{"id":4147,"date":"2011-06-13T10:31:37","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T14:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=4147"},"modified":"2011-06-13T10:31:37","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T14:31:37","slug":"exploiting-giffords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=4147","title":{"rendered":"Exploiting Giffords"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/images\/bsmeter.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"135\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The antis have been trying for some time to exploit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2011-01-09\/giffords-remains-in-critical-condition-after-shooting.html\" target=\"_blank\">attempted assassination<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/giffords.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords<\/a>. \u00a0With the release of <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20110612\/pl_nm\/us_giffords_photos\" target=\"_blank\">her first post-shooting portrait<\/a>, the antis have gone all out hoping to score cheap political points. \u00a0Ladd Everitt of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csgv.org\" target=\"_blank\">CSGV<\/a> really turned the BS meter up to 11 with this <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CSGV\" target=\"_blank\">Tweet<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Her smile is as beautiful as ever.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Absolutely shameless. If CSGV, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradycampaign.org\" target=\"_blank\">Brady<\/a>, etc. really cared about Giffords then <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradyvoter.org\" target=\"_blank\">why didn&#8217;t they endorse her<\/a> all those times she was running for re-election? \u00a0Where was all their compassion and concern for her before she became a fundraising tool for them?<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D4147&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=4147\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=4147\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=4147\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The antis have been trying for some time to exploit the attempted assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. \u00a0With the release of her first post-shooting portrait, the antis have gone all out hoping to score cheap political points. \u00a0Ladd Everitt of CSGV really turned the BS meter up to 11 with this Tweet: &#8220;Her smile is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D4147&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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