Congresswoman Targeted By Sarah Palin In Midterms Shot In Head

Always classy, Sarah Palin had the above map on her website for the 2010 midterms - a map to "target" congresspeople who supported HCR and other "liberal" policies that Palin thinks are, I dunno, socialism, I guess.

Today, one of those congresspeople targeted by Palin was shot in the head at point blank range in Arizona:

A gunman shot U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords during an event outside a Safeway in Tuscon Arizona this morning. At least 12 others were wounded. Following is an eyewitness report from a man who helped hold the suspect down.

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We spoke to an eyewitness, Steven Rayle, who was on the scene at the time of the shooting and helped to hold the suspect down while waiting for police. Here's what he said:

The event was very informal: Gifford had set up a table outside the Safeway and about 20-30 people were gathered to talk to her. The gunman, who may have come from inside the Safeway, walked up and shot Gifford in the head first, "point blank". According to Rayle, who is a former ER doctor, Gifford was able to move her hands after being shot.

After shooting Gifford, the gunman opened fire indiscriminately for a few seconds, firing 20-30 rounds and hitting a number of people, including a kid no older than 10 years old. Rayle hid behind a concrete pole and pretended to be dead. When the gunman apparently ran out of ammunition he attempted to flee, but a member of Gifford's staff tackled him. Rayle helped hold the gunman down while waiting for the sheriff to arrive, about 15-to-20 minutes later. The EMS came about 30 minutes later. Rayle said he was "stunned" by how long it took medical help to arrive.

The gunman was young, mid-to-late 20s, white, clean-shaven with short hair and wearing dark clothing and said nothing during the shooting or while being held down, although he struggled at first. He was "not particularly well-dressed"; he didn't look like a businessman, but more of a "fringe character," Rayle said. The sheriff's department arrived, arrested the gunman and cordoned off the parking lot.

You know, I think the politicians running things need to hear it from angry voters, whether it is at the ballot box or in protests like the ones held in England over education.

Shooting people in the head, not so much.

It will be interesting to see how Palin tries to weasel out of the target map. Firedoglake says the map has been scrubbed from her website.

Of course.

Mama Grizzly will say she never meant to target the people on that map with a gun.

But if that's so, why use the gun scope graphics?

If there is a link between the Palin/Tea Party 'targeting movement" and these shootings, I think Sarah Palin herself ought to be targeted - for jail.