Comments on: Rep. Giffords shot in Tucson http://www.spacepolitics.com/2011/01/08/rep-giffords-shot-in-tucson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rep-giffords-shot-in-tucson Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Jeff Foust http://www.spacepolitics.com/2011/01/08/rep-giffords-shot-in-tucson/#comment-337569 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 19:50:40 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=4250#comment-337569 Given the tenor of the comments coming in, I’m turning off comments on this post for the time being.

]]> By: DocM http://www.spacepolitics.com/2011/01/08/rep-giffords-shot-in-tucson/#comment-337564 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 19:38:19 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=4250#comment-337564 Giffords is a somewhat conservative Blue Dog Dem who is also the wife of NASA astronaut Mark E. Kelly.

She was a businesswoman before being elected to Congress; strong pro-border security, read parts of the Constitution with Reps last week, voted against Pelosi for speaker, pro-life, etc.

In short: she was closer to a Tea Party Rep than a Pelosi Dem.

]]> By: Rand Simberg http://www.spacepolitics.com/2011/01/08/rep-giffords-shot-in-tucson/#comment-337562 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 19:29:36 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=4250#comment-337562 Well, that didn’t take long.

]]> By: Vladislaw http://www.spacepolitics.com/2011/01/08/rep-giffords-shot-in-tucson/#comment-337561 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 19:19:23 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=4250#comment-337561 Was Giffords one of the candidates that was in a gunsight from Palin’s Pac? Where Palin said you know what to do?

]]> By: Mark R. Whittington http://www.spacepolitics.com/2011/01/08/rep-giffords-shot-in-tucson/#comment-337560 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 19:15:46 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=4250#comment-337560 This is horrible. Prayers for her family.

]]> By: Rand Simberg http://www.spacepolitics.com/2011/01/08/rep-giffords-shot-in-tucson/#comment-337559 Sat, 08 Jan 2011 19:11:32 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=4250#comment-337559 That’s horrible. Hope it’s not as serious as it sounds, and she can recover quickly.

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