Gabrielle Giffords

Gabrielle Giffords is a Democratic member of the House of Representatives and is the first Jewish woman to represent Arizona in Congress.

Giffords is a former Republican and a Blue Dog Democrat. She supported Obamacare which will help many low and middle income Americans but unfortunately isn’t so far to the left in other respects. One example is that Gabrielle Giffords opposed increased restrictions on sales of firearms, then tragically some Gun nut proved how much such restrictions are needed by shooting Gabrielle Giffords in the head and killing several other people including one child, Christina Taylor Green, the Arizona Legislature ensured that notorious Fred Phelps wouldn't picket Christina's funeral. 

Gabrielle Giffords is now conscious and making good progress  [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/12/gabrielle-giffords-images-tuscon-June 2011. She can communicate sufficiently well to start writing her memoires with help from her husband and a professional author.  Other victims of that shooting weren't so lucky.

References and external links

 * Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords The official website
 * Gabrielle Giffords shooting reignites row over rightwing rhetoric in US
 * Giffords known for moderate views
 * Gabrielle Giffords Satire from Wikiality