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Teabagger? Palinite? Nut case? Just plain evil? What do you think?

Jared Lee Loughner, who is suspected of killing six people during an assassination attempt on US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords outside a supermarket in Tucson, Arizona listed The Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf among his favorite books.

According to reports, Loughner (22), who was in custody Saturday after being tackled by two people at the scene of the shooting, was influenced by radical statements made by Tea Party members.

In March Sarah Palin revealed her list of 20 Democratic members of Congress she urged her followers to defeat. She illustrated her list with a map of the United States that displayed a rifle scope on top of each of the 20 districts she was targeting. One of the targeted districts was that of Giffords. Palin also tweeted, “Don't Retreat, Instead - RELOAD!”

Palin condemned Saturday's assassination attempt.

Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik declared Arizona a “mecca for racism and bigotry” and blamed heated rhetoric on the right for the shooting of Giffords.

"When you look at unbalanced people, how they respond to the vitriol that comes out of certain mouths about tearing down the government. The anger, the hatred, the bigotry that goes on in this country is getting to be outrageous," said the sheriff. "And unfortunately, Arizona I think has become sort of the capital. We have become the mecca for prejudice and bigotry.

"This has not become the nice United States of America that most of us grew up in and I think its time we do the soul-searching," said the sheriff.

"All I can tell you is that there's reason to believe is that this individual (Loughner) may have a mental issue. And I think that people who are unbalanced are especially susceptible to vitriol."

He said the shooter has a criminal past....
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source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...010750,00.html