Can you imagine the reaction/outcry if Tea Party members behaved in even 1/10 of the fashion these goons did- chasing legislators, death-threats, vandalism, thuggery, etc... All the Tea Party has to do is peacefully assemble somewhere and they are violent, racist, a threat to democracy, etc... What a joke! I hope this wakes some people up.
I seriously want the damage to the Capitol grounds in Madison charged to the various unions who created it. I have heard figures well into the millions of dollars. That’s hard to imagine for granite hallways and marble wall paneling (unless it was indeed smashed) heavy doors, etc; typical of “state capitol” grade construction. But there could be some very serious landscaping remediation required. And still the $7-9 million figure seems highish. Nevertheless, it’s nothing if not the perfect paradigm to describe the situation at hand: The unions there are trashing the public treasury, and another example of it should not be tolerated.