MT: ‘Hang’ Patty Murray Talk Violent

Tea Party members have flirted with this message, but subtly. You’ll see one fellow who attends a rally carrying a sign of President Obama as a Nazi. Another wears a T-shirt referring to the “tree of liberty” - as in Jefferson’s quote about refreshing the tree of liberty “from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” Or a Tea Party parade float in Idaho Falls displays a tree of liberty and depicted on a nearby ax was Obama’s name. All of it has been background noise. So far. This is new. Singling out an elected official for a violent end is shockingly overt. So what did Capps do? She blamed the media. KLEW-TV, which aired the segment, “didn’t print the whole thing.” But she wasn’t ambushed in an interview, grasping for time to think or the right words to speak. Microphone in hand at the podium, she deliberately expressed her ideas/ Marty Trillhaase , Lewiston Tribune. More here .

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Question:  Do you think the Tea Party movement will beget violence?