lol!
Posted on 08/09/2009 7:04:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway
President Obama has gotten more death threats in a shorter period of time than any other president in US history. The legion of right side talk radio gabbers, the GOP induced professional mobsters who commit orchestrated mayhem at health care townhalls, the birthers, the countless websites and chatrooms that crackle with anti Obama venom, and the endless montage of race baiting cartoons, characterizations and depictions of Obama and First Lady Michelle have created a viperous climate of hate and that knows no bounds.
The stock assumption is that race is the reason that Obama is a bigger target than any other president. That's a huge factor. The mere sight of a black man at the helm is more than enough to drive countless loose screw unreconstructed KKK, Aryan Nation, Skinhead, and the just plain wacky fringe into a froth. But anti-black hate is only one reason for the record number of death threats against him. Threats against Presidents often come fast and furious immediately after their election. The reasons are varied; many are the chronic cranks and nut cases, others hate the views of the president, fear change, or just get a titilation from making the threat.
But the GOP strategists and their stealth talk radio and blog allies are playing for much bigger stakes than just bashing a black president. The stakes are a rework of the GOP to take back power. A full throttle destabilization of the Obama administration on everything from the economy to health care is the obvious attack point. The GOP and their surrogates have snatched a page from the playbook used against every Democratic presidential candidate and president by the GOP since Nixon. That's create havoc through charater assassination, rumor mongering, fear, intimidation, and emotionally charged code words. The operative tag they've slapped on Obama is socialist. That sets off a Pavlovian drool; reason quickly goes out the window and the red flags run up the mental flagpoles of countless Americans.
Obama's message of hope and change feeds into rightist paranoia. He has drawn an instant global throng of admirers who see in him the embodiment of change and a fresh direction for US policy on the war and the easing of global tensions. He's also seen as a potential president who can put a diverse, humane face on American foreign policy.
These are the exact qualities that stir the deep fury, hatred and resentment among a steadily growing frenetic number of malcontents and hate mongers. The thick list of fringe and hate groups as well as the hordes of unbalanced violence prone individuals running free in America can fill a telephone book. The long history of hate violence in America is more than enough to raise the antenna on the danger of violence against prominent political figures.
The gun culture of the nation, adds even more fuel and danger to the mix. Gun and ammo sales have gun through the roof since Obama's election, with many openly bragging that they are ready for a war to win back the country. Whether it's the wholesale wipeout of families, gunning down police officers, or the shoot up of a women's fitness center, the police invariably find that the cracked shooter has made some rant about guns and spouted wacky extremist views.
Obama, of course, has been the target of unbounded hate from the moment that he announced that he was a presidential candidate in February 2007. The personal death threats began flooding in to his campaign. Obama had the dubious distinction of being the earliest presidential contender to be assigned Secret Service protection on the campaign trail. As the crowds grew bigger at Obama rallies and his public visibility grew even greater, the Secret Service increased the number of agents assigned to guard him.
Obama campaign aides and volunteers continued to report occasional racial taunts and jibes when they passed out literature and pitched Obama in some areas. This further increased the jitters that Obama was at risk. As the showdown with John McCain heated up in the general election, the flood of crank, crackpot, and screwball threats that promise murder and mayhem toward Obama continued to pour in. This prompted the Secret Service to tighten security and take even more elaborate measures to insure his safety.
The troubling question though is how tight can the Secret Service clamp the security shield around Obama as president. The same report that there's been a four hundred percent leap in death threats against Obama also noted that the Secret Service in underagented and under resourced. That's not very comforting. But threats come with the presidential turf, a turf that Obama stands firmly on, and for some that's just to much to stomach.
I don’t like a socialist autocrat of any color. And I wonder: Is a cartoon “racist” if it depicts BHO or his wife as black-skinned?
Biden replaces Obama...a fool replaces a fascist? If I wake up in the morning and find Obama has “resigned”.....OK!
Marxism has everything to do with it. The race card does not apply. It’s all HIM and his evil plans to destroy the greatest country on Earth. I wish him a long long life. He needs to be around to become the most hated and disgraced former president in history for the mess he will leave America in after his term is up. Clinton looks like an angel in comparison to Der Fuhrer. Long live Der Fuhrer, reap what you have sown!
At least Biden is a natural-born US citizen. If this country has to go to hell, and don’t be surprised if it will happen, I’d rather have it happen under Biden than under a foreigner who only deserves our contempt.
What complete and utter bullcrap. I don’t what O’Bumbler dead - I want him humiliated and the heck out of office. If anyone takes a whack at him it’ll be one of his fellow commies...
I've been looking for a job as one of these professional mobsters. Does anyone know where to apply? The guy I asked at the unemployment office suggested I talk to a local union leader. He must not have understood what I was asking for.
I call BS!
The Secret Service may have to work hard, but they always do anyway!
Nobody in their right mind would dare harm even one hair on Our Bozo’s head!
lol!
The author, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, is a major league assclown who advocated for clemency for Tookie Williams.
I can’t imagine anyone that would be willing to take a bullet for that SOB. I bet Ozero treats the Secret Service with even more disdain than the Carter or the Clintons.
Maybe he could get a teleprompter in Korean?
Is it only the copy that’s posted here, or did the original source not have an author’s name mentioned?
Not that I would blame the author for wishing to remain anonymous: I’d be horrified to have my name attached to such bilge, no matter how well I was paid for it.
Now that you brought it up. I wonder what happened to the story about the SS agent who was supposedly the head of TOTUS detail that resiged or was fired. Saw it only one time but supposedly the SS agent had problems with the way OB,s close circle of associates was racially trash talking average Americans.
Amazing
More Liberal mumbojumbo...
I wonder what would happen if someone made a movie called the Assassination of Obama? They made a low budget film on the Assassination of George Bush if I recall. No one did anything about that—well, I guess this only is harmful if its about Liberals.
Not that I’m suggesting anything.
But I sure don’t think Biden is the ideologue that Obama is...not by long shot.
Biden is a Toon....whatever it takes to stay elected just not as slick
Obama, that dude is basically a Red.
I agree. But Obama at least lives on this planet.
If Obama got struck by lightning, Liberals like the author of this hit piece would blame it on the VRWC. Dandruff and bad breath? It’s still the VRWC. Instead of addressing the American public’s real concerns and paying attention to the Constitution, he and pals ram through socialism and worse. Even soccer moms and old geezers have figured out what’s going on and they don’t like it. When and if the MSM decides to tell the truth, O’s packing his bags and going back to Kenya.
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