We must never forget to give due credit when someone displays courage and character.  Today that was done by a Democrat, Gabrielle Giffords.  She didn’t show great courage by getting shot; she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Today, she put her country and her constituency first.  She could have stayed in congress and pretended she was up to the job.  No one would have dared challenge her.  She even could have run for the United States Senate and possibly won that as well.  No matter what she said or did, the main stream media would have deified her.  But she resigned because she knew she could not do the job and she did what was right for Arizona and the country. 

It is a shame that she suffered this horrific injury.  No one should have their career ended by a mad man in a senseless shooting.  But it did happen and the sad reality is that she suffered a serious and permanent brain injury.  I wish her the best possible recovery and a happy and long life.  I also applaud her for doing the right thing.  It must have been very tempting to just stay in office and coast to re-election.  I am absolutely certain that DNC officials were urging her to do just that.  No one in either party would have ever dared hint that she couldn’t do the job.  Only one person could do the right thing, and that person was Gabrielle Giffords.  It is a moment of tremendous character and courage.  I wonder if anyone in the main stream media will notice.

 TDM