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DEVELOPING: SECRET SERVICE CONCERN AFTER LOS ANGELES TIMES COMIC DEPICTS 'BUSH ASSASSINATION'
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Posted on 07/20/2003 5:02:20 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
DEVELOPING: SECRET SERVICE CONCERN AFTER LOS ANGELES TIMES COMIC DEPICTS 'BUSH ASSASSINATION'
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bassackwards; bush; ccrm; comic; criminal; drudge; latimes; moralconfusion; moroncartoon; outrage; pinkonewspaper; shame; threat; times; traitornewspaper
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To: b4its2late
#103...I am now!
That so called 'cartoon' gave me a jolt!
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posted on
07/20/2003 5:32:24 PM PDT
by
Guenevere
(...a Florida resident for almost 30 years!!)
To: veronica
L.A. Daily News (it used to be "and Greensheet")
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posted on
07/20/2003 5:32:29 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Peace through Strength)
To: Domestic Church
"This cartoon is sympathetic to Bush."
ANOTHER intellectual!
Please, please, PLEASE explan to us ignorant savages how threatening the life of the President is "sympathetic" to him.
And, for extra credit, please explain to us what you would consider to be an
"UN-sympathetic" cartoon.
I am awaiting your erudition.
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posted on
07/20/2003 5:32:47 PM PDT
by
RonDog
To: DoctorMichael
We don't need Drudge. He gets his info from FR.
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posted on
07/20/2003 5:32:53 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(FOOTBALL REFEREES: Best seats in the house and we're paid for it!!!!!)
To: M. Peach
There is no threat to the life of the President in that cartoon. It is a play on an historic event ... a picture of the Sheriff of Saigon ... that changed the nature of that war.
It is a comment. It is not a threat. It is not a suggestion. It is a political comment.
Jeez --- have a little perspective!
To: jack gillis
This cartoon is sympathetic to Bush. I agree. BUT, if a cartoon has to be explained, it's not that effective as a statement, is it? He probably should have kept this one to himself, because it's too easily misunderstood.
To: Howlin
Again, read posts #44 and #45, and Miss Marple in post #88 has an excellent take, too.
As I pointed out a little bit above, the sheer emotional punch of the image can be seen as part of the artist's message.
In other words, he WANTS so Bush supporters to mis-interpret it and he WANTS some Bush critics to mis-interpret it AT FIRST.
To: jack gillis
Want me to walk through it? Sadly, with this crowd it will require baby steps. Many here are attacking a political cartoonist because of their own stupidity in undertanding it. This thread alone, is why no group should be able to ban things they don't like. Half of the people evidently don't understand what they read. Some even claim it doesn't matter what the author meant, since they think it is a threat so that is that.
Stupidity scares me.
To: StupidQuestions
The 1st Amendment does not protect all political speech, it only protects all exclusively political speech.
If I give a speech spouting a political ideology and giving the reasons arising from that ideology why we should go down next week and assassinate political figures - I would (and should) get get some extra special federal attention.
To: M. Peach
I think you miss the point. Threatening the life of the president in any way, shape or form will create great stress in your life. Is this the way we want it to be? Obviously threats must be taken seriously, but do we want to extend this to anything that could be conceivably seen as a threat?
To: veronica
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posted on
07/20/2003 5:34:29 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: Guenevere
LOL. Me too. Drudge too.
(Though I may be Drudge. Ya never know.)
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posted on
07/20/2003 5:34:32 PM PDT
by
b4its2late
(FOOTBALL REFEREES: Best seats in the house and we're paid for it!!!!!)
To: freedumb2003
Ah. I think of that as a "Valley" paper, but it's a good one, more conservative. The Herald was super. A black day when it died...
133
posted on
07/20/2003 5:34:50 PM PDT
by
veronica
(http://www.petitiononline.com/KN50711/petition.html - Confirm Daniel Pipes to USIP ......sign this!)
To: b4its2late
Dillon or Drudge?
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posted on
07/20/2003 5:34:59 PM PDT
by
breakem
To: The Wizard
(shhhhhh......you're giving me a headache.)
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posted on
07/20/2003 5:35:03 PM PDT
by
justshe
(Educate....not Denigrate !)
To: RonDog
>>Please, please, PLEASE explan to us ignorant savages how threatening the life of the President is "sympathetic" to him.<<
Right now, Politics is trying to destroy President Bush, since facts and actions can't.
There.
If Bush was holding the gun, it would appear he is trying to do something bad. This has to do with his enemies' desparation.
SO GET A GRIP! Jeeze, what a bunch of idiots.
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posted on
07/20/2003 5:35:07 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Peace through Strength)
To: StupidQuestions
Some of us believe so much in the absolute nature of that Amendment that even crying "Fire!" in a non-burning theater should be protected. Should people be allowed to post classified information on the internet? Not letting them violates their free speech.
Should people be allowed to threated to kill others?
Should people be allowed to pass out NAMBLA pamphlets at playgrounds?
I'm pretty libertarian leaning as far as government intrusion goes, but you've got to be kidding if you think that totally unrestricted speech is a good thing.
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posted on
07/20/2003 5:35:20 PM PDT
by
Steel Wolf
(Stop reading my tagline.)
To: admiralsn
And I and anyone else can say "Shut it down!" just as easily as you and anyone cane say "1st Amendment!" That's the beauty of the 1st Amendment- it goes both ways.He didn't say you can't say "Shut it down!" He said it is un-American to say it--not against the law. Do you get it now?
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I agree, it really is a shot at the Media!!!! If so .. he didn't do a good job at it
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posted on
07/20/2003 5:35:37 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(Please help Free Republic and Donate Now !!!)
To: TheOtherOne
Pretentiousness - well it doesn't scare me, but it irritates me.
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