If one of the events that points to Loughner’s obsession with Gifford took place 3 years ago, and the tea party only came to being in early 2009, wouldn’t that mean to anyone that it was not the real influence for him?

I mean if his crazy had already targeted Gifford in 2008, and the Sarah Palin map didn’t exist yet, wouldn’t that discount the whole “Sarah Palin call to violence meme”?