Though touched upon in yesterday's Day Around the Bay, we thought we'd share it with you in a separate post since it's a peek inside the heart of the former VP candidate cum proverbial whore for the blind far-right, Sarah Palin, and some of her not-so-merry band of Tea Party members. See, after daring to raise questions about a questionable speaking engagement by Palin scheduled for June at California State University Stanislaus, Senator Leland Yee, according to KTVU, "says he has received death threats in recent days, along with racist hate messages about President Obama and homophobic hate messages, apparently because he represents San Francisco."

While negative messages are nothing new to Yee or any elected official, the volume of bile from these American ilk seems to have increased tenfold as of late. "In the 8 years I've been in the capital, I've not seen, at least directed at me, this amount of hate and what's surprising to me is how open people are about those messages," said Yee.

Brian Leubitz of Calitics posted a few samples of the messages Yee came across since questioning the former VP's impending appearance. Behold this faxed message:

To: JoBama Rectum Sniffer Fish Head Leland Yee"... "WERE YOU TO EXTRACT YOUR HEAD FROM TREASONOUS MARXIST NIGGER HUSSEIN OBAMA'S RECTUM, YOUR BRAIN WOULD STILL FUNCTION AT ITS PRESENT MUCH DIMINISHED LEVEL BUT AT LEAST THE NIGGER SHIT SMELL WOULD EVENTUALLY DISSIPATE.

Yee went on to share this voicemail: