Hypothetically speaking

Hat tip: Michelle Malkin.

Let's examine this hypothetical scenario:

The year is 1995. Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh plays the following skit during his show:

"President Bill Clinton is telling us the Second Amendment isn't for citizens anymore, so he is going to take it away from us. Well, here's your answer, you lecherous hump: [audio sound of 4 gunshots being fired.] Just try it, you little bastard. [audio of gun being cocked]."

Imagine the (entirely justified) outcry from the media and the DNC.

The year is now 2005, and the situation is no longer hypothetical. This skit was aired this week by Randi Rhodes, a talk radio host who has a show on Air America:

"A spoiled child is telling us our Social Security isn't safe anymore, so he is going to fix it for us. Well, here's your answer, you ungrateful whelp: [audio sound of 4 gunshots being fired.] Just try it, you little bastard. [audio of gun being cocked]."

As Ms. Malkin states on her own blog, this isn't the first time Ms. Rhodes has used such rhetoric.