The last Kennedy is dead

[Cornfed Hick]

Is it really that bad with political partisanship in the US that you literally wish your opponent dead?

Yes.

There was a protester at an Obama speech a couple of weeks ago, carrying a loaded gun and holding a sign that said, "It's time to water the tree of liberty."

I may be wrong, but I suspect the Obama sign had more to do with race than mere political partisanship. 

 

[Forostar]

For the person who held that sign both issues were certainly connected.

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

I may be wrong, but I suspect the Obama sign had more to do with race than mere political partisanship. 

You're probably right. But this race-based hatred is being expressed in political terms, so it's hard to separate it from politics.

Just like the congresswoman from Kansas who said the Republican party needs to find a "great white hope". She claimed she didn't know what the phrase meant, but I find that hard to believe.