Suspect who shot two kids at elementary school yesterday was ranting about the president

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gpgt5xBUGEXRFmhwZpPGDQ-6pZNQD9INPCFG0?docId=D9INPCFG0

2 injured after man opens fire at SoCal school

(AP) – 13 hours ago

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Police say two students were injured when a man opened fire at a San Diego-area elementary school.

He was quickly tackled by bystanders, and the children suffered only minor injuries to their arms. snip

A witness says he looked out his window to see a man park a van, jump over a fence at Kelly Elementary School, walk across a field and open fire with a .357 Magnum revolver at a crowd of children.

Terry Lynn told KNSD-TV the man was ranting about the president when he was tackled by construction workers.

[Ghost in the Machine]

1. I wonder what his freeper handle is?

You just know he has one...

[old mark]

2. Great, another real American idiot....rec...nt

[annabanana]

3. This kind of story usually front & center, being teased before and

after every commercial break.. It's got blood, and guns, and KIDS for Christ's sake.

His RW rantings seem to have taken the story off this kind of treatment. (hint: another case of that lefty media we're all so familiar with)

[brewens]

4. Atta way construction workers! Good thing they were there. n/t

[The Uncola]

5. k&r

[lame54]

6. Did he mention Glenn Beck?

[superduperfarleft]

7. Do you all really think this is political?

The dude sounds seriously mentally ill, and was probably ranting about the Major League Baseball satellites reading his thoughts as well.

[ThomasQED]

8. But why do the violent mentally ill all seem to watch FOX?

All these shooters are mentally ill, that's clear. But I've never heard of one ranting about healthcare for all or healthier school lunches.

[X_Digger]

9. Well, the gunman who took hostages at the discovery channel..

.. was spouting notionally pro-environment / zero population growth twaddle on his website. Still crazy as a bedbug, but I could see concepts from his rhetoric echoed here @ DU.

[ThomasQED]

12. Right.

Already had forgotten about him!

[RC]

10. Do you really hafta ask?

It becoming more and more clear that just being near the right end of the spectrum means that person has mental health problems.
Gut feeling, faith based, I believe it, so therefore it must be true, Republicans/conservatives. Reality not needed.

[slackmaster]

11. He's mentally ill and homeless, but for some of us anything resembling politics overrides that

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/08/carlsbad-police-respond-to-reports-of-shots-at-a-s/

[RamboLiberal]

13. LA Times now say this has been discredited

Authorities later discredited initial reports that the gunman was ranting about President Obama.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/10/authorities-identify-alleged-gunman-in-carlsbad-elementary-school-shooting.html