Fear for Obama's Safety Grows as Hate Groups Thrive

ABC news ^ | August 14, 2009 | BRIAN ROSS, ANNA SCHECTER and MEGAN CHUCHMACH

[reader25]

Experts who track hate groups across the U.S. are growing increasingly concerned over violent rhetoric targeted at President Obama, especially as the debate over health care intensifies and a pattern of threats emerges.

[Boucheau]

BS

The propaganda and smearing of American citizens continues.

The phantom racists are everywhere—idiots!

[Rockitz]

Hypocrisy defined!

[Zeppo]

And in New Hampshire, another man stood across the street from a Presidential town hall with his gun on full display.

Shameful conduct on the part of ABC News to falsely attempt to link that individual to hate groups "thriving on racial backlash".

Smells like defamation to me...

[Fu-fu2]

The Obama team have the left locked up. They are trying to “hold” those middle voters who voted for Obama. What better way than to use race to undermine the Americans who show up at the town halls to express their concern about government run healthcare. Saw the nice elderly black folks getting off school buses at one of the events yesterday, voicing their support for the government option. Didn’t see any illegal aliens. The Obama media team is so transparent.....

[CaliforniaCon]

re: “.............At this point officials are not sure how much damage was caused by the signs or the dollar amount associated with the clean-up.

Dozens of the posters were pasted around the city earlier this week. A pair of the posters were pasted to a Clermont Post Office collection box. They prompted the postmaster to contact the Postal Inspector’s office, which is looking at potential federal crimes for defacing federal property.

City officials, meanwhile, are trying to determine what local crimes might be associated with the posting of the images on public and private properties. They’ve also been busy ripping down the sticky signs because they’re a violation of city ordinance regarding illegal signs.

They’ve got a suspect, but they’re still trying to figure out the crime he’s to be prosecuted for.

Unbelievable.”

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Unbelievable indeed! Meanwhile, here in the Los Angeles area, we are STILL looking at all the many years’ old “hate Bush” type posters and stickers that abound on private and public property alike. Where’s the brouhaha over THAT???

[CaliforniaCon]

Re: “Does John Hinkley know that the messiah is humping Jodi Foster?”

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Priceless!!!

[La Enchiladita]

Meanwhile, here in the Los Angeles area, we are STILL looking at all the many years’ old “hate Bush” type posters and stickers that abound on private and public property alike

Yep. I stopped to read a bumper sticker (one of the tamer ones) last night: "Defend America, Fire the Republicans."

Maybe I should be hateful and leave a note: Now that you've fired the Republicans, how's that working out for you?

[CaliforniaCon]

Re: “Yep. I stopped to read a bumper sticker (one of the tamer ones) last night: “Defend America, Fire the Republicans.”

Maybe I should be hateful and leave a note: Now that you’ve fired the Republicans, how’s that working out for you”

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There’s one on a car in my area that reads, “Bush Must Go!” Yeah, well, he’s gone now — I would love to add something nasty to their old dog-earred sticker but thus far have held off.

[The Pack Knight]

Anyone else notice the picture of page 2 of the article of William Kostnic standing outside Obama's New Hampshire "town hall meeting" with a holstered pistol?

Somehow, this peaceful protester who happens to be lawfully armed is somehow related to violent threats against the President. Actually, the entire second page is informative...

While officials told ABC News that the President's daily threat matrix has yet to reflect a sharp increase in threats, White House officials privately admit deep concern and have told the Secret Service to keep security tight, even if Obama objects.

So, despite all this hyperventilating by the SPLC and ABC, the Secret Service has seen no serious increase in threats against the President. Interesting.

"I think the president has, in effect, triggered fears amongst fairly large numbers of white people in this country that they are somehow losing their country, that the battle is lost," Potok told ABC News. "The nation that their Christian white forefathers created has somehow been taken from them."

Now, I think a picture of what the SPLC and ABC view as a "threat" against the President becomes clear. Anyone who vigorously opposes the President's policies, happens to be white, and happens to lawfully own a gun is potentially part of a violent, racist plot to assassinate the President.

This, of course, has nothing to do with protecting the President from violent attacks on his person, but against rhetorical attacks on his policies. The agency responsible for the former has not seen an increase in threats. It's the media and special interest groups responsible for the latter who are alarmed here. They're dismayed by the vociferous and growing opposition to Obama, and they're seeking to head it off by painting them as dangerous extremists.

We've seen this before in the 90s, of course, when any conservative was potentially a crazed, racist militia member loading up a Ryder truck with explosives. It didn't work terribly well for them then, and it will be even less successful now.

[Chuckster]

People faced with desparate situations will do desparate things.

Did you mean disparate or desperate? ...or one of each? d;^)

[PAR]

This is a transparent attempt to: 1) Deflect attention away from the groundswell of opposition against Obamacare; 2) Attempt to convince independents, who are breaking our way, that they are siding with a bunch of “crazies”.

Shameless and irresponsible particularly since the evidence presented is so incredibly weak.

[lakertaker]

This is also an attempt by the press to garner sympathy for BHO and maybe save those plummeting approval ratings. Then they hope there is a backlash and people, out of sympathy, support GOVCARE.

It won't work but it is a clear example of the disconnect between the reporters of news and the consumers of the news

[Riley]

Who are these so called “experts”?

Probably the Southern Poverty Law Center, also known as Morris Dees, who thinks that anyone to the right of Leon Trotsky is Tim McVeigh.

[LibertyRocks]

Talk about propaganda... This ties in with the “angry mob” line from the media re: the healthcare townhalls. As someone noted already on the thread — it’s manufactured, and on purpose.

I pray that enough people are informed and really paying attention — if anything Obama has increased a LOT of previously apolitical people to get involved. If enough people are upset, they won’t buy this propaganda.

The problem is — and after being offline for a couple months this summer I can personally attest to this now — those without the internet, and those who only read newspapers or watch the evening news are honestly clueless as to what is really going on — they don’t know enough to be outraged (which they would be).

Obama (The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers) has had this planned for a long time — or rather his benefactors and mentors have. Create chaos and make the people afraid and you have the impetus needed to create an SS-type “civilian” police force, institute Martial Law in the cities at least, and suspend the Constitution — exactly what Obama and his fascist/communist/Marxist comrades want...

The only thing I can suggest at this point is to know your neighbors - seriously... Know who you can trust and who you can’t. If this turns bad (like Germany) this will be valuable information for one to have, IMHO.

[LibertyRocks]

Just for you! :) It's a little different, but conveys the same meaning! LOL

[chimera]

Communist Started Reichstag Fire!

That was my thought. I think they may be setting the stage for this if something does happen to Obama (which I hope does not). Just greasing the skids a little. The 'Rats are not above playing a tragedy for their political benefit. We've seen it recently, Clinton's use of the OK City bombing, for example.

[La Enchiladita]

If I just can’t restrain myself I use post-its. I used to carry pink ones and when I saw a Code Pink car I would post “Code Pink stinks”....:)

[Marty62]

THERE IS ONLY ONE BIG PROBLEM WITH THEIR HYSTERICS.....NO ONE WANTS TO SEE BUILDINGS..BRIDGES....SCHOOLS....ETC ETC ETC WITH THE NAME OBAMA ON IT.
There is your problem msm...what are you REALLY trying to do....start a civil war? ....
Yeah thought you were????

[USMCPOP]

I have to love Mark Buttock’s observation “I think the president has, in effect, triggered fears amongst fairly large numbers of white people in this country that they are somehow losing their country, that the battle is lost,” Potok told ABC News. “The nation that their Christian white forefathers created has somehow been taken from them.”

Not a couple weeks ago, I talked at length with a fellow who lost his brother in Iraq, and he was adamant about his brother not wanting to give up this country and the principles which he held so dear, and for which he fought. Oh, woops, he happened to be black. And Christian.

[Lee N. Field]

"Crushed thumb a status symbol."

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