Tucson Irony

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From Rep. Gabriel Giffords’ remarkable recovery progress to finger pointing at the tea party to “date night” at the 2010 State of the Union speech, the repercussions of the Tucson shootings still resonate across the national political scene. Two gems that, among all the writing, tweeting and talking, may have escaped your eye:

“So, Palin & crew are feeling unjustly blamed for the actions of an extremist … Well, maybe they can ask Muslims for advice on how to deal with that.”

Twitter user “Stacey” @flipflops

“Does anyone else see the irony in this tragedy? In Arizona, the state that has been the de facto “face” of recent political gay bashing (DADT-McCain) and racism (their highly controversial immigration law), a white straight man shoots a female Jewish member of congress who then has her life saved by a gay Hispanic American. It's poetic."

"John" on Towleroad

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