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And Now, A Word About the Importance of Rhetorical Restraint From...Alan Grayson

A mystified tip of the cap to the Ed Schultz producer who thought this man would be the ideal guest for a circumspect discussion of the perils of overheated and hateful political rhetoric.  I suppose he is an authority of sorts on the matter, as he's repeatedly compared Dick Cheney to Satan and famously referred to his opponent successor as "Taliban Dan."  Citizen Alan's sober verdict?  Sarah Palin's target map was "inexcusable," "over the line," and invited violence.  Watch in wonder:

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