HereÂ’s the headline at ThinkProgress (which would be better named EmoteRegress).

Rep. Mark Kirk suggest shooting Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn because of higher taxes.

And here’s the “offending” quote.

“I think that the decision to raise taxes by 50 percent in Illinois is political suicide,” Kirk said of Quinn’s proposal to raise the tax rate to 4.5 percent from 3 percent, coupled with an increase in the personal deduction. “I think the people of Illinois are ready to shoot anyone who is going to raise taxes by that degree.”

Do you notice what’s missing? You know, an actual suggestion that anyone actually kill Pat Quinn (who, I would like to note, I know and respect from my younger days in Illinois politics). With reports like that one, I can only assume that the folks at ThinkProgress are preparing to trademark the phrase “Inacurate and Unbalanced” as their new motto.

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