Posted on 11/08/2008 11:24:05 PM PST by Pinkbell
The Republican vice presidential candidate attracted criticism for accusing Mr Obama of "palling around with terrorists", citing his association with the sixties radical William Ayers.
The attacks provoked a near lynch mob atmosphere at her rallies, with supporters yelling "terrorist" and "kill him" until the McCain campaign ordered her to tone down the rhetoric.
But it has now emerged that her demagogic tone may have unintentionally encouraged white supremacists to go even further.
The Secret Service warned the Obama family in mid October that they had seen a dramatic increase in the number of threats against the Democratic candidate, coinciding with Mrs Palin's attacks.
Michelle Obama, the future First Lady, was so upset that she turned to her friend and campaign adviser Valerie Jarrett and said: "Why would they try to make people hate us?"
The revelations, contained in a Newsweek history of the campaign, are likely to further damage Mrs Palin's credentials as a future presidential candidate. She is already a frontrunner, with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, to take on Mr Obama in four years time.
Details of the spike in threats to Mr Obama come as a report last week by security and intelligence analysts Stratfor, warned that he is a high risk target for racist gunmen. It concluded: "Two plots to assassinate Obama were broken up during the campaign season, and several more remain under investigation. We would expect federal authorities to uncover many more plots to attack the president that have been hatched by white supremacist ideologues."
Irate John McCain aides, who blame Mrs Palin for losing the election, claim Mrs Palin took it upon herself to question Mr Obama's patriotism, before the line of attack had been cleared by Mr McCain.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I cannot believe how FAST this is all happening.
My heart is sinking.
I am going to repeat that. This is all President Elect Obama’s fault. Hey, I like that! Thanks. It feels so, well, new! V’s wife.
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
Yep...the species of DS (a la BDS) that will inspire liberals will show that it was Palin's fault that Obama moved to Chicago, shovelled tons of money to ACORN et al, developed friendships only with the Chicago Machine, terrorists, BLT preachers, Nation of Islam, and the netherworld of Chicago politics! In fact it may be her fault that Obama's 2nd Father changed his name! Yep PDS is gonna beat BDS, hands down....gotta wonder how many generations of Barnum suckers it will take before they figure out they've been had!
Well, I guess that settles the question of how long we’re going to be hearing *It’s Bush’s fault* for everything under the sun.
Looks like Gov Palin will be blamed for everything from death threats against obama to hangnials.
The media is really trying to build a case agasint her to keep her out of the election in 2012, aren’t they? Can’t start soon enough, I guess.
Maybe Michelle because you used to let terrorist babysit your kids, and won’t come clean about it?
Actually, there's not enough bandwidth in the world to cover the reasons.
Why did you even post this garbage? It is the UK twisting things a week later and it means nothing and is a lie.
Why did you even post this garbage? It is the UK twisting things a week later and it means nothing and is a lie.
It’s that whole “Repeat a lie often enough” thing. I think we are only just beginning to see how formidable a Palin 2012 campaign would be and it makes the powers that be shiver in their boots.
Secret Service —OR— Team B from ROmney with more fake badges?
Thought police.....get use to it under Hussein.
Right out of the old soviet playbook - she’s now an “Enemy of the State”. Never thought I’d live to see this happen here. Could never happen without a complicit media.
good. Sarah is not running for anything and they are indirectly bringing up Ayers.
“”Why would they try to make people hate us?””
“They” didn’t have to try.
This article is garbage.
The UK telegraph and blogs. This is old news the UK Telegraph twisted old crap for today's news. Don't you see?
If you spread this article around it fuels a fire that was never there. We have other things to worry about don't post UK garbage and think this is accurate.
Why?
The fear Palin!
Give me a break.
I guess it had nothing to do with the facts he palled around with terrorists and is anti-America.
How silly. Sarah didn’t force Obama to have terrorist friends. He did that all on his own. The hypocrisy and stupidity of the left just makes you shake your head.
funny the rat wing media didn’t go this nuts when hussien ordered his disciples to “get in the face” of McCain supporters...
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