I agree - it's a very disturbing reaction to this news.
ends do not justify the means, but try telling that to the 'liberal' folks who think incinerating flags, throwing pies at speakers, ripping up and stealing yard signs, and breaking windows at Starbucks are all valid forms of political expression.
And don't forget the vandalism/intimidation, tire slashing of voter cars and vans on election morning, and rocks and incendiary devices thrown threw the windows of Republican headquarters across the nation.
Democratic cheerleaders like CarVILE, Lanny Davis, Maureen Dowd, Paul Begala, Lawrence O'Donnell, Paul Krugman, Michael Moore (Moore is a DEM according to the Smoking Gun site) are the instigators of this hate, condecension, and dehumanizing of conservatives. They can deny it all they like, but I hold them personally responsible for inciting the unstable lefties to hate so much they committ these acts of violence.
Yeah, there's a few idiot right-wingers, but the majority of conservatives denounce and then shun the criminals, corrupt and morally-bankrupt politicians, ultra-conspiracy looneys, racists and bigots among them. We hold them accountable for their actions. (Gee, what a concept!)
Not so with the lefties. The Left always finds an excuse (society and those evil, stupid Christian Bushies made them do it) to shrug their shoulders at lefties being bad. However, should a conservative so much as say what's on their minds politically or dare to believe in God and a defined sense of right and wrong, it's a hate crime, punishable by the harshest judgement available.