Four AZ Republicans resign. District Republican chairman: 'I don't want to take a bullet for anyone'

[sufrommich]

Fearing violence from tea party activists, Arizona Legislative District 20 Republican Chairman Anthony Miller and several others tendered their resignation this week following mass shootings that left six dead and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) in critical condition.

Miller, a 43-year-old former campaign worker for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), said that verbal attacks and blog posts from members of the tea party had him fearing for the safety of his family, according to a report in The Arizona Republic.

"Today my wife of 20 yrs ask (sic) me do I think that my PCs (Precinct Committee members) will shoot at our home?" he wrote in an e-mail following the shootings. "So with this being said I am stepping down from LD20GOP Chairman...I will make a full statement on Monday."

Tea party members supporting J.D. Hayworth for senator in the midterm elections accused Miller, an African American, of being a "McCain's boy." One detractor had even made his hand into the shape of a gun and pointed it at Miller.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/fearing-tea-party-violence-arizona-republicans-resign/#

[provis99]

1. alt headline: Chicken says Col Sanders not great guy after all.

[reggie the dog]

2. how close are we to more shootings?

[jpak]

3. So, Teabagger threats against Republicans are to be taken seriously?

but Palin's cross hairs targeting a Democratic Congresswoman are not?

I'm confused.

[robinlynne]

4. +1.

[jtrockville]

5. +2, pretty crazy, eh?

[Kber]

8. Ha!

Fair point.

[damntexdem]

6. Cut and run.

And so the Tea Party advances its position a bit more through use of coercion (threats of violence) because others won't stay and stand up to them. But, then, what can one expect from the GOP?

[earth mom]

7. So this is how the teabaggers will get everyone they hate out of office.

Question is, how long are the normal and sane people of this country going to put up with the nutjob teabaggers?

[seabeyond]

9. how is the rhetoric working for you.... republicans. nt

[former9thward]

10. Terrorists win another.

[intheflow]

11. Who are the other three Republicans?

Are they black, latino, female, gay or Jewish? Just wonderin'...