren't armed or trained for security or anything, and the people are allowed to get right up there with the Congressman. They're really brave to do this.

[DrScholl]

Sarah Palin can take her condolences and shove it. Her hateful rhetoric has endangered Rep. Giffords's life, and every other member of Congress. I hope both Palin is haunted everyday of the rest of her life by her actions partially leading to such an event.

If this turns out to be political, then I would hope that Palin takes a very serious look at what sort of rhetoric she uses.