re: #736 WindUpBird

Which vitriol, dude?

From the Fox article:

Van Hollen told MSNBC on Wednesday that Republican leaders were “pouring more and more gasoline on the flames.” Kaine, in an interview with the Huffington Post, said Republican leaders are “trying to stoke anger” with lies.

House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., in an interview with MSNBC Wednesday night, said people are getting “signals” from lawmakers on how to behave and that lawmakers need to “disown” the activity before it gets out of control. He suggested his colleagues were culpable.

“If we participate in it, either from the balcony or on the floor of the House, you are aiding and abetting this kind of terrorism, really,” Clyburn said.

And Rep. Phil Hare, D-Ill., told Fox News on Thursday that he thought House Republican Leader John Boehner should step aside for not being more vocal in denouncing the threats.

“He has a responsibility to step up and put an end to this,” Hare said. “I think this is despicable.”

I would disagree with Clyburn’s use of the word ‘terrorism’, and I think it’s extreme (and silly) to Boehner to step down.

But none of this will stand up to the party reversal test. If this were Republicans talking, the same folks that slam them would praise them, and versa vice.