Barak has put himself beyond the Pale with his comments on this.
Well, the fictional portrayal of what he said is certainly beyond the pale. A reading of his actual posts utilizing ordinary care shows no such thing.
Any readings of Barak's lunacy, his increasing mental instability, and his volatility, with any degree of care shows the opposite.
He's mentally unstable, increasingly volatile, and the ONLY two differences between him and the nutjob in Arizona yesterday are that Barak's delusional ramblings are comprehensible (though still delusional) and that he hasn't snapped, yet.
And, anyone who thinks that this kind of psychosis is not going to be subject to increased, and likely quite proper, data mining and meta-crawling is fooling themselves.
Once it's pinpointed, it'll get FAR closer scrutiny.
And, I'd suspect that'd be met with more home-based scrutiny, whether in central Carolina, northern Florida, Springfield, Illinois, Peoria, Sacramento, or BFE, Idaho.
I doubt Giffords will become the next Sarah Brady; more likely, and more accurately, she and others will concentrate very heavily on those with known mental issues, delusional ramblings on websites, imaginings of alternate societies, currencies, etc.
If that causes someone here to think twice about their own postings, or perhaps question those of another, well... think about that.
As an aside; several months ago when the guy flew a small, private plane into the tax building, how many of us had a first or very quick thought as to who it might be, and one person in specific?
That should start putting some things in context, if it hasn't already.
