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Facebook poll asked if Obama should be killed. AP Photo Ron Edmonds
Somehow with the Obama presidency it became acceptable in the minds of some people to call for Presidential assassination. In the past those who even thought about killing the President kept their thoughts private but now some have no fear in making such ideas public. Earlier this year a pastor in Arizona gave a sermon in which he expressed a desire for President Obama to die. One of the pastor's church members then attended an Obama event with an assualt rifle and later refused to rule out the possibility of taking matters into his own hands.
Now the most recent evidence of this "assassination" phenomenon comes in a Facebook poll which actually asked if President Obama should be assassinated. The options included were "yes, maybe, if he cuts my health care, and no."
Thankfully sensible people reported the poll and it has since been taken down. You can still see a screenshot of the poll here.
While more people seem to believe it is acceptable to suggest the killing of a President the Secret Service does not seem to share their acceptance of this new found philosophy. The Secret Service questioned the Arizona pastor and they have already announced an investigation of the Facebook poll.
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I can't believe you were reasonable enough to resist blaming this on Glenn Beck! Or did it not occur to you?
Don't worry Beck will plant a story that 'he's to blame' soon enough...
Nothing new here.
Libs used to call for the assasination of bush all the time.
Ref:
www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=621
www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/12/analysis-press-largely-ignored-incendiary-rhetoric-bush-protest/
www.businessandmedia.org/commentary/2009/20090811154207.aspx
newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/08/13/press-largely-ignored-hostile-rhetoric-directed-bush
www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/14871
Doc_Navy to the Liberals: Get over yourselves.
Doc
Aw, c'mon Doc - no matter how much people hated G.W. Bush, only the most lunatic would have advocated his assassination.
Dick Cheney was the best insurance policy W could have!
@Jack:
So you allegation is that, what? Only the Lunatic fringe Libs would ever talk about assasinating Bush, buuuut... the average conservative is considering assasinating Obama?
Not sure what your point is?
Doc
Funny how Doc tells libs to get over themselves, and yet it's his side that lost the election. You lost the election Doc. The people have spoken. You lost. Your kind is out of power and our country is on the slow road to recovery. Thank you Jesus. Thank you God!
Kinda depends on how you define "lunatic" on the pseudo-conservative side, Doc.
I don't know if there are more than there were on Loony Left under the previous administration - but they definitely make more noise.
Yeah, yeah.. we lost the election. Like I've said before, we'll see what happens next year. It's only taken six months of unmitigated control for the libs to turn the center back to the right.
Obama's numbers started out BETTER than Bush's, and have quickly dropped like a rock. He dropped below 49% approval last month. WAAAY faster than Bush ever did.
So, enjoy it while it lasts, because all the Dems/Libs have dome is show that yeah, the Repubs can be bad when they have majority control, but the Dems are a frickin' epic fail NIGHTMARE of magnificent proportions when they have no checks.
Doc
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