The Politics of Intimidation

and Campaign Terror Tactics

We have had a congresswoman actually shot in the head. An assassination attempt in broad daylight. We have had a cat killed recently with the word "liberal" scrawled on its carcass. We had Palin pandering to the second amendment yahoos with targets and bulls eyes and 'lock and load' language against liberals and Bile Barbie Coultercreep calling everyone who doesn't like her brand of conservatism 'Demonic.' Because she is a Romney fan, her brand of conservatism is something like corporate raider arbitrage leverage buy out decimate legitimate struggling business to pilfer rape and pillage for the assets and to hell with the rest of you.
Let me clarify the sort of camera shoved in my face at the Basillica where I went to politely listen to a lecture and asked one question. It wasn't a nice sony digital someone might have in their purse. This was a guy who rudely belligerently shoved a huge moving picture camera, a rolling film video camera the size of a microwave he shoved in my face demanding to know who I was and insinuating I was a secret plant of either a news organization or a campaign. Outrageous. Clearly designed to intimidate me and anyone watching, any one else like me from asking questions. Like free contraception is a bad idea because??????
This is the sort of garbage that gets people completely turned off religion. And conservative politics. It looks too corrupt, too nasty, too evil.
The politics of intimidation