Statement by the President on Resignation of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords
Gabby Giffords embodies the very best of what public service should be. She’s universally admired for qualities that transcend party or ideology – a dedication to fairness, a willingness to listen to different ideas, and a tireless commitment to the work of perfecting our union. That’s why the people of Arizona chose Gabby – to speak and fight and stand up for them. That’s what brought her to a supermarket in Tucson last year – so she could carry their hopes and concerns to Washington. And we know it is with the best interests of her constituents in mind that Gabby has made the tough decision to step down from Congress.
Over the last year, Gabby and her husband Mark have taught us the true meaning of hope in the face of despair, determination in the face of incredible odds, and now – even after she’s come so far – Gabby shows us what it means to be selfless as well.
Gabby’s cheerful presence will be missed in Washington. But she will remain an inspiration to all whose lives she touched – myself included. And I’m confident that we haven’t seen the last of this extraordinary American.
Two very exceptional people.
We have lost one, let's not lose the other.
Can't help but think that Sarah won this battle. The "target" has now been eliminated.
ReplyDeleteNo, Sarah lost. Gabby may have left Congress, but she left the Democrats in Arizona determined to replace her with someone just as strong. Arizona will never be the same; neither will America. And Sarah will never again hold public office, no matter WHAT Newt the Fruit has illegally promised her for her endorsement.
ReplyDeleteYou'd have to have a pretty cold heart not to feel the ache of every switch between Giffords before and Giffords now.
ReplyDeleteAt the same time, however, this felt like anything but a thank you and farewell. Watch the first eleven seconds again, with the Western montage, and then the next four as Gabby begins: "Arizona is my home." Given the format, the music, the length, it's almost indistinguishable from a campaign video. Now, you might say the ad style simply pays respects to her passion and dedication to the role, and reluctance to let it go. I think it's a lot more savvy than than that, though. (You recall the famous: "Hello, I must be going!" line?) Given how the recovery and rehab has been as heedful media-wise as medically, this reads like a formal re-introduction -- the announcement that, (if and) as soon as it's humanly possible, Gabby's back in the ring.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-shaw/reading-the-pictures-gabb_b_1223771.html
No. Palin did not win. When evil spoke through Palin and the shooter, it was overwhelmed by the love, care and concern in the people of Tuscon, Arizona and America. Hate cannot destroy us if we don't allow it.
ReplyDelete"I'll get you, my pretty," said Sarah Palin. And she did.
ReplyDeleteHowever, Gabby Giffords gave us all a lesson in courage and humanity. I hope that some day Palin learns this lesson.
Meantime, I will continue to hate Palin with the fire of a thousand suns.
Sarah Palin is so evil.
ReplyDeleteOBAMA landslide in November!! And let's give him a "rill" Congress that actually thinks of the 99%! I say vote all the Rethug bums out in the next election. And we WON'T be using crosshairs, Sarah! Because sane people don't do that. We VOTE. And the court of public opinion has voted you OUT! So go...
ReplyDeleteThe Witch of Wasilla tweets in 3...2...1...
ReplyDeletewhat a heart felt statement.
ReplyDeletethink many of us wish Gabby was ready to go back to work. But I do realize it is just about a miracle that she is already recovered as much as she had.
i do think that they really taught us all a lesson in love and committment, what a lovely couple andtrue role models for every marriage.
I finally watched Gabby's video below and I'm in tears. GABBY, you are the greatest--a true leader, an inspiration, an amazing spirit. We love you. Sending you light and love always.
ReplyDeleteI just sob every time I read about Giffords leaving office. She's a great example of a true public servant and sadly, it sometimes seems as if those are getting harder to find.
ReplyDeleteBut she's also a terrific inspiration and I will do what I can do, which is to resolve, again, in her honor, to be the best engaged and productive citizen and concerned human I can be.
Read 'em and weep Sarah you unmitigated c*nt and pathological lying skank.
ReplyDeletePresident Obama has taken steps to move us toward energy independence and create an economy that’s built to last. He’s been a strong supporter of domestic energy production, has made historic investments in clean energy technology, and has nearly doubled fuel-efficiency standards for cars and light trucks. Because of the progress we’ve made, our dependence on foreign oil is the lowest it’s been in 16 years. Yet, conservative groups funded by big oil are spending millions trying to distort the President’s record.
http://www.barackobama.com/energyfacts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HposLSsvHZc
Obama/Biden LANDSLIDE 2012 Let's Stay Together
There are so many things to be saddened about in this country right now, and Gabby Giffords' losses are very much enmeshed in many of them. But she is an exceptional steward of hope. She influences me to believe in other human beings out there in policy and governing land.
ReplyDeleteLet's distribute this far and wide, it's the truth and it needs to get out their to nip the lying narrative the GOP has out there.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.barackobama.com/jobsrecord?source=OM2012
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After taking office, President Obama signed the Recovery Act to help get our economy back on track. As a result:
•The U.S. has seen 22 consecutive months of private-sector job growth.
•The private sector added more than 3.1 million jobs over those 22 months,.
•Manufacturing added 334,000 jobs in the last two years, the first time since 1997 that manufacturing employment rose.
The President passed legislation to create jobs and supporting working Americans, including:
•A payroll tax cut for all working families, providing the average working family with a $1,000 tax cut in 2011.
•Expansion of small business loan programs to help small business access credit and create jobs.
•Initiatives to help veterans transition to post-service careers.
•Tax incentives for businesses that hire unemployed veterans.
The President's decision to provide emergency loans to the auto industry:
•Saved more than 1.4 million American jobs.
•Prevented personal income losses over two years of more than $96 billion.
•Helped make the big three (Chrysler, GM, and Ford) all profitable for the first time in years.
This is a terrific video I just found on Reddit:
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President Obama is not letting congressional gridlock slow economic growth. Here are the actions he has taken to support the middle class.
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FINALLY, he is singing his praises. It's time.
President Obama "Let's Stay Together" in 2012 and beyond
Obama's Achievements Which are Getting Drowned By The GOP's Constant Flood of Lies
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There is ONLY ONE CHOICE for 2012.
In a LANDSLIDE...Barack Obama is the man.
If Gingrich wins Florida, the Republican Establishment is going to have a meltdown that makes Three Mile Island look like a marshmallow roast. Why? Because the Establishment will be staring down the barrel of two utterly unpalatable choices. On the one hand, Gingrich's national favorable-unfavorable ratings of 26.5 and 58.6 percent, respectively make him not just unelectable against Obama but also mean that he would likely be a ten-ton millstone around the necks of down-ballot Republican candidates across the country. And on the other, Romney will have shown in two successive contests—one in a bellwether Republican state, the other in a key swing state—an inability to beat his deeply unpopular rival. If this scenario unfolds, the sound of GOP grandees whispering calls for a white knight, be it Indiana governor Mitch Daniels (who, conveniently, is delivering the Republican response to Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night) or Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan or even Jeb Bush, will be deafening.
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But we KNOW it won't be Baldy that gets the nod...LOL...she's toast in those circles, even if the Flying Monkeys like to think otherwise. It's gonna be even more fun when they DO have a split convention and Sarah is left in the ditch where she belongs.
I'm stocking up, are you:
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P.S. My heart simply bursts with appreciation and respect for Gabby and President Obama. They are both exemplary human beings that have taught me much about honor, commitment and humble grace.
The Coming Tsunami of Slime
ReplyDeleteHow Super-PACs, vulnerable candidates, and armies of mercenaries will converge to create the ugliest campaign ever.
http://nymag.com/news/features/negative-campaigning-2012-1/
It's gonna be brutal and not like we've ever seen before and I for one DREAD it. Though I do believe that Obama will, in the end, rise above and remain the honorable man that he is, and win.
All my heartfelt best to Gabby. May she have a productive, full recovery from this tragedy.
ReplyDeleteAnd to Poor Victim Sarah (and her slathering minions): karma is a REAL bitch. And it never forgets.
Just did a google search for Palin, and like clockwork, there appears an " updated" post at The Republic by Rachel D'Oro about the Christy's. Every single time Gabby gets news, up pops Christy's name by Rachel. Always! Disgusting. Cheap trash.
ReplyDeleteIt can't just be coincidence. Can't provide link by but google shows it.
Congressman Giffords is making a very mature decision. It's hard for someone chosen by their communities to represent them to give it up.
ReplyDeleteIronically, it's been hard for someone suffering from brain trauma to walk away, but she's doing the right thing.
Whereas, adulterous politico's like Governor Sanford and a then 90's Speaker of the House Gingrich fought the calls for their resignation.
A First term Governor, barely half-way into her ONE term, gave it up without prompting. Funny how that happens.
Your astronaut husband is even more of a hero for declining the proffered spot customary in this situation - electing to stay by your side instead.
God speed Gabby. Let's pray Blood Libeled Sarah's surveyor's marks don't follow you in your dreams or hobble your recovery.
Gabby Giffords is truly, "The Undefeated."
ReplyDeleteKeep getting better and stronger, Champ! The good people of Arizona and the rest of the United States will be waiting for you, when you return.
Godspeed
Sarah Palin is a monster. A reptilian horror that slakes her passion on hate, innuendo, harm and distrust. She will pay an eternal price for her monstrous activities, the likes of which she cannot even begin to fathom.
ReplyDeleteGabby and her husband are the gold standard for what is possible when two people love each other. I'm gobsmacked by the utter glow that Gabby has and can only believe that it is Divine Intervention that saved her from the monsters that called for her harm.
and on another note....
Mostly CNN sucks, but I happen to like this guy and find him to be very intelligent and well read, and able to articulate world events quite well. This is an article where he speaks of his interview with President Obama. I really liked this line in particular:
'Obama seemed relaxed, calm and confident.'
Very good to know.
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Obama's foreign policy successes
By Fareed Zakaria, CNN
I spent the last few weeks working on an essay for TIME Magazine on Barack Obama's foreign policy and, in association with that piece, I interviewed the president on Wednesday in the Oval Office.
Let me give you a few of my thoughts and impressions.
Obama seemed relaxed, calm and confident.
I asked him about Mitt Romney's attacks on him as "indecisive, timid, and nuanced." (I don't quite know why being nuanced is a bad thing, but that's what Romney said.)
Obama responded, “Romney and the rest of the Republican field are going to be playing to their base until the primary season is over.”
After that, he said, “I look forward to having a foreign policy debate. Overall, I think it's going to be pretty hard to argue that we have not executed a strategy over the last three years that has put America in a stronger position than it was than when I came into office."
I think Obama has good reason to be confident on this front. He entered the Oval Office with the United States deeply unpopular around the world, with vast commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan, with difficult relations with many countries and a large part of the world feeling that it had been ignored by an America obsessed by the “War on Terror.”
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/19/zakaria-obamas-foreign-policy-successes/
I don't think the Sarah trolls will dare to comment on this posting.
ReplyDeleteOT, but here's another example of the Rethuglican hate meme against "libruls". As a cat lover, this is turning my stomach in knots. What else can we expect in the future??
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Hey Sarah, we've all got a fire in our belly to never forget your role in escalating hatred and violence against duly elected representatives.
ReplyDeleteYes, you may wonder why, but we have no problem assigning blame to you, you hideous wretch of a human being.
If you are a "microcosm" (by the way, wherever did you come upon that word? You love trying to use it, just like "via," "progress," "desiring," and LOL, "covertly.") of the Ugly American (and you are,) then Gabby is a microcosm of good and decent Americans that don't have to shove this false sentiment about God, Family and Country when it's really all about the money and notoriety you don't deserve.
Being American means we don't have to prove allegiance to any of the above, we can just be citizens and not be a threat to this country.
SUCK ON THIS SARAH THE EVIL ONE!
ReplyDeleteMark Kelly, Gabrielle Giffords' Husband, To Be Obama's State Of The Union Guest
The White House says President Barack Obama has invited Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' husband to attend Tuesday's State of the Union address.
White House spokesman Jay Carney says the president looks forward to having Mark Kelly, a retired NASA astronaut, as a guest in the first lady's box.
Carney says Obama and Kelly spoke Monday morning. He says the president thanked both Giffords and Kelly for their patriotism and dedication to the country.
Kelly's wife, the Arizona congresswoman, was shot in the head just over a year ago in an assassination attempt. She announced Sunday that she was resigning from Congress to focus on her recovery.
And of course Gabby will be there too!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/23/mark-kelly-gabrielle-giffords-obama-state-of-the-union_n_1224012.html?ref=politics
Gabby is a great patriot and will be missed in Congress!! I just love her!
ReplyDeleteO/T Eric Bolling FB says Palin takes on Chris Christi over his remark that Newt is an embarrasment to GOP. This oughta be good. Tonight at 10pm est on Faux Business. She is on Hannity also too.
OT: The Washington State legislature now has enough votes to pass gay marriage! Yay!
ReplyDeleteCallista Gingrich Defends Newt's 'Open Marriage' Accusations
ReplyDeleteAfter Newt Gingrich's second wife Marianne told ABC News that her ex-husband requested an open marriage prior to their divorce, some pundits thought the revelation could harm Newt's chances at the presidency. In a Funny Or Die video released Monday, his current wife Callista (played by Casey Wilson, sans distinctive Callista hairstyle), for whom Newt left his second wife, defends her husband.
"How could a man with the body of Mario Batali and the face of a goblin with gigantism be irresistible to the fairer sex?" Callista hypothetically asks. But she's living proof that, indeed, there have been points in time that multiple women desperately wanted Newt, and there just wasn't enough to go around (if you can believe that).
"An open marriage is just like a regular marriage, only with more crying," Callista explains, responding to questions of whether she and Newt currently have an open marriage -- since she was the one who encouraged him to push for one with Marianne.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/23/callista-gingrich-defends-newts-open-marriage-claim_n_1223768.html?ref=elections-2012
Obama Reacting To GOP Presidential Primary Race
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I can barely bring myself to post on the Gabby Giffords threads. What happened to her and all those other people who were gunned down that day is our window into the horror that lurks damn close to the surface in this country.
ReplyDeleteI do get some comfort from knowing she is surrounded by love and support, but we can't ever forget - ever - what happened that day.
I think we see again not a leaf of salad in his tender words to this gallant woman. He spoke for the many. Although she will be missed in Congress we shall not forget her or her bravery and grace thru this tragic ordeal.
ReplyDeleteMay God and every other positive force on this planet speed her to recovery.
Watching Mrs Gifford's video statement announcing her decision to step down, I could not help thinking to myself, "We have not seen the last of this extraordinary woman; she needs more time to get back her health, but I believe she will be back."
ReplyDeleteO/T for Gryph --
ReplyDeleteIt seems that Palin has referred to Chris Christie as having his "panties in a wad" due to his comments on MTP.
Jeebus. Panties in a wad. How would she feel if Christie came back with, "Sarah has shit for brains."
I haven't been able to watch the Gabby video either :(
ReplyDeleteShe is a true class act and even though her life has changed because of an insane person.
One good thing to come of this is that...Gov Baldy Palin will ALWAYS be associated with this heinous act.
Baldy's political career officially ended on Jan 8, 2011. She knows that she can NEVER run for office again...Gabby on the other hand...CAN and WILL run for office again and will WIN!
Baldy is on FAKE Business News with Eric BowlingPinhead...talking shit as usual...but guess what...that's all she can do...is talk shit and spew shit....NOBODY takes that bald headed fool seriously...including FAKE Business News. She's a JOKE and they LAUGH at her "dumbarse" regularly.
KARMA is already at work on that ignorant griftering hillbilly from the sewage of Wasilla, Alaska!
And I am going to enjoy watching the show!
--It seems that Palin has referred to Chris Christie as having his "panties in a wad" due to his comments on MTP.
ReplyDeleteTalk about a gutter trollop...and on national television. How in god's name can ANYONE find this presidential? or even respectful? But then Christie is also a wad and a really disgusting bully at times, so I guess they're in the gutter together. But on national tv? Wow.
And this is the sort of thing her kids will be proud of her for. The sort of thing her Flying Monkeys in the Sea of Pee will be squealing with delight over how their Queen smacked down the 'rookie'. Rookie? Like she's some sort of polished, seasoned guru. PuLEEZE.
Fox is reprehensible for putting her on the air. As much as I may disagree with what comes out of the mouths of most of the talking heads on that station, they at LEAST attempt to conduct themselves with some sort of adult decorum...event he WORST of them...and then there's 'panties in a wad' Palin.
And then it is out on the airwaves, around the world, and this is someone that John FUCKING McLame wanted for VP? Classless harpy!
It's like the Twilight Zone lately.
Sarah hasn't won. It's so sad that this beautiful woman has stepped down. But, although it's very sad, Karma is present and there will be a reckoning. Hear that Sarah? Either here or in Hell, there will be a reckoning.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could "like" some of these comments - I love so many of these commenters - the beautiful and caring and peaceful comments rock!
ReplyDeletebtw - I really hope that Ms. Giffords comes back at some point - I personally can't imagine it, but you never know.
Thanks Gryphen - you're the best!!
Transcript of Palin on Fox Business Network today
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President Obama is a caring man with a heart of gold. He articulates so very well, what we all wish we could put into words. He's someone who can calm everyone's pain and put in words what we all wish for Gabby and Mark.
ReplyDeleteIf you haven't read their book yet, it's a remarkable telling of a love story, a life story, a chronicle of struggles, setbacks, triumphs, strength, beauty, hope, and the undefeatable power of love. Check out the sample at amazon, what an amazing book!
Thank You, President Obama for your words and thank you Gryphen for this post.