The attempted assassination of Gabrielle Giffords

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BY ED FELIEN

Gabrielle Giffords had just won her re-election in a race so tight it took three days to count the votes. Her opponent, Jesse Kelly, a Republican candidate with Tea Party backing, assailed her on health care and immigration. He attacked her for supporting the stimulus package ...

Kelly was supported in his campaign by ALIPAC (Americans for Legal Immigration PAC). John McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said of the group, "It is backed by white supremacists, neo-Nazis and anti-Semites." ...

And Jesse Kelly held a fundraiser in June where he advertised: "Get on Target for Victory in November. Help remove Gabrielle Giffords from office. Shoot a fully automatic M16 with Jesse Kelly." Minimum donation: $50 ...

According to the Jan. 11 New York Times: "These people who think they are better than us, they look down on us every single day and tell us what kind of health care to buy," he said at a rally in October. "And if you dare to stand up to the government they call us a mob. We're about to show them what a mob looks like." ...

http://www.southsidepride.com/2011/01/articles/Gabrielle_.html

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"The grand nineteenth century capitalist, Jay Gould, once said, "I can hire one-half the working class to kill the other half."