Nancy Pelosi again yesterday repeated a Democratic party theme: that vigorous, even heated debate against their policy is tantamount to incitement to violence.
Fortunately, the Supreme Court has already ruled on what constitutes incitement to violence: it’s yelling fire in a crowded room. Mere disagreement with policy is not yelling fire. It’s more like telling people if they don’t handle their chemicals carefully they might start a fire.
Furthermore, we’ve also heard now and again the pious hope of Democrats that Barack Obama won’t be assassinated. Sound odd? It should. Consider the facts of attacks against US presidents:
Lincoln – 1865 R
Garfield – 1881 R
McKinley – 1901 R
Kennedy – 1963 D
Ford – 1975 (2 att) R
Reagan – 1981 (att) R
Of these attempts on the president’s life in recent times when shots were fired–four successful–all except Kennedy were Republicans attacked by left-leaning radicals. Even Kennedy can fit this pattern if one considers that he was a strong conservative on defense and there are links between his assassin and Cuba and the Soviet Union.
The conclusion: conservatives in this country don’t kill presidents or even incite to violence. Leftists do.
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