I'm going out on a limb here, but I think I know who targeted Giffords.

[Cleita]

This smacks of the work of a White Supremacist wacko. He apparently was a good shot and Giffords was Jewish. Since he is in custody, it will be interesting to see what unfolds about his background. If he turns out to be typical, he will have had past ties to some Aryan Church and/or militia compound. They will disavow he has any connection to them now. Wait and see.

[RB TexLa]

1. Or we could just stay off limbs alltogether. It could be anyone for any reason

[kestrel91316]

25. Oh really? So it could be some good liberal Democrat?

You are insane.

[RB TexLa]

29. It could be anyone. There is no reason for you to accuse someone of having a mental illness just to

degrade them because you don't like what they typed on an internet message board.

[MineralMan]

2. There are many possibilities. Now is probably not the time

to speculate, though. We'll find out who the shooter was soon enough.

[petronius]

20. Why not speculate? This is an internet discussion board, it's what we do

On every topic that comes up here I see these calls - don't speculate, don't guess, don't hypothesize, don't discuss without all the facts - and it makes no sense. Nothing we say here really matters, and discussion based on the available facts is the point of boards like this.

If a poster chooses to make guesses and guesses wrong, he'll have to own that error in the future. If a poster prefers to wait and not guess about anything, that's fine too. Neither approach is better or more appropriate than the other...

[MineralMan]

27. See my signature line. I posted my opinion. Yours differs.

[dkf]

3. As in you think you know the identity of this person or you are guessing a particular type of person

Did this?

[Submariner]

4. Palin targeted Giffords

Since Sarah is a racist pig, it follows that the shooter might be one of her lame followers. Time will tell.

[cherokeeprogressive]

5. KOLD reports through its live stream that the shooter, according to witnesses

is in his late teens/early twenties.

[Cleita]

10. Typical age of the recruits on these militia

compounds.They are cults that also are churches.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

6. And meanwhile Rethugs will claim it has nothing to do with them either

Beck, Limpballs, Palin.....

[RagAss]

7. Or he's just a patsy they rounded up....we've seen this act before !

[Cleita]

11. They are patsy's who are sent to do the dirty

work by their leaders, then they are thrown under the bus and disavowed when they are caught.

[SoCalDem]

18. Just like how they recruit suicide bombers in other parts of the world

:grr:

[Cleita]

21. These cults operate from the same play book and

copy strategy that works for them from each other. I've been following neo-Nazi activity for some time and don't consider them harmless and do consider them anti-American. Let's face it, if a bunch of guys of other races lived in compounds that preach hatred of every group except their own and spend all their time in military training, they'd all be in Gitmo by now.

[blondeatlast]

23. Yep--it's just that "our" guys are better at PR. Sickening. nt

[Whoa_Nelly]

8. There was a lot of hate rhetoric toward Giffiords during election time

Tea Party signs obstructing the view to her re-election campaign signs. It may also be a Beck Believer or such...will have to wait for more info.

[Tunkamerica]

9. yeah this is helpful.

[SidDithers]

17. Yup...

:thumbsup:

Sid

[Desertrose]

12. Way too soon for this......

[lastone]

13. guaranteed -

this fuck is a right wing, beck, palin, drugster devotee.
guaranteed
guaranteed
guaranteed
and when can we call Faux news out as the instigator.
i am sick.

[LynneSin]

14. well most teabaggers are white racists

so I won't be suprised

[AC_Mem]

15. No matter who did it

The thought was floated out there...and this is the result.

[Cleita]

16. Since I don't know the source of your calendar, who

is Jesse Kelly?

[Cleita]

19. Jesse Kelly has neo-nazi ties. I answered my own question.

from Wonkette.

http://wonkette.com/426957/another-republican-young-gun-might-be-a-nazi

[AC_Mem]

26. Yeah, sorry

I tried to go back and catch the link but they had removed it from the website. I was able to capture the pic only and I'm too emotional right now to try to google source where it came from. I'm sure it is cached out there in google land.

:(

[WinkyDink]

22. A Palin follower.

[backscatter712]

24. Could be one of the Minutemen.

It's as good an excuse as any to utterly disgrace, discredit and destroy that organization.

Call it payback for ACORN.

[political_Dem]

28. Above all else, this is an act of political violence.

Sadly, this would make her only the second sitting Congressperson (after Leo Ryan) to be shot in the line of duty working in the capacity of her office. :(