I don't really have to provide a link, do I? By now, we've ALL seen/read/heard Tom's gauging of our current political zeitgeist, comparing it to that of Israel in the lead-up to the Rabin assassination.
Well, he's correct: I am witnessing---online, TV, but also in person---the hatred that wingnuts are expressing toward our President. Jesus, I've actually called the FBI about one of my neighbors! That is something I had never, ever thought I'd have to do in my lifetime!
You can see it everywhere, from the "tree of liberty" placards, to the armed "protesters," to the "witch doctor" and "monkey" references, to that Newsmax idiot suggesting a military coup!
Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh's lawyers must be working overtime, nailing down for their racist clients the precise legal delineation between free speech and incitement to violence. But I will tell you right now, and I don't care how many HRs this earns me: If Obama ends up being murdered, I sincerely hope that lynch mobs form and string up these un-American, unpatriotic scumbags! I also hope I can participate!