Media downplays leftwing violence; manufactures tea party violence

A great editorial in the Washington Times. Repeatedly we have seen over the course of the last year omissions of any left wing violence and fabrication of racist attitudes, violent behavior and nasty motives on the part of tea partiers. Here's a brief rundown of the last few weeks.

The Tea Partiers do not incite violence; they are salt-of-the-earth middle Americans who are desperately worried about the misguided policies and wrongheaded vision being promoted by President Obama and his congressional allies. Contrast them with the younger, less educated, lower income, angry, racially motivated mob that turned out in Phoenix. The Tequila Party and gangsters like them represent the core and the pride of the liberal base. If an angry, shouting mob throwing bottles at police is the face of contemporary liberalism, it's no wonder Americans are turning against them in droves.