Here we go again. Why Dem Senator Patty Murray raises such violent tendencies, and in teabagger women in particular, is hard to explain. First there was the woman who said she wanted to hang Patty Murray and now we have one who says "She ought to be shot."
Rossi has met privately with tea-party groups around the state, and has signed the tea party's Contract From America. But Dann Selle, a tea-party leader in Spokane, says Rossi retains the "stink of establishment. Didier doesn't. Didier comes across as down to earth."
The partisan anger that Didier has tapped was heard at a business round-table lunch in Spokane.
One woman, the owner of two gyms and a temporary-employment agency, was venting about a pro-union bill supported by Murray when she blurted out: "She ought to be shot. Murray and (Sen. Maria) Cantwell ought to be shot."
Rossi quickly pointed out a reporter in the room, and then said, "That's not really what you meant." The businesswoman quickly agreed: "I didn't mean that."
Interesting response from Rossi. Not "that's unacceptable, there's no place for violence in politics" or a similar rebuke, but to point out that's not something you say when there's a reporter in the room. Good for Rossi for not letting the comment stand at least, but all of these Republicans who refuse to outright disavow and condemn violent, extremist rhetoric allows it to perpetuate. Remember this event when Rossi becomes the "moderate" again after next week's primary.