An ugly turn

A good editorial in today's Courier-Journal:

Things turned ugly at the tea party rally in Frankfort Tuesday and state Sen. Damon Thayer, a Georgetown Republican, deserves special credit.

...“We need you to help send Barack Obama back to Chicago or Hawaii or wherever he wants to go,” Thayer said, prompting some in the crowd to shout “Kenya!”

This astonishingly offensive response was met with a wink and a nod from Mr. Thayer, who instead of rebuking the speakers, encouraged them.