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Watch: Diane Sawyer Offers A Peek At Her Interview With Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords

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In her first television interview since the Arizona shooting spree that left her with a bullet wound to the head, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords sat down with ABC News’ Diane Sawyer to discuss her arduous recovery and rehabilitation.

Perhaps one of the more somber and harrowing aspects of Sawyer’s report is the juxtaposition between photos of a smiling, vivacious Giffords meeting with her constituents mere moments before the shooting and images of the (still smiling) congresswoman in her hospital bed, ragged scars criss-crossing her shorn scalp. Nonetheless, the footage is testament to the amazing, almost unbelievable progress Giffords has made since January.

RELATED: ABC’s Diane Sawyer Earns First Interview With Gabrielle Giffords

The full interview, which also includes contributions from Giffords’ mother and husband, airs Monday night at 10 p.m. ET on ABC. And you can bet we’ll be watching.

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  • Anonymous

    This is the one of the most touching, incredible stories I have ever seen.

    I wish Gabby Gifford, her husband and her family all the best.

    Gabby Gifford, you are wonderful and set an inspiring example for all of us.

  • Anonymous

    Hopefully Sarah Palin watches this and reexamines her life and political tactics.

  • http://twitter.com/kabmn00 kevin

    I do as well.

    You should leave office, if unfit for your position.

    Taxpayers have spent hundreds of thousands on your recovery.

    Go home, like everyone of the 300 MILLION + would have to.

    Retire on your FAT    OVERPAID   GOVT   PENSIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous

    Fact: Here is a good place to start a position of change to a republican slot!!!

  • Rex the Wonder God

    Or not. 

    Would you rather she had not lived? I think that could be it. Or perhaps you’d rather she’d been a Republican and lived on as a symbol of Republican fortitude or some such nonsense.

    Anyway, SOME of us find this heart-warming, even as the over tragedy comes back to us all, or at least to some of us. And in her honor we dedicate this pointless flame war to the goal of forcing you all to some other post for your ritual circle jerk.

  • http://twitter.com/ArtfulGeek anthony i.

    i accidentally liked your comment.

    dude, seriously??? why drag sarah palin into this?? i’m no fan of sarah, but for gods sake, this is a very touching story. no need to start attacking someone who has nothing to do with this.

  • Just some Blow Hard…

    Were you speaking to her or her husband?

    To coin a line from a book the right wing seems to like…

    He became an astronaut and she became a Congressperson for her state.  She also goit shot through the head at point blank range and lived.

    What have you done?

    Troll

  • Just some Blow Hard…

    I thought you didn’t like violence?  I thought you believe that those who used violence for political gain should be treated as terrorists and criminals? But you would gladly take an advantage politically over someone who suffered from senseless violence?

    Go find something else to entertain yourself with.

  • http://twitter.com/kabmn00 kevin

    I didnt shoot her.

    She has received better medical coverage then the 99% you suppport.

    She is not fit for her position.

    Once again a liberalie talking point.

  • Anonymous

    Fox News (that Mediaite is obsessed with), insane inflammatory politics, lead to this tragedy and it is good to see that this –larger than life– woman recovered. Hope she will pursue her career in politics.

  • http://twitter.com/kabmn00 kevin

    No!!!!!!!

    She should recover, at home, with her family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    With the taxpayers paying every dime!!!!!

    She is in no state to vote on anything!!!!!!!

  • http://twitter.com/esd2000 Er. D.

    Monday night. Will “definitely” be there. Still sad and brokenhearted for the ones who perished that day & their families, especially Christina Green. So damn sad for all those affected, including the family of the shooter. They are victims also, IMO.

  • Anonymous

    Fact: Liberals know so much that isn’t so!!! Voting to libbies is a act of violence now!!! Pathetic!!!

  • Anonymous

    Fact: Shot by a lefty socialist so now she is entitled for her position? You people need a life!!!

  • Rex the Wonder God

    Lots of excited little boys with pimply faces and confused hormones here tonight, as usual. Some may grow out of all that, others not. But in the meantime, and in between time, they spend their quality time as poo throwers. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kevin-Schellenberg/100000553990876 Kevin Schellenberg

    where is your evidence that Fox News it to blame?

  • Anonymous

    Rent-free. And totally classless.

    That is all. Anything else would be a waste of space.

  • Anonymous

    Seeing as Gabby was a Moderate Dem, the Democratic Party of today wouldn’t like her. If this incident hadn’t happened, the DKos would be trying to get in a further Left candidate. Gabby went on Fox and that’s a no-no to Dems.

    As a Conservative, I like Gabby and I wish her well on her recovery.

  • Bob

    She looks great, and this looks to be a very moving, inspirational piece. 
    God bless Gabby and Mark. America is rooting for them.

  • Darladoon

    god had nothing to do with her recovery .

  • Anonymous

    Lee Harvey Oswald was a Lefty Democrat and he put a hole in JFK’s head.  The nut job who put a hole in Representative Gifford’s head was a Lefty Democrat too.  Probably NOT a good idea to try and spread such obvious misinformation.  Thank God she survived!

  • http://twitter.com/RemiBernard Remi Bernard

    Buncha sick fuckers on the site. God Bless Gabby.

  • Anonymous

    Not as pathetic as voting for a bunch of son’s of bitches that don’t have any real policy successes and that every time the implement their bullshit ajenda it blows back into their faces and fcks the country up. Let’s see, reTHUGlican president, S & L scandal of the 80′s.  ReTHUGlican president, 8 hellish years, where an inept administration damn near got us into another Great Depression

  • Anonymous

    She’s cute as all get out. Anyway, modern medicine is amazing isn’t it?  I mean 10 years ago, if you got capped in the dome, it was good night Irene.  Anyway, I feel bad for the people of her district that she had to be taken out of the game at these trying times.  Its funny, in an ironic, twilight zone sort of way, that she got popped and Michelle Bachman, who doesn’t do a damn thing for her district, goes on unscathed.

  • http://twitter.com/Screaming_Head The Screaming Head

    She looks good.

  • david r

    Like Jeff Ross said at the Bob Saget Roast: “Pryor is gone.  Carlin is gone. Kinnison is gone. . . Saget is healthy as a horse.”

  • david r

    DiosMio, you got it all backwards.  If Loughner had watched Fox, he wouldn’t have been the kind of person to do this.  He is a stupid headbanger.  Can’t call him a Lib either.  Try “turd.”

  • david r

    If we were drilling in the deep Gulf and building that damned pipeline through Nebraska, the job picture would look better.  Beats borrowing from the damned Chinese.  We can’t afford green right now.

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    No matter what political affiliation these people have, it comes down to they are insane!!

  • david r

    FOS

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    Disagree with your first 2 sentences!!

  • david r

    “Swear there a’int no heaven, but I pray there a’int no Hell.”

  • http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

    She’s making a remarkable recovery!!  =)

  • Anonymous

    Gabrielle Giffords I will simply write…

    …I wish you well. I wish you well.

  • http://twitter.com/Screaming_Head The Screaming Head

    Had to come back and say it again. She looks good. Man, what an inspiration.

  • Anonymous

    anthony, to “unlike” his comment, just click on the Like button again.

  • TruthToLiars

    Ef you. Turn on the TV and watch all the hate from you and your leftwing aholes.

  • Anonymous

    Wonderful to see her progress, and to show other brain injury survivors that the intense and grueling work of therapy can result in amazing improvements.   Thrilled for her and her family, and hope it inspires all brain injury survivors to keep working hard.    

  • Anonymous

    wow, way to take something amazing and inspiring and try to make it all about you.  She’s amazing, her family and medical team are amazing, and she will inspire so many people.  God bless her

  • Anonymous

    crazy doesn’t use evidence.   

  • Anonymous

    absolutely.   

  • TruthToLiars

    What a jaggoff!

  • Kid Dynamite

    A Republican slot?  You want to run Ann Coulter?

  • Anonymous

    I am opening an account on Facebook so that everytime a poster on here that post attacks instead of posting intelligent discussion points. With a donation of 50 cents a post. I will be so rich by Christmas that I will be able to be Santa to the entire world. Thanks to all of you.

    LOL     

  • VV

    What a lowlife you are pal

  • Anonymous

    She isn’t the most frothing leftwing nutter but she ain’t no moderate, she’s a typical liberal dem and I hope she loses or doesn’t run again.

  • Anonymous

    She was shot by a mentally ill leftist.

  • Anonymous

    The Big Lie of 2011.  The attempt to implicate Sarah Palin was obviously revenge for her paramount role in securing such as massive electoral rejection of Obama and his divisive agenda in Nov 2010.  Those who attempted this connection ought to be ashamed.  This is particularly true of Obama, who rutlessly exploited this trajedy for his own political gain.  In the funeral ceremony I am always reminded of the last on Obama as the Don in the final scene of the Godfather as he watches a baptism while his goon assasinate his enemies, as Obama’s goons and media shrills attempted to assasinate Sarah Palin.

  • Anonymous

    I hope no false idols had anything to do with her recovery.

  • Anonymous

    That would be a double negative and no, Gabby is a moderate. She came off as very reasonable when I saw her on Bill Hemmer’s show.

  • Anonymous

    leave it to a republican to demonize a woman after she was shot in the head. last i checked, the voters have a say in whether or not ms. giffords is suitable to continue serving as their congresswoman.

  • Anonymous

    I don’t care how she “came off” to you. Words mean nothing, her voting record is 86% liberal.

  • Janlynn

    I agree Anthony.  Some people are just plain ignorant.

  • Paul2jesus

    Nobody can heal without God.

  • Tboll man

    Oh they don’t need evidence, thats how Lib’s roll. Look at what Sawyer (the Commie by Marriage) pulled after Gifford and Kelly refused tgo be led down a negavtive path..she later twisted Sarah Oalins words re “Targeting Liberal strongholds” into trying to indicare that Palin meant human Targets to shoot at. Sawyer also used the word “Vitriol of the Right” as part of the problem , then showed pics of peaceful demnstrations against Obamcare. Sawyer was sickening, she  USED ms. Gifford’s plight to further Sawyers Commie-Libtard cause. Disgusting! Where was Sawyer or ANY MSM  when Libral Pundidts advocated the murders of Palin and her children? THAT was real…no fork tongueing was necessary, Diane!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Darla-Wiggins/100000077523151 Darla Wiggins

    My God some of you people are sooo heartless and very Cold!! ( Get a Life) This Lady was not hurting a soul just doing her job ( talking to the people ) and getting her point across!! Low and behold she and others were gunned down in cold blood!! She had fought for her life and all the drama she had to go through!! Her story is sooo Amazing and she is an Inspiration to us all!! Through all the prayers from all over the world,God had answered : )  God bless her and her family!!  

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