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Jared Loughner, Alleged Shooter in Gabrielle Giffords Attack, Described by Classmate as "Left-Wing P
Pheonix Times ^ | 1/8/11 | James King

Posted on 01/08/2011 9:17:06 PM PST by Nachum

A classmate of the man accused of shooting Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords this morning describes him as "left wing" and a "pot head" in a series of posts on Twitter this afternoon.

Caitie Parker did not immediately respond to our request for an interview, but her "tweets" in the hours after the shooting paint a picture of Jared Loughner as a substance-abusing loner who had met Giffords before the shooting. She says, Loughner described the congresswoman as "stupid and unintelligent."

We've confirmed that Parker and Loughner went to school together at Mountain View High School in Tucson and that both attended Pima Community College, so her claims of knowing Loughner seem to be legit.

Parker "tweets" that she and Loughner were in the band together and were friends until 2007 when he became "reclusive" after getting alcohol poisoning and dropping out of college.

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com ...


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Jared Loughner, Alleged Shooter in Gabrielle Giffords Attack, Described by Classmate as "Left-Wing Pothead"

1 posted on 01/08/2011 9:17:13 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

I’ll bet you anything the POS was on prescription happy pills


2 posted on 01/08/2011 9:18:12 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: Nachum

Now if someone would just find and post his political party. I don’t think the press will want to know. I am betting he votes Democrat. If he voted Republican it would have been on every single network by now.

That doesn’t have anything to do with him or the shooting. What it does have to do is with the incessant hysterical demand by the Leftist Press and Leftists in general to place all talk radio in Progressive hands and the Tea Party in Guantanamo.


3 posted on 01/08/2011 9:20:26 PM PST by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: pissant

Another “Combine” type killer?


4 posted on 01/08/2011 9:21:53 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

yep. These young psychos are almost all on psychotropics


5 posted on 01/08/2011 9:23:47 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: Nachum

Two questions:

Have we heard anything official from whatever arm of government is holding the guy? Any statements?

Has anyone seen any pictures or vids? I find it hard to believe that a bunch of folks would be attending a political rally and nobody would be taking pics, cell phones, etc. If so, have they all been confiscated?


6 posted on 01/08/2011 9:26:37 PM PST by djf (Touch my junk and I'll break yur mug!!!)
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To: IrishCatholic

did anyone search opensecrets for his donation history, if he has one?

How many local leftist groups do you think he belonged to?


7 posted on 01/08/2011 9:31:00 PM PST by GeronL (How DARE you have an opinion!!)
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I find it hard to believe that a bunch of folks would be attending a political rally and nobody would be taking pics, cell phones, etc.

Good point.

8 posted on 01/08/2011 9:33:21 PM PST by abbyg55
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To: Nachum

“stupid and unintelligent.”

That’s EXACTLY the type of terms used routinely by the hipster, college snob, Daily Show watching leftists I know.


9 posted on 01/08/2011 9:35:59 PM PST by VanDeKoik (1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
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To: djf

My guess. But wait a day or two.


10 posted on 01/08/2011 9:37:39 PM PST by RobbyS (Pray with the suffering souls.)
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To: Nachum

The libs on twitter are already spinning this. I’m getting comments such as “Which was earlier. Everything else — property rights, gold standard, abortion — was more recent, and not leftist.”


11 posted on 01/08/2011 9:43:36 PM PST by RoseyT (Piney Woods of East Texas)
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Love to see how they are spinning this screen capture from the Daily Kos, hehehehehe

http://hillbuzz.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/screen-shot-2011-01-08-at-3-05-33-pm.png


12 posted on 01/08/2011 9:49:24 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: VanDeKoik

LOL. When someone describes their opponent as “stupid but intelligent” I’ll start listening.


13 posted on 01/08/2011 9:55:09 PM PST by JimSEA
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To: Nachum
She describes him as "quite liberal" and as a "political radical."

Obviously, it's too much to hope that this distraction will be taken out as swiftly as was Giuseppe Zangara in 1931 (less than five weeks from trigger pull to button push).

14 posted on 01/08/2011 9:56:31 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: GeronL
did anyone search opensecrets for his donation history, if he has one?

I did. I came up with zip.

15 posted on 01/08/2011 9:58:12 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: Nachum

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords voted AGAINST Pelosi for Speaker of the House . It’s as simple as that!

In this ropehead’s mind, these Ds with Conservave leanings must be sent a quick hard message.


16 posted on 01/08/2011 10:00:05 PM PST by Phosgood ("Send in the clowns" .. but wait ..............they're here! >..<)
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To: Nachum

That woosh you hear, is the collective disappointment at du.


17 posted on 01/08/2011 10:01:55 PM PST by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: Nachum

Come on people, he wasn’t a leftist or a tea party-er. His political views were the incoherent ramblings of a madman. He had no cohesive political point of view, he wasn’t capable of it.


18 posted on 01/08/2011 10:04:18 PM PST by Private_Sector_Does_It_Better (If you like the employees at the DMV, post office, SS office... you'll love government healthcare)
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To: Nachum

Anybody want to legalize marijuana now?


19 posted on 01/08/2011 10:07:08 PM PST by Hawk54
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To: Private_Sector_Does_It_Better
Come on people, he wasn’t a leftist or a tea party-er.

We didn't start this fight. The leftwingnuts were attacking Palin from the getgo. Pointing out that they are hypocrites is the only way to make them shut up.

20 posted on 01/08/2011 10:16:06 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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