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Media breathlessly tries to tie Colorado shooter to Tea Party

Posted on Friday, July 20, 2012 at 11:40 AM

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The masked and heavily armed shooter burst into the crowded Aurora Colorado theater, threw a gas canister of some kind, then opened up with semi-automatic weapons into the confused and horrified crowd. The attack seemed thoroughly planned, the gunman wore a gas mask and had full body armor on. He was immune to the effects of the gas and in case any among the crowd was armed, he was protected.

In the wake of this brutal assault, 12 lay dead and perhaps another 50 lay wounded amongst the mostly young crowd who had jammed the theater to see the opening night of the new Batman movie, "Dark Knight Rising."

But while the smoke still swirled in that tragic theatre, news first hit the wires the shooters name was Jim Holmes....Internet search engines immediately were engaged to look him up to see if he was a registered Republican or if he was a member of the Tea Party.

This is shades of the Congresswoman Gabby Giffords shooting in Arizona. Almost as soon as the shooting happened the media and local partisan politicians immediately assumed this was a Tea Party inspired shooting and went about to make it a fact by stating it early and often.

The main stream media had almost everyone convinced the Gabby Giffords shooter was a crazed Tea Party member. Only later did the real facts emerge that the shooter was an unstable, delusional lone gunman,.

In the Giffords shooting, the media made up a story and went with it, regardless of the facts...It fit a pre conceived idea they had about the Tea Party and it conveniently fit a narrative they wanted to build about the need for gun control and make an assault on our 2nd Amendment rights...It was a two-fer.
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Read about Gabby Giffords here:

Left wing jumped the gun in Tucson shooting

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This morning the main stream media was chomping at the bit to pin this on the Tea Party.

On ABC's Good Morning America, Former Clinton media adviser and Democrat operative, George Stephanopolous, breathlessly interviewed Brian Ross on the scene in Colorado. Ross reported the shooter might be a member of the Tea Party as he had found a man by the name of Jim Holmes registered as an Aurora Colorado member.

Here is the interchange as reported in Breitbart News: The Usual Suspects: ABC's Ross, Stephanolpoulos Point to Tea Party in Dark Knight Shooting UPDATE: Wrong Jim Holmes?

The mainstream media and politicians should be careful to jump the gun again in this tragedy, or else they could be thoroughly discredited and embarrassed like they were after the Gabby Giffords shooting. Lets wait to see all of the facts come out about this tragedy before jumping to conclusions.

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seanomelb | Jul 30, 2012, 11:40 PM EDT

Wouldn't that make you hopping mad!!LOL Mman

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Monsoonman | Jul 30, 2012, 08:40 PM EDT

Sorry Lad, it wasn't McDonalds who bought all of the roo meat, it was Jack in the Box restaurants, when they were owned by the pet food company, Ralston Purina...But carry on

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seanomelb | Jul 30, 2012, 07:09 PM EDT

nothing as tender as a roo fillet BTW Mman a little roo history.During the seventies Australia exported thousands of tons of manufacturing beef to McDonald's in the US. A meat substitution racket was uncovered and Roo meat mixed with beef was exported. I hope you enjoyed the hopping burgers.Australia jailed some meat company execs and all was forgiven.Roo is low in fat therefore we contributed to a healthier diet for you Mman.

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Monsoonman | Jul 29, 2012, 10:41 PM EDT

Cool...I'm surprised they allow you steak knives to cut those tough roo steaks. :) I suppose it is against the law to run with a knife or a sharp pencil as well in 0z.

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seanomelb | Jul 29, 2012, 10:03 PM EDT

They are where I live Mman in fact carrying a concealed kitchen knife is an offense.I wonder if I can carry a concealed golf club!! probably not it can be construed as a hidden weapon.

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Monsoonman | Jul 29, 2012, 08:44 PM EDT

Lad..I know you have respect for guns and know how to use them. Therefore you know guns dont kill people, people do. Did you know the vast majority of the 800K innocent people killed in Rwanda were killed w/machetes? Why are they not controlled, licensed?

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seanomelb | Jul 29, 2012, 07:01 PM EDT

Oops! Mman it matters not what religious group helps to halt the murder of the innocent or helps in the demise of street(gun) violence.And you are right my heart bleeds for the thousands who die In schools, theatres on the streets or in stupid wars overseas.

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Monsoonman | Jul 28, 2012, 09:57 PM EDT

Lad...I don't know what news source you get in 0z...Prolly ending in nbc of some kind. But yr bleeding heart: murder of innocent young man phrase is off the mark. Most of the killing is thug on thug

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seanomelb | Jul 28, 2012, 06:06 PM EDT

It matters not what religious group helps stop the murder of the innocent y man.

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Monsoonman | Jul 28, 2012, 12:49 PM EDT

Perhaps the "fruit of Islam" should provide security for all election activities in Chicago to insure fair elections? At the very least the UN should step in, don't you think Lad?

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seanomelb | Jul 27, 2012, 07:11 PM EDT

If what you say is true Mman and he can help stop gun violence in Chicago fine.It's the opposite to the GOP selling guns to the Mullahs and using the money to murder kids in central America. Maybe he should ask Ollie North for that advice.

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Monsoonman | Jul 27, 2012, 01:01 PM EDT

I see Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel must be reading Irish Central. He has just enlisted Nation of Islam leader, racist/misogynist, Louis Farakhan to help stop street murders. That's a good solution to gun violence, eh Lad?

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seanomelb | Jul 25, 2012, 07:38 PM EDT

Now Mman trying to justify collateral damage and excuse 9000 deaths each year.If this figure is "infinitesimal" why is it in country's like Canada and Australia it's 100 times lower than your "infinitesimal"Therefore safer places to live by a factor of 100/1. To mischievously mention the President in the debate is below your dignity Mman.

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Monsoonman | Jul 25, 2012, 01:13 PM EDT

Noting that the most gun related killings in the US are on 0bamas home turf of Chicago. Home to the nations most stricts gun laws and products of generational welfare-nanny state mentality

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Monsoonman | Jul 24, 2012, 10:34 PM EDT

Lad 9K out of 330 mill is infinitesimal. Most of those killed are criminals & thugs. Small % are innocent collateral damage.

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