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Giffords’ Congressional Friends Explain the Moment She Opened Eyes

It was one of the most touching moments of last night’s Tucson memorial service. In a few sentences that were not part of the evening’s prepared remarks, the president told the incredible story of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords opening her eyes for the “first time” shortly after he visited her on Wednesday. It’s a story that prompted raucous applause. And it’s a story that  grabbed headlines Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

On Thursday, two the people who were at Giffords’s bedside during that moment — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) — spoke to Fox News about exactly what happened:

The pair also appeared on “Good Morning America”:

Giffords Congressional Friends Explain the Moment She Opened Eyes

Jake Tapper of ABC News talked with the congresswomen while they were traveling back to Washington yesterday. A partial transcript of that conversation is below:

SENATOR GILLIBRAND:
And we just were so excited, so we were telling her how proud we were of her and how she was inspiring the whole nation with her courage and with her strength. And then Debbie and I started joking about all the things we were going to do after she got better. And we were holding her hand and she was responding to our hand-holding. She was rubbing our hands and gripping our hands so we could — she could really — we knew she could hear and understand what we were saying and she moved her leg, and so we knew she was responding. And the more we joked about what we were going to do, she started to open her eyes literally.

And then you have to recognize, her eyes hadn’t opened — we didn’t know that — and so she started to struggle. And one of her eyes is covered with a bandage because it was damaged in the gunfire. So her eye is flickering. And Mark sees this and gets extremely excited. And we didn’t — I didn’t know what that meant. And so he said, Gabby, open your eyes, open your eyes. And he’s really urging her forward. And the doctor is like perking up and everyone is coming around the bed. And she’s struggling and she’s struggling and it’s a good — we couldn’t figure it out, maybe 30 seconds, where she’s really trying to get her eyes open, like doing this, this, this.

And then she finally opens her eyes and you could she was like desperately trying to focus and it took enormous strength from her. And Mark could just — can’t believe it. I mean, he’s so happy. And we’re crying because we’re witnessing something that we never imagined would happen in front of us.

REPRESENTATIVE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: Exactly. The only way I could describe the feeling that we had, that I had, was other than the birth of my kids, this was the most incredible feeling, to see literally your — one of your closest friends just struggle to come back to you, to come back to her family, to come back to her friends. I mean, we know how strong Gabby is and you could see all the strength pouring out of her to touch her husband –

SENATOR GILLIBRAND: It was raw courage. It was raw strength. It was so beautiful and so moving. And, I mean, as I said, we were in tears. We couldn’t believe our eyes how courageous she was and how much she wanted to talk to us, that she wanted to — she wanted us to know that she was with us a hundred percent and understood everything we were saying and appreciated it.

Some on the internet have suggested that the president’s — and the congresswomen’s — account is inaccurate. They point to an article in a local Tucson paper that on Sunday reported Giffords had opened her eyes. That article has since been removed, but a cached version exists. Still, there are other articles that hint at an earlier “eye-opening” event (here and here).

The Blaze has reviewed the news conference referenced by the now-removed article, and from what we can tell, the doctor did not blatantly say that Giffords had opened her eyes. Therefore, it could be the news article was removed for accuracy reasons. From what we can tell, then, reports that Obama fibbed may not be accurate.

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  • UpstateNYConservative
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:00pm

    This is great news! I hope for more and more.

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  • Reasonabiliy
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:59am

    I’m sorry. I turned the speech on but he’s, OBAMA, so discredited himself with me I couldn’t sit through him talking, so I changed the channel.Maybe I could have listened on radio better: then I wouldn’t had to look at him..

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  • Kisha
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:53am

    Thank the Lord!!! I can’t tell you how joyful I feel, hearing this story. Even in the face of such evil. She’s alive! She’s moving, and she’s communicating. We are so blessed! Thank you Lord!

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  • takemout
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:51am

    @killa, who taught you to spell?

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    • tifosa
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 7:33pm

      TAKEMOUT, maybe same place you learned?

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  • markjz
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:46am

    it’s a miracle! all bow before Obama, our messiah! -_-

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:59am

      C’mon dude. This was about an injured person recovering, not “Obama”. Have some perspective and a sense of dignity.

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  • Islesfordian
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:45am

    One of the differences between conservatives and liberals that I have always seen is that coinservatives tend to view things through the prism of politics less than liberals.

    I’m not seeing that reflected here very well.

    Of course, maybe all the respectful conservatives simply are choosing not to post because there‘s nothing important to say except that we’re glad Rep. Giffords is doing well and we wish her speedy recovery.

    I trust those with the power to do so can find the truth behind the conflicting accounts without our using this as a stick to beat our favorite dog.

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    • VTDave
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:21pm

      “Of course, maybe all the respectful conservatives simply are choosing not to post because there‘s nothing important to say except that we’re glad Rep. Giffords is doing well and we wish her speedy recovery.”

      DING,DING,DING……. We have a winner!!!!

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  • PunditPawn
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:44am

    Ahh, the super-troll is alive and well. Yea, gotta give Obama props for the ‘eye-opening’ stunt. I’m sure the slew of reporters camped out at the hospital had no idea, either, and were complete taken by surprise.

    And the ‘puddles in heaven thing’, whoa, an inspirational piece of verbal prose…raw talent spewing from the Hawaiian messiah, right there. Lesser people might have accused him of politicizing a little girl who died in an epic tragedy.

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  • SgtHenick
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:39am

    Hey Killa From Wasilla, do you get called an idiot often??? I bet you doooooooooooooooo :)

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  • IM_UR_HUCKLEBERRY
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:30am

    Good for her. Hope she continues to improve to FULL health and function.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:35am

      I agree. She’ll live, but how much functionality will she retain? I certainly hope she’s restored to something approaching normal functionality.

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  • neverending
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:29am

    And I have an igloo to sell you in Tucson.

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  • Chasvs391
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:25am

    They need top preserve the myth the god Barack brought her back from the dead…
    Obama = POS

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  • MyzPhoenyx
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:24am

    Keep the prayers up! And YAY for modern medicine! Keep fighting Rep. Giffords! Know that your nation is praying for your full recovery!!

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:24am

    So glad for her family and many prayers for them!

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  • middleclassprophet
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:23am

    A wonderful report about an American citizen who was practically murdered for no reason whatsoever and all you people choose to do is trivialize it and politicize it. I would say that the average age of users on this site is probably around 12…but that would be disrespecting 12 year olds everywhere.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:29am

      Bzzt, you failed on “all you people”. Try again. There are stand alone positive posts on this thread.

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    • CamTheConservative
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:53am

      @Middle: You write like a 12 year old. Why don’t you troll somewhere else?

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    • middleclassprophet
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:13pm

      The positives are waaay outnumbered by the pathetic.

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    • middleclassprophet
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:14pm

      -CamTheConservative-

      Ah yes, ” I don’t agree with you so will you leave?” Typical response here.

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    • republitarian
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:57pm

      No. Obama chose to politicize it. We complained. You, as always, plead for civility.

      Forget it.

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    • gobnait
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:23pm

      Are you so passionate and concerned for inner city shooting victims or is it just famouspeople who stir your sympathy? How dare you assume that people who don‘t share your views don’t care?There is nothing trivial about ANYONE’S pain or loss. The left should have realized that on Saturday morning when they instantly lobbed their baseless accusations against the right and blaming everyone in sight but themselves. What unmitigated hypocrisy.

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    • Lesterp
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 2:36pm

      Typical liberal, If you don‘t agree you’re stupid. Everything he says is relevant everything we say is stupid. Saying that we are politicizing this is as usual completely the reverse. You know when a liberal is lying because his/her mouth is moving.

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  • TPARTY RADIO
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:22am

    Two radical leftist Senators – and they are NOT lying about this? Come on…

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  • Avidmonkey
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:20am

    This woman had a bullet go through her head. The fact that she is still with us is, in short, a miracle from God. I pray God continues to “show off” and bring this woman back with a full recovery. Praise God for His mercies. May He comfort the families of those who were killed.

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    • tompaineknowsthescore
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:47am

      how come when doctors succeed in saving someones life god gets all the credit?
      he doesn’t get blamed when doctors fail
      commend the doctors and advances in medical science for this

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    • Avidmonkey
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 5:51pm

      Worshiping the creation instead of the Creator?
      Yes, I’m thrilled that God made them with a gift to heal and the humility to to be as surprised as everyone else.

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    • tompaineknowsthescore
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 6:55pm

      this is hardly the place to debate the existence of god
      so im glad were both happy with the congress womans recovery

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  • jb007
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:17am

    hallaluia, if obama keeps visiting gabrielle she should be up and walking ina day or two !

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  • heavyduty
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:16am

    You can’t get government to open their eyes to the problems we have. Because you can’t convince someone that they are wrong, when they are convinced they’re right. You first have to convince them that they are wrong before you can convince them to do the right thing.

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    • Oldphoto678
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:08pm

      Correct, and you and your ilk are the best example of that.

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  • DesertRose1960
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:15am

    Can’t any of you just be happy that Rep. Giffords is responding? Were this Michele Bachmann or Sarah Palin, I would be just as happy for her. This was a tragedy, and a young woman’s life as been changed forever. Six other people are dead, and several remain in serious condition. Isn‘t it wonderful that she is able to respond to friends’ voices?

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:18am

      Sure is a good thing.

      I’m not particularly happy with the giant Circus the media and politicians are turning this into, but that’s separated from the actual concern I have for this woman and other injured parties.

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:58am

      I am glad too she is recovering and wish her and the other survivors the fastest and fullest of recovery in the guidance of the Almighty.

      I also cannot stand the administration using the memorial for a rally to glorify Self Annointed Lord Obama of the Universal Disgraced.

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    • copper
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:01pm

      Yes, I am happy for her and her husband and family. But I am disgusted over the circus this has become. The MARXISTS on the LEFT have been smearing and convicting Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck all week while Fearless Boob kept silent. Now he shows up at a campaign rally, uses Scripture in his speech which he trashes all other times) and we are all supposed to swoon. (Right out of Alinsky’s book – pick a target and uses any means to destroy.)

      WHAT ABOUT THE THIRTEEN ( really FOURTEEN) that died at Fort Hood. Did they get honored like this???? They were just as worthy and even more so. Gabby sits in Washington, they were putting their lives on the line for us and the MARXISTS who want to destroy the country. Sorry, I can’t applaud the FRAUD-IN-CHIEF, he is such a liar, The speech writer‘s words were nice BUT THEY WEREN’T HIS!!!

      All he did was show up, lie about her eyes opening for him – they were actually open on the weekend according to the doctor, and READ A TELEPROMPTER. That does NOT make him wonderful. He is guilty of dividing this country and encouraging factions and hate.

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:14pm

      I think everyone is thrilled with her recovery, and we are praying for her. The media circus, the attention whores and the political game playing though are atrocious. Why can’t the news media and polititions keep out and be respectful. If Giffords husband came out and made these remarks they would be much better received, when the attention whores do it, it just looks like mugging for the camera.

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:20pm

      @Untamable

      This thing will come back and detonate in the faces of those who are using the situation for making their own agendas; our nation will only put up with so much garbage before holding these pundits and such accountable for their deeds and comments – by peaceful protest and such non-aggressive ways and means.

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    • gobnait
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:51pm

      Why do you wish to stifle the exhange of free speech? Although you may disapprove, people still have the right to speak their minds no matter the subject. For the love of God, who ISN”T happy that Gifford seems to be improving nicely?! (BTW, doctors said SEVERAL DAYS AGO that she was opening her eyes so last night was not the first time as Obama so disingenuously suggested). The world and its inhabitants have not come to a screeching halt because a Congresswoman was injured. Life goes on around her, anonymous families everywhere are mourning their dead, the country‘s profound problems continue to worsen and suddenly we should all stop in our tracks and pretend that Obama’s empty platitudes and atonal speech have healed the damage and inflammatory bombs he has relentlessly inflicted upon us? I think not.

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    • FUBARSNAFU
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:28pm

      Absolutely. This is not about politics in any way, shape or form. I think Obama did a good job last night. I can’t say the same for the crowd, which was completely “Wellstone” inappropriate.

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    • DesertRose1960
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:55pm

      To those of you who replied, you need to go back and reread what you wrote. The President gave a good speech that was meant to unite, but you pick it apart and proclaim that he has divided us. Sarah Palin gave a speech about self-righteousness and self-pity, but you all kvelled to that. She‘s America’s Sweetheart, and Liberals fear her because she’s so American! (I read that here just yesterday.)

      For my part, I don’t swoon over the President. He is a politician, a bit more articulate and charismatic than most, but still to paraphrase Tom Clancy, when he isn’t kissing babies, he’s stealing their lollipops, and he keeps his options open. It’s very hard to lead when you have about 20% of the population who has already decided that whatever he does is wrong, and whatever he doesn’t do is wrong, and did I mention, everything else about him is wrong, too.

      You are spouting anger and hatred; you are entitled to your own opinions, to be sure, but make no bones about it, there is very little that is Christian or compassionate in most of what has been written. This is the exact kind of vitriol that the pundits were condemning this weekend. And it isn’t the media who has exploited this or made it as much of a circus as you have chosen to make it on this blog. You can not govern if you will not compromise, you can not discuss if you have demonized the other side. You will fail, and the country will fail if you insist that it be only your way and that the Democrats and Liberals need to be sent out of the country or cut off from power. The Tea movement makes up about 20% of the country right now, Liberals are somewhere between 15-20% and we aren’t going away. We want the country to succeed, too and many of us view being Liberal as being a good American. And many of us can quote you whole sections of the Constitution, too, having read it and admired it for years before you ever discovered it. Oh, and I’m not some sunshine patriot, either. I will still be here in the heat of the summer or the cold of the winter in the service of my country. And the next time an issue comes up, I may take more of my own time off from work to go and visit the House and the Senate. I may have to go back again, soon to lobby against the repeal of the Healthcare bill. Last March, I was very well received, staffers shook my hands and thanked me for coming in. One staffer came out of an inner office to hug me. Tea movement people had been coming in all afternoon to complain.

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 2:06pm

      @Untamable

      I salute you.

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 2:23pm

      I don’t need to go back and reread what I wrote (except to edit typos) I meant every word I said. If you find my feeling in this matter angry or hateful then you have the right to express that.
      Make no mistake, when you say people on this site are not compassionate you are flinging a totally unfounded lie. Almost every poster here has repeatedly called for prayers and they are hoping the victims are going to recover. So take your spin and your blatant lies and cram them where the sun doesn’t shine. I for one am tired of your ‘holier than thou’ sanctimonious BS.

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    • untameable-kate
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 3:23pm

      One staffer came out of an inner office to hug me. Tea movement people had been coming in all afternoon to complain.

      Were they wearing t-shirts and signs around their necks?? How do you tell a tea partier from everyone else?

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  • SecretPolice
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:09am

    Well I’ll just say God bless and get well soon.

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  • beefjerky
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:09am

    The sun rose this morning, shortly after Obama’s speech.

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  • tnalp
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:08am

    Of course the Dr. lied, the visit from the POTUS Messiah healed her.

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  • Lesterp
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:05am

    Wasserman is a huge embarrassment to our great state!

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:15am

      Boy, isn’t that the truth! On one hand, get rid of Grayson (the most embarassing attraction in FL – if he would really just go away), and that sets the stage for the next most embarassing attraction in FL, trying to move up to #1.

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    • exliberalgrl
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:26am

      Yes she is. Ugh.

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    • PeachyinGA
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:26am

      Wonder what type of conversation she and Gillibrand where torturing poor Gabby with: “and how much she wanted to talk to us, that she wanted to — she wanted us to know that she was with us a hundred percent and understood everything we were saying and appreciated it.” I think the pair have it wrong. Shouldn’t it be that THEY were with HER 100%? Sounds like they were trying to extract a vote from her.

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:56am

      @Grandmaof5

      I think you may have meant moving DOWN to embarassment #1; after all, the progressives are the de-evolving descendants of monkeys, regressing into lower life forms of some unknowable types. So it would be with them, that in accordance to darwinian theory of evolution – The Stupidest will Survive among their lines.

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    • Reagan/DeMint.disciple
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:07pm

      @ KILLA, You got to be kidding.. From the moment that Obama was introduced ,with the pause for the applaud.. I knew it was a HACK job…Go back and watch the tape.. He should’ve been embarrassed and told someone in his camp to keep the tone down when introducing him, something like“ Hello Americans the president of the untied states ”. Not what was said, and the way they said it………. That was nothing more than another political photo shoot.. Funny, you morons think everything that jerk off does is historic…

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  • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:03am

    Have heard about this on the news all night; so let us wait until the news from the Doctors is let out, and then decide if Mr Obama has lied or not. If he was goingon the removed articles notices, that is one thing and legitimate error of information could have happened, so we need to wait for the truth of her current condition to be found out.

    http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm

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    • Margaret Thatcher
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:39am

      I’m all for the truth. I just hope we can have it.

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:53am

      @Margaret Thatcher

      If we cannot have the truth, then we hunt for the truth and bring it out into the light.

      One Progressive dingbat I have to deal with keeps saying “Truth is like a chiuaua, all bark and no bite to anyone.” And then I explained to him that a pack of those little ankle biters can still bring someone down for the rest of us wolves to deal with.

      Wish I had a camera for the expression on his face.

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    • Highland
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:35pm

      I thought she didn’t open her eyes until The Messiah Obama showed up. (After that, he turned water into wine).

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:01pm

      @Highland

      Do you actually mean ‘Whine?” That is all the progressives seem to do anymore.

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    • Reagan/DeMint.disciple
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 8:53pm

      Nice try wasIILL a ImpOster !!!! If you are one of the regulars cut the crap man it really is boring and EVERYONE is on to you…

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    • middleclassprophet
      Posted on January 15, 2011 at 12:00pm

      -Highland-

      And your turning a tragedy into a punch line. How proud you must feel.

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  • hkyfan36
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:02am

    Well that is great now there is one Democratic Congresswoman with her eyes open. Now we need to start focusing on the getting the rest of the eyes in congress open.

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    • Lesterp
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:08am

      Perfect line!

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    • middleclassprophet
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:21am

      What a pathetic, hurtful, disrespectful thing to say at a time like this.

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    • Killa From Wasilla
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:24am

      What about the Republican’s, one of their leaders ( hill billy from Alaska ) isn’t even an elected official, they other one is a cry baby.
      The Republican Party is like the stupid and the weapy leading the blind.

      BTW, I know it’s gotta be killing you that all everyone in this country can talk about is that moment when President Obama shared the story about Gabby Giffords with the American people last night. A moment in history that will never be forgetten.

       
    • libh8er
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:32am

      Funny!

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:34am

      @Wasilla

      It’s “weepy”. If you’re going to sneer and condescend at others about their being “stupid” maybe you could try to do so without flagrant misspellings in your screed? It kind of undermines your claims, you see.

      It’s such a shame that you have to parrot the media view and swoon on command about your Dear Leader. He made a decent speech, no question, but it‘s certainly not one of the defining speeches in our nation’s history. Swooning like you are doing is rather unbecoming and reflects poorly on your sense of history.

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:38am

      Yeah, let’s give political sniping a rest hear. This post is about her recovery and also whether accounts of it jibe together.

      The Senator‘s account makes it sound like Gabby wasn’t responsive before, which is quite different from what I was hearing Monday. Perhaos what Obama recounted is correct. Perhaps not. It does seem that there is confusion in the reporting, so i wouldn’t blame anyone for mistakes in this area.

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    • AKMIIKEUS
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:43am

      @Ghost of Jefferson

      It was a defining moment. The fact you don‘t recognize it show’s the level of your intelligence.

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    • Beckofile
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:44am

      This is just all part of the plan to confuse society. Who cares what the President is lying about today, just know that this is a figment of some speech writers imagionation. If her eye (the one not covered by the bandage) opened or not, what the hell would that tell us??? I would like to know if her brain is going to recover? Really, just remember the cops are only minutes away when seconds count. Take care of your own self and be prepared. This crap is just the beginning of the seasonal change.

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    • chubbzbar
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:51am

      You made me laugh out loud!! Thanks

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    • Lantern
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:55am

      The pair either taped the Good Morning America segment or didn’t change clothes from the day before. I wish Congresswoman Giffords well and hope she can recover as fully as she can. I have been in her shoes (almost dying and knocked out in a hospital.) Even though she has opened her eyes doesn’t men she is cognizant of where she is or what happened, even if she is following commands. I don’t know if Obama was really there or not, when she opened her eyes, nor do I care. The fact that he may have falsely used the story to help his speech speaks volumes about his character. I am glad, however, that he called for all the BS and lying to stop. I wish the media would leave the families alone to heal, now.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:57am

      @AKMIIKEUS

      “It was a defining moment. The fact you don‘t recognize it show’s the level of your intelligence.”

      Please. It was a decent speech. Nothing more, nothing less. Worship of politicians is unhealthy. Defining moments are things like “We have nothing to fear but fear itself” or “I have a dream”. I’m not even vaguely dissing Obama, I‘m just reflecting on the overall historical context and this doesn’t fit into “defining” or even something most will recall five years from now.

      Have a sense of perspective and stop letting political allegiance dictate your reality for you such that you take any non-glowing statement as a personal insult worth of hurling ad hominem.

      Hope your day gets better. Slainte

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    • Ken
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:07pm

      @Ghostofjefferson: Couldn’t have said better myself! Thank you!

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    • infidelamerican
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:16pm

      actually it was Obammie’s moment for utilizing a catastrophic event for political gain. Always the campaigner. Gabby had been responding to commands for 3 days before and you dont respond to commands if your still in a coma. Give me a break people, how ignorant are you?

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    • GeauxAlready
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:28pm

      The last thing she needed to see was Wasserman-Schultz face. That sight might have set her back a week…………….

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    • 48
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:29pm

      @Wasilla
      Yes that was a great moment last night and I think anyone who watched it would agree but you are a complete idiot witch is normal for the lefties.

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    • @leftfighter
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:54pm

      Right joke, wrong time.

      In fact, I can’t think of a time that would be right, given the circumstances.

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    • RightWrite
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:05pm

      Gabby admitted to her husband in a whisper that she was pretending to be asleep until Obama left her hospital room: “thank God he’s gone”, she whispered after the prez walked out. When asked what she remembered from his visit, she whispered, “the smell of B.S.”.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:20pm

      It is my understanding that Gabby has been able to respond to commands (per every interview done with the neurosurgeon from the very beginning) and as reported by her aide who was with her before the paramedics arrived…she has ALWAYS been able to “respond” to stimulus…the doctors have been using an agent called curare (or something like it) to induce a “false” coma…they have told us all along that they have been bringing her in and out of this state from pretty much the day after her surgery…I have personal experience with this drug…they are SLOWLY bringing her AROUND and with each lowering of the dosage this is what you can expect (more like hope for) in order to see just where she is at…that being said, there is no reason to believe that Mr. Obama’s visit or the visit of her friends was not coordinated with her medication reduction time in order to make her more aware of their visit…I can’t think of a better way to “stimulate” her reactions than to have her surrounded by her friends…as far as the Obama thing goes…who cares? Unfortunately he lies so much that it is difficult to know where the truth begins and ends…that’s his fault…we need to continue to pray for her and pray for her husband that he will be able to be the support that she is going to need.

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    • FUBARSNAFU
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:23pm

      Well said!

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    • Xcori8r
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:30pm

      comhkyfan36
      One of the best lines I’ve read here.

      We were going to go to Lourdes to get miracled up and cure a few maladies, but maybe basking in the aura this guy’s magnificence will suffice.

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    • mimitweetin
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:53pm

      The Blaze really needs to hook their site up with THUMBS UP & DOWN!

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    • kryptonite
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 2:19pm

      Some of you are confusing being conscious with opening your eyes. True, Giffords was never in a coma. She was kept sedated and regularly the sedatives were reduced to monitor her progress. The latter was done by giving her simple commands to which she responded positively by moving different parts of her body. However, up until Wednesday she had not been able to open her eyes, maybe because the entry wound was just above her left eye, and it caused trauma to both eyes. Perhaps it was not just a mechanical impediment (fracture/swelling), but a neurological challenge she was finally able to overcome. Of course opening her right eye was wonderful progress for friends and family, and we share in that joy. It is not clear yet whether there was permanent damage to her right eye. Hopefully not.

      That said, the radical left has turned Giffords tragedy into a political crusade, witch hunt and all. Thus Obama‘s call for unity and civility five days into the radical left’s vicious assault gives me no solace. He could have undertaken his presidential duty on day one, from the Oval Office, where the lack of a live audience makes it easier for a POTUS to empty his speeches of political tone and cadence. We, in turn, would have been spared last night’s dramatization. As the French would say, “Tant pis.”

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    • hud
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 3:10pm

      TO: Middlecp—-You left out truthful

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    • hud
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 3:17pm

      TO Killafw–Could you remind me of what you‘re talkin about I’ve forgotten.

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    • youguysready_letsroll
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 3:28pm

      HKYFAN36, come on man. How can you try to make a joke involving a woman opening her eyes after being shot in the head?

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    • TX Progressive
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 3:56pm

      You’re a scumbag, Hockey fan

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    • KILLA FROM WASIILLA
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 5:23pm

      As terrible as a tradgedy as this was. At least the american people get a chance to see the President Obama for the hero he is.

      I urge everyone to call there congressman and press for sara palin to be an accesory to this crime. Could It could be possible that she helped the shooter? Think it should be looked into. The ends justifys the means, so what ever needs to be done to finish palins career needs to happen.

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  • MyzPhoenyx
    Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:43am

    I was waiting for someone to throw up the anti-Christ reference. That’s sad and a bit mean spirited. This woman is fighting for her life at every step of the way. Her husband is exhausted and there are other people suffering over all of this.
    Please, this has been overly politicized as it is, and we don’t need the hysteria of people accusing this woman of being anything but what she is.. the victim of a horrific crime who need our prayers and support.

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