Bert - the US Secret Service says it never happened. No agents present and other security services present or others questioned heard the remark.
ONLY THE ONE REPORTER HEARD THIS STATTMENT.
More fuel, anybody? This is from Talking Points Memo:
Multiple TPM Readers are flagging this blood-curdling moment at a Sarah Palin rally in Pennsylvania today, courtesy of the Times-Tribune:
Chris Hackett addressed the increasingly feisty crowd as they await the arrival of Gov. Palin.
Each time the Republican candidate for the seat in the 10th Congressional District mentioned Barack Obama the crowd booed loudly.
One man screamed "kill him!"
No word on whether Hackett, who was -- ahem -- warming up the crowd for Palin, suggested that this isn't really considered acceptable political rhetoric.
I think falsely reporting a crime is ... a crime. It would be hard to prove against the "reporter," but just a good, hard interrogation would have a beneficial effect.
Maybe only one REPORTER yelled that statement !!