was Jim Holmes a Tea Party member?

[riverwalker]

save this in case page gets scrubbed. I don't know how big Aurora Colorado is, or if there are two Jim Holmes' living there. Odd that there is total silence about the shooter, no friends or neighbors coming forward yet.


http://denverteaparty.ning.com/profile/JimHolmes?xg_source=activity

[Bluzmann57]

1. I heard there are 24 guys with that name

listed in the Aurora phonebook. So the answer is, we simply don't know yet and we should not say one way or the other.

[mucifer]

2. This is the first few hours.

Wait and see.

[KurtNYC]

3. I think this was debunked 2 hours ago

I'm waiting for more detail from his mother.

It was irresponsible of ABC to speculate this morning.

[Zax2me]

4. ABC's Brian Ross is all over this.

how he got it so quick, who knows.
But no surprise -

[librechik]

13. Ross walked it back--can't confirm tea party ties n/t

[HooptieWagon]

5. Be careful, its not an uncommon name.

And my impression is the demographics for the teaparty (and dittoheads and FR too, for that matter) , are that of middle-aged and older people.

This is pure speculation on my part, which is dangerous itself, but the shooter probably didnt have a political motive. He likely was a somewhat loner or social outcast, seeking to be "famous", or perhaps was just lashing out at a society that he blames for his own troubles.

[Shankapotomus]

6. Screenr.com

Is probably a better way to document the page.

http://www.screenr.com/

[Marrah_G]

7. No one knows yet

[gopiscrap]

8. If he is a Tea Party member

you will never hear it from our media whores!

[bigdarryl]

9. Just heard on the S.Millers show there's 30 people in the Denver area with the name James Holmes

So this might not be the right guy

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. My guess is, no. He only recently moved to Colorado according to reports.

A search of "Jim Holmes" in Aurora, CO turns up several people with that name. All older than the suspect.

This was irresponsible reporting by ABC. Very foolish on their part, and nothing more than an attempt to be sensational during a horrific event.

[HopeHoops]

11. It doesn't matter. He is sick on multiple levels. The motivation is irrelevant. It's just sad.

[alp227]

12. The answer is no. please self delete this.

posts like this do not reflect well on DU. I alerted this, but the jury voted 3-3. ABC retracted its speculation about Holmes http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002981800

[WillowTree]

14. Agree. Please do delete. This kind of talk isn't helpful at this point.

[IndyPragmatist123]

16. We don't know much about him yet, what if he was a democrat?

Smart kid from Southern California. He is as likely to be a Democrat as he is a tea partier.

Trying to make this into a political issue is sickening.

If all it takes is a dozen or so innocent people to die to take down the tea party, the OP must be fine with that.

Sickening. Please delete this post.

[Marinedem]

15. Congrats.

You have implicated someone that is in all likelihood unrelated to this shooting.

Stay classy.

[BanTheGOP]

17. The Tea Party IS murderous, but not in this way

We cannot discount the effect the Tea Party has on the collective conscious of the country, which undoubtedly led to the conditions behind the tragedy, we cannot have news reporters from our side go off half-cocked like Ross.

But leave little doubt that the issues the baggers pontificate on are part of the most destructive organization in the history of the world, the republican Party.