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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBe prepared to be outraged.
At least I was, he owes Gabby Giffords an apology.
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/10/10098445-tucson-survivor-giffords-makes-me-want-to-vomit
A former Marine whose wife of 54 years was killed last year in the Tucson shootings that left six dead and 13 injured, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, has strong feelings about the Arizona lawmaker and her retired astronaut husband, Mark Kelly.
"Every time I see them on TV," George Morris told the Arizona Republic, "it makes me want to vomit."
He said he and his wife had gone to Giffords' town-hall meeting outside the grocery store in Tuscon on Jan. 8, 2011, to complain to his congresswoman, who he says kept voting for liberal causes.
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"I think she ought to be thrown out of Congress posthaste," Morris told the Arizona Republic. "I do not think she is worthy of serving."
MrCoffee
(24,159 posts)He's entitled to his grief, and if he and his wife were at the shooting to "complain to his congresswoman", I'm not outraged at all that he feels that way.
I'm sorry his wife lost her life in the shooting.
warrior1
(12,325 posts)He feels like vomiting? Really?
MrCoffee
(24,159 posts)Really, the man's wife was killed in the same shooting. I can't imagine what his grief must be like.
Maine-ah
(9,902 posts)every time Bush spoke.
Control-Z
(15,681 posts)The man suffered great loss. He has a right to say what he thinks, however misdirected his anger may be.
WhoIsNumberNone
(7,875 posts)This idiot was going to yell at her for being a liberal, then his wife gets killed because some asshole -who was able to purchase a gun and a high capacity magazine despite being deranged (Thanx NRA)- decides to go on a shooting spree, and she makes him sick? Is he blaming her for his wife being shot?
What a douchebag.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Richardo
(38,391 posts)It's not like he's advocating Giffords' death.
tkmorris
(11,138 posts)Did anyone say otherwise?
I, on the other hand, am entitled to think he's kind of an idiot.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)Yup. That sums it up pretty nicely.
RZM
(8,556 posts)It sounds like his opinion of Giffords is the same as it was before the shooting.
Perhaps he's also mad that there wasn't more security there (which is mentioned in the article). Maybe on some level he blames her and her staff for not taking more safety precautions. I'm not sure about the merits of that argument, but I can see a grieving widower like him making it.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)Grief is powerful and often not accompanied by rational thinking. The guy is hurting.
What's outrageous is MSNBC politicizing his pain.
MrCoffee
(24,159 posts)That's the outrageous thing.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Making him a target of scorn for his uncontrollable feelings is cruel, IMHO.
onethatcares
(16,133 posts)open firearm policy with unlimited access for all to whatever weapon they choose.
I wonder what liberal causes made him freak out? Healthcare? Social Security? Job Safety? Job Security? oh, he might have been pissed about imigration. I wish he would expound on his views to tell ya the truth. It's not like we libs don't love our own as much as anyone else in the world.
atreides1
(16,046 posts)Man describes himself as an "ultraconservative"...in other words one step to the right of Hitler! Sounds like he's pissed because he lost his wife, and blames everyone but the man who pulled the trigger!
I believe he went to make a scene...to create a situation...and instead of writing a letter listing his complaints, he wanted to do it in person becasue he knew that the media was going to be there and he was out to make the Congresswoman defend her voting record!
Deep down inside he probably blames himself for his wife's death...thinking what could he have done differently that would have resulted in her life being spared...it's called PTSD!
This is all just my opinion...but based on my personal experience when my first wife took her own life!!!
socialindependocrat
(1,372 posts)He's pissed because he's conservative and he's surprised that she is voting liberal.
He isn't saying anything about her being shot.
He is just stating that he doesn't like her politics.
That's my take on the matter...
warrior1
(12,325 posts)you guys said it better than I can, because this comment by this man was so out of touch. Blame the victim and not the criminal. This makes me sick.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)He went there to speak to a politician with whom he disagrees and lost his wife in the process.
If you are expecting him to be rational about his emotional reaction to that, you expect much.
There's not a "right" or "wrong" about it.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)It's only been a year, and I cannot imagine that seeing her walk and talk, knowing his wife never will again is very, very painful. I would expect this kind of exploiting of his pain to be more a subject for Jerry Springer than MSNBC, though.
TBF
(31,922 posts)he is angry and blaming the victim. I don't agree with him but can certainly see how he could be confused given his situation. The fact that it seemed like a good story to MSNBC is more troubling.
KT2000
(20,544 posts)as it has with this ultraconservative man.
His mind is its own prison.
That he feels the need to publicize his mental problem is common in the world of ultraconservatives. They all make me sick.
FarLeftFist
(6,161 posts)wandy
(3,539 posts)That would make him 70. Loss after that long of a time, at that age. Add 'right wing fevor', the anger is understandable. Sad, may be wrong, but understandable.