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CNN: Obama now under secret service protection
CNN | 05/03/07

Posted on 05/03/2007 12:48:16 PM PDT by Pokey78

due to a threat.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: arkancide; bamboozled; barackhusseinobama; barakistoast; cleanblackguy; durbin; hillaryiswatchingyou; magicnegro; obama; publicitystunt; slumlord; victimpolitics
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To: Pokey78
Boy has the bar been lowered to for secret service protection.
141 posted on 05/03/2007 8:08:55 PM PDT by jackieaxe (This one hour pre-flight security screening is brought to you by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
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To: Pokey78

I didn’t realize he’d been elected.


142 posted on 05/03/2007 8:11:31 PM PDT by clintonh8r (It is better to be feared than to be respected.)
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To: Pokey78

Does anyone read the articles? He didn’t get a threat. According to AP, it’s because he’s black, and the govt thinks the US is a racist country. “According to a senior law enforcement official, the security detail was prompted by general concerns about the safety of a prominent black candidate. Although there was no direct threat to Obama, several factors raised concerns, including some racist chatter on white supremacist Web sites.”


143 posted on 05/03/2007 8:31:15 PM PDT by PghBaldy (Reporter: Are you surprised? Nancy Pelosi: No. My eyes always look like this.)
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To: PghBaldy

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070503/D8OT6R0O0.html

No threat, just boneheads in the Congress & the Administration (Chertoff, only attorney NOT fired by Clinton) who think the US is a racist country.


144 posted on 05/03/2007 8:33:52 PM PDT by PghBaldy (Reporter: Are you surprised? Nancy Pelosi: No. My eyes always look like this.)
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To: Badeye

The People President Clinton Didn’t Have to Pardon...

Because They’re All Dead-

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/c/clintonfriends.htm


145 posted on 05/03/2007 8:57:34 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Rick.Donaldson

“Normally, all the candidates get USSS protection. It’s by law.”

It’s against the law of natural selection. I think it should be a part of the political process that you should be able to survive, and thrive, without artificial life support. Just my 2 cents worth.


146 posted on 05/03/2007 10:28:42 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Pokey78

I seriously doubt there is any real threat; the SS probably read some white supremacist blog and reacted. They will want to put extra agents on John Richards’ haircut, as it could be kidnapped and ransomed ;) Ditto for the Pantsuit. Kucinich won’t get any protection, as it is for serious Presidential candidates ;BuD


147 posted on 05/03/2007 11:13:00 PM PDT by Sender ("America is at that awkward stage..." - Claire Wolfe)
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To: Pokey78

Osama has Secret Service protection?

Terrorists getting SS protection?

Ried and Pelosi have gone too far!!!


148 posted on 05/04/2007 5:25:25 AM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: Post-Neolithic

We have to pay for this jerks protection.


149 posted on 05/04/2007 5:26:58 AM PDT by angcat ("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM")
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To: george76

I stopped worrying about Bill Clinton in January of 01.

And I have no desire to relive it. Its over and done.


150 posted on 05/04/2007 6:15:29 AM PDT by Badeye (Hiding the kooks in the biker bar won't help, Sally)
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To: All; beezdotcom

Arkancide II?


151 posted on 05/04/2007 8:20:45 AM PDT by NotADove (Rome is burning.....)
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To: Rick.Donaldson

Other individuals as designated per Executive Order of the President. (May be protected by SS.)

This is mandated by law as noted by you.

This pretty well covers anyone.


152 posted on 05/04/2007 8:35:43 AM PDT by GOPologist (To live longer, it's not the years; it's the mileage.)
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To: NotADove

Don’t you mean Arkancide CXLVIII?


153 posted on 05/04/2007 9:22:49 AM PDT by beezdotcom
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To: Rick.Donaldson

* Other individuals as designated per Executive Order of the President

OK, so the President signs the Executive Order, but I wonder who actually suggested to do this? the SS? or who advised the SS? Obama himself?


154 posted on 05/04/2007 9:37:07 AM PDT by SeaBiscuit (God Bless America.)
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To: Rick.Donaldson

It is available, and they will get it only when they ask. This is due to RFK. Personally, I have no problem with it because it occurs on both sides of the aisle. It is a sad state of the world we live in.


155 posted on 05/04/2007 11:48:20 AM PDT by admiralsn (An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. --Asian Proverb)
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To: SeaBiscuit

They said this morning that Obama requested it based on recent threats.


156 posted on 05/04/2007 11:56:01 AM PDT by admiralsn (An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. --Asian Proverb)
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To: basil
Excuse me while I have a bit of a chuckle over this. The very anit-gun Obama gets a threat—and he wants armed guards to protect him. Do I since a bit of irony here?

Gotta love those dems.....they STICK to their GUNS....don't they? NOT! LOL

157 posted on 05/04/2007 11:58:31 AM PDT by tioga
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To: Pokey78

-did the beast growl at him?


158 posted on 05/04/2007 12:00:32 PM PDT by tioga
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To: admiralsn

Thanks. Hellary must really be upset with the recent polls.


159 posted on 05/04/2007 12:00:43 PM PDT by SeaBiscuit (God Bless America.)
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To: X-FID

It is my understanding that the USSS was created to deal mostly with counterfeiting issues. Ironically it was Abraham Lincoln who signed this provision into law- his last act as President- he was killed that very night. It took over 35 years for the USSS to be given the responsibility of protecting the president, and if my count is correct, two more presidents were assinated during that time. I was always told that one of the reasons the USSS was given the responsibility was as sort of a tribute to Lincoln.


160 posted on 05/04/2007 12:02:41 PM PDT by admiralsn (An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. --Asian Proverb)
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