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Over the weekend, Houston Democrat Precinct Chair John Cobarruvias tweeted, "Can we now shoot the #NRA and everyone who defends them?" This, apparently, is part of what he calls "hard-hitting political commentary" on his blog "Bay Area Houston." Prior to the asinine tweet broaching the subject of shooting NRA members as a solution to gun violence, Cobarruvias had spent some of his "hard-hitting political commentary" mocking conservatives -- or as Cobarruvias himself put it, by "laughing and puking on GOP Tea Baggers."

My friend TJ Aulds who writes for the Galveston Daily News recently wrote a blog asking if Tea Party Members are all racist. He goes on to say that surveys show that the demographics show that Tea Party members are “predominately older, white and men. But about a quarter of those surveyed are Hispanic, Asian-American or African American.” While his demographic breakdown on race are fairly accurate, non-white members only make up about 25% of membership. However, according to a survey by Gallup, who will never be confused with being a conservative polling entity the members are far from being...