en. Barack Obama (D-Ill) during Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board meeting. (Scott Stewart/Sun-Times)
Posted on 12/15/2006 3:28:22 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Sen. Barack Obama is concerned about his personal security --telling the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board Thursday that he and his wife fear there is a potential for violence -- even if he does not run for president.
"Being shot, obviously, that is the least-attractive option,'' Obama said.
The Illinois Democrat told the Sun-Times he has concluded a 2008 White House bid "would be viable" and he would have "a pretty good chance of winning the nomination.''
For the first time, Obama talked about the downside of his swelling popularity, before his expected presidential announcement in January, after a vacation in his native Hawaii.
Security, Obama said, referring to his wife, is "something that is on Michelle's mind. And the minds of many of my friends.
"I think it is something that will have to be addressed if I ran. You are not assigned Secret Service protection until you are effectively the nominee."
Obama said he "might have to build in" his own security provisions.
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Well, there's the being shot thing... and I guess people wanting to know what you actually stand for, that might be a negative too.
Owl_Eagle
If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.
Somebody told him about Arkancide.
Only a mooselimb would bother to waste a bullet on this megalomaniac.
If Not a Victim Now, Obama has staked claim to be a declared fuure victim, as victimhood is his mantra...
Big Ears is already playing the racist/victim card. What a set-up.
A pro-2nd Amendment Democrat? Hold the phone!
I could care less.
" "Being shot, obviously, that is the least-attractive option,'' Obama said. "
Ummmm...
Typical Liberal lack of imagination --
Ever heard of Polonium210??
You can't miss.
I find both of their comments very offensive.
Maybe he can get the black Mooselimbs to protect his butt.
Oh for crying out loud,,he is a drama queen too.
What a crock of self involvement he is.
The man is an attention junkie.
Oh for crying out loud,,he is a drama queen too.
What a crock of self involvement he is.
The man is an attention junkie.
Spot on!
Me too,,the offensive part.
Jack Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, Abe Lincoln,,,all white men.
THe whites are beating the blacks in the being shot competition.
He is already anticipating his martyr status what with his rock star status not being enough to satisfy him.
He hates white people even though his relatives are white.
During that Kenyan visit, Obama's half sister, Auma, gave an interview to Laurie Abraham of Elle magazine in which she worried about his safety.
"Not to be offensive, there are crazy people in America as well, with crazy ideas. And at the end of the day, what matters is that he's a black man. The history of America is quite violent,'' Auma said in a story in the Elle December issue
Let me get this straight, his half sister thinks hes more at danger here ...than in a street full of stampeding africans?
This is going to one race bait after another for the worlds newest attention whore. Personally I think the most dangerous place to be is betwee B. Hussein Obama and a camera.
If we start seeing him with "Fruit of Islam" guards, then we know something more about him
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