The truly sad thing is that it was believable.

Thank God, that scared the crap out of me!

Wow, have you actually checked any of the facts here? There is no proof at that this guy was motivated by politics at all, right or left. The further the facts get away from this idea that somehow Loughner was somehow motivated by "hateful" or "anti-government" rhetoric the more some people on the left insist on digging in and pushing the ridiculous idea that Sara Palin, Rush Limbaugh and of course the Tea Party are somehow responsible for this tragedy. You can actually make a stronger case that he was motivated by leftist or "progressive" ideology than you could for the right. But I think this would be a mistake as well, all the evidence that has come to light so far suggests that this guy was mentally ill and the only voices he...

This is for you Walker.
For the last year (prior to Scott Brown's election) the republicans have been completely powerless to stop health care or any other bill that the democratic majority cared to pass and president Obama cared to sign. Despite all the posturing the problem all along has been that the health care bills (house and senate both) have been so driven by the left wing of the DEMOCRATIC party that despite commanding majorities in both houses they have been unable to get enough DEMOCRATS together to pass them. As a result they have had to whine that the evil republicans refusal to make up the shortfall of votes that thier own majority cannot sustain is therefore obstructionist and just plain evil. Then when the...