NYT editorial: "The politicians need to cool it and they need to urge their supporters to cool it"

[somone]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/opinion/28thurs2.html?src=twrhp

Boiling Point in Kentucky

The Kentucky Senate race has been particularly childish and nasty — even by this year’s dispiritingly low standards. So we suppose we should not have been surprised when a county coordinator for Rand Paul, the Republican candidate, stomped on a MoveOn activist outside Monday night’s debate in Lexington. The politicians need to cool it and they need to urge their supporters to cool it...

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"There was a bit of a crowd control problem. It is an unusual situation to have so many people so passionate on both sides jockeying back and forth." - Rand Paul on Fox News, 10/26

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From last year:

http://politicalcorrection.org/blog/200910200008

The GOP's Violence Problem
October 20, 2009 3:41 pm ET — Matt Finkelstein

Unfortunately, the GOP doesn't seem to realize that violent words can have consequences.

In an interview out this morning, Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) joked that he "hunt(s) liberal, tree-hugging Democrats, although it's a waste of good ammunition." When asked about the remarks, a spokesman for Harper was unapologetic. "It's supposed to be fun...It's having a good time," he said.

Harper may have been making a "joke," but there's nothing funny about the GOP's increasing taste for violence. Over the last several months, Republican lawmakers, commentators, candidates, and activists have turned to violent rhetoric with alarming frequency. Media Matters Action has compiled some examples below...

[Arkana]

1. No, the teabaggers need to cool it.

Enough of this "both sides do it!" equivalency crap. THEY DO IT. NOT US.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. It starts with their leaders

This is directed at Palin, Foxx et al

[KingFlorez]

4. Exactly

I get sick of some using the "both sides" argument when the teabaggers do something wrong.

[nevergiveup]

3. Hey, New York Times!

I want to see a video of a liberal stomping on a tea-bagger's head.

[Rex]

5. Really? Which Dem pol had a goon crush a protesters head with his boot?

NYT? Should I wait...waiting... :freak: