"Words Can Kill" Quote of the Day

"We often hear that words can’t hurt you ... well how about anti-Semitic whispers? And how about a radio ad that calls someone a 'little bug,' and that is run anonymously over and over again? ...Words do hurt. Words can kill.  That has been proven right here in our home state." -- (emphasis added) former Republican Sen. John Danforth (MO), delivering the eulogy of Tom Schweich, Missouri's Republican state auditor and candidate for Governor.  Schweich, who had committed suicide, was the victim of an anti-Semitic whisper campaign by Rethuglican state party chairman John Hancock.  To his credit, Danforth made it clear that his state party's chairman's whisper campaign led to Schweich's suicide.