On Thursday, Cantor claimed that someone had fired a bullet through the window of his Richmond, Va. campaign office. If true, that would mark a shocking escalation of the ugliness which has accompanied the battle over health care reform legislation. Full Story »
Posted by Glenn LaBauve - via Salvador Sala (t), Kristi Hancock (t), Josh_Young (t), David Wardell (t)
This is an enlightening piece when pared with the statements of Cantor, which make it sound like a targeted attack, though it doesn't overly alarm him, implying that the targeted attacks on Democrats are being overblown and played out with far too much emotional brouhaha. From the police reports it sounds as if the bullet was fired from so far away that if it actually was targeted at Cantor the shooter would be one of the gratest marksmen ever. Who knows, maybe the bullet came from some right-winger shooting at an eagle a mile away.
