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Obama & Romney Release Statements About ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Shooting

Dark Knight Rises shooting

AP

President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney have both released statements following the mass shooting at a suburban Denver theater at the opening of “The Dark Knight Rises.” According to the Associated Press, at least 12 people were killed and 50 people were being treated.

Obama was notified of the shooting by Homeland Security Adviser John Brennan at 5:26 a.m. Eastern time. In a statement, Obama said he and first lady Michelle Obama were shocked by the “horrific and tragic shooting” and said federal law enforcement are among those responding.

Michelle and I are shocked and saddened by the horrific and tragic shooting in Colorado. Federal and local law enforcement are still responding, and my Administration will do everything that we can to support the people of Aurora in this extraordinarily difficult time. We are committed to bringing whoever was responsible to justice, ensuring the safety of our people, and caring for those who have been wounded. As we do when confronted by moments of darkness and challenge, we must now come together as one American family. All of us must have the people of Aurora in our thoughts and prayers as they confront the loss of family, friends, and neighbors, and we must stand together with them in the challenging hours and days to come.

Romney said he and wife Ann were deeply saddened by the “senseless violence” and are praying for the families and loved ones of the victims.

Ann and I are deeply saddened by the news of the senseless violence that took the lives of 15 people in Colorado and injured dozens more. We are praying for the families and loved ones of the victims during this time of deep shock and immense grief.  We expect that the person responsible for this terrible crime will be quickly brought to justice.

This post has been updated since it was first published.

Comments (128)

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  • lisa2994
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:43am

    So saddened for the people of Aurora, CO. May they find peace and comfort in GOD. My prayers are with them.

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    • EqualJustice
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 10:11am

      I feel sad for our entire country these days. What causes a person to commit an evil act like this? How does he look in the face of a child he then kills? He is part of the morally DEAD people with no conscience.

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  • hannah
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:21am

    The left should be jumping on this one by daybreak saying it’s the teaparty whos responsible.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:59am

    Obama: “We are committed to bringing whoever was responsible to justice” …if he is white.

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    • USPATRIOT101
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:14am

      If this was a New Black Panther member, Eric Holder would have him over the house for bbq and drinks.

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  • John 1776
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:58am

    Gee, well timed for the UN gun grabbing treaty next week. Funny how those things just fall in his lap at the right time. How many minutes until this gets blamed on the Tea Party or Beck?
    Or has that already happened and I missed it…..

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    • Slipstick
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:04am

      Prophet!Already happening. (Sigh!)

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:07am

      The only thing that was a bit different with this one is the gunman didn‘t swallow the barrel and pull the trigger prior to being arrested as so many times happens with suspect ’Manchurian Candidates”.

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  • slvrserfr
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:55am

    So Obama practically says nothing until days or even weeks after the wildfires, oil spill and entire cities ravaged by tornadoes and citizens displaced from their homes. But there’s a racial dispute between a white person and a black person he later invites to the White House for beer or 14 people die in a movie theater at the hand of a white person with the possibility some of those people were black and he gives an immediate response. So glad he could find time away from doing his 100 fundraisers and 18 sessions of golf a week to pretend to offer condolences which happens to occur just months before an election year in anticipation of hoping his black supporters can do his dirty work and turn this into a race issue.

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    • Lloyd Drako
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:18am

      No, there were no black people on the Gulf affected by the BP oil spill, no black people in Joplin or Tuscaloosa (Tuscaloosa??!!), so of course Obama, who sees everything through a racial lens, TOTALLY IGNORED those disasters. What was your brain doing while your hands were typing this nonsense?

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    • Beachbaby
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 11:55am

      Did you see the paid traitors sitting behind the talking shuck and jive crackhead joker? Methinks this was planned by obama and ilk because they sure did have a ready speech and white garbage sitting behind the liar awful fast. Losers die young. Get over it.

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  • Beachbaby
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:40am

    SHUT UP! No one cares what a muslim or a mormon man thinks. Cry your fake tears for ho hum women and children blah blah blah. NOT listening. Now go play with the taxes you steal. Buy some coke and crotch. Joke about drunk texting. Once this fake election is over they’ll be partying again. Giving themselves three raises a year. Above the law status. Free docs. Free gas. Free car. Liars. Liberal puke women who pretend to care about other women but its all about having sex with them. Lesbians with a billie clinton mentality.

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  • Armyduderetired
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:33am

    Add your comments

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  • Armyduderetired
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:33am

    Allen West Called it in his Interview when he described why he was for the National Defence authorization act; you need to control the people and have control of them during times of threat and attack. Remove liberty freedom and the pursuit of happiness and insert government control strong arm tactics and fear mongers = revolution. Neither of these individuals have the integriy, moral ethics, or guts to leeds us out of the deep dark hole that America has been falling down over the last century. It is not going to be the fall that kills America. It will be the sudden stop at the bottom. It is quickly approaching.

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  • whatthecrazy
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:25am

    Get ready folks we are all moving targets now.A person can’t even take thier family to a freakin midnight movie without being murdered in cold blood.Just hearing the responces from Obama and Romney I feel only one of these men are truly saddened by this tragedy and the other is slobbering all over himself with satisfaction.

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:01am

      Now, if someone in that theater was carrying, concealed or otherwise, he/she could have put a stop to this much sooner.

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    • HKS
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:10am

      Spot on that, everyone of age should be packing heat. This kind crap would be history. Cops rarely ever stop a crime, their the janitors that clean up the aftermath.

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    • nattybrooks
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:50am

      hks-
      been callin them janitors for yrs never there when they’re needed and are more dangerous with their weapons than the bad guys they all have a bad case of CHS. of course in their defense hard to be an accurate shot with a chip on your shoulder

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    • eagle2715
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:54am

      My wife and I both CC when we go most places now, especially large public gatherings. I refuse to let us be part of a number of the mornings headlines…

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  • Nepenthe
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:24am

    The comments on this thread have me shaking my head as to how people can actually come to partisan thinking and complete lack of respect in the midst of a horrible tradegy like this. Honestly, couldn’t you wait at least a full day before spewing your venom?

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:02am

      Unfortunately, this is what the far right has become. They are truly no different than the far left anymore.

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    • sWampy
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:08am

      Oh, stop the name calling ********. It’s the left that says crap like never let a crisis go to waste, it’s the left that has been caught thousands of times creating a crisis, just to over turn the will of the people to get there failed evil policies enforced, it’s the left that brought ******** like Stalin, Mao, Hitler to power.

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    • USPATRIOT101
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:21am

      I keep focused on the big picture. baracks administration is jumping all over this tragedy to advance their own agenda. He said it himself, “never waste a good tragedy”. I’m going to take him at his word as I always have.

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    • sawbuck
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:31am

      WHAT partisan …?????

      This administration …liberal left media outlets…
      HollyWeird.. liberal politicians and every liberal puke
      has been hitting below the belt ..mocking … criticizing..
      belittling.. Taunting. Lying and cheating …using every
      crisis to their advantage .

      SINCE THE DAY BARRY TOOK OFFICE…

      and now that election is closing in ….

      You say….. BE NICE conservatives…??

      They wanted a divided nation.. WELL THEY HAVE ONE..!

      YOU BETTER WAKE UP……NOTHING IS AT IT SEEMS..

      PICK A SIDE…!

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:43am

      @ sawbuck

      When you become what you are fighting against, you have already lost.

      No one is saying, ‘Be nice”. We are saying stop the extreme exaggeration, the lies, the distortions and the condemnations before knowing the facts. The facts here are we do NOT know that the shooter was a muslim, or a tea party member, or an OWS supporter or any other thing.

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    • Lloyd Drako
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:50am

      I note you’ve been a “member” almost since The Blaze began. By now you should know that the venom will flow within minutes of almost anything appearing here, especially if it involves firearms or if Obama has something to say about it.

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    • sawbuck
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 10:11am

      jhrusky
      The last thing I want to be is like them…I’m sorry I get carried away
      sometimes ..
      I’m just concerned because all of a sudden This administration is
      showing some normal behavior ..We have a tendency to want to
      forget the past and move on.. We want to see the good in everyone..
      But if this administration has taught us anything .
      .it’s they are ALWAYS driven.. by ‘motive’..

      I hate the fact that I have to question every little thing …
      But this country is in the shape it’s in ..because we didn’t question…
      We let our guard down.. and I really don’t think this country will ever
      be the same because of it.
      I hope I’m wrong.

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 11:11am

      @ sawbuck

      [quote]But if this administration has taught us anything it’s they are ALWAYS driven.. by ‘motive’..
      I hate the fact that I have to question every little thing … But this country is in the shape it’s in ..because we didn’t question… We let our guard down.. and I really don’t think this country will ever
      be the same because of it. I hope I’m wrong.[/quote]

      I agree with you in that this administration always seems to be driven by the motive to screw over WE THE PEOPLE and all we stand for (I think that’s what you meant?). That‘s why I’ve always tried to encourage people to do what I do … attend every single meeting they can, local, town, village, city, school board, watch what is going on and make your concerns and thoughts known, publically, forcefully, yet respectfully. In addition, try to get everyone you know on the same page. If we are to take back our country, it’ll only be through forceful and vocal, yet civil and respectful discussion. You don’t have to respect the person because people EARN respect. But one should respect the office.

      People are sitting on the fence watching both sides … for those that are not leaning towards progressives, let’s try to win them over instead of showing them that we are similar to the opposition.

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 11:13am

      @ sawbuck

      [continued from last]

      Because if we lose this election and Obama gets reelected (assuming there will be an election), I fear that will be the end of freedom as we have known it. I believe very well that he will rule more and more by executive order including the shutting down of media he doesn’t like, like The Blaze, the Drudge Report, and a myriad of internet sites that do not wallow in the progressive filth. Once we lose objective reporting and alternative viewpoints, we lose totally.

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  • TROLLMONGER
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:24am

    This is the USA Romney wants. Full of weapons for anyone to have.

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    • HKS
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:51am

      If someone wants to kill you they don’t need guns.

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    • sawbuck
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:54am

      Your moronic comment ..is as flawed as you

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    • Slipstick
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:00am

      And you apparently prefer the O-world where nobody (except criminals) have guns?
      Idiots like this one prefer unarmed sheep.
      Word has it, this guy may be from Tennessee. The Muslims haven’t taken over there, yet.
      My speculation is that he will found out to be some kind of ‘extremist’ Christian.
      Gives us Conservative Baptists a bad name…

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:06am

      If it was a “full of weapons” as you state, chances are the criminal trying to kill people would not have gotten off as many rounds as he did and we wouldn’t be spending millions of taxpayer dollars prosecuting (and most likely defending as well) him and then millions more “housing” him for life — all because someone would have ended his rampage early.

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  • John 3:16
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:23am

    Comrade Obama, do Americans a favor and go back to the golf course and shut up until we kick your skinny little butt to the curb in November. Keep the racist DOJ Holder completely away from this: The shooter was most likely getting his weapons from Holder and Obama to start with. Their goal is to supress the 2nd Ammendment and this is their Modus operandi

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  • PowerPedlar
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:21am

    Let the liberal spin begin.

    Ban guns! Ban midnight movies! Ban the NRA! It was a Tea Party supporter!

    What a senseless, horrible thing to have happen.

    I wonder if the atheists will condemn Obama for praying for the victims???

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    • jujubeebee
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:29am

      My guess is an OWS kid.

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    • whatthecrazy
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:34am

      @power,no the athiest don‘t mind if you pray to alahlalalalalal akbar it’s GOD they can’t stand and my bet is that obama did not pray to GOD but he did give thanks to Alah.IMHO.

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:52am

      PowerPedlar – yes, you are right. Just look what Trollmonger posted. The trolls are not getting any smarter and continue with the same old same old.

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    • Brittany-Imbriaarts
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:56am

      Metal Detectors in theaters are coming I’m sure after this

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  • Penn
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:16am

    Forgive me for putting on a tin hat. I hate jumping to conclusions but… This was an act of terror. It might have been a senseless act, perpetrated by a sick twisted individual. Or. It could have been fiendishly planned. You have a shooter , apparently armed to the teeth, who walks into a crowded multi-plex at midnight. Were there any “armed” security guards on duty? I heard one report that the guy was wearing body armor. Body Armor? Please, if anyone out there right or left, conservative or liberal knows a lone wolf type buying body armor , I would recommend a quick call to 911.
    Regardless, innocent lives have been lost. It is time to mourn for them and pray for their families.

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    • southernORcobra
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:24am

      There is not a problem in buying body armor so long as you don’t have a record where I live.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:15am

    Listen, there must not be vigillante justice; that is what many still demand of Zimmerman before a trial has even begun. It is the same in this case, even if caught on tape, now that he is in custody he has to be given due process as embodied in law and the Constitution. Once in trial, may justice be true and swift in its delivery.

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:19am

      Snow, I agree with you on vigilante justice. BUT, had there been a person in that theater that was carrying and that person would have ended this tirade early as did the elderly gentleman the other day in that coffee shop, I don’t think that would be vigilante justice. In fact, that would be a much better outcome typically as more innocent people would have lived.

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    • Southernguy
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:32am

      That’s why I never leave home without it ;)

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    • FloridaFarmGirl
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 11:13am

      Amen!

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    • VanceUppercut
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 11:22am

      @Southernguy

      Your American Express card?

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    • Lloyd Drako
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 11:58am

      Of course. And if everyone in the theatre had been armed, how many people would have been killed? I appreciate the need of some and the right of all to carry firearms, but if everyone actually did so, there would be melees of a kind quite new to this country.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:13am

    Notice the differences – the Romneys show true compassion for the victims and their families; Obama is already using it as a rally cry for his people and to make an effort of uniting the nation around his benevolent dictatorial self interest.

    Now Obama and the Obamaites will commence the blame game of Conservatives, Tea Party, NRA, the lovers of the Second Amendment, and there will be a wave of legislation seeking immediate passage in Congress and via Executive Order to exploit the tragedy under ‘never waste a good emergency.’

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    • BeeGirl
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:40am

      SNOWLEOPARD , spot on. And I couldn`t agree more.

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  • djeffcoat
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:09am

    Just how long will it be before the left tries to spin the shooter as a radical conservative?

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:15am

      Already are based on Obamas latest statement.

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    • TROLLMONGER
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:26am

      The right wingers are already blaming it on Muslims. Hypocrisy is the main virture of the right wing Beckbots.

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    • The_Almighty_Creestof
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:27am

      About the same amount of time it take for our side to start in with the old “if only 5-10 people were excercising their right to open carry their legally owned assault rifles, this would never have happened”

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    • Slipstick
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:53am

      The shooter is apparently WHITE!
      Holder must be licking his chops and salivating uncontrollably.

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:56am

      TROLLMONGER – haven’t heard one person blame it on Muslims. Keep trying, only makes you look rather dumb.

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:12am

      @ the_almighty_creestof

      [quote]About the same amount of time it take for our side to start in with the old “if only 5-10 people were excercising their right to open carry their legally owned assault rifles, this would never have happened”[/quote]

      How else would you carry an “assault rifle”? Concealed? Seems that might be a bit difficult.
      Do you even know what an assault rifle is, or are you spewing the left’s claptrap new definition?

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    • Lloyd Drako
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:14am

      If a dozen people weren’t dead, it would be funny to watch all the a priori spinnery going on here: it was a radical Muslim, an OWS radical, a radical right-winger, a radical administration plot to advance the cause of gun control. As yet, we know nothing about the shooter except his name and age, but you can be sure that when more details emerge, the spin will accelerate, and there will be suspicions of a big coverup. Bet on it.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:56am

      @JRHUSKY
      “How else would you carry an “assault rifle”? Concealed? Seems that might be a bit difficult.”
      ——————————————————————————
      Ever hear of a trench coat? :-)

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 11:16am

      @ anonymous t. irrelevant

      [quote] “How else would you carry an “assault rifle”? Concealed? Seems that might be a bit difficult.”
      ——————————————————————————
      Ever hear of a trench coat? :-) [/quote]

      OK … but in the middle of July?
      Knowing what an assault rifle truly is, even with a trench coat, it’d be fairly easy to spot.

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  • Master.Debater
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:08am

    Waiting for the media to start accusing the tea party for this… Stay tuned.

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    • Beaver1776
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:20am

      ABC News is just now trying to make the connection. Someone with the same name as the alleged shooter was recently on a TEA Party website talking about joining. Right on cue.

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    • TROLLMONGER
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:27am

      Waiting for FOX news and the Beck to blame it on the Muslims.

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 9:15am

      @ beaver1776

      [quote]ABC News is just now trying to make the connection. Someone with the same name as the alleged shooter was recently on a TEA Party website talking about joining. Right on cue.[/quote]

      Amazing. Too bad ABC news‘ email doesn’t receive a few million angry emails in the next few hours due to their idiocy.

      It is conceivable, however, that this criminal did try to setup the Tea Party prior to his shooting.

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  • leftcoastslut
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:05am

    yes we Americans come together, just as we did at the Fort Hood shooting and as for quick justice, we are still waiting.

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  • RedDirtTexas
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:04am

    This is a mass murder in Colorado, subject to the laws of Colorado! Not federal law! Save some time and money Borock, and let the locals handle it. You should worry about bringing your Justice Department to justice!

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  • leftcoastslut
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:00am

    yes we come together as we did at the Fort Hood shooting, then we wait for this administration to do what? quick JUSTICE! justice for whom…

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  • SocialistSlayer
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 7:58am

    obama was worried that some of the victims might have been his voters! Don’t worry obama, we all know Commie-Crats can still vote, even if they are dead!

    Report Post » SocialistSlayer  
  • HKS
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 7:56am

    Probably no one will ever know the events that festered this kind of behavior, but I suspect a feeling of helplessness and hopelessness could be a player. The past few years and especially since Obama, people are stressed to the max. Breaking will probably happen in these situations. Nothing to look forward to, no hope, no faith, all with deadly potential.

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    • historyguy48
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 8:05am

      Comrade, or perhaps he did it just for fun? Like the clown that shot up the school in Ohio last spring. Or perhaps he’s a Jihadi dirt bag! Don’t feel sorry for the maniac, just his victims!
      There are people that choose to kill for the joy of it. By most standards we consider them sick, by their standards they are having a good time!

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    • Lloyd Drako
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 10:16am

      @HKS: People who will “break,” will break, in this case bad. The Columbine shootings happened when the 1990s prosperity was at its height. Maybe this guy’s girlfriend dumped him.

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    • VanceUppercut
      Posted on July 20, 2012 at 11:26am

      @HKS

      Hopelessness? Maybe the “hopelessness” in the country has to to with the previous President, who inherited a surplus and ended his Presidency with the country in the midst of the Great Recession.
      “During the Bush administration, middle-class income fell during a period of economic growth for the first recorded time in American history. Nearly 6 million Americans fell into poverty. And at the end of it all, on January 9, 2009, the Wall Street Journal looked back and found that the Bush administration produced ‘the worst track record for job creation since the government began keeping records.’”
      This is the conservative Wall Street Journal we’re talking about here. That’s right, the rich got richer, and the middle class got poorer under Bush. There’s your trickle down economics for you.

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  • historyguy48
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 7:52am

    Comrades why doesn’t Dear Leader just close every movie theater across the country by Executive order so nothing like this can ever happen again? Boy, would that ever pi– off those dummy movie actors that give him so much money!
    I know, I know, he’s more prone to use that Executive Order to try to take our guns away. That would be interesting because I do know how to use mine and trying to take it from me might not be the smartest thing to do.

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  • applehill
    Posted on July 20, 2012 at 7:51am

    If we can not learn to govern ourselves. Someone else will.

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