Are You Running, Gabby Giffords?

Dear Readers,

Have you heard about what’s happened with U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords lately? You’ve probably heard that she was almost assassinated this past January, and she has a lot of brain damage, and she’s still recovering.

A lot of people think that she’s a hero… and in a way, she is. I mean, she’s a nice respectable lady, talented and accomplished, and she’s overcoming a horrendous injury so she can be inspirational for others overcoming horrendous injuries. It probably takes a lot of willpower to just stay alive after having a bullet go through your head. She must be really tough. But is she really a hero?

I remember this old Simpson’s episode where Bart gets this walkie-talkie gizmo… it wasn’t a walkie-talkie but it was like a miniature radio broadcasting thing. Well, he put one side down a well, and then he talked into the other side and pretended that he was a little kid who fell down into the well, named Timmy O Toole. The whole town was concerned and it gets all over the TV news and everything, and Homer’s watching TV and he says, “Oh, that Timmy O Toole is a hero!” and Lisa says, “Dad, how is he a hero?” and Homer says, “Well… he fell down the well… and he can’t get out.” Ha ha ha. That was funny.

But I ask the same question that Lisa asked: How does getting shot make Gabby Giffords a hero? Being shot by a lunatic isn’t exactly a heroic act.

(I feel more comfortable writing this now, rather than right after it happened.)

It’s great that Giffords was doing “Congress on Your Corner” and was trying to meet with her constituents. That’s always important. And she was a very nice lady.

But she voted for Obamcare. And she voted for the unstimulating Stimulus. Let’s face it, gunshot wound or no gunshot wound, she’s a liberal Democrat.

Or maybe I should say, she was a liberal Democrat. It’s hard to know if she can think clearly enough these days to hold a political philosophy. It’s like there’s been a media blackout about her for the past nine months. Nobody knows exactly how her brain is doing. Is she well enough to run for re-election? Is she mentally well enough to serve as a U.S. Representative?

Voters in AZ CD 8 need to know how she’s doing in order to make an informed vote. And potential contenders need to know if she’s running for re-election.

But at least one guy, Anthony Prowell, isn’t waiting to hear whether or not Gabby is running again. He’s getting in the race now. I’m really glad that a Democrat is challenging her. That’s healthy. We all respect Gabby Giffords, but that Congressional seat doesn’t belong to her, it belongs to the people.

This just in - Anthony Prowell changed his party affiliation from "Democrat" to "Green." So the guy's a loony. All the Green people are loonies. Yes, I'm thinking of you, Richard Grayson. And yes, I'm thinking of you, Mr. Suspenders Guy standing outside the Tempe Public Library, getting people to sign petitions. You wanted to destroy all freeways. And for that, I call you a loony.

(That's a true story, by the way. I talked for a while with this member of the Green Party. It was weird because I was a conservative Republican, and he was an ultra-liberal Green. I think we talked about his bicycle for a little bit, and somehow the conversation turned to transportation. He said he lived in an apartment close to a freeway, and he didn't like the sound of the freeway or the smell of it, so he was hoping that all freeways could be destroyed. He probably wanted us all to ride bicycles or walk. We had a nice conversation. In sohttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifme ways I think he was a harmless old man with a lot of neat ideas, but in other ways, I think he was a dangerous old man with a lot of destructive ideas. Let's hope guys like that don't gain power.)

Bottom line is, Gabby Giffords needs to recuperate. And she would do that best somewhere besides Congress.

Sincerely,
Telemoonfa

P.S. Are you running, Jesse Kelly? You should! I think you'll win!