Lars, what is vile is Sarah Palin.  

 I seem to recall she absolutely had ads with D's portrayed as shooting targets.  Of course she also advocated a variety of untruths and innuendo supporting idealized radicals such as the president being a Muslim among her other wacky agenda and hyperbole.  

I find it telling that "Mainstream Media" is attacked by the far right as "fake news" and those radicals use "fake news" to spread the lies.