Posts Tagged ‘gabrielle giffords’

Giffords shooting fall-out

Written By: - Date published: 7:20 am, January 19th, 2011 - 17 comments

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords survived the assassination attempt but the political fall-out has just begun. In the US’s strange post-modern politics, Obama’s speech is the most popular thing he’s done, while Sarah Palin screwed up badly. Meanwhile, guns like the one used are flying off the shelves and Arizona is relaxing gun laws further.

Back from the brink?

Written By: - Date published: 11:48 am, January 11th, 2011 - 269 comments

For years, the American Right has been ramping up its violent rhetoric. Sarah Palin and the Tea Party movement have encouraged their followers to think that their guns are all that stands in the way of a socialist coup. Now, the violence has become real and the Right has, largely, baulked. Will the Tea Party’s rhetoric be scuttled?

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