You'll have to pardon me as I'm currently in Japan so I'm not getting all of the news updates, but I am following Kos, HP and a few news sites when I get a couple of spare minutes.
I've read the articles about the tea partiers calling members of Congress "fa**ot," "ni**er," spitting on them and so forth. And I've seen the reports where the Republicans in Congress cheer them on, and I've seen people vent frustrations at why the Republicans are doing this and even encouraging the fringe.
Let's be very clear - the Republicans KNOW what they're doing. They know that encouraging the fringe is dangerous, that right now they're only vandalising offices and sabotaging propane lines at the homes of relatives of representatives. But they're going to keep encouraging the fringe until they start killing.
Why? Because when you're the party of "no," and "no" isn't working, then you need to scare your opponents into breaking down.
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