Y'all read the Stomp Editorial in the NY Times today? [View All]

[Demoiselle]

(www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/opinion/28thurs2.html?ref=opinion)


The Good Grey New York Times seems to believe, in its wisdom, that BOTH candidates are to blame for this thuggery.

Some excerpts:

......"The incident took place just before Mr. Paul and the Democrat, Attorney General Jack Conway, began their second debate. Lauren Valle — who was arrested in May during a Greenpeace demonstration against the Gulf oil spill — tried to present Mr. Paul with a mock award as part of a provocative skit that MoveOn had organized about secret corporate money in the campaign. Tim Profitt, Mr. Paul’s Bourbon County coordinator, helped wrestle her to the ground and pushed his foot into her head and shoulders. The police issued a criminal summons to Mr. Profitt, and the campaign dismissed him.

....."The Kentucky race has been boiling ever since Mr. Paul unexpectedly won the Republican primary on an extreme libertarian platform, saying he was not fully supportive of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and calling the Obama administration “un-American” for its strong criticism of BP during the oil spill. But it was taken to a shrill new level earlier this month when Mr. Conway decided to run an ad saying that Mr. Paul had been part of a college secret society that mocked Christianity and worshiped invented idols.

...."In the few days left in the campaign, the two candidates need to stop baiting each other and talk about their genuine policy differences. Before things get any worse."


I was looking for the magic phrase"There is NO EXCUSE for this behavior." Instead we get the "feelings are high on both sides" horseshit PLUS the gratuitous info that Ms. Valle was arrested for a demonstration in May.

I find this infuriating. Am I overreacting?