As the Hill writes:

Capitol Police stopped Joshua Bowman, 28, of Falls Church, Va., at approximately 8 p.m. on Wednesday night several blocks away from the Capitol as he made a "failed attempt to gain access to [a Capitol] barricade," a spokeswoman said. After consenting to an administrative search of his vehicle, a shotgun in its case with ammunition was found in the vehicle’s trunk. ... While the arrest was made by Capitol Police officers, the department was working in conjunction with U.S. Secret Service on Wednesday night as members of the White House and nearly the full body of Congress attended Obama’s speech.

Okay, let's review:

--We've had people carry guns to Obama events in the month of August.

--We've had people hold signs with Obama as Hitler in the past few weeks.

--We've had idioticians Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich accuse Obama of "death panels."

--We've had Glenn Beck agree that Osama Bin Laden is the only way to save America from Obama.

--We've had Glenn Beck call the President a racist.

--We've had the right wing in this country get up in arms over a speech to school children on Tuesday (in which the school children acted like adults, and the adults in the Republican party acted like children.)

--We've had a member of the South Carolina legislature, Rep. Joe Wilson, shout out at a joint address to Congress that the President lies.

--We've had Lindsey Graham say that Obama is disrespecting the office of the presidency.

--We now have Sarah Palin, today, saying that Obama was a meanie for saying that the death panel claim was a lie.

--Now we learn that someone was trying to access Capitol grounds with a shotgun and ammunition at a time when the President of the United States was giving a joint session speech to Congress.



Huh? I'm missing something? Who's disrespectful? I could ask my 8 year old that question, and he could give the right answer. Republicans in the US? Not so much.

Mr. President, you can't negotiate with these pricks. Change is difficult, but it's what you were elected on. Now, get to it. We'll have your back.

Update 1: Here are some ways to have the President's back. Check out this diary from Populista that has 5 action items to do TODAY. I've done most of these. Can you join in?

Donate to Rob Miller at his Act Blue page. Let's get more progressives in the House, as well as those with more civility. It feels good to give to someone who wants to oust that jerk.

Update 2: The rec list! Wow! I'm in awe...thanks, everyone!