On CNN, Jack Cafferty (who I usually don't agree with and think he's pretty crabby) stated this about the recent cheers and boos at the Republican debates on various issues:
"Critics say these debates promote extremism within the Republican Party, and show 'the mean season is upon us.' They fault the candidates themselves for not stamping out the behavior when it happens. They should. Also, some suggest the booing or cheering could turn off moderate and swing voters in the general election. It should."
Sean Hannity showed the clip from Jack Cafferty's segment on CNN and both he and a guest on his show commented on it by saying that only Democrats think that the Republicans have become "bloodthirsty." Also that regarding the death penalty issue, the crowd was only cheering that the death penalty was in place in Texas and that no one else construed it as inappropriate. This is the dumbest thing I ever heard. Talk about spinning. And both Sean and guest were laughing about it.
Even if they were just cheering in agreement with the death penalty, these tea partiers or whoever is doing the cheering over these issues is making the rest of us Republicans look "bloodthirsty." No constructive dialogue is ever going to take place if this country becomes much more polarized. At some point, the silly stuff needs to stop.
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