Posted on 09/29/2009 7:09:23 AM PDT by NoObamaFightForConservatives
The poll, set up by a Facebook member, asked if the president should be assassinated. It's been taken down, and the seriousness of the threat is being evaluated.
Reporting from Washington - Facebook, the popular social networking website, moved quickly Monday to take down a member's poll asking if President Obama should be assassinated.
The question, "Should Obama be killed?" had received 730 responses since its posting on Saturday. The four possible answers: Yes. Maybe. If he cuts my healthcare. No.
The Secret Service launched an investigation into the threat against the president.
A Facebook spokesman said the Palo Alto-based company was not aware of the poll until early Monday and did not know who posted it or who responded to it.
"At this time, we don't know," said Barry Schnitt, a spokesman for policy. "But we assume the developer has some or all of this information."
Schnitt said a "third-party developer" had created the platform on Facebook that allows individuals to create their own polls. The questions are often trivial, he said.
The Secret Service confirmed that it was investigating who was behind the poll and his or her intent.
"We worked with Facebook to take it down, and we are currently investigating the matter," said Ed Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman in Washington.
Asked who posted the poll, Donovan replied: "That's what we are investigating."
The responses to the poll weren't available.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
If this would have been Bush it would have been ignored. The MSM want to paint people that are not 0bama fans as nuts. They know we are about the policies and the issues and a rightious clean protest and not this garbage that paints conservatives, independents and all those regretfull that they voted for 0bama as loons.
As well as I am sure they will play the race card with this poll thing.
I sure as hell don’t want him Assassinated I want him to have about 40 years to look back on a FAILED Presidency
Agreed, but it would be nice to add “Impeached!” to his resume.
if I had to bet, I’d say some of his ACORN supporters put it up there to support their “victim of racism” story line
I am curious to know what the vote was....
<P.I did not see the poll there, but then again I have not been on FB that much lately.
I'm going to launch a poll on Facebook. "Why do people on Facebook start so many stupid polls?"
Watch this one closely. If I am proven to be correct, the story will disappear faster than a Big Mac in front of Michael Moore.
On a high def flat screen hanging on the wall at his carribean island retreat...AKA Camp XRay, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
bet a democrat posted it...
Better than even money that it was a Socialist that put up the poll to create a news story about racism and hate.
Whoever the stupid jerk was that created it, needs to be investigated. Body cavity and IRS and smog check.
If this would have been Bush it would have been ignored.....
Of course! Just like the movie was....
Definitely a libtard setup.
bingo.
They won’t body cavity Bertha. LOL
Lets see if the SS investigates that?
LOL exactly.
Yes.. CNN this morning was saying they needed to investigate as to whether the poll was racially motivated. Give me a break!
The left has learned how to do this from their Caliphate advisrs. who regard martyrdom as a political institution.
So we get all of this media spin that Obama is going to be killed from the left, and it wouuldn't surprise me if the left arranged for such a hit themselves.
No, Obama needs to lead a long, healthy life, but far from the reins of future power in America.
Obama needs to fear his own left wing.And according to his failing policies, he does fear them immensely enough to impliment policies sure to fail both at home and abroad.
So we do know that the National Socialist party of America is a threat to its very own president, a threat which will grow more significant the longer that Obama polls in the negative numbers.He is no longer a Messiah to the left, and they cry sub voce,"Crucify Him!" Typical political religion of the Left.
Homeland Security needs to write a brief on this leftist threat to Society. Janet Napolitano, where are you?
The universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the univers.
--Albert Einstein
Agree let him count the number of sink holes he placed to America’s road to recovery.
If he’s assassinated we’ll all miss the pleasure of watching his perp walk.
I would not like to see the President assassinated. However, I wouldn't be all that alarmed were his picture to begin appearing on milk cartons.
[threat against the president]
Asking a question is classified as a threat?
What threat?
Threat: an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage.
The SS needs to break out a dictionary. No crime was committed here.
I just heard that facebook is somehow being monitored and all who post anything anti-0bama are monitored.
ANY way this could be true?
Okay. are you not a FReeper?
As only a Barking Moonbat Leftist would do something so STOO-PID™
[Annnnd that he was also an SEIU member or ACORN worker.]
It should have been Bush. Then it would be promoted, not pulled.
Ain’t that the truth!
As a practical matter probably not without cooperation from FaceBook. But very doable if they go along with it.
I copied that and had to blow it up.
Where was the media outrage from that?
Make a thread!
The Facebook Assassin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZNhzBOGKfk&feature=channel_page
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