Well, this is refreshing:
Pasting a photograph of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) onto a human-looking figure and putting a noose around its neck was OK, police told protesters. But beating it with a stick they had brought with them was not.
Why is Randall Terry, terrorist and founder of the group Operation Rescue, protesting against Lindsey Graham?
Lindsey Graham has committed ethical and political treachery against the babies, the voters of North Carolina, and the Laws of God. Our political satire pales in the light of the millions of babies who will be butchered due to his votes for Sotomayor and Kagan. God may forgive him; we will not.
Ah. Right. Graham is betraying the fetuses of North Carolina because he is supporting Elena Kagan's appointment to the Supreme Court. Well, then, I guess Terry's protest is perfectly reasonable. And besides, it's not like he wishes actual harm on Graham.
Outside the Senate building, Terry was careful to say that it was the senator's political career — and not the man himself – that he wanted to see hung.
"We don't want Senator Graham to fear for his safety," he said. "We want him to fear for his political career."
Alas, thanks to the Capitol police, Terry will have to be satisfied with merely hanging Graham in effigy. But beating him with a stick would just be going too far.
Glad we got that cleared up.