FBI: Gunshots Hit US Rep. DeFazio's Office Windows

NYTimes ^ | October 30th 2009

[Steelfish]

FBI: Gunshots Hit US Rep. DeFazio's Office Windows

October 30, 2009

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Three shots fired at a federal courthouse in Oregon late Wednesday or early Thursday hit windows in U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio's office, while a fourth shot hit a wall above the office, the FBI said.

No one was in the second-floor office at the time, and the Democratic congressman's staffers in Eugene found the damage when they arrived for work Thursday morning.

Investigators believe the shots were fired between 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m. Thursday, FBI spokeswoman Beth Anne Steele said, adding they're not certain that DeFazio's office was the intended target.

''Right now, our biggest concern is determining why this happened,'' Steele said, adding the FBI doesn't know whether the shooter or shooters were trying to hurt anyone. ''We're obviously taking this very seriously.''

DeFazio spokeswoman Molly Simmons confirmed the congressman was in Washington, D.C., at the time.

[SoFloFreeper]

cover up for the Lou Dobbs story?

[Terry Mross]

He’s a liberal and they want to know why anyone would want to take a shot at him? The FBI should get the “Oh, Come Now” award for that one.

Not that I would ever want to shoot at anyone! Never! I’m not that kind of guy! Get that, FBI?

[Michigan Bowhunter]

maybe the dems will off one of their own and then use them as a Wellstone type of hype to get extra protection for ALL of the senators and reps so the RINOS and conservative members cannot say anything after NANCY and REID ram the health care legislation through and OSAMA signs.

Who could protest more security if a beloved member of congress was offed?

I put NOTHING past the LIBERALS

[Joe Boucher]

Just wait Bowhunter,
omozo’s numbers start dropping like a rock I expect the dems to find a Jack Ruby type with cancer to off the magic negro.
They’ll blame right wing extremists.

[magslinger]

Where were DeFazio’s staff between 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m. Thursday? Shooting at an empty office sounds like the sort of fake hate crime the left so loves to pull off to prove what wackos conservatives are.

[freekitty]

Exactly.

[freekitty]

You have to wonder.

[BamaAndy]

I sense the more damaage they try to do the more of these signals or whatever it is are going to happen. I also think there’s a possibility that members of the administration may very well become targets. Communists who are actually screwing with liberties are not welcome even in D.C.
I think it is a matter of time.

[BamaAndy]

I sense the more damaage they try to do the more of these signals or whatever it is are going to happen. I also think there's a possibility that members of the administration may very well become targets. Communists who are actually screwing with liberties are not welcome even in D.C.
I think it is a matter of time.

[WKUHilltopper]

Wouldn’t be surprised if the staffers didn’t do it—to prove a point.

[JohnQ1]

DeFazio is safely on the other coast, and a feller fires four rounds at an empty building in the dark of night. Do you suppose the Representative might be wondering if the shooter was trying to tell him something? Something really important? Even vital to his health? Could it be, and will he listen as the noises get louder and closer?

I, of course, deplore such shocking — yes, shocking — behavior!

[Doogle]

...the way I see it. It may be a trail balloon to see how people react. If the MSM don't play it up, or how far the investigation goes. Politico's like to play games...tit for tat. The danger...no reaction, up the ante. When headlines blare, it has it's effect.
It will all be to someones advantage....the way the media is today, there's a handicap already in place. Is DefazRat up for reelection?

[Repeal The 17th]

ping

[Rome2000]

The following members of Congress are Marxists who have rebranded themselves as “Progressives” in an attempt to hide their agenda

All members are members of the Democratic Party or caucus with the Democratic Party. There are currently 82 total declared Progressives including 79 voting Representatives, 2 non-voting Delegates, and 1 Senator.
[edit] Arizona

The “Congressional Progressive Caucus”:

* Ed Pastor (AZ-4, Phoenix)
* Raúl Grijalva (AZ-7, Tucson) - Co-Chair

[edit] California

* Lynn Woolsey (CA-6, Santa Rosa) - Co-Chair
* George Miller (CA-7, Richmond) - Chairman, House Education and Labor Committee
* Barbara Lee (CA-9, Oakland) - Chairwoman, Congressional Black Caucus
* Pete Stark (CA-13, Fremont)
* Michael Honda (CA-15, San Jose)
* Sam Farr (CA-17, Monterey)
* Henry Waxman (CA-30, Los Angeles) - Chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee
* Xavier Becerra (CA-31, Los Angeles)
* Judy Chu (CA-32, El Monte)
* Diane Watson (CA-33, Los Angeles)
* Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34, Los Angeles)
* Maxine Waters (CA-35, Inglewood)
* Laura Richardson (CA-37, Long Beach)
* Linda Sanchez (CA-39, Lakewood)
* Bob Filner (CA-51, San Diego) - Chairman, House Veterans Affairs Committee

[edit] Colorado

* Jared Polis (CO-02, Boulder)

[edit] Connecticut

* Rosa DeLauro (CT-3, New Haven)

[edit] Florida

* Corrine Brown (FL-3, Jacksonville)
* Alan Grayson (FL-8, Orlando)
* Robert Wexler (FL-19, Boca Raton)
* Alcee Hastings (FL-23, Fort Lauderdale)

[edit] Georgia

* Hank Johnson (GA-4, Lithonia)
* John Lewis (GA-5, Atlanta)

[edit] Hawaii

* Neil Abercrombie (HI-1, Honolulu)
* Mazie Hirono (HI-2, Honolulu)

[edit] Illinois

* Bobby Rush (IL-1, Chicago)
* Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-2, Chicago Heights)
* Luis Gutierrez (IL-4, Chicago)
* Danny Davis (IL-7, Chicago)
* Jan Schakowsky (IL-9, Chicago)
* Phil Hare (IL-17, Rock Island)

[edit] Indiana

* André Carson (IN-7, Indianapolis)

[edit] Iowa

* Dave Loebsack (IA-2, Cedar Rapids)

[edit] Maine

* Chellie Pingree (ME-1, North Haven)

[edit] Maryland

* Donna Edwards (MD-4, Fort Washington)
* Elijah Cummings (MD-7, Baltimore)

[edit] Massachusetts

* John Olver (MA-1, Amherst)
* Jim McGovern (MA-3, Worcester)
* Barney Frank (MA-4, Newton) - Chairman, House Financial Services Committee
* John Tierney (MA-6, Salem)
* Ed Markey (MA-7, Malden)
* Mike Capuano (MA-8, Boston)

[edit] Michigan

* Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (MI-13, Detroit)
* John Conyers (MI-14, Detroit) - Chairman, House Judiciary Committee

[edit] Minnesota

* Keith Ellison (MN-5, Minneapolis)

[edit] Mississippi

* Bennie Thompson (MS-2, Bolton) - Chairman, House Homeland Security Committee

[edit] Missouri

* William Lacy Clay, Jr. (MO-1, St. Louis)
* Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5, Kansas City)

[edit] New Jersey

* Frank Pallone (NJ-06)
* Donald Payne (NJ-10, Newark)

[edit] New Mexico

* Ben R. Luján (NM-3, Santa Fe)

[edit] New York

* Jerry Nadler (NY-8, Manhattan)
* Yvette Clarke (NY-11, Brooklyn)
* Nydia Velazquez (NY-12, Brooklyn) - Chairwoman, House Small Business Committee
* Carolyn Maloney (NY-14, Manhattan)
* Charles Rangel (NY-15, Harlem) - Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee
* Jose Serrano (NY-16, Bronx)
* John Hall (NY-19, Dover Plains)
* Maurice Hinchey (NY-22, Saugerties)
* Louise Slaughter (NY-28, Rochester) - Chairwoman, House Rules Committee
* Eric Massa (NY-29, Corning)

[edit] North Carolina

* Mel Watt (NC-12, Charlotte)

[edit] Ohio

* Marcy Kaptur (OH-9, Toledo)
* Dennis Kucinich (OH-10, Cleveland)
* Marcia Fudge (OH-11, Warrensville Heights)

[edit] Oregon

* Earl Blumenauer (OR-3, Portland)
* Peter DeFazio (OR-4, Eugene)

[edit] Pennsylvania

* Bob Brady (PA-1, Philadelphia) - Chairman, House Administration Committee
* Chaka Fattah (PA-2, Philadelphia)

[edit] Tennessee

* Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis)

[edit] Texas

* Sheila Jackson-Lee (TX-18, Houston)
* Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30, Dallas)

[edit] Virginia

* Jim Moran (VA-8, Alexandria)

[edit] Vermont

* Peter Welch (VT-At Large)

[edit] Washington

* Jim McDermott (WA-7, Seattle)

[edit] Wisconsin

* Tammy Baldwin (WI-2, Madison)
* Gwen Moore (WI-4, Milwaukee)

[edit] Non-voting

* Donna M. Christensen (Virgin Islands)
* Eleanor Holmes Norton (District of Columbia)

[edit] Senate member

* Bernie Sanders (Vermont)

[edit] Former members

* Sherrod Brown (OH-13) - Elected to Senate
* Julia Carson (IN-07) - Died in December 2007
* Lane Evans (IL-17) - Retired from Congress
* Cynthia McKinney (GA-4) - Lost Congressional seat to current caucus member Hank Johnson
* Major Owens (NY-11) - Retired from Congress
* Nancy Pelosi (CA-8) - Left Caucus when Elected House Minority Leader
* Hilda Solis (CA-32) - Became Secretary of Labor in 2009
* Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH-11) - Died in 2008
* Tom Udall (NM Senate)
* Paul Wellstone (MN Senate) - Died in plane crash in 2002

The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) was established in 1991 by five members of the United States House of Representatives: Representatives Ron Dellums (D-CA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Maxine Waters (D-CA), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Then-Representative Bernie Sanders was the convener and first. The founding members were concerned about the economic hardship imposed by the deepening recession, the growing inequality brought about by the timidity of the Democratic Party response at the time.

Additional House representatives joined soon, including Major Owens (D-NY), Nydia Velazquez (D-NY), David Bonior (D-MI), Bob Filner (D-CA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Patsy Mink (D-HI), George Miller (D-CA), Pete Stark (D-CA), John Olver (D-MA), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

[Travis McGee]

Sending a message by air mail?

[Freddd]

Did I miss Rockefeller’s name?

[GingisK]

...Right now, our biggest concern is determining why this happened...

It might have something to do with passing laws that are not wanted by the American people. It rerally would go better for everyone if the "representatives" actually represent.

I really hate to see tensions getting this bad. It doesn't really surprise me, though.

[Wpin]

Bad move...innocents could have been killed.

[Renegade]

It’s a setup. The Demorats are behind this! They are looking for an excuse to implement martial law.

[Repeal The 17th]

Question is who sent the message?
In my best elvis voice:
“Return to sender, address unknown...”

[Michigan Bowhunter]

Hate to see that happen.......Obama is our best weapon right now. What better than him as the self destruct poster child for the DEMONRAT PARTY. I wish OBAMA well in the health dept.

[Joe Boucher]

Not me, I hope the guy has incurable rectal drip.

[gundog]

Is DefazRat up for reelection?

Yes; he considered a run at ORGov, but decided again' it when Bill Bradbury entered the race. Fuzzy is a shoo-in for re-election.

[Terry Mross]

Who could protest more security if a beloved member of congress was offed?

ME!