"Civil discourse" ...

Wasn't that the term the conservatives used when we'd become so outraged over the myriad of things Bush did to bring the country to the point it is now?

Well, it seems "civil discourse" has devolved into death threats and violence now that they're out of power.

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FBI agents tracked the calls to a 54-year-old Texas man who lived alone — and who at one time had owned a 20-gun arsenal of handguns, shotguns and rifles. According to the documents, he told officers that he was “really, really drunk” when he made the calls. He said he was just “venting” — taking out his frustrations after hearing a discussion of the Fairness Doctrine and becoming concerned that the government would attempt to abolish the radio shows of Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh.

In testimony submitted to Congress, Capitol Police officials have said that the threats against lawmakers have caused them to dramatically increase their security efforts. Police who work on protective details say demands on their time have skyrocketed, and the department has requested a 54 percent increase — of $2.7 million — to fund travel for its dignitary protection officers in fiscal year 2011.

In fiscal year 2009, dignitary protection was provided at 139 congressional events, a nearly 100 percent increase over 2008. Capitol Police also moved to provide “a more robust role” to town hall meetings, including working with hundreds of law enforcement agencies.

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Had we made threatening calls to elected officials during the Bush administration (much as many of us would have liked to see the lot of 'em up against a wall), the Secret Service would have carted us all off to Gitmo.

As Mr. Aravosis says:

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The Republicans have bet the bank on turning the country against government, in the hopes that it will get the Democrats unelected. Except that the kooks are hearing the GOP's message, about Obama being a socialist, about there being Maoists in the Cabinet, about Obama wanting to kill your grandma, and they're responding accordingly

As long as you have the conservative leadership (Rush, Hannity, and Beck) calling for Jihad, more and more of these assholes are gonna come out of the woodwork. Maybe Obama can declare them terrorists and have the CIA arrange a few 'accidents'? Hey, they say it's legal now ...