Certainly after Tucson no one here at FR needs to ponder, not for a fleeting moment, the conflagration that would have ensued had this been initiated from the right.
Two words: Useful Idiot.
In other words, a leftist.
“Whoever asked that question will probably be hearing from the Secret Service shortly.”
Not just a talk, but a search of his home, bank records, income tax files and he has subjected his family, his neighbors, his co-workers and his best friend from the second to long interviews by the Secret Service.
IOW, we really have no idea what was said, but this particular divination suits our agenda.
If this really happened, then why didn't the witness contact the US Secret Service?
WOuldn’t it be likely they said “WHo’s going to STOP Obama”? not “Who’s going to shoot” him?
Unless there was just a big discussion about shooting the messenger or something, and somebody was trying to be funny.
Given the track record behind assassinated public figures, I’d bet on it being a Democrat/Liberal long before I’d ever bet on it being a Conservative/Republican.
When Palin’s life is threatened, in full view, AP/Salon/MSM yawn...
When it’s Obie or a Liberal, oh the humanity!
People value their ammo. They wouldn’t waste it on Obama.
He is personally responsible for ruining himself.
“Who is going to shoot President Obama?”
This reminds me of George Carlin’s bit on the importance of emphasis in a sentence.
In one form of emphasis on the word ‘Who’ the sentence can be construed as a statement that such a shooting would be absurd. With a different emphasis on the same word the sentence can be construed as a beseechment begging for someone to do this.
In any case, is this an incitement to violence or merely a question?
If it is merely a question or a speculation then the answers these days could include:
1. Muslims who feel that Obama was once a Muslim and they want to invoke Sharia Law on his leaving Islam. (Seriously, I’ve been worried about this one!)
2. Disaffected leftists who feel betrayed that Obama is entertaining cutting funding to their favorite social programs.
3. Keith Olbermann. (It wouldn’t surprise me if he was that desperate for ratings).
4. Joe Biden. I was amazed that Obama turned his back on this guy at the State of the Union address.
And then there’s the list of who would NOT do this:
1. Conservatives who are patient enough to wait for Jan 20, 2013 when Obama will leave office anyway.
2. Mexican cartel members who’ve been getting good deals on guns since Obama got charge of the BATFE and started illegally exporting quality US made firearms to Mexico.
3. Muammar Khaddafy who’s pretty happy with Obama’s silence on the massacres in Libya.
4. The royal families of Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain who are happy like Khaddafy and for the same reason.
5. William Ayers. While Obama’s close, personal friend is a clear and present danger to everyone else it’s safe to say Obama has nothing to fear from this unrepentant terrorist.
6. Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, Evo Morales, Kim Il Jung, and other unsavory leftist dictators whom Obama is fond of.
7. The UN General Assembly
8. Rahm Emanuel (for now).
This will be tonight’s big story on MSNBC and CNN, without a grain of truth.
“it’s a serious federal crime to threaten the life of the president”
I always wondered about threatening comments phrased in the form of a question. Can it really be a threat if it’s a question? Hold on, I know it is, practically speaking. For all intents and purposes, as they say. And the authorities have to take everything seriously, blah, blah, blah.
However, logically speaking, it presents a problem. Same way Vanilla Ice’s defense of his purported infringement on “Ice, Ice, Baby” presents a problem. If every note wasn’t the same, how can you honestly say it was infringement? Let me tell you, artists rip eachother off all the time. All the time! Most of them basically are counterfeiters. So why go after the Ice Man in particular? Because his ripoff was especially egregious. How do we know? Um...it felt that way.
The law cares about details, semantics, quibbles, etc. Does it care about the sort of logic to which I address myself? Probably not. You know a threat when you hear it, no matter how it’s phrased, and that’s all I’m getting at. Much of what we know is based on pure emotion, and the law isn’t always rational. Good day.
What the heck is a ‘post Tucson America’?
This is their response to the jerk who was targeting Bush.
We are dealing with robotic children. My stinky is bigger than your stinky.
What happened in Tucson? Oh, a crazed lunatic who was obsessed with Gabby Giffords went and shot her and some of her constituents and employees.
Have we locked up all the mentally unstable yet?????????