Many Blacks Worry About Obama's Safety

breitbart.com ^ | Feb 22, 2008 | DAVID CRARY

[kellynla]

NEW YORK (AP) - For many black Americans, it's a conversation they find hard to avoid, revisiting old fears in the light of bright new hopes. They watch with wonder as Barack Obama moves ever closer to becoming America's first black president. And they ask themselves, their family, their friends: Is he at risk? Will he be safe?

There is, of course, no sure answer. But interviews with blacks across the country, prominent and otherwise, suggest that lingering worries are outweighed by enthusiasm and determination.

"You can't have lived through the civil rights movement and know something about the history of African-Americans in this country and not be a little concerned," said Edna Medford, a history professor at Washington's Howard University.

"But African-Americans are more concerned that Obama get the opportunity to do the best he can," she added. "And if he wins, most of us believe the country would do for him what it would do for any president, that he will be as well protected as any of them."

[kellynla]

I hate having to repeat myself so the same question on post#10 applies to you too...

[unkus]

I won’t even respond to your question except: She is a closet Marxist. Look at the destruction and misery they have reaped upon the world. If in power and if she could get away with it, she would continue those policies.

[trumandogz]

Yes, I am sure she would do it just like that. /sarcasm

And the Republicans in the House and Senate would go right along with it.

[BunkDetector]

Good Lord,
most of the responses on this thread are the most mindless, paranoid, whacked out moonbeam expressions of victimhood and fringe of the fringe political “thought” I have ever seen on FR.

[antceecee]

You could pretty much count on them not prosecuting any of the offenders after the smoke clears.

[kellynla]

“Do you know many mixed race individuals and/or their parents?”

Is that a trick question or do you just want to meet some? LMAO

[trumandogz]

There are not that many students or blacks to account for twice as many people voting in the Democratic Primaries than the GOP Primaries.

[unkus]

Thanks, Old sarge. I think we have Trolls among us.

[Old Sarge]

Weak sarcasm tag, there...

We ARe talking about THIS Congress, right?

[gorush]

"Most likely a black Muslim type. Like John Mohammad and his son.(Beltway shooter) Obama is a apostate according to the Koran and thus the duty of all good Muslims is to kill him."

Very true, a fallen away muslim is worse than an infadel according to those head cases.

[Old Sarge]

You haven’t been here long, have you?

[trumandogz]

Trust me, no President of the United States is going to exterminate a small or even large segment of the population.

[Tired of Taxes]

so does the fact that his white mother is dead, make him any less white?

I remember hearing a black man say on TV once: "Black blood is a powerful thing. All you need is one drop of it to be black."

And he was right. Raising children of mixed ancestry to be colorblind is like fighting an uphill battle. (I'm talking from personal experience here.) White kids see them as "black". They tell them they're "black". Black people see them as "mixed" but accept them as black. So, by a certain age, they begin identifying as black. It's practically unavoidable. As long as they don't judge people according to color, that's what's important.

Obama judges people according to color: His comments about white people in his first book and his membership in the black separatist church - THOSE are things that should offend everyone.

[Responsibility2nd]

Am I reading this correctly?

When and where was assissination attempts made (twice) on Clinton?

And GW Bush?

[EBH]

He has more to worry about from islamists than an angry white dude.

[toddlintown]

From Chris Rock;

"Now as you know, there's been alot of talk about a black vice president. And I just wanna tell the world that it'll never happen. As long as you live you will never see a black vice president, you know why? Because some black guy would just kill the president. I'd do it. If Colin Powell was vice president, I'd kill the president and tell his mother about it. What would happen to me? What would they do? Put me in jail with a bunch of black guys that would treat me like a king for the rest of my life? I would be the biggest star in jail, alright, people would be coming up to me and I'd be signing autographs: "97-KY, here you go." Guys would be going: "You're the brother that shot Bush. And you told his mother about it huh? I hope my children turn out to be just like you, Man, you know I was getting ready to rape you until I realized who you were. And even if they had a death penalty, what would happen? I'd just be pardoned by the black president. So you see, Dennis, it would not be in George Bush's best intrests to place Colin Powell on the ticket."

http://www.bestandworst.com/rate/ballot.php?id=123007

Oh, and they laughed and laughed at the Apollo. But now, o-w-w-w, it’s a black guy, so now it’s not funny.

Fracken hypocrisy.

[Old Sarge]

We never thought that a Muslim would be this close to the Oval Office, whether Obama or Abeddin. Where are we now?

[trumandogz]

No, simply people that understand that citizens are not going to be exterminated for their political beliefs.

[Responsibility2nd]

Nevermind the question.

I found the link to your source.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Presidential_assassination_attempts

[BunkDetector]

“You haven’t been here long, have you?”

No, only since 2006.
Been on the planet since ‘43.
That ok with you?