Seattle weekly The Stranger historicizes Palin's crosshair image

[onehandle]

Source: Salon

Created by Dan Savage and Aaron Huffman, this image of the cover of this week's The Stranger, a(n awesome) weekly newspaper in Seattle, says it all:



Read more: http://www.salon.com/news/gabrielle_giffords/?story=/politics/war_room/2011/01/11/seattle_stranger_giffords_cover

[russspeakeasy]

1. A keeper...A punch to the gut.

[Tribalceltic]

2. Assassins, who needs them?

K & R

[kestrel91316]

3. K&R

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. Can I ask a question without you being upset with me?

Why did you choose not to put the other victims in your sigline, and only chose the judge and the little girl? They have remarkable stories as well, and it saddens me that so many are only seemingly affected by a little girl, a federal judge and a congresswoman. Phyllis was a conservative, who voted her conscience apparently and was excited to get to meet Giffords. Dorwan gave his life shielding his wife. Dorothy and George Morris were married for almost 55 years. Gabe Zimmerman was engaged to married. I hope their stories aren't lost.

Again, I mean no disrespect. I was just wondering why.

[onehandle]

5. Sure.

I explained to someone else here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=210&topic_id=41093&mesg_id=41099

The Congresswoman lived and is recovering. The absurdity of the little girl and the Federal Judge, both of which were not even planning to be there, struck me as... absurd.

Also, that is the allotted space allowed in a signature by DU, so three portraits fit well proportionally.