Thank you for your honorable service, Congresswoman Giffords.

May God speed your recovery.

It was the best thing for her health, her family and her Congressional district. We must wish her all the best in her recovery.

I somehow knew this was going to be the end game. One doesn't survive something so traumatic to the brain and not have a life changed dramatically.

My mother-in-law worked for many years at one of the best rehabilitation centers in the world, located in CT. She had told us at one time that there was a lot of security and secrecy around a certain patient, someone who had experienced severe trauma and who spent years at the center. It was in 2003 or 2004 that she finally found out who that was: Trisha Meilli, otherwise known as the "Central Park Jogger" who was raped, her head bashed, and her eye lost, all on one April night in 1989.

To this day, just like Giffords, Meilli has no memory of her attack. And just like Giffords, her life was totally changed.

Glad she did. The time she needs to heal needs to be free of outside stress. What the future holds, who knows. Godspeed and good fortune.

GOTTA LUV HER!

AND WISH HER THE BEST!

PRAISE G-D!

There's two sides. Her husband is an ass. I've heard him speak and he's nasty.

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/46291/well-past-time-moocherette-gabby-giffords-resigns/

I agree with Debbie. Why didn't she resign before?

She just became eligible for a pension, after having served the minimum of five years in Congress. That is what she was waiting for. Probably good for her, because she will probably never be able to fully function again, which is a tragedy for any human being.
And who here remembers the Federal Judge who died that day, who has become a non-person and disappeared down the memory hole? What if it was he that Jared Loughner was gunning for that day and Congresswoman Giffords was just in the way?

What if the whole memetic newsline of that day was 180 degrees out of sync with reality?

Resign before? Who knows the secrets of the heart and the hopes of the soul before it becomes clear that you will never, ever, function anywhere near 100% again; that you need all the energy and focus you can muster just to get through the day?

So does Mr. Gabbie file for the special election?

She stayed to get the pension? Wow, now that couple gets not one but two tax fed pensions...sweeet!

FYI, the pensions are taxable.

Schlussel is an ass, too. For what it's worth.

One of the reasons I like this site is the scope of your interests. You usually look at things many ways. Your post on snow day sledding was so charming I was hooked.

You are looking at this woman altruistically...fine. Her husband trashed Palin and it was undeserved. They wrote a book while receiving full salary and benefits, and retired when it was most financially beneficial.

I'm sorry that she won't be 100%. But none of us are. I just thought they were both looking at the financial aspect more than you're willing to admit. It wasn't perfectly "wonderful." But I honestly wish them the best.

And yes, Schlussel can be an ass. Agreed.