"Political Enemies and Thugs"

Why am I not surprised:

On Saturday night, when MotherJones.com staffers tweeted a report that riot police might soon sweep demonstrators out of the Wisconsin capitol building, one Twitter user sent out a chilling response: "Use live ammunition."

Later, the Tweeter was revealed to be Jeff Cox, a deputy attorney general for the state of Indiana.

When Mother Jones staffer Adam Weinstein responded, Deputy AG Cox tweeted back that the demonstrators were "political enemies" and "thugs" who were "physically threatening legally elected officials."

In response to such behavior Cox said, "You're damned right I advocate deadly force." He later called Weinstein a "typical leftist," adding, "liberals hate police."

As I said this morning, it’s a short road from Wisconsin Gov. Walker insinuating state workers and protestors are “outside agitators," to the real possibility of violence.