"Even Republicans should realize there are lines that should be crossed, and this is one of them."

I think Benen meant "shouldn't"
when he wrote "should"

Think you mean "not be crossed" in the last line

I think a line that should be crossed is exactly what the NRCC knows.

The Republican party--all of them, from the nuttiest of Teabaggers to the supposedly staid and legitimate members like Hatch, Lugar, etc., have whipped themselves into a rabid belief that they are "at war" with the Democratic party for the "soul" of America. They don't care that there might be collateral damage; that's a feature, not a bug.

For more than 40 years folks in the GOP have followed the motto "The ends justify the means". The means have been getting nastier over time. Who knows, maybe burglary and arms deals will be next.

Republicans should realize there are lines that should be crossed, and this is one of them.

I think this explains why Republicans, who aren't afraid to cross those lines, win far more often than they should, and Democrats whimper away in defeat, refusing to even approach any lines.

Oh, goodness. Shall we send a sternly worded note? Republicans have been crossing lines that shouldn't be crossed for 30 years.

Steve, don't forget about what's taking place in the MO-8th either. A little bit of attention to this race could change the dynamics all over the country.

What on earth is WRONG with these people, publishing home addresses of staffers? Have they NO moral compass, no decency, at all? They have no business being in "public service". It's all just a scam, a joke, a way to make bucks and gain power, to them. Perriello should use this (and the previous incident re his brother) to slam his opponent.

Remember when the wingnuts got all huffy because reporter Joe McGinniss rented the house next door to Sarah Palin?

But it's OK to publish the addresses of people of otherwise little consequence that you're mad at, and just sit back and see what happens.

I want to preface by saying that posting the home addresses of these staffers was unconscionable, probably criminal, and obviously intimidating eliminationism of the sickest kind. And thus, competely par for the course for the raving thugs and crypto-fascists who largely makeup the republican party these days.

That said, what. the. fuck. is a Democrat doing adopting the slang of the racist traitors who called themselves the confederacy? using the bitter, postwar slang of racist losers who started a war so they could keep their slaves, and then after their well-deserved thrashing spent the next century mired in ignorant poverty so they could continue to oppress their former slaves simply.

Democrats of the 1800s were NOT the Democrats of modern times, which is an unfortunate historical fact and marketing problem, since no matter how racist and dangerously delusion the Republican party becomes, they'll always ben the "Party of Lincoln" whenever it suits their purposes. But I can't be the only one here offended that anyone purporting to be a member of good guys resorting to clumsily attacking their opponent on the grounds that they're not enough of an ignorant unreconstructed dumbfuck. The only way it could get worse is if he started accusing the Republican of "siding with the enemy" or being an objective supporter of terrorism.

Seriously, carpetbagger? Really? If I were a staffer for this guy, I'd quit in protest for forcing me to support the use of slurs first employed by racist traitors, and then I'd sue the republicans for endangerment and slander.

Also, too many typos. My apologies. I apparently hate the confederacy so much I forget to spellcheck and make sure to capitalize, and add "al".

I think they're hoping for violence against the staffers, frankly. That's how it's done.

"Long sleeves or short sleeves?"

I want to preface by saying that posting the home addresses of these staffers was unconscionable, probably criminal

In what fascist dictatorship do you live where posting someone's home address is "criminal"? There's no indication that the tweets contained any sort of threat of violence against the staffers or that they urged people to harass them.