"t was appalling when the House majority leader threatened political retribution against judges who did not toe his extremist political line. But when a second important Republican stands up and excuses murderous violence against judges as an understandable reaction to their decisions, then it is time to get really scared. "
Actually this is a flat out lie
http://cornyn.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=236007
"I wonder whether there may be some connection between the perception in some quarters on some occasions where judges are making political decisions yet are unaccountable to the public, that it builds up and builds up to the point where some people engage in violence, certainly without any justification, but that is a concern I have that I wanted to share. "
He didn't excuse it at all. But the Times will run a correction at the back in small print.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
http://cornyn.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=236007
"I wonder whether there may be some connection between the perception in some quarters on some occasions where judges are making political decisions yet are unaccountable to the public, that it builds up and builds up to the point where some people engage in violence, certainly without any justification, but that is a concern I have that I wanted to share. "
He didn't excuse it at all. But the Times will run a correction at the back in small print.
G-d they hate the internet.
They can no longer savagely lie.