Longtime political commenter Mr. Jenkins is aghast (aghast, I tell you!) at the behavior captured on Mr. O'keefe's video. He can't site any similar incidents in the last 50 years or so, which makes the current situation so much more remarkable.

You'd never know it by reading his op ed pieces, but Mr. Jenkins is practical, knowledgable and experienced. He knows that many big candidate rallies have someone supported by the opposition shouting "Trump is a racist" or "Clinton is a rapist." He knows there are T-shirts outside the crowd and inside the venue with similar messages. He knows that Mr. O'Keefe's modus operandi involves selectively editing video in order to artificially increase the appearance of malfeasance, and that he's paid the price in court for excessive editorial license.

He also knows that responding to taunts and T-shirts with violence is never appropriate.

Why can't we get the Alaska Edition version of Mr. Jenkins?  He's so much better.