"Find Out Where His Kids Go to School"

Sounding rather like dialog from a "B" gangster movie, is former Democrat Presidential candidate Mike Gravel. According to Fox News:

Former Democratic presidential candidate Mike Gravel was caught on tape last week telling a crowd in Washington, D.C., that they should harass a federal prosecutor who helped bring criminal contempt charges against a Palestinian activist.

Now, I know my memory shortens with age, but I don't even remember this Presidential wannabee! Still, his thuggish behavior is worth noting!

“Find out where he lives, find out where his kids go to school, find out where his office is, picket him all the time,” Gravel said, in an audio tape obtained by the Investigative Project on Terrorism and provided to FOX News.
“Call him a racist in signs if you see him. Call him an injustice. Call him whatever you want to call him, but in his face all the time.”

Wow! Someone must have read "Winning Through Intimidation" and is taking it to the extreme! Now, here's the "Do as I say, don't do as I do" moment:

Gravel told FOX News that he doesn’t want people to break the law and that he personally wouldn’t do the things he’s recommended — but that it could be an effective way to change the behavior of U.S. officials.

Oh, I personally wouldn't get my hands dirty harrassing this man or his children, I just instigate others to do it! What a pillar of moral rectitude this man is! /sarcasm
"It could be an effective way to change the behavior of U.S. officials". I think this guy went to the Tim McVeigh School of Public Relations!

Among others not buying into the "moral rectitude" of Democrat thug politician Mike Gravel is Steve Emerson, whose field of expertise is counter terroism:

“The question is whether he crossed the line in saying ‘find out where his kids go to school,’” said counter-terrorism expert Steve Emerson. “That to my mind and to government officials including those in the FBI crosses the line into a direct veiled threat.”

He said the evidence at the Al-Arian trial “overwhelming showed and incontrovertibly demonstrated that he was head of the Islamic Jihad network in the United States.”

So we have Democrat thugs politicians, making veiled threats against federal prosecutors and their children, for prosecuting known Jihadists, but...it's okay! Because he wouldn't do it personally! Oh. And did I mention...he's a Democrat?
I'm feeling much better now!

Hat tip James Taranto
Cross posted at Say Anything