Daily Iowan Article - The violence of American politics

[newtothegame]

The passage of the health-care bill is driving people to do some frightening things — and these violent tendencies may be becoming the norm.

At least 10 Democratic House members who voted for the legislation have been threatened since its approval. In one instance, a gas line was cut outside the home of Virginia Rep. Tom Perriello’s brother after a conservative activist mistakenly posted the address thinking it was the representative’s home. In another case, Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-NY, found an assassination threat aimed at her family members the same day a brick was thrown through her Niagara Falls office with a hostile message attached.

And this week, a California man was arrested for threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., because of her connection to the bill. Days earlier, a Washington man was also arrested for threatening to kill Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.

Read more at http://www.dailyiowan.com/2010/04/09/Opinions/16629.html

Thanks for your "concern."

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Not a bad editorial for a college paper. Here at my university, they only print a paper once

a week and most editorials are lifted from other universities' student papers.