Well, the case of the coffin on the congressman's lawn has been debunked.
More egg on the Dems' faces.
From Mary Katharine Ham, The Weekly Standard:
It occured to me, as it would to any honest person not interested in painting anti-Obamacare protesters as irretrievably violent, that the coffin in question was likely a prop in a political protest.... One would think if coffins qualify as threats, not political theater, the press would have been interested in the lawn full of death threats anti-war protesters delivered to the White House last weekend....
As it turns out, my hunch was right, and a Carnahan spokesperson admitted as much to a St. Louis publication.Communications Director Sara Howard said about a dozen people brought the coffin to Carnahan's private St. Louis residence. After holding a vigil they took the coffin away.
The coffin is one of a list of incidents and threats made toward Democratic lawmakers in the days since the health care bill was approved.
If it was part of a "vigil," it was not a threat. Local TV station KDSK was honest and diligent enough not to report mere complaints from Carnahan's office.
Here's the report:
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