"Enough is enough", the "violence" (promoted by Glenn Beck and others) must stop

The uneasy view from Republican National Leadership

And, why hasn't the government yet stepped-in on these beyond "free speech" (really suggestive threats) violations?

House Majority Whip Eric Cantor, right, said a bullet was shot through the window of his office in Richmond, Virginia.

Rep. Eric Cantor, the number two Republican in the House of Representatives, said Thursday that a bullet had been shot through a window at his district office in Richmond, Virginia. He also said he had received threatening messages. He said he would not publicly release the messages out of concern that doing so would only incite further violence.

He also accused Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine and Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland - a member of the Democratic House leadership - of "fanning the flames" of violence by using threats that have been made against Democratic members "as political weapons." "Enough is enough," Cantor said. "It has to stop."

More than 10 Democrats have reported trouble since the weekend health care vote, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, told reporters on Wednesday.Windows have been smashed at Democratic offices in at least three states, and federal agents are investigating whether a cut gas line at the home of a Virginia congressman's brother was related to the lawmaker's yes vote. Democratic congressional leaders have demanded Republicans join them in condemning a spate of threats and vandalism that has followed Sunday's vote on a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. health care system. http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/25/house-gop-no-2-someone-shot-at-my-office/?hpt=T2

Posted by Kathy Meeh