Explicit and extreme violence against Republicans John Boehner, Ted Cruz and Tom Cotton was the punchline last night in the “cold open” skit that begins Saturday Night Live every week. Hilarious, if you are a Democrat hater of Republicans, I guess, but horrifying if you worry about incitement to violence. Remember when a graphic showing target signs on congressional districts was deemed by many in the media as incitement for Jared Loughner’s attack on Gabby Giffords? That was sufficient evidence for Sarah Palin to be widely pilloried, and Loughner, a loony-toons if ever there were one, to be characterized as a tea partier, at least until his insanity became undeniable. Here is the UK Daily Mail’s summary of the skit: President Obama (Jay Pharoah) sat down to have a talk with John Boehner (Taran Killam), Tom Cotton (Kyle Mooney) and Ted Cruz (Bobby Moynihan) to talk about how he believed the three men had  undermined his authority. And when...(Read Full Post)