Although I'm sure I'm late to the party, I'd like to point out that the language used by Florida Democrats in their recent ad explicitly calls for Donald Rumsfeld to be killed
Campaign 2004 turns extreme in Florida with the placement of a newspaper ad calling for physical retribution against Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld!The club that placed the ad is apparently backtracking, or something."We should put this S.O.B. up against a wall and say 'This is one of our bad days,' and pull the trigger," the ad reads.
Club Vice President Edna McCall told the DRUDGE REPORT Tuesday morning: "We want to get our country back. In Iraq, we're in deep trouble. If we don't try to get this situation cleared up, we are finished."But, of course, when you call for someone to be put "up against a wall" you're invoking firing-squad imagery, and in that context it's not clear how "pull[ing] the trigger" could be taken any other way.When asked if the ad was a challenge to inflict violence on Rumsfeld, McCall explained: "'Pull the trigger' means let Rumsfeld know where we stand, not to shoot him!"
The ad even offers an excuse for the violence, should it happen to shock anyone's conscience: "This is one of our bad days." You don't need to make excuses for telling Donald Rumsfeld where you stand, but you do need a good reason to actually kill him.
Yes, more violent images against Americans from the party who is for "peace in the world".
There are Republicans who are anti-Semitic or racist. Does that mean I can accurately allege that "Republicans are racist or anti-Semtic"?
Republican Ted Bundy enjoyed having sex with the dead. Does that mean that I can accurately allege that "Republicans are necrophiliacs"?
JT: Yeah.
Jesus' disciples betrayed him with a kiss and for 30 pieces of silver. Guess each disciple should have gotten 2-1/2 pieces of silver apiece.
Joel, um, it was just one disciple that betrayed Jesus (at least for silver).
Barry,
You're so brilliant!