MSNBC brought featured author and professor Adam Lankford on Tuesday to wonder about the "message" of the Boston bomber. Was it to "complain about abortion, about taxes?" The guest, labeled a "MSNBC analyst," guessed, " This did happen on tax day in Boston, the place of the Tea Party." He continued the reckless speculation: " Or are they trying to protest, you know, foreign wars or something." Lankford, a professor at the University of Alabama, has written a book on what makes suicide bombers and rampage shooters do what do. He theorized, "The interesting thing is, this is someone on a stage trying to make a statement and that statement has been lost."
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