Rachel Maddow Crestfallen — Giffords Shooter ID'd as Crazed Conspiracy Theorist and Marx-Reading Progressive Atheist

Because, you know, had the guy been a card-carrying militia member or pro-life extremist she'd be all over the airwaves bleating about the neo-Nazi threat to America. But Maddow's tweet is pure disappointment:

And recall that nobody on the progressive left has been more aggressive in portraying conservatism as a violent millenarian movement. Interestingly, not only is the suspect Loughner an atheist with communist leanings, he may be anti-Semitic as well. See, "Congresswoman Giffords Shot by Crazed Conspiracy Theorist and Atheist: Who Will the Media Blame?'":

Perhaps the killer believed the continued conspiracy theories that negatively portray Jews - Gabirelle Giffords celebrated her Jewish identity as the first Jew to represent Arizona in Congress.

Jennifer Rubin nails it:

You can almost hear the disappointment from the left that he was a pothead rather than a Tea Partyer.

And also at The Other McCain, "Arizona Shooter ‘Seems to Be Someone Desperately Needing Mental Health Care’."

And from Aaron Klein, "Assassin's Politics Lean 'Left Wing, Quite Liberal'." And Gateway Pundit, "AZ SHOOTER: Left-Winger JARED LOUGHNER – He Likes Watching US Flags Burn & Favorite Book is Communist Manifesto."

RELATED: Others have are letting loose, nevertheless. See NewsBusters, "AP Determined to Pin Giffords Shooting, Multiple Murders on Right, Ignores Lefist Rage at Her Failure to Back Pelosi."