article_snippet: former U.S. Senator John Danforth denounced the ugly nature of American politics Tuesday while eulogizing Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich, suggesting that political bullying and an anti-Semitic whisper campaign led his friend to kill his.
article_snippet: former U.S. Senator John Danforth expressed 'overwhelming anger that politics has gone so hideously wrong' as former U.S. Senator John Danforth spoke at a memorial services that drew many of Missouri's top elected officials and hundreds of others to The Church of St Michael and St George in Clayton. '
article_snippet: Words can kill,' former U.S. Senator John Danforth said. '
article_snippet: Former U.S. Senator John Danforth (left) delivered the euology at the service, and said campaign bullying was to blame for state Auditor Tom Schweich's (right) suicide.
article_snippet: Former U.S. Senator John Danforth (left) said Former U.S. Senator John Danforth (left) had talked with state Auditor Tom Schweich two days before his death.
article_snippet: Former U.S. Senator John Danforth (left) said state Auditor Tom Schweich was upset about a radio ad from a political action committee that mocked Former U.S. Senator John Danforth (left) physical appearance and suggested Former U.S. Senator John Danforth (left) was a pawn of Democrats who would 'quickly squash Former U.S. Senator John Danforth (left) like the little bug that Former U.S. Senator John Danforth (left) is' in a general election.
article_snippet: But Former Sen. Danforth said Schweich was particularly distraught by what Former Sen. Danforth perceived to be an anti-Semitic whispering campaign by the chairman of the Missouri Republican party, who Schweich said had been telling people that Schweich was Jewish.
article_snippet: Former Sen. Danforth said Schweich was a 'model public servant' who 'was a person easily hurt and quickly offended' — so much so that Former Sen. Danforth said Former Sen. Danforth had tried to discourage Schweich from entering politics six years ago because Former Sen. Danforth didn't believe Schweich had the temperament for Schweich.
article_snippet: Former Sen. Danforth said Former Sen. Danforth is haunted by the fact that Former Sen. Danforth had advised Schweich not to personally go public last week with the allegations of the anti-Semitic whispering campaign and had suggested Schweich should have someone else supply that information to the media. '
article_snippet: On the morning of Former Sen. Danforth death, Schweich had invited reporters for The Associated Press and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to Former Sen. Danforth home for an afternoon interview, saying Former Sen. Danforth was ready to go public with the allegations of the anti-Semitic whispering campaignthe anti-Semitic whispering campaign.
article_snippet: The death of Schweich is the natural consequence of what politics has become,' Former Sen. Danforth said. '
highlights_snippet: At Schweich Tuesday funeral, former U.S. Senator John Danforth said political bullying was to blame for Schweich's suicide .
  