Maine governor issues a call to arms

What does it take before our exalted media use their precious First Amendment protection to call these rightwing politicians out for what they are -- pure crackpots. I mean, this isn't some fringe conspiracy nutcase we're talking about here. He's a highly placed government official who somehow hoodwinked his constituents into voting him into office.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage is literally calling for armed revolution. He's peeved that he wasn't allowed to testify at a state Appropriations Committee meeting a couple of weeks ago and comes out with these statements:

Asked why the issue is so important, the governor replied, "It’s freedom of speech. You folks should understand that better than I. It is the First Amendment, then there is the Second and I love ‘em both."

He later added, "The minute we start stifling our speech, we might as well go home, roll up our sleeves and get our guns out."

He should tell that to women representatives in Michigan who weren't allowed to speak on the Statehouse floor. He should tell that to the women legislators who weren't allowed to testify as Issa's anti-contraceptive hearings in the House of Representatives in Washington, DC.

Imagine the media uproar if these Democratic women legislators had said the same thing. I expect there would have been screaming headlines along the lines of "Annie git yer guns."

LePage is verging on sedition here. Media needs to call it what it is -- crazy talk. IT shouldn't be reported as if this was something normal that should be expected or condoned.