One is either for NRA/LaPierre/Guns, or for Mike Bloomberg/anti-gun side. NO middle ground.

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96. Post #38 Told you about Gifford.

"Giffords held the advantage of being local, having been born and brought up in Tucson. She did not compromise on core liberal principles, in particular her support for the right to abortion and backing for Barack Obama's healthcare reform, but she also believes in gun rights, almost a non-negotiable position in Arizona. "

"She was on the conservative wing of the Democrats, one of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrats, and was among those who last week failed to give public backing to former Speaker Nancy Pelosi's bid to become party leader in the House.

Her pragmatic approach to politics has been evident in her support for immigration reform.

With a big Latino support network behind her, she has a principled belief in the need to find a route to citizenship for illegal immigrants for tougher security along the US-Mexican border, which is particularly porous south of Tucson. She called for the deployment of the National Guard, which Obama put into effect last year.

Giffords took a degree in Latin American studies at university in California and a masters in regional planning at Cornell. She subsequently spent a year in Mexico and is fluent in Spanish.

After a short stint in New York with the Pricewaterhouse accountancy firm, she returned to Tucson in 1996 to work for a family tire business.

She started her political life as a Republican but switched in 1999, and a year later was elected as a Democrat to the Arizona state legislature. In 2006, she successfully stood for the US House of Representatives"

So in your world there is no room for personal growth (change) and everybody is cast in stone. So you have to throw her out and under the bus.