J.D. In the Cross-hairs

Espresso Pundit posted the following on his blog yesterday:

Harry to JD: Make My Day

Here's a still shot of an image that briefly flashes across the screen in Harry Mitchell's latest commercial. The subliminal message is obvious.

There is a thin line between legitimate campaign imagery and hate speech. Placing your opponent's head in the crosshairs of a sniper rifle crosses that line.

They don't call him Dirty Harry for nothing.

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Okay, so J.D.'s head is in the center of crosshairs. Espresso Pundit assumes sniper rifle, the first thing I thought when I saw it was camera, but whatever. The message is clear: J.D. Hayworth is targetted for his House seat.

Espresso Pundit calls it hate speech. A bit of a stretch, but I find it funny that the term "hate speech" is used to defend a guy that is just full of it. Oh, J.D. knows how to mask his rhetoric, behind his book or behind the Minutemen or Bikers for the Border. But when someone is using the word "invasion" to describe thousands of illegal aliens coming here to work... then they shouldn't be surprised to find themselves in the crosshairs of defeat.