The latest of just about every columnist to weigh in on the current situation. Read it HERE.
The central focus of the piece is about all the smoldering violence of the lunatic right. Showing up at town hall meetings toting assault weapons etc. These dangerous nut cases are not only being praised as "patriots" by the cable news bloviators, they are being praised by Republican members of the House and Senate.
Why don’t they just put on "brown shirts" already? Destroying a dying liberal democracy with self righteous violence was what was attempted in Germany at the "Beer Hall Putsch." Though the Putsch failed, it set the stage for Hitler’s rise to prominence and his later election to chancellor. Of course, that election was the end of democracy in Germany.
It was the weakness of the democratic leaders in Germany that allowed Hitler to destroy the system. Part of the weakness came from the leaders themselves but a large part was brought about through the underlying threat of violence that the putsch represented.
It’s time that the centrists in the US realize what they are up against. Violence or threats of violence should be immediately stomped out. If need be, laws against "incitement" should be enforced against news organizations and politicians who justify it. This is just too damned dangerous to shrug off.
Obama could and should use his office as a Bully Pulpit to rally the people against this outbreak of intolerance, ignorance and violence. No more bi-partisan appeasement. Stomp these bastards into the ground before it’s too late.