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Two H/Ts go out on this one. First Jim Hoft, who drew my attention to the original story yesterday. As hard it is to believe, it is true, a Wisconsin Democrat threatens a Republican legislator with “You’re f***in dead.” The details on the threat are below the fold. More importantly Hot Air points to an interview on Fox this morning with the Republican woman who was threatened with death. “Yes, I felt intimidated. The back story first, from my original source, Gateway Pundit ... Friday morning after the Assembly vote to approve Governor Scott Walker’s budget repair bill Democrat State...

OTTAWA - Are right wing politicians better looking than left wing politicians? That’s what a group of Finnish and Swedish researchers claim. The study, titled The Right Look: Conservative Politicians Look Better and Their Voters Reward It, had 2,513 non-Finnish respondents evaluate the facial appearance of 1,357 Finnish political candidates. The result, right wing candidates were deemed hotter. Female candidates on the right had a larger “beauty gap” over their left wing opponents than men did. The researchers argued that when the candidates were less well known, such as in municipal elections, looks play a bigger role in swaying voters....

Classy lady.

Madison - Rep. Michelle Litjens (R-Oshkosh) said Tuesday she is trying to look ahead after an ugly incident last week involving Rep. Gordon Hintz (D-Oshkosh). Last Thursday, with emotions running high in the Assembly chambers, Hintz walked near Litjens. "He was walking back. I sit in the back row, and he turned and pointed to me and said, "You are ------- dead." Litjens said she said nothing but admitted she felt intimidated. "It was not a comfortable situation," she said. Hintz, who could not be reached for comment but who has said his actions were an "outburst," called Litjens on...

On Monday, Milwaukee AM 620 WTMJ radio host Charlie Sykes detailed an encounter between Democratic State Rep. Gordon Hintz, who had previously been busted in a prostitution sting, and Republican State Rep. Michelle Litjens, in which the rules of civility were completely ignored after a vote to “engross” a state budget repair bill. “After the vote to engross, he turns to a female conservative Republican, who is also from the Oshkosh area, looks at her and says, ‘You are f—ing dead,’” Sykes said. “He didn’t say ‘f—ing,’ he said the whole thing. He says to a female colleague, ‘You are...

Friday morning after the Assembly vote to approve Governor Scott Walker’s budget repair bill Democrat State Rep. Gordon Hintz turned to Republican Rep. Michelle Litjens and said: “You are F***king dead!”