Keith Olbermann: Special Comment on
Gabrielle Gifford's Shooting

It is a political crime. we all sure condent. It!s a act of terrorist and instigate by Tea Party and Fox News media.
Very good speach mister Keith Olbermann. That is the way to talk. This country could came a is Mexico very soon if we don!t stop the political violent speech of who are again Obama

My gut feeling is that it is an act of hate that was inspired by the constant FASCIST RIGHT WING political rhetoric. The loud voices of irrational FASCIST thought like Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter, Michele Malkin, Sarah Palin, and Michele Bachmann. To counter such unreasonable and irrational ideology CRITICAL THINKING is required. Without being well informed the rational dialogue is a whisper and IGNORANCE WILL SUCCEED, and HATE is the result of Ignorance.

Sometimes I think Mr. Olbermann missed his calling. He should have been a preacher. And while I too lament and find regrettable this recent act of violence, I know that the NRA is preparing its own speech in response to it. This incident will surely be used as a pretext to further enhance security and the security industry.

Mr. Olbermann and the Pima County sheriff are right to see that this tragedy is not the lone act of one crazed individual but indicative of our political climate. Still, I am reminded of the fact that the most vile things men do are done well within the law. Our government will momentarily pause to condemn violence by privately owned fire arms and then return to business as usual and its own use of violence, to which it is so hopelessly addicted, against its political enemies abroad, noting duly that senseless violence and the threat thereof are the province of the State.

...its a sad day in america. god bless rep. gabrielle gifford, and the rest who were shot by an arm of the greatest threat in our country.

The shooter in this case had obvious "psychological issues", or at least his online presence strongly suggests something of the sort. That said, I cannot help but wonder if he was on any medication, and if so, what? A large body of anecdotal evidence and a certain number of studies indicate that as many as 3% of those taking antidepressants of the SSRI class (Prozac, Luvox, Zoloft, Paxil, etc.) will have homicidal or suicidal impulses as the result of the drug.

That we have mainstream rhetoric seemingly tailored to the mindset of a madman is bad enough. But what if this guy, like any number of other mass shooters of recent decades, was full of a psychoactive drug intended to help him but which may well have programmed him to kill?

I blame no one but the man whose hand pulled the trigger in this matter. But I am deeply saddened--and frightened--tha t America has developed a climate seemingly tailored to push the proverbial "lone nut" from fantasy into terrible reality.

Thank you, Keith Oberman, the verbal attack on anyone who supports the people who are not part of the military-indust rial complex continues to be dangerous. Your commentary on the assassination attempt against Rep. Gifford is a message that we must hear repeatedly.

Capn and the rest of you - You are responsible for this. You blame the right but your hatred of Palin, Limbaugh et al is over the top. Olbermann is one of the biggest haters with all of his ranting and name calling every night. If any one is responsible then blame Obama. He's the one who claimed that "the republicans were the enemy." Now that is hate speech.

The gunman is a Lunatic. It matters not what political Party he supports, however, the inflammatory rhetoric used by so many of the Hard Right Wing of the Republican party, in all probability, incited him to violence. He IS smart enough, however, to declare his 5th Amendment rights and stop cooperating with the investigation. If ever there was a wake-up call to ALL Politicians, THIS event should be the one that moves you ALL to work together for the benefit of ALL Americans. Demonizing one another doesn't work and keeps you from the productivity this Country so desperately needs. Work out your differences and get back to work rebuilding our Country. Tone down your rhetoric and find the common ground on which you can build. Our future requires accountability, our success demands it and our Nation is owed it!

I agree with everything Keith has said. We need to remember, too, that no matter how many times we point fingers at others, three come back at us. I'm not a Sarah Palin supporter but like Keith said there are many others that have talked about taking up arms. In my lifetime and it's been a long one, the pendulum swings back and forth on this "right to bare arms." It is a mindset, and yet, there are too many folks out there that don't no which way to point a gun.

How can a country such as ours have that mentality in the first place?

Keith

That was one of the most impressive speeches I have ever heard. I did not know anyone had the nerve to speak the truth. I have been watching the awful speeches and wondering when someone would go out and do just what happened. Thank you Keith for speaking the truth. We can only pray that the world hears your words and heeds them.

Thank you for your bravery.

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Lee Harvey Oswald .. communist left winger, visited Moscow prior to assassinating Kennedy, Ted Kaczynski, unabomber ... left wing radical enviornmentalis t tree hugger ... Sirhan Sirhan kills Robert Kennedy because of his support of Israel ... Bill Ayers , left wing radical of the weather underground a spin off of the SDS 1969 .. and the list goes on and on and on ...

Keith really says it all and very well indeed. President Obama should get on TV immediately and say the same things and do it like he means it with compassion and integrity. Every member of congress and every member of the administration is at risk for the same lunacy and they will remain at risk until they do something serious to correct the problem Fox news, Glen Beck, Limbaugh, ignorant Palin and news casters should stop this insanity. Thanks Keith for saying what needs to be said.

this is my opinion,, that we war not against flesh and blood, but against the devil and evil, i am praying for all who were hurt and the families of those who were killed, that GOD helps them

i am not saying that GOD had anything personally to do with what went on in arizona, but this i am concerned about, that in furture, since they have kicked GOD out of schools and families etc.., that GOD might just pull His protection from us, and we both know, this, it is only by GODS mercy and grace, that keeps satan from killing all of us, and as the preachers of old used to say, that if GOD does not destroy america, then GOD will have to appoligize to sodom and gomrah, i understand what the preachers are saying, even tho the GOD of abraham, isaac and jacob (israel), He dont have to appoligize to no-one. i still see there point, that in the last days people will call evil things good, and good things evil, and the love of most will(has) grow cold

for sure we are in the last of the last days, but there still is hope
have a good one

WAKE UP AMERICA

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2.d rogue and villain.
3.3 One who is of a mischievous disposition.
4.4 Hort. An inferior plant among seedlings.
5. An elephant driven away, or living apart, from the herd, and of a savage or destructive disposition.
b.5.b Any large wild animal of a similar character.
6.6 A horse which is inclined to shirk its work on the race-course or in the hunting field. rogue's badge, a hood or blinkers put on a race-horse of this description.
7.7 An inexplicably aberrant result or phenomenon
b.7.b Something that is inexplicably faulty or defective.
c.7.c That which lacks appropriate control; something which is irresponsible or undisciplined.
8.8 rogue-sapling, a sapling of an inferior kind.
   For rogue elephant, etc., see 5 and 5 b.
9.9 Special combs. with genitive, as rogue's badge: see sense 6; rogue's gallery, a collection of the portraits of criminals; also transf. and fig.; rogue's gilliflower, the rocket (Hesperis matronalis); rogue's Latin, thieves' Latin (cf. Latin B. 1 c); rogue's march, tattoo, walk, yarn (see quots.).
Added 2005:
▸ rogue state n. a state perceived to be flouting international law and threatening the security of other nations.