http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/us/politics/09scene.html?_r=1“On a typical Saturday this corner is filled with Tea Party protesters,” said Brenda Tyler, who was with her husband, Lyndon. “I’ve seen signs saying things like ‘It’s time to reload’ and ‘One way or another, you’re gone.”‘ A real estate agency in the neighborhood had a sign out front that said “Goodbye Gabby” and showed the silhouette of a witch on a broom,” she said. It had been taken down on Saturday."
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This was a quote from one of the people at the vigil outside Congressman Gifford's office. The teabaggers are unapologetic about the hate rhetoric they have been spewing but it is clear they had targeted Giffords and were using language meant to incite violence.