McCaskill receiving extra security after 'kill the Claire Bear' comment at Tea Party

[Calamari]

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...#ixzz1uJbWxZvC

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is receiving extra security after a comment at a recent Tea Party rally that has been construed as a potential threat.

At an event Thursday in Springfield, Mo., Scott Boston, a St. Louis area activist who has been involved with the Tea Party, told the crowd "we have to get Claire McCaskill out."

"We have to kill the Claire Bear ladies and gentlemen," Boston said. "She walks around like she's some sort of Rainbow Brite Care Bear or something but really she's an evil monster."

[crabsnbeer]

As I said: there are nuts at both extremes. No big secret there.
The press has always highlighted the rightwing nuts.

[Calamari]

http://thinkprogress.org/election/20...-kill-comment/

Republican Senate candidate Sarah Steelman defended today a Tea Party activist’s call to “kill the Claire Bear” — a reference to Sen. Claire McCaskill (R-MO), whom Steelman is running against. Steelman has been under fire this week from Democrats for not denouncing the remark, which came at a Tea Party rally last week that Steelman attended.

Apparently it is not an extreme.