race??? i'd a think it's prolly more people that saw their life saving/retirement funds destroyed by the Zer0s looting of the treasury and the auto industries than anything.
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.
race??? i'd a think it's prolly more people that saw their life saving/retirement funds destroyed by the Zer0s looting of the treasury and the auto industries than anything.
Everything about that outfit says clash clash clash, know what I mean ;) ;) > >
Biden says such stupid things I sometimes I wonder if he isn’t playing Claudius to Obama’s Caligula.
I’m calling bald faced liar on who wrote this. He’s just making up “race” as a reason to write the article in the first place, and I doubt if he access to what the secret service is doing to protect Ogabe anyway. Lying faggot
Oh, aren't we a nation of such white racists, now aren't we. How dare we question His loyalty, upbringing, love of America etc. This article is pure crap.
“President Obama has gotten more death threats in a shorter period of time than any other president in US history.”
I doubt this. Where is the cross-checked proof? It suits Obama to say this, it makes him important and allows his henchmen to squeeze us out of more rights.
Lefties always screech about “death threats”, it seems to them that it legitimizes their positions.
I pray to God nothing happens to Obama.
This country would never be the same if he became a martyr.
I don’t care if he’s black. (I hoped Alan Keyes would win.) I do care that he hates America.
Greta had a special on the Manson murders this week. In it she mentioned that one of Manson’s huge supporters was Bernadine Dohrn — one of Obama’s BFFs and Bill Ayers’ wife. This is why I despise Obama; he and his cronies are always on the wrong and evil side of any issue.
If race is being considered, there is more delusion than ability in either 1600 Penn Ave or our news media.
I don’t wish him dead. I don’t want him dead. He has a family who loves him. I pray that their eyes are opened spiritually before it is everlastingly too late for them.
I want him DEFEATED, VANQUISHED, and DESTROYED POLITICALLY, along with all the rest of those who are trying to destroy our freedoms and way of life, before they are able to accomplish it.
They can’t say “overmanned” now, could they?
How do we know Obama isn’t sending death-threats to himself because he’s ‘half-white’?
Wake me up when they make an assassination move about him... as they did President George W. Bush which won awards from film critics!
he may be getting more threats. The SS has to deal with these with any President. We certainly don’t want Obama as a martyr, that is for sure.
Anytime you are tempted to think leftists or liberals are just stupid, or even merely ignorant or mistaken, make yourself observe how perfectly they accuse conservatives of every method, tactic, strategy, purpose, intent, lie, hypocrisy, aggression and evil they actually commit. And then ask yourself - if they are so blind, how do they know just what guilt of theirs to project on their enemies?
Fixed.
Meant to add: That isn’t hatred of Obama, or anyone else. That is love of the freedoms they are trying so hard to take away from us.
I was in uniform the weekend of the Fireman's Strike in Memphis back in 1978 and saw first hand how out of control the white folks get when they don't get their way. Obama knocked off is the last thing I wish to see.
We're currently showing "Blazing Saddles".
Thank you for posting that! That’s exactly what I was thinking, along with the other “artistic license” in the renderings of the Bush years.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.