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"How, in your opinion, does the political ddmob we have in WDC dodge the "politicizing a tragedy" accusation that would be inevitable?"
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They can't dodge it, they're already being accused of it, And accurately so, if it's true that Loughner turns out to be mentally ill and not politically affiliated or particularly motivated by any of the usual suspects (Limbaugh, Palin, Tea Party, Beck, et al), and Obama stuck with the "heated rhetoric" theme in his speech last night.

The problem is they're using it to accomplish the wrong things. They're using it to protect the NRA and tax cuts for the rich (not increasing money for mental health services). They're using to avoid working for the People and the common good.

The real answer to such a charge should be, "So what?" Politicizing events, tragedies, is how politicians do their jobs. It's the coin of their realm. You use anything in the public eye as an opportunity. Politicians were trying to get provisions in the Patriot Act through for years, and it took selling it for a completely different purpose (9/11) for them to ultimately get it done. And, today, when the Patriot Act is used, it's overwhelmingly used for drug crimes (what they wanted it for in the first place), not t3rr0rist threats. Over 800 'delayed notice'-subpoenas issued last year for drug crimes, and just 6 for t3rr0r!st investigations.

For those who don't know what a 'delayed notice'-subpoena is, it's where the police can enter and search your home, your car, storage facility, etc., without your knowledge, without you being present, then they put everything back together before you return so that you have no idea that anybody has been in your stuff. It could be days, weeks, months, years, before you're notified that a search took place.