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Enough of the violent rhetoric
By Lisa McIntire on 08/12/2010 @ 07:00 PM
You know that old saying, you’re only as good as the company you keep? Well, yet again, Dino Rossi, who’s trying to unseat Sen. Patty Murray, is associating with some pretty appalling characters. At a business round-table in Spokane, a woman upset with a pro-union bill exclaimed about Patty, “She ought to be shot. Murray and (Sen. Maria) Cantwell ought to be shot.” This violent, outrageous remark is not the first to be directed toward Patty.
Now, you’d hope any reasonable person, regardless of party, would immediately condemn such a vitriolic, dangerous comment. Well, unfortunately, that’s not exactly what happened after this latest outburst: Rossi first pointed out that a reporter was in the room – safety, er, public relations first! – then, like a parent would do with a child, prodded the irate woman, "That's not really what you meant." Sorry, Dino: that’s not really enough.
Unfortunately, opposition to our candidates has been tainted with violent imagery before. We won’t soon forget Sarah Palin’s PAC posting a map of the US with gun sights targeted at House Democrats – four of whom are EMILY’s List candidates. As our President Stephanie Schriock said at the time, such behavior “is not the American way. We do not put targets on the backs of fellow Americans even when we disagree.”
So, enough of the violent statements and inflammatory rhetoric. American voters deserve better.
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