She was shot because she wasn't liberal enough?

[montanacowboy]

Thomas Fuentes on CNN now says it could have come from the left, those that felt she was not liberal enough!

OMG

[villager]

1. wow, the rightwing spin doesn't even wait for the usual grieving time to commence

n/t

[johnnie]

2. Faux is pretty much saying the same thing

Fuckers

[lpbk2713]

17. The Faux Snooze Spin Merchants never miss a beat.

Obviously within minutes of the story breaking they got a call from the RNC on how to slant this story.

[CanonRay]

3. Please tell me you're f'ing kidding.

[glinda]

4. STFU Fuentes. He should be fired or suspended as of right now.

[Joe the Revelator]

7. Email a complaint

seriously

[ChairmanAgnostic]

47. save us time and give us a link next time, please

[Ozymanithrax]

5. People who want to try and defelct suspicion from racist conservative...

policies.

[blogslut]

6. I say this with all due respent

FUCK YOU THOMAS FUENTES

[RegieRocker]

8. I don't know how much of their crap I can take anymore.

[AtomicKitten]

Horseshit! This is on Palin's head.

[Xenotime]

38. Exactly

[CTyankee]

9. I was waiting for that...

sad to say, I was expecting it and just wondering when the "loony left" will be suspected...

[LynneSin]

10. yes because we know how the left embraces gun ownership

:sarcasm:

[EFerrari]

19. Look at this. Her opponent used the language of assassination in his ads:

http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2011/1/8/13371/41091/21#c21

[kelly1mm]

27. Rep. Giffords did and many here do as well. Just look at the guns

forum.

[PhillySane]

30. Yea,

give me a break. Damn gun-totin' liberals!

[KathieG]

11. Oh you know they will spin this. If the shooter was a tea klanner...

they will scrub him until he looks like a progressive. It's probably happening as we speak.

[jillan]

12. Fuentes needs to resign immediately.

[Vinca]

13. Baloney. A pissed off liberal would carry a sign not a weapon.

[MissDeeds]

54. Thank you!

Yours is the most intelligent post yet.

[Dawson Leery]

14. Fox "News" Channel jr. strikes again!

[MarthaM]

15. Same theory abounds on FR

That's what some were saying over there about an hour ago right after the story broke.

[TBF]

55. Same on CC - they are blaming it on "communists" and "marxists"

like there are enough of us left after the purge to organize much of anything ... assholes.

[Cassandra]

16. Scum!

[lapfog_1]

18. Fucking idiot.

I've been to her Tucson office where there was a lot of plywood over the windows because of asshole throwing bricks (with right wing hate messages attached) and to her town hall in Douglas where there were people in the audience shouting hate at her and mumbling about 2nd amendment remedies. They were almost literally foaming at the mouth. All of them Tea Baggers.

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[PhillySane]

32. Arizona=Wild West

Strap-ons legal without a permit.

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[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

21. Be careful. Watch the shooter have a very cleverly clouded backstory

To make it seem like he wasn't a righty.

[Pathwalker]

23. But we KNOW he'll have three names. They all do.

n/t

[Darth_Kitten]

22. OMG, what's going on?

:(

I come on DU and this? Some shooting?

[The Backlash Cometh]

24. I hope that Jon Stewart or Colbert get a clip of that stupid comment.

They're trying really hard to backpedal.

[mzmolly]

25. Have liberals used language like "second amendment remedies"

when we lose elections?

NO!

[Contrary1]

26. It could have from anyone...for any reason, real or imaginary.

There are nutbags on both sides. Too much speculation going on...from all sides.

[SoCalDem]

28. Gotta keep that "both sides do it" meme going,.,even at a time like this

:puke:

[high density]

31. False equivalence for the win!

CNN loves that shit.

[OHdem10]

29. Cnn and their compulsive need to protect the RW.

They know the left have not really protested much less
go on a shooting spree.

The Rwers at CNN are just trying to protect Republican
Reputation.

[CBHagman]

34. Message boards at The Washington Post website...

...are showing evidence of similar attempts to spin this as left-wing violence.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2011/01/reports-arizona-rep-gabrielle.html?hpid=topnews

[lpbk2713]

42. I only had to read a few

... before I stopped in utter amazement on how anyone this fuggen stupid can make it through the day.
No wonder they listen to Limbaugh & Beck and the others. Someone has to tell them how to think.

[Behind the Aegis]

35. And that wasn't all he said!

He also said it could be FAR right (like he said FAR left) because she was TOO liberal or it could be "as simple" (his words) as someone looking to kill a celebrity which many see members of Congress as.

[trayNTP]

37. Wild media speculation is the problem in this country

Report only what you know, media tools.

[Behind the Aegis]

39. They have said REPEATEDLY on CNN, I am watching it now...

...IT IS TOO SOON TO TELL WHAT THE MOTIVE IS! The OP is being disingenious.

[trayNTP]

45. CNN is still disingenuous. Threats of "2nd amendment remedies" are known. Discuss that.

Add some context to this story while you are waiting for information to trickle in. Context, like Palin's bulls eye map, that included Giffords' district, and Sarah Palin's "reload" saying.

This is a teachable moment about politicians and media personalities stirring up violence. I fear this story won't go far enough beyond "Giffords" and "the shooter".

[Behind the Aegis]

48. Changing the goal posts doesn't change the OP was disingenious.

This is still breaking news, over the next several hours and days more info, including Palin, etc. will emerge, if not, then you will have a point. But, to come here and MISQUOTE someone in order to "rally the troops" is no better than what the right does all the fucking time!

[trayNTP]

49. I don't focus on "individuals." The OP remains less important to me than the teachable moment

[Behind the Aegis]

50. nevermind

[trayNTP]

36. But no discussion of whether it could have come from the "right", correct?

It doesn't matter whether it came from the right or the left, IT'S STILL A 2ND AMENDMENT REMEDY!!!

[Behind the Aegis]

40. Wrong! A similar statement was made DIRECTLY following the OP's comment!

Then it was followed with "it could have been a "celebrity" attack."

[paparush]

41. Angry Lefties march, carry signs, sing songs. Angry Righties shoot people in the head. nt

Oh, and the angry Righties blow up buildings and set off bombs sometimes, too. McVeigh, Rudolph.

[trayNTP]

43. Don't forget. Obama is defending his new power to kill U.S. citizens without trial or conviction

For him to release a statement about this, therefore, is only routine, unless he recognizes the hypocrisy of his own.

[TBF]

53. The OP said nothing about President Obama -

is there a link you'd like to offer up?

[spanone]

44. it could have been an extraterrestrial too

[Supersedeas]

51. FOX doing all they can to make Giffords looks like a martyed Repuke

Repeating over and over her conservative voting record

[Zax2me]

52. I picked that up too..

Then changed the channel.