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Glenn points out something that I am going to make even more explicit. Some of the comments have mentioned this but I don't think it can be emphasized enough.
There is no question that Gaffney, via the bogus Lincoln quote, advocated the execution of people who committed treason, 'treason' being defined essentially as expressing disagreement with the Dear Leader's support of the continuing occupation of Iraq.
But in the debate, Gaffney constantly denied that he said what he had said. Paraphrasing - 'No one is saying anyone should be hanged' while Colmes kept pointing out 'You are'.
And he is. He is advocating death for people who voice political disagreement. This is not just vile or fascistic. This is actually a page out of Nazi-land, e.g. see Richard J. Evans' book "The Rise of the Third Reich."
The Nazis, consolidating their control of Germany during the late spring/early summer of 1933, engaged in wholesale torture and murder. Gaffney seems to only be advocating murder, not torture, and only of elected officials, not all Democrats.
But give him time, give him time.
Kudos to Glenn, and Colmes (a different man in a different format on his own radio show) for stripping off Gaffney's little mask.
