Gee, I'm shocked.
For months we have been hearing much downplaying from the right about how "all presidents get threats" blah blah blah.
But the Boston Globe is now reporting that the Secret Service is not tasked to handle all of these new threats and may need to re-tool it's mission.
The unprecedented number of death threats against President Obama, a rise in racist hate groups, and a new wave of antigovernment fervor threaten to overwhelm the US Secret Service, according to government officials and reports, raising new questions about the 144-year-old agency’s overall mission.
Remember the Brooklyn Park incident from a while back? Check this out.
Two days before Obama’s appearance at San Francisco fund-raisers on Thursday, a 59-year-old Northern California man was indicted on charges of sending a racist, profanity-filled e-mail threatening to kill Obama and his family. The rambling e-mail included specific references to Michelle Obama and the phrase, “do it to his children and family first in front of him,’’ according to the indictment.
Yeah, BP was an "isolated" incident.
Oh, and it was nice to this "highly disputed" report again.
The Southern Poverty Law Center says that antigovernment militias and white supremacist groups have strengthened in recent years, responding to an increasingly diverse population and what they see as an expanding government.
A center study released in August found a nearly 35 percent growth in racially based domestic hate groups since 2000 - from 602 to 926. The center concluded that opposition to Obama’s election has only increased the phenomenon.
“A key difference this time is that the federal government - the entity that almost the entire radical right views as its primary enemy - is headed by a black man,’’ the report said. “One result has been a remarkable rash of domestic terror incidents since the presidential campaign, most of them related to anger over the election of Barack Obama.’’
They're just a bunch of leftists down there at the SPLC so I wouldn't pay them no never mind.
And it's a good thing that we have Rush, Glenn Beck, and a zillion other pundits encouraging so much love and affection for the president. I'm sure that their listeners can tell that they are only entertainers.
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OK, so you've got Cowart and Schlesselman (remember them?).
Never mind all the kill Bush stuff, right? I can give you the DU link where Hillary criticized the assassination fantasy "Death of a President" if you like.
It is ugly, whoever is doing it. It is disgusting to only bitch about one side.
Juris, was the Secret Service over tasked as the article mentions when Bush was president?
This simply lends credence to my point that the right has a very large element in it that are more organized, numerous, and armed than the left. In addition, they seem to be more fervent and willing to take that extra step towards violence.
Quite literally, it's like comparing a mosquito to a panzer tank.
You're correct, I do discount anything from the SPLC. As to the article in the Globe, they noted mission creep as a key part of the problem of the service being over-burdened. The ONLY source of the "rise in right-wing radicalism" is the SPLC. That's like asking a Bircher about communists - they see one under every rock.
But if it supports a narrative you REALLY want to believe in, well, gosh, that makes you just like those evil right-wing-nuts, doesn't it?
Thoughts on two right leaning columnists, from two right leaning papers (WSP & Washington Times) recent editorials? Pruden & Noonan.
Hey M, any thoughts on this? I suppose you'll chalk it up the Dems being childish but Repubs venal.
Did you hear that Lou Dobbs and his wife were shot at? I'm SURE it was a TEA bagger. Just sure of it.
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