On Gabrille Giffords

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4. Unfortunately sometimes they do win the battles

Gabby and other victims of violent crimes get to spend the rest of their lives, if they have one, fighting to regain health. Sometimes they win and there's not a goddamned thing we can do about it. And yes, it encourages them. The entire swell of teabaggers since Sarah Palin stepped on that stage for the first time is a result of being encouraged. She gave them permission to be hateful and violent and they ran with it. It doesn't matter that they seem to have tired of her. She turned out to be like opening Pandora's box, only I call it Sarah's box. The pestilence that has come from putting her in the public eye is what we face today.

We don't need to encourage anything. All they needed was Sarah Palin and the millionaire money to bus them around and pay for them to disrupt Democratic Town Hall meetings. They've taken over the reins now though as Scott Walker and his ilk have been elected. Not even the obvious threat of being recalled is stopping him from ramming legislation onto the floor. If anything he's sped it up.

They don't need our encouragement. They have their own.