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well CNN just reported that Obama has had more than 500 death threats since the beginning of the campaign which is the highest of any Presidential canidate. Jimmy Carter was next with 350 threats.
constant worry for me and I will tell you right now if anything happens to Obama this nation will burn to the ground. It will make the race riots of the 60s look like a Sunday picnic.
So if one person acts ignorant out of rage or hate.....306 million people are guilty of the same ignorance...
If the Secret Service can keep bush (one of the most depised presidents ever) from getting picked off, they can surely protect Obama!
Those helicopters you see flying around when the president is in vicinty more than likely are scanning around with infrared cameras... So anyone hiding out behind a wall or in a building with a rifle would stick out like a sore thumb. The JFK assasination would never have happened if they had that technology deployed back in 64.
We live not far from one of the venues Obama spoke in awhile back. The helicopters started a good 6 hours before he arrived, and holy cats, were there a lot of them! And I swear there were more Secret Service guys in the neighborhood than residents. I've got a better idea now why the folks in New York were less than thrilled when the Clintons bought their house, if this is any indication.
OTOH, we ran into Dennis Kucinich at a local club when he was here campaigning. Very pleasant guy, but nowhere near the protection, obviously.
When Sarah Palin was at a fundraiser at the Boca Raton Resort in Florida, they had riflemen on the roof - extremely tight security. I have personal knowledge that this was the tightest security ever at the hotel. I'm not worried about Obama. Remember, Reagan was also shot.
Hamas and other muslims thought of Obama as one of their own and believed he would help them against Israel. First thing Obama does is appoint someone who is Jewish to run his staff.
I would hate to see anythig happen to any President of the USA, no matter how much I might disagree with them politically. We vote in this country, not kill for our political values and the direction we want to go.
While I will agree Obama might face afew extra homeland threats against him, all presidents live under a constant threat. The secreit Service will offer him just as much protection as they do and would for any President. He will be fine! Think about how many threats Bush lived under for 8 years. There are millions of people in this world that would do him harm if they could have.
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