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Over at Politco.com, Ben Smith and Jonathan Martin quote a "prominent Democratic strategist aligned with the White House" as saying, "Unless things change and Obama can run on accomplishments, he will have to kill Romney."

Kill Romney?

Will President Obama distance himself from the remark? Don't count on it.

But needless to say, if a prominent Republican strategist aligned with Romney (or any other GOP presidential aspirant) had used the phrase "kill Obama" The New York Times would have Sarah Palin's crosshair target maps on its front page faster than you can say reload.

Now, I have no doubt that the "prominent Democratic strategist aligned with the White House" doesn't want Romney to actually be felled by a bullet anymore than Sarah Palin wanted Gabby Giffords to be shot. It's a figure of speech, a metaphor and so was Palin's map. The Left ought to have understood that implicitly. But then again one should never overestimate the Left when it comes to reason.

So the next time liberals, progressives and socialists call for civility in our political discourse (and they will) I will duly ignore them until they get their own house in order.

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Occam's Tool| 8.9.11 @ 1:29PM

Liberals are scum. Surprise, surprise.

John - TMF| 8.9.11 @ 1:41PM

You are insulting perfectly good scum... at least it feeds the fish and bugs.

Romney is not going to be the nominee of the GOP. He is stuck at 24..or less... and will stay there. Only the Establishment is enamored of liberal Yankee Establishment Republicans (indistinguishable from any run of the mill rich Yankee Dem...). Even Rudy Guiliani is smart enough to be hanging around the Perry (future) campaign.

Perry - Bolton, Perry - Rubio, I'd even go for Perry - Guiliani, before Romney anywhere on a ticket.

Romney means no repeal of Obamacare, no matter what side of his mouth the promise came from at the time. Romney means eventual cave in to tax increases... because that's the Establishment way... (Tax collectors for the welfare state)... Romney means more Glooball Worming nonsense...

And yes, OT... Liberals are vile.

r/John - TMF

Occam's Tool| 8.9.11 @ 10:00PM

I stand corrected as to the relative usefulness of Scum and Liberals, John. My humblest apolgies.

JohnD| 8.9.11 @ 1:52PM

Obama cannot govern, so he campaigns.

Oldefarte| 8.9.11 @ 4:14PM

'.... the next time liberals, progressives and socialists call for civility in our political discourse...' appears to be an oxymoron, since domestic terrorist don't the meaning of CIVILITY!!!!!!!!!!

mjfin| 8.9.11 @ 6:08PM

It's OK for the left to use violent language to describe political conflicts because everyone knows they are not speaking literally.

It is the unstable Right, clinging to its guns and religion, and fearing immigrants and others different than themselves that must be taken seriously as threats to pubic safety, even in the smallest transgressions, such as publishing target maps of political opponents.