Friday, February 19, 2010
Pawlenty Kicks Hornets Nest in Search of Votes
A day after a troubled man killed himself by flying his plane into a building in Austin, Texas that housed the local IRS offices, leaving behind a web-based suicide note in which he railed against government and taxes, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty riled up the CPAC crowd by saying that we need to "take a page out of her [Elin Nordegren's] playbook and take a nine iron and smash the window of big government in this country." I'm generally hesitant to blame political leaders for the violence of some of their extreme followers, but this does seem dangerous to me.
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This is very disturbing. I'd like to say alarming as well, but I can't honestly say that I'm surprised.
that's what thugs do, right? they resort to violence because they have no other viable tools with which to fight (intellect, moral persuasion, etc). bunch of schoolyard bullies.
I just don't think they realize the energy that they're tapping into. There are a lot of angry, desperate people out there. Pawlenty, Palin, and Michelle Bachmann feel good when they get their crowds fired up, but some in those crowds are thinking, "Yeah, I am going to fight back! Literally!"
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