Another Milepost On The Road To Oblivion

Once again, if this was a person talking about a Republican incumbent, it would be a national scandal, and the right would DEMAND!!11! that every single Democratic member of Congress, every Cabinet Secretary, the President and Vice-President, and every candidate for office would have to go on record as denouncing everyone related with the organization or else.

A tea party gathering in Asotin County, Washington turned more than a bit ugly on Saturday when a featured speaker actually called for the hanging of Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash), the fourth ranking Democrat in the Senate and a vulnerable re-election candidate.

"How many of you have watched the movie Lonesome Dove?," asked an unidentified female speaker from the podium. "What happened to Jake when he ran with the wrong crowd? What happened to Jake when he ran with the wrong crowd. He got hung. And that's what I want to do with Patty Murray."

But there's no such thing as a violent Tea Partier.