If there is a Second suspect as the sheriff stated. The RW is going to be in huge Political trouble

[Perky]

They can't blame it on the whim of a madman. Two people equals conspiracy. It become a conspiracy to assasinate and it opens the floodgates and puts them in a defensive posture for the next two years.

[efhmc]

1. Interesting, but a big jump.

[Perky]

3. I think it's the inevitable meme that will be followed

Unfortunately it is also the type of thing that allows Boner to completely eviscerated the need to listen to the Tea Party.

[roguevalley]

9. check his books, his computer, all his influences. it appears from

his youtube rhetoric that he's a wingnut.

[golfguru]

11. He can erase his computer but his phone records can not be erased

The storage media on a computer such as the hard disk can be formatted multiple
times to erase all activity history, his note books can be burned, but his phone
calls history remains with the phone company and out of his reach.

If he has an accomplice, there will be record of phone calls between them.

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[Doctor_J]

2. No they're not

They're untouchable as long as they own the media

[paparush]

4. Pfff..McVeigh and Nichols blew up a whole frigging building, slaughtered innocent children...

and the RW has never been stronger.

[Perky]

5. fair point... But RW radio was not the force then that is is today

time will tell.

[paparush]

8. Agreed.

[efhmc]

10. Disagree. I told everyone who would listen at the time that

this deed was fueled and directly linked to rush. Many thought so.

[Aristus]

18. I disagree. I was working in a bookstore in 1995.

Every time Rush Limbaugh published one of his Mein Kampf wanna-be screeds, we would have scads of undoubtedly intellectually and morally debased idiots swarming into the store to buy a copy. We always had plenty of copies on hand to sell to them; their success in finding someone to read the books to them is uncertain.

The point is, RW radio was powerful enough back then to cause a surge in RW book sales every time the Drug-Addled Gas Bag bellowed "Go buy my book, my friends!"

[DrToast]

7. Nor was the rhetoric as bad back then

It was easy to dismiss McVeigh as a wacko. But there's been a pattern of this shit over the last two years that is unmistakable.

[Ter]

15. I believe McVeigh is the reason Clinton was reelected

From that point on, the Republican Congress took a popularity dive.

[vaberella]

6. Yup...yup. Now it's not just a nutter...there's someone else causing problems. n/t

[applegrove]

12. Yup. Apparently a couple saw someone running away from the mall as the shooting took place. The wife

commented that he must be a thief because he was running so fast.

[TwilightGardener]

16. Well...I'd be running like hell too, away from a gunman. I wonder if they have more to go on than

just that.

[applegrove]

22. I never heard what the officials said about the second person. This was a witness who was quoted on

cnn. Maybe the authorities have someone else in mind.

[old mark]

13. Many on the right will applaud them, however many might be involved....

They WANT things like this to happen, and are just waiting for enough of them to happen to make it happen on a grand scale. They are NOT good peole who are somehow confused.


mark

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

17. And if that's the case, will you apologize to those on DU for your other thread

essentially accusing us of "hoping" that there's a link in the hope of political gain?

[Perky]

19. No.

I stand by what I said. It was a rush to judgement with out supporting facts that offer a direct link between the two. And I have said, I hope it can be linked to the right wing anger but I think politicization without the linkage makes us look bad if he turns out to be a troubled lone gunman. But the facts are what is primarily important in my mind.

AGAIN, I'D LIKE NOTHING MORE THAN FOR THEM TO FIND HE HAD ERECTED A SHRINE TO PALIN IN HIS BEDROOM. But I think asserting that the GOP is somehow directly to blame for this without the benefit of more information is just pure politicalization and in poor taste. It's the type of crap I expect from Newt Gingrich.

[rasputin1952]

20. MSNBC reporting authorities are talking to a second individual...

although there may be no connection.

Apparently they used a surveillance tape to ID the second individual; being described as "white, 40's-50's, wearing a dark shirt and blue jeans".

There could well be no connection at all, but a second individual came into play rather quickly yesterday, so, we'll have to see how this pans out.

[Recovered Repug]

21. Reports saying he was just a cab driver.

No connection to the shooting.

[backscatter712]

23. That's what I heard.

The cab driver walked into the grocery store with Loughner because he was getting change to pay the cab fare.

The cab driver committed no crimes and was not involved in the shooting.

[cherokeeprogressive]

24. I think we can put this thread to bed now. n/t