What Steve M Said

NMMNB today on Tomato Guy:

Beyond that, remember that wingnuttia will never forget. Palin, in particular, will never forget. Palin has been compiling an enemies list to rival Nixon's -- Katie Couric, Andrew Sullivan, Steve Schmidt, David Letterman -- and this guy is now on it permanently. No, check that -- we are now on it permanently, for (in the latest addition to her multi-count indictment) what he did. That will be the message from the GOP and Palin noise machines -- that this is how "the left" treats its ideological opponents. What the hell do we get out of that? More sympathy for her? A lessened sense among the general public that she's a laughingstock because incidents like this garner sympathy for her? That helps us?

Attack her on ideas, attack her on stupidity, attack her on temperament -- but please, for the love of God, don't do things like this. They're nasty and stupid in the first place -- and they are nourishment for the professional victim party, the GOP, and its quintessential professional victim, Sarah Palin.

Years from now, Palin and her acolytes will still be waving the bloody tomato.

Even worse, this tomato will be used to justify whatever crazy actions the Wingnuts and Teabaggers will do to Obama in the future.  No matter what truly hideous stuff they pull out, no matter what happens to Obama, it will be "But do you remember the guy with the tomatoes attacking Sarah Palin?  How is (Insert Crazy Teabagger Action Here Where People Actually Get Hurt) any different?  How is the Left any different?  They started this.  The blood of (Insert Crazy Teabagger Action Here Where People Actually Get Hurt) is on Tomato Guy's hands and the hands of every Obama voter."

And then the Village will come in and say how the Wingers are right, and isn't it sad that (Insert Crazy Teabagger Action Here Where People Actually Get Hurt) happened because of Tomato Guy and that really, all the violence on the right is sadly just a reaction to the unfair anger of the real villains, the Dirty F'ckin Hippies?

Steve's right.  God help us all, but he's 100% correct.  They will be using this to justify everything that happens between now and November 2012.

What will Obama get hit by, I wonder?