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I can’t even begin to express my contempt for those who have been trying to exploit the Arizona shooting for purposes of political propaganda. The shooter was clearly mentally ill, and the hodgepodge of random comments and influences we’re hearing about him reflect no coherent theme beyond that. To try to spin that into an...