Kansas abortion doc and political lightning rod George Tiller shot dead in his church. The official response from Operation Rescue:

"We are shocked at this morning’s disturbing news that Mr. Tiller was gunned down. Operation Rescue has worked for years through peaceful, legal means, and through the proper channels to see him brought to justice. We denounce vigilantism and the cowardly act that took place this morning. We pray for Mr. Tiller’s family that they will find comfort and healing that can only be found in Jesus Christ."
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“It’s hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them,”1 he said, the Associated Press reported. “I’m a winner.2 It’s not being a poor sport or anything like that.3 If somebody beats you up, you’re not going to congratulate them.4; That doesn’t make sense to me.5 I’m a competitor. That’s what I do. It doesn’t make sense for me to go over and shake somebody’s hand.6

1Yeah, I can imagine having your entire season flushed down the drain's gotta suck, and you know what? That happens to every team in the league -- except one -- every year. And yet they find just a touch of grace and class in their defeat.

2No, actually, you're 13 points away from being a winner, bud. Unless you mean in the general sense, in which case you need a hell of a lot more than just ticks on a scoresheet.

3Actually, yes, that's pretty much the textbook definition of being a bad sport, to stomp your feet and put on your headphones and petulantly ignore the rest of the world because, as it turns out, your basketball team needs slightly more than one superstar to win a championship.

4Did the Orlando Magic beat you up and take your iPod and lunch money? Figuratively, well, of course they did, and came one lucky basket from bouncing you in five games, sparky. But not literally, and let's try not to equate a mugging with getting paid $14 million to bounce a ball, toss it through a hoop, and occasionally get shellacked by teams with a better supporting cast than yours.

5Honestly, I'm not surprised.

6And that's why you lose.

7And this reminds me why I don't do HTML superscript anymore..
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