Politics

Scared to Serve: Giffords Shooting Prompts GOP Resignations in AZ

Just weeks after being elected to a new one-year term as one of Arizona Republican Party’s district chairmen, 43-year-old Anthony Miller has resigned. His emailed resignation note to the state party chair was sent a few hours after Saturday’s shooting massacre in Tucson that killed six and left 13 injured, including Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

“Today my wife of 20 yrs ask (sic) me do I think that my PCs (Precinct Committee members) will shoot at our home? So with this being said I am stepping down from LD20GOP Chairman…I will make a full statement on Monday,” Miller’s message read. The battle between factions in Miller‘s Legislative District 20 had made him worry for his family’s safety and what happened on Saturday in Tucson confirmed his worst fears.

Miller’s resignation prompted a number of other Republican officials to step down, including the district’s secretary and first vice chairman. “This singular focus on ‘getting Anthony was one of the main reasons I chose to resign,” the former district spokesman says.

The Arizona Republic reports that the threatening rhetoric has come from divisions within the Republican Party:

After the election and around the December holiday season, some of Miller’s detractors made an issue of the residency of Dickinson, the first vice-chairman. Dickinson, who did not return phone messages, was a supporter of Miller’s and allegedly moved to a different precinct within Dist. 20 last year, making him ineligible for the leadership post. Miller said he told the critics he would handle the matter after the holidays. In the meantime, a series of accusatory e-mails was exchanged among party members. Some blasted Miller’s support of McCain, called him a “McCainiac with a penchant for violating the rules” and a “McCain hack.”

Miller said when he was a member of McCain’s campaign staff last year has been criticized by the more conservative party members who supported Republican opponent J.D. Hayworth. The first and only African-American to hold the party’s precinct chairmanship, Miller said he has been called “McCain’s boy,” and during the campaign saw a critic form his hand in the shape of a gun and point it at him.

“I wasn’t going to resign but decided to quit after what happened Saturday,” Miller said. “I love the Republican Party but I don’t want to take a bullet for anyone.”

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  • spendthrift
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:11pm

    Obama should have been a Muslim Preacher, NOT OUR PRESIDENT.

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  • jacquecustard
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:04pm

    Great,, times are tough, we need tough folk , thanks for your efforts, now we can find someone with back bone for the job.

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    • EP46
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 7:43am

      I thought the folks in Arizona were tougher…but remember that Arizona is under pressure from all sides

      INCLUDING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. If I lived in Arizona my fear would be from the federal government first

      Worry about illegals second, then way down the line somewhere I would worry about people with mental illness.

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  • Helldogger
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:02pm

    Hit the road Jack & doncha come back! If it’s too hot here in the kitchen for ya, the outhouse is right outside to the left.

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  • Eblaze44
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:00pm

    Apparently he shouldn’t have been the chairman anyway. http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1962/1/1962_1_36.shtml

    politics in the US has been rough and tumble from the start.

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    • teachermitch32
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:10pm

      What a terrific article. All Blaze readers should read this. My mind has captured only bits and pieces of this history over my 57 years. It was good to read it as a collective in this article.

      Hear that Blaze readers? Please read the article at the above link.

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  • orcainohio
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:00pm

    Sounds like Miller liked wishy washy middle of the road gopers , good riddence!

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  • patchouli42
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:59pm

    Remember that tragedies that strike close to home tend to get into peoples heads. There are people still to this day that refuse to go back into Manhattan after 911.

    The only thing that I can really say is that these people should take some time to ponder the situation before they act too rashly.

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  • RugDog
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:57pm

    Sissy.

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    • Reagan/DeMint.disciple
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:21pm

      Yeah, I guess now we know who wears the pants in that family… On a liner note, don’t you just love when a progressive lies and says they are a conservative (even though every word they write begs to differ) just to prove a that they actually know better than the people they are hanging around all day with posting.. Amazing how they even get past the front door to their mommies house,with numbness in their brains.. You would think the weight of the stones up there would turn them upright.. Probably has big brother holding his hand for ever little step.. They who I’m talking about, and I’m sure you all do too. If not just watch who comments to this post.. Then you’ll get the idea.

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  • KarenKat
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:55pm

    No guts, no glory…………….

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  • Barberrj
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:50pm

    “But I don’t want to take a bullet for anyone”…it‘s too bad that we don’t have leaders that think beyond themselves. Public service, by definition, is service for others…and if you aren’t willing to put some things on the line, including your life if necessary, for others or for your country…you should never have ran!

    Our leaders life should never be on the line, however, it is part of leadership at any scale. I pray he and all others that resign are replaced with American Patriots that know that this country needs strong, fearless leaders that are willing to thrive in diversity and help our country.

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  • American Saint
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:48pm

    Why not exercise the 2nd Amendment he swore to uphold and do the job he was elected to do. This is someone who would run to Canada if the draft were ever reinstated. Glad he resigned and the rest of the politicians who feel that way should also resign. Could you imagine our founding fathers quitting because they were scared that someone would get to them…like maybe Britain. Good riddance!

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  • Patriot Z
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:46pm

    c ya dont tlet the door jit ya where the good lord split ya. this is the time true leaders are made. if you wont take a bullet for your country then dont serve

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  • parmajohn
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:43pm

    He was in it for the wrong reason Can Our Men in the Military Quit when They Get Scared? Or See victim of War?

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    • Non-sequitur
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:08pm

      As a soldier, I sign up knowing that I may get shot.

      As a politician, I do not.

      While I believe this guy overreacted, I’m fine with him resigning if it helps him sleep better at night/stop fearing for his life.

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  • dave847
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:43pm

    I must say I am truly grateful to hear of his resignation. He obviously was not fit to serve the public if he is so quick to cut and run. Especially considering the odds of this happening to him is astronomically low. I only wish more weak minded public servants would take his lead. Although that would mean we would need to hold an emergency election to fill 98% of all positions nation wide.

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  • VanGrungy
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:40pm

    How many more neo-weathermen are out there after being exposed to Bill Ayers version of school?

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    • chasbronson
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 8:05am

      good point

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    • Amren
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 2:42pm

      Not many that would ever actually do anything. They are products of the University system that teaches them not to think for themselves.

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  • TrueToTheCoreAmerican
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:40pm

    If your not up for the job you shouldn’t have run in the first place. Our forefathers faced much larger fears and dangers and thus they were a stronger type of American. Those are the types of Americans we need in office. Not a sniveling “D” or “R” that runs in the face of fear.

    Our forefathers endured much worse and for that I respect them regardless of party. We need REAL politicians, FEARLESS AMERICANS that care about making this country strong like it has been.

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    • flashlight
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:01am

      I agree. To get voted in and then quitting. What a loser. He will probably go out and write a book or get a job on TV. Start a PAC and raise some money. We here in America do not like that kind of wimp.

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  • BloggyBayou
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:39pm

    THROW PAUL IN JAIL…NOW

    http://www.practicalstate.com/?p=4604

    Cheers

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  • broker0101
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:36pm

    Just curious as to when any of the numerous individuals and groups that Glenn Beck imagines are plotting violence against him will act?

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    • TrueToTheCoreAmerican
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:42pm

      @broker0101

      When you have an intelligent thought we’ll give you your 15 seconds. Until then …

      Oh my… another desperate liberal. There is help for your problem. A couple of episodes of Beck could help you go a long way towards recovery. The TRUTH will heal you.

      I just get such a kick out of how much time the liberals spend here then deny it. I guess they know to come here for an accurate education. We will help you though your darkest times. Just stay here with us.

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    • broker0101
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:50pm

      Glenn has you fairly well trained, considering what he had to work with, but you need to accuse me of being a “desperate PROGRESSIVE”, not liberal. The fact that I am a staunch Constitutional Conservative does not matter. I dare to question (and even mock) your messiah, so I must be a leftist. Your instructions and training as a Beck-Bot have taught you that above almost all else. I’d pity you if I was capable of suffering fools. Sadly, I am not.

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    • TrueToTheCoreAmerican
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:55pm

      @BROKER0101

      Your not capable of anything much – LIBERAL/PROGRESSIVE it’s the same thing.

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    • Patriot Z
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:14pm

      they have been acting in case you havent been paying attention…boycotts etc. when will the left grow some brains and realize they are wrong and the living proof of all that they say is wrong

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  • BlueCollared
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:35pm

    You can hear the media already. Moderate republlicans running scared from extreme right

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  • komponist-ZAH
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:34pm

    Huh? Does this make any sense to anybody?

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    • republitarian
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:47pm

      Sounds like local drama. You probably have to watch it from the first season.

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    • Fina Biscotti
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:52pm

      Seems like he had a problem already….that was going to catch up to him anyway…..and decided to use the tragic occasion as an excuse…to step down.

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    • NancyBee
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:31pm

      It sounds like the wild wild west to me.

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    • Sledgehammer
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:37pm

      No, it doesn’t, my wife of 20 yrs. time for a dog! This stinks to high heaven, time will tell!

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    • REDPILLREADY
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 11:02pm

      RINOs are feeling big pressure from the grass roots perhaps more than the lib-lefties. With the daunting magnitude of problems now baring down on the nation,( the legacy of 100 years of progressive-socialist policies), no thinking person can just “hope” it will get better doing the same. The conservative public is finally deciding for themselves they can “no longer go along to get along” and is participating in the political process like never before. RINOs are the most confused and bitter. Neither side needs ‘luke warm”. They have no were to go except check out or be voted out. As that happens, what we are witnessing over and over is RINOs going out in backlashing fashion toward the tea party, conservative movement. Nothing more than just sore loser behavior from the lib-progressive character. Conservatives, we can expect a lot more of this because we are winning! And thats the point we can not forget here.

      To the AZ – RINOs, good riddance and enjoy your 15 minutes of adoration by the MSM.

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 11:53pm

      if you don’t have enough honor and conviction , save the public money and go home

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  • encinom
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:33pm

    Arizona Tea-Baggers eating their own. His fear wasn’t of the boogey man progressive that Beck mentions, but tea-baggers in his precinct that supported Hayworth.

    How is Beck going to spin this one to blame Soros.

     
    • Amren
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:18pm

      Wow, teabaggers. I bet you stayed up all night thinking of that, huh?
      Beck doesn’t need to spin this. The Pima County Sherriff opened his big mouth and spouted HIS OPINION, not facts. Typical of the Left.
      Also, why is it that the Left calls the Tea Party names and then blames them for the “vitriol and rhetoric”?
      If you have to resort to name calling, you’ve already lost the arguement.
      As for this guy resigning, I am in agreement with most of the posters here. Obviously, or I probably wouldn’t be coming to this site, right? This man does not have what it takes to be in politics. It’s good that he got out now. Courage is a quality that began to be “taught” out of males back when I was in grade school. It became unacceptable to stand up for oneself. Luckily, this was a lesson I never learned. Unfortunately, most of our politicians learned the coward lesson too well.

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    • OneFunR6
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:27pm

      Soros, a US citizen, is spending his billions to infect the Federal and State governments with:

      SOCIALISM,

      but, there is NO SUCH THING as Socialism, in reality, BECAUSE it MUST and ALWAYS does END in FASICSM.

      This is in DIRECT OPPOSITION TO and SUPPRESSION OF the US CONSITIUTION.

      To WHICH ‘they’ ALL SWORE an OATH to UPHOLD.

      “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”

      My father’s family fled certain death in ENGLAND, for Ireland.

      And then fled certain death in IRELAND, for Virginia.

      IN 1695.

      IF you and/or the ELECTED officials in THIS country WILL NOT

      “UPHOLD AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, SO HELP ME GOD.”

      Then I WILL FIGHT them with WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY to RETAIN MY GOD GIVEN RIGHTS, as stated in the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

      I AM WILLING TO KILL.

      AND I am WILLING to DIE.

      Are you? This politician IS NOT.

      IF he is NOT, then HE is UNFIT to “UPHOLD AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, SO HELP ME GOD.”

      And for those support of the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, and ALL OTHERS WHO CHOOSE TO DO THE SAME; AND with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, I FIRMLY pledge to each OF THESE others, MY Life, MY Fortune and MY sacred Honor.

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:32pm

    i call malarkey

    he just isnt grown up and adult enough to handle the responsibility………….actually i think that goes for almost all our politicians

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  • Reagan/DeMint.disciple
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:32pm

    I read the first line and I said the wife got to him.. lol, and what do you know that next thing I read ???
    Pretty sad, course if you don‘t have the balls I don’t want him in there anyway, the libs would’ve pushed him around like a pansy..

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:02pm

      Today my wife of 20 yrs ask (sic) me do I think that my PCs (Precinct Committee members) will shoot at our home?
      ———-

      And what makes her ask that question ?
      Have they done something like this before..the shooting that is ?

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    • J.C. McGlynn
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 4:30pm

      Hey, RDD: He reported this to the sheriffs department. The same Sheriff that blamed the right for the Tuscon shootings. I believe that the sheriffs dept. is not going to do anything until he gets killed. What do you think?

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  • ReneePA
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:32pm

    Cowardice. Pure and simple. Why not just let this be a lesson in having better security? These Republicans are a disgrace for stepping down. This is exactly what the liberal loons want. They want to bully and intimidate us. We have some tough times ahead and we need some tough people that are willing to stand their ground.

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    • komponist-ZAH
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:37pm

      Sound like RINOs to me.

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    • Reagan/DeMint.disciple
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:37pm

      EXACTLY, I’m willing to die for my fellow people and my country, not this guy though.. If his wife convinced him, then can you imagine what his voting record would’ve looked like after the first year ?

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    • Grady Curve
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:56pm

      We need republicans who have the conviction to give their sacred honor and lives in needed for this country if need be…. We are at WAR with the progressives… and if you step up to take office you are serving the country….and must be prepared to make that sacrifice… Every VET on this message board has taken the same oath that these politicians have taken to uphold and defend the constitution… Our constitution, our Country is under attack form the radical left…. STAND UP, STAND PROUD and DEFEND our way of life before it is GONE

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    • clockn63
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:12pm

      I certainly can understand how vulnerable they must feel right now but making decissions during the heat of the moment causes regrets. I think everybody needs to take a deep breath and process this first

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    • My Sacred Honor
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:36pm

      I don‘t give a good ’gol-darn” WHAT letter is by their name, get out of my “leadership role” if you don’t have the balls to stand. We NEED MEN, not COWARDS.

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:16pm

      Excuse me – but I am a liberal and I am no loon – stop with the name calling – can’t we have honest debate? No I guess not – we need to be hateful and call names – so go ahead – I can handle it!1
      http://wp.me/pYLB7-v9

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    • My Sacred Honor
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:47pm

      @ GRADY CURVE I am a Marine, discharged in ‘98, but I still hold my Oath to the American People, to defend the Constitution of the United States against ALL enemies, foriegn and domestic.

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    • 338lapua
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:48pm

      We the people have a spine, therefore, you the representative need to have a spine. BARE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT!!!!! Go home to mommy, she made cookies. Let the real Women and Men serve the Country.

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    • royalstar
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 11:39pm

      I think we will all be surprised how many defectors from the GOP before the tasks at hand have been accomplished. I celebrate each and every one and the sooner the better. We need to know who will and who won’t stand and defend our Republic during trying times. ******* need not apply. The battle line of ideas are being drawn as no other time in my lifetime. It is on! Not for the faint at heart.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:44am

      @My Sacred Honor “I don‘t give a good ’gol-darn” WHAT letter is by their name, get out of my “leadership role” if you don’t have the balls to stand. We NEED MEN, not COWARDS.”

      Gabby had that kind of conviction! I agree with you…Let him be replaced with someone who WILL DO WHAT’S NECESSARY to STAND and say YES I CAN!

      We NEED and DESERVE NOTHING LESS!

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  • rdk
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:30pm

    It does take courage to be a politician with strong views on how the world works. Those minor politicians who need to be surrounded by guards and plexiglass on a 24/7 basis should resign, wherever they may be.

     
    • rhaedge
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:35pm

      I may gay in an accident if I leave my home, therefore I will never leave my home again! Cmon. This is how cowards talk. Get a spine and stand up for something!

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    • rhaedge
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:38pm

      I may “get”, not gay. Oh well, I am using my iPhone to type.

       
    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:48pm

      Public offices are positions of service – government exists to secure the unalienable rights of the People; The People entrust elected officials with certain powers for that purpose alone.

      So when elected officials overstep their Constitutional authority, they do need to be afraid of the People. When elected officials take the oath to uphold the Constitution, the Second Amendment is part of that.

       
    • Patriot Z
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:48pm

      rhaedge- ill take a bullet for my country in a heartbeat..the gay thing…..uhhhhhh i may quit..LOL i said lead bullet not love bullet ;0P

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    • nothingbuthetruth
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:51pm

      I guess he was watching MSNBC and didnt hear that the killer had a severe mental illness and was not political.

       
    • DisillusionedDaily
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:52pm

      These GOP politicians are not being harassed or threatened by Republicans. Their safety is threatened by politically radical militants who would like to overthrow the government of the US and impose their own rules on soceity.

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    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:55pm

      Today my wife of 20 yrs ask (sic) me do I think that my PCs (Precinct Committee members) will shoot at our home? So with this being said I am stepping down from LD20GOP Chairman…I will make a full statement on Monday,”

      ___________

      His statement on Monday :

      “ I am joining the Democratic party ”

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    • Socco
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:59pm

      RHAEDGE,

      Dont be ashamed of who you are, iPhones don’t make you gay! Its your subconsciousness leading you out of the closet!

      Socco  
    • FlatFoot
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:00pm

      @rhaedge
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:38pm

      That stupid autocorrect feature can be a real mutha. lol

      In fact, there’s a whole website dedicated to it. http://damnyouautocorrect.com/

      …

      As for the resignations, well, whatever makes them feel safe and warm is what they should do I guess. They’re under no obligation to have a spine. In fact, it is probably best that they do resign if they are so meek and mild. We need fighters and go-getters. Not pillow-biters and pants wetters.

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    • 101
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:02pm

      More political posturing from the progressives to take away more rights… I’m sure they paid him well, not only to make a statement by resigning but also to attack the Tea Party movement!

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    • Non-sequitur
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:05pm

      @Patriot Z

      But what if you’d have to have gay sex to save your country?

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    • Ironmaan
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:20pm

      Sissy. “Leaders” like that should resign.

      http://guerillatics.com

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    • 101
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:23pm

      Military Quote of the Day

      “When I joined the military it was illegal to be homosexual; then it became optional.
      I’m getting out before Obama makes it mandatory.”

      —-Gunnery Sgt Harry Berres, USMC

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:24pm

      how soon we forget. president Bush was threatened by death for 8 years.your hypocrisy stinks.it stinks.

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    • My Sacred Honor
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:32pm

      The 56 Founders pledged “My life, My fourtune, My Sacred Honor” to everyone signing the declaration and to those on this soil who would be Americans. These are cowards of the highest stench and should be ridiculed to til the day they are in their last hours of life, wishing they could go back to now and have the balls to stand for the people like they were elected to do.
      God rot their yellow asses.

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    • My Sacred Honor
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:34pm

      And good riddance.

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    • booger71
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:10pm

      Glad he was not serving in our brave Military

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    • P C BE DAMNED
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:20pm

      The fate of the American Statesmen who signed the Declaration of Independance

      Of those 56 who signed the Declaration of Independence, nine died of wounds or hardships during the war. Five were captured and imprisoned, in each case with brutal treatment. Several lost wives, sons or entire families. One lost his 13 children. Two wives were brutally treated. All were at one time or another the victims of manhunts and driven from their homes. Twelve signers had their homes completely burned. Seventeen lost everything they owned. Yet not one defected or went back on his pledged word. Their honor, and the nation they sacrificed so much to create, is still intact.
      And, finally, there is the New Jersey signer, Abraham Clark. He gave two sons to the officer corps in the Revolutionary Army. They were captured and sent to the infamous British prison hulk afloat in New York harbor known as the hell ship “Jersey,” where 11,000 American captives were to die. The younger Clarks were treated with a special brutality because of their father. One was put in solitary and given no food. With the end almost in sight, with the war almost won, no one could have blamed Abraham Clark for acceding to the British request when they offered him his sons’ lives if he would recant and come out for the King and parliament. The utter despair in this man’s heart, the anguish in his very soul, must reach out to each one of us down through 200 years with his answer: “No.”
      The 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence proved by their every deed that they made no idle boast when they composed the most magnificent curtain line in history. “And for the support of this Declaration with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.”

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    • home_of_the_brave
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:24pm

      Imagine of Washington, Jefferson, Franklin or Henry was afraid to serve because of the risk of being killed we’d probably still be under British control. The price of Freedom is never free. If any politician is not willing to give their life for this great country than good riddance. We ask our armed service to do this everyday and they make a lot less than this guy.

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    • Sondergard
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:28pm

      pathetic skum needs to grow a pair of balls.. makes me sad/sick to know someone in the gop could tuck tail and run so easy… oh there was a school shooting so i should just drop out? nice way to set an example for others. do us a favor and never try to get into politics again, leave the job for the big boys and girls.

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    • My Sacred Honor
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:43pm

      @P C BE DAMNED, thank you so much for your post, that was what i was going for and yours was supurb. In our country’s time of great tribulation we MUST rermember what our founders went through, and what they pledged to make us what we are today. The free-est and greatest country on earth!

      Semper Fi to you, brother and thanks again for the reminder of what our founders pledged and suffered through to make us what we are!

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:44pm

      Well gee .. isn’t it “funny” (as in ironic, strange) that it is GOP … that feel “threatened” .. could it have anything to do with the RHETORIC AND FINGER POINTING from the left this week … I think so! The hate from the left has been INSANE!

      I would not let them push me around .. but then I am a woman .. we seem to be tougher these days (Palin, Bachman).

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    • jzs
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:54pm

      Doctor’s Labor says, “So when elected officials overstep their Constitutional authority, they do need to be afraid of the People. When elected officials take the oath to uphold the Constitution, the Second Amendment is part of that.”

      Here is the good Doctor telling everyone in the world that assassination is a Constitutional right in America. “The People” of the United States of America do not use assassination as a way of changing the direction of the Government Doctor, they vote. We in this country have a government of laws, not vigilantism based on the personal opinion of an individual like you that a political figure is “overstepping their Constitutional authority”. You are free, with the First Amendment, to publicly throw your lot in with assassins and would be assassins, but in America we vote people out of office, or try them in a court of law. But we don’t murder them.

      Doctor, one thing that is certain is that you are not is a doctor, please drop the pretension, but I’m inclined after reading your post that you may need to see one.

      Be thankful that voices like yours can be heard in this country, but let all pray no one listens. listens.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 11:33pm

      I actually have some respect for the guy…if he truly is doing it as a concern for his wife…I have no reason to believe that he isn’t…In order to serve, these people have to have tremendous understanding and support from their families…I wish him well…

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    • My Sacred Honor
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 11:50pm

      @JZS, shut your hole. you and your ilk look for any one openning to insert your hate-filled rhetoric. he was stating, as Jefferson would have, that when the government gets to overwhelming and tyrannical, than the only hope of the people is the second amendment. That we have the power over our government to do our will, and that if they try to force their will on us, then we, by right and constitution, can make them subvert to our will. He never said, and our Founders never implied, that the will of an individual has power to suplant the will of an elected official through execution.
      That train of thought is insanity, and can be seen in the face of the guy you see every 20 seconds on any 24 hour news network.

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    • avenger
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 6:04am

      whatever…..thank God people had courage in 1775 !

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 6:52am

      If you can’t take the heat, get out of the fire. I have to agree with previous comments, guy had no spine anyway and would have been a HUGE RINO and the progressives would have walked all over him. Maybe they should ask if his WIFE would like the spot!

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    • IntheKnowOG
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 7:13am

      @jzs

      Your logic would have us sipping tea at 3 every afternoon gossiping about the queens new provincial governor for the colonies. Such talk is important to remind power hungery politicians who IGNORE the Constitution that they are not ordained by God to rule (as a king is). Were the founding fathers just as crazy? Using your logic yes. As a last resort, revolution is the only answer. See what happens if voter fraud gets worse. People will not stand being ripped off for long.

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    • EP46
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 7:45am

      Agree RDK…but keep in mind Arizona has the FED GOVERNMENT against them, then the illegals…then the drug gangs….and on and on

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    • Anarcho Capitalist
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 7:51am

      Good, he was just a neocon anyway. Damn mcnugget supporters, when will they learn?

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 7:52am

      A victory for the sheriff. Get that man out of the public sector and do it immediately(!), he is a danger to the people of his district. I am very sorry to hear this gentleman is resigning his post because one crazy person, who is off the streets, who had been threatening for years (but the inept sheriff did nothing), carried out his threat. With the media aiding and abetting the sheriff I imagine it is a bit frightening but this too shall pass. I pray the GOP will find someone to take over who will stand for what we believe, freedom, and pray they will stay safe.

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    • HillBillySam1
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 9:45am

      @ P C BE DAMNED
      Thank you for your post.

      @RDK
      It’s ok about your Fruedian Slip…..but please come up with a better excuse than “I am using my iPhone to type”…..C’mon, dude…..my bestest buddy/first cousin/brother-in-law/legal guardian Cleatus can come up with a better excuse than that…..and he ain’t “right” in the head.

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    • HillBillySam1
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 9:48am

      My bad…..that last comment was for RHAEDGE and not RDK…..it‘s the moonshine talkin’…..eyesight ain’t near what it used to be.

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    • TheLeftMadeMeRight
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 9:51am

      Yea punch in Obama in spell check and see what comes out….

      Osama…just a coincidence?

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

      @My Sacred Honor – You need to look up the word “tyrannical” which is your justification for using the “Second Amendment” remedies you and Doctor are referring to. Okay, did you look up the word? You may recall that we recently had an election and that, actually, a lot of Republicans won. Tyrannical governments don’t have elections. If you read the news, you know that any laws passed in the last two years have been voted on by the House and Senate. In fact, rather than the simple majority the Founders envisioned, Republicans in the Senate required a 60% super majority. Some bills passed, some did not, but the government was operating as it always has.

      That form of government is not called a tyranny, it’s called a Democracy. And it’s been no different the last two years that the two years before that, or the 200 years before that.

      No “tyranny” and “dictatorship” are words people like you use to inflame passions. Along with the logic your “Second Amendment remedies”, provide the justification in some minds to assassinate, make death threats, throw bricks through the windows of Democrats and so on.

      If you actually understood what the word tyranny meant you wouldn’t confuse that with our government, one elected by the people, and one whose elected officials vote on laws. And you wouldn’t have a justification for violence.

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

      Well, maybe some braver people, who pack heat, will take their places now.

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    • encinom
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:34pm

      @A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      ” When elected officials take the oath to uphold the Constitution, the Second Amendment is part of that.”

      And you wondered why peole at first blamed the Tea-Bagging party? The rhetoric of the Tea-Baggers from their National leaders, to the pundents and finally its members is laced with violent references and 2nd Amendment rememdies.

      The Tea-Party has no understand what it means to be an American, they have no love for the country or the Constitution. The Tea Party is a collection petty creatures blinded by racism and hate for does that do not believe in the mythical, leave it to beaver America.

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    • Beckofile
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 12:49pm

      I guess the somewhat positive unintended outcome to this shooting is that it is shaking out the weak progressive losers. That is good that we know that he does not have the ba$$s to serve in a time when we need strong leaders. Show him the door and get a Tea Party Patriot in there:)

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    • jzs
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:29pm

      @IntheKnowOG – could you send me a link to any indictments or convictions for the voter fraud you say is rampant? Allegations, sure. That’s what the Tea Party is going to say when their candidates lose. But I’m talking about convictions. Can you find one and post a link?

      Also, you say politicians are ignoring the Constitution. Yeah, I hear that all the time. Can you give me an example? Can you give a single example of something a politician has done, reference exactly what part of the Constitution, or applicable case law applies, and explain why the action was unconstitutional.

      Seriously. Give the world an example, or admit you are just making stuff up. You must have 50 examples you can give right of the top of your head.

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    • chazman
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 6:44pm

      I’m glad they resigned. I would die for America. We need leaders, not scardy cats …

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    • What-A-Joke
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 7:05pm

      Can you say overreact? My opinion, they are giving this SOOOO much attention, THAT will cause more problems. Even the nuts want their 15 minutes, and some don’t care how they get it.

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  • Cherished Emblems
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:27pm

    We need leaders that are fearless… Goodbye!

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