...and she had read the 1st Amendment as part of the tea-party inspired reading of the Constitution in Congress this week, saying she was pleased to do so.
A surgeon who is treating her says he expects her to recover...but he would not characterize what "kind of recovery" that might be. A federal judge was among the six people who died. In all 18 victims were shot by a young gunman, about whom we do not know much as of this moment. A 9 year old girl was among those killed.[UPDATE: a quote from the Arizona Sheriff handling the investigation:]
“The anger, the hatred, the bigotry that goes on in this country is getting to be outrageous. And unfortunately, I think Arizona has become sort of the capital, we have beome the Mecca for prejudice and bigotry,” he said. “There’s reason to believe that this individual might have a mental issue, and I think that people who are unbalanced might be especially susceptible to vitriol.”(From a New York Times story)
[UPDATE: There's more about the Sheriff in this Washington Post story published Monday.]
[UPDATE: video on MSNBC...via Roger Ebert... of the Congresswoman decrying the vitriol...including Sarah Palin's cross-hair target poster.]
[UPDATE: 1/12/11... It wasn't me!, Palin continues to say.]
Thank you for posting Sarah's targets. I've heard that this "target" has been removed from her website. However, although she has sent condolences to the victims or their families, has she renounced her inflammatory actions and words?
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