///That is the difference here, josz, that the right pretends not to get... It's one thing to argue politics... That is part of one's civic responsibility... It's quite another to use language that promotes violence... Sarah Palin is very much responsible for what happened yesterday... The entire Republican Party which until this happened was silent on threats of violence is responsible... They cannot hide from that...///

Yes, the republican party bears responsibility on this one. They let this kids of shenanigans go on for years--the violent shoot-em-up rhetoric, the hatespeech, the veiled and not-so-veiled racist comments directed at Obama--they allowed it, they nurtured it, they encouraged it. So let them reap what they have sown. They can't say this is not what they wanted. If it wasn't then why all the violent 2nd amendment remedies, reload rhetoric? It's exactly what they were bucking for and consequences be damned so I say they should be castigated in public, have their careers ruined and possibly face charges if anything can be proven.