In what is turned out to be a big disappointment for far-left politicians and the left-wing media, the shooter has been described as a left-wing pot-head by his classmates.
At first they tried to say he was soldier. Someone even said he was an Afghan vet. They were just guessing and hoping. It turned out he had been turned down by the military. The Army refused to take him.
Far-left Democrats in Washington and the left-wing media had hoped the shooting of Rep. Giffords would be a crisis they could use to demean moderates and conservatives - especially the tea party and Sarah Palin.
The first link below says Palin and the tea party rhetoric had nothing to do with the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords.
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