KGUN ABC 9 Arizona affiliate reports: Shooter on his facebook page admired Sarah Palin and tea party

[Politics_Guy25]

In his FB page of people he admired, Sarah Palin and the tea party were near the top.

This was just reported on WGUN's live stream that I'm watching which is streamed here:

http://www.kgun9.com try this link-then find the stream yourself

CNN.com has a link to 8 live streams.

Wow!

[Duer 157099]

1. Wow indeed! If true. Has this been confirmed? Screen shot?

Wow.

[roguevalley]

50. then he saw the target picture and acted on it.

[justiceischeap]

2. Any screenshots of his FB page or is it the fake FB page they're looking at? n/t

[liberalmuse]

3. Well, there you are.

Liberal, my ass.

[Politics_Guy25]

7. The reporter-I don't remember her name-very attractive though

Had a printed copy of his FB page list of people he admired. The Teaster Queen and her crowd were there.

That's all the proof I have. Sorry.

[liberalmuse]

18. I like how they're showing the 'hippy' photo, when...

more recent photos show him with cropped hair and looking more like the stereotypical conservative rather than the stereotypical liberal. Not that either is cool, but it's just interesting to watch most of the MSM spin on this. Thank dog Ed is on right now.

[LisaL]

27. I think that they got the photo from his high school year book.

So they use what is available.

[theHandpuppet]

55. You're not the only one who has noticed this

The spin began almost immediately.

[Very_Boring_Name]

4. Called it the minute I heard about the shooting

[hlthe2b]

5. That needs to be disseminated... RWers frantically trying to

portray this guy as a far left liberal...

[LisaL]

16. What needs to be disseminated?

If it's on his facebook where is the link?

[hlthe2b]

21. His facebook account was taken down by request of LE early on.

[LisaL]

24. Then what is that reporter supposedly printing from?

[hlthe2b]

31. One would assume that they were given access somehow..

I know as much as you do. This story is moving quickly, but the bit about his facebook accounts being taken down was posted several hours ago. I am not of the inclination to search every single DU post to find it, so you'll have to take that at face value.

Reporters, especially on the local scene undoubtedly have sources within law enforcement. Thus far, they (local media) have been extremely cautious and not speculated on the level that the national media has. That also seems signficant. I am not on the scene. I am not an employee of this news station. So, that is all I can say. If they have actual printouts from his confirmed facebook account that shows the influence of Palin et al., it should be disseminated. I stand by that comment.

[seabeyond]

35. this is what i am thinking. i imagine the cops immediately got hold of facebook

and locked it down

[PatrynXX]

63. which would be faster than Tim back in the day

remember when Timothy McVeigh supposedly had an AOL member profile when the nailed him I looked it up and it was still there. Have that printed somewhere. (before www)

1995 was on WWW in aol. that was the first year I was online though

[kath]

57. Yep -

they started screeching right away that he was a far left nut, and even that he was a member here, linking to some deleted page as their "evidence". OY.

[kath]

58. BTW, I read that on a message board that is totally unrelated to politics

(that he was a member here)

[tridim]

6. Is there any proof or verification?

I don't doubt it, but your link doesn't work.

[eleny]

8. Uh-Oh

I'm glad it's coming out. Hopefully what the FBI has taken possession of from the home will be revealed as well.

K&R

[d_b]

9. I'll check back later for proof

[glinda]

10. Kickity kick kick

[Raine]

11. Now THIS I can believe nt

[RayOfHope]

12. The tv station's call letters really are K*GUN*. Arizona is a nutty place n/t

[Little Star]

15. holy shit!

[renate]

13. well, good

He really does seem to have been mentally ill but I didn't want the wingnuts to get away scot-free with their continual inciting of violence.

[LisaL]

14. What facebook are they supposedly looking at?

Fake facebook pages have been popping up.

[blogslut]

17. There have been a spate of purportedly fake FB accounts attributed to that guy

He absolutely had a MySpace account as well as a YouTube account.

I'm not saying the guy didn't have an FB page, it's just that the media has been kind of spotty with the facts today.

[Botany]

19. hello free republic

:hi:

He is one of your guys.

Not a loner loser lefty. You might want to start scrubbing some of your post.
BTW what Jared's screen name @ Free Republi?

[usregimechange]

47. They are likely searching for his account as we speak

[TeaBagsAreForCups]

20. The LAST element that I would reference at this moment...

... is any presumed Facebook "page."

There are going to be dozens, if not hundreds, that have been created in the last few hours and will be created - by BOTH sides of the "argument" and they will all be as fake as Palin's intellect or Boner's "tan."

[MattBaggins]

33. Maybe this guy was bat shit crazy?

I say we blame Bachman. He seems more up her alley.

[Pancho Sanza]

22. Anything on Facebook is highly suspect...even more than the BS Wiki thingies.

I trust any of that shit about as far as I can dropkick the Pentagon. Barefoot.

[seabeyond]

23. especially if it points to dude being a palin lover? nt

[LisaL]

25. I would like to see any evidence that this is actually so

before running around with it.

[seabeyond]

28. i am not running around with it. i am saying, point to palin, facebook worthless?

not

if valid, and i am waiting for confirmation, then valid.....

[LisaL]

34. If it's fake then yes, it's worthless.

[seabeyond]

36. isnt that a given. isnt that like .... duh. nt

[Pancho Sanza]

26. Not 'especially'.. .. .equally.

...

[seabeyond]

30. if it comes out that it is his facebook, .... states his love of palin.... nt

[gatorboy]

41. Suck it up.

[chowder66]

29. I found this....hmmmmm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/ljc/jared-lee-loughner-gabrielle-giffords-shooter_n_806243_73187000.html

ljc
Commented 2 hours ago in Politics 20
views“Jared Laughner likes:
Other
Tea Party Patriots
Sara Palin”




....first it seems that someone posted this and SECOND the last name is not spelled correctly. I don't think this is authentic.

[LisaL]

32. His name isn't even spelled right, but as was originally

reported (with an "a" instead of an "o"). My guess is the guy would know how to spell his own name if he were the one posting.

[chowder66]

42. I know...I mentioned that the name was spelled incorrectly.

However, I could not find any evidence at the link so I googled it and found that little snippet at huffingtonpost. It may be what was being referred to.

He seems disturbed and most likely does not or cannot actually hold or even fully comprehend any political ideaology. He seems like a young adult who needed serious help and most likely medication.

It is important to remind the hate talkers about how their messages can and will be heard by those who are not stable but there is no proof or evidence that he was responding to anything yet. It is possible and even probable he was influenced by something but I would like to wait for the to the officials do their job and hopefully get some answers to the victims and their families.

[proud2BlibKansan]

37. The name of the station is KGUN??

As in GUN??

Wow.

[TheCowsCameHome]

38. My thoughts exactly

Huh?

[otohara]

40. KWTF?

Cowboy mentality!

[femrap]

39. Good. I was hoping he was a fan

of Palin.....now please let him sing praises of Beck and the other Fox boyz.

[kestrel91316]

43. NO!! REALLY???????

[Kurovski]

44. K&R. (NT)

[HeroTwins]

45. how surprising!

[Initech]

46. This shit with Palin just got real.

[Parker CA]

48. Kick and Rec!

[Scurrilous]

49. K & R

:thumbsup:

[lonestarnot]

51. Next we will hear he was Bristol houseguest in Maricopa.

[LTR]

52. Just to play Devil's Advocate here... there were a lot of fake Jared profiles that went up today

One of them said he was a fan of Obama, Hugo Chavez, Che Guevara and Mao Zedong. Obviously some sort of teabagger fantasy.

Until all the smoke clears, I'm reserving judgment based on any Facebook profile.

[Kolesar]

54. Yes, and I don't see anything substantive yet...eom

[earth mom]

53. Of course he was a freeper fleabagger. No one should be surprised here on DU! nt

[Blue Owl]

56. Throw Caribou Sport Killer in the klink

Maybe that'll shut her up.

:mad:

[xchrom]

59. bingo! nt

[chapel hill dem]

60. Here is a link to his HS friends' tweets

http://twitter.com/caitieparker

If you keep hitting "more" at the bottom of the page and roll back about 24 hours, then read them oldest to newest, it makes more sense.

Also, it mentions that some of his friends were interviewed on NBC. Has anyone here seen the interviews?

[Whoa_Nelly]

61. UNTRUE re: FB posting

Loughner did not have a FB page

From bottom of KGUN9 online story< http://www.kgun9.com/Global/story.asp?S=13809065

Correction: KGUN9 News has received word that a photo that TV station KMOX said that it pulled from Jared Loughner's Facebook page before that page was shut down, depicting a young man standing in a stadium wearing a U of A logo sweatshirt did not show Loughner after all, but rather showed someone else. KGUN9 has removed that picture from this story.

[BklynThirtyThree]

62. +1

this should end her career, but I'm not optimistic

[ehrnst]

64. Please remove this posting if it's untrue. We need to be dealing with facts, not lies. (nt)

[Turborama]

65. Kick

Another one that needs to be kept out of the memory hole.

Thanks for posting.

:kick:

[DainBramaged]

66. HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT

I guess the Reich's argument just went down the toilet.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

68. This OP was made two days ago

Don't you think this would have been confirmed by now?

[Turborama]

69. "Confirmed" by who? Facebook? We wait to hear what the feds find on his hard drives. n/t

[DainBramaged]

70. HOLY HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT

good enough for me HOLY SHIT

[Kaleva]

67. Skinheads & neo-nazis admire Hitler but that doesn't give them an excuse for their actions.