Scared

excon · Oct 25, 2008, 07:47 AM

Hello:

I alluded to my concerns in an earlier thread... But, I really didn't spell out my fears...

1963 was the worst year of my life. 1968 wasn't any better. Those were the years when JFK, his brother Bobby, and Martin Luther King were assassinated.

Yes, I DO think there are nuts out there who would do such a thing today. Don't you? I surely hope they're protecting him.

excon

Wondergirl · Oct 27, 2008, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Galveston1

When about 95% of black voters vote for the black candidate, I call that RACIAL!

If that's racial, what is it when white voters don't vote for the black candidate?

And what is it when 95% of white voters vote for a white candidate?

magprob · Oct 27, 2008, 04:20 PM

After GW Bush, anything would be a blessing however, Obama is just to socialistic for most of us. Now you can call that racisit or what ever but the guy is bording on communism, Bush on facisism and McCain somewhere in between. I'm white and I'm telling you they are both worthless. I'm not voting for BO or Mcsame. So does that make me a self hating white boy? Come on, there has to be a politically correct statment out there some where that describes a white man that won't vote for another white man...or a black man that is not fit to be president.

speechlesstx · Oct 27, 2008, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MsMewiththat

enough said. speechless tx needs to wake up to the way of the world. No offense please, just don't believe that we are no longer a racist society. It's everywhere. It's a live and it's frightening and there are plenty of people in the corners not really interested in having a black president. Think about it.

LOL, nobody needs to tell speechlesstx (one word) to "wake up to the way of the world," I've been through more hell than you can imagine which is why I know how unproductive this kind of fear and fear-mongering is. And what's funny is the white Republican (me) that's lived most of his life as a minority has never been the one to care about what color the next president is.

Wondergirl · Oct 27, 2008, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by magprob

Obama is just to socialistic for most of us.

Obama is no socialist. Socialists wear sandals. Sandals would clash with Obama's $1500 suits.

inthebox · Oct 27, 2008, 05:30 PM

wondergirl:

Here is a reader retort to my local paper's leftist ideology. This is a paper that regularly accuses some of its state residents of racism.
Sounds like Murtha

Issues, not race, hurt Obama in Kentucky - Op-Ed - Kentucky.com

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Mainstream pundits and well-known liberal Kentucky columnists are again accusing our state of racism in the presidential election.

Their evidence: Barack Obama trails John McCain by 18 percent in the polls. That's it. That's all they've got. Obama trails in the polls, so we must all be racists. ....

The intellectual lethargy of our left-wing accusers is proven by a quick study of the 2000 and 2004 elections, in which we find that the results for the Democratic candidate were roughly equivalent to current poll numbers.

In Kentucky, McCain leads Obama by 18 percent. But in the 2000 election, George Bush won 57 percent of the vote, Al Gore 41 percent and Ralph Nader 2 percent. That's a 16-point advantage. Even more interesting, in 2004, Bush beat John Kerry by 20 points, 60 percent to 40 percent.

Using the same logic as our accusers, we could actually conclude that Kentucky is even more ready for a black president than we were for Kerry......

There is another important aspect of this failed logic that must be considered. Many national polls tout that Obama is pulling in more than 90 percent of the black vote. How do these same pollsters who accuse Kentucky of racism explain those numbers? Would they dare to assume that such an overwhelming level of support from one particular voting group is racist?

The truth is, while Kentucky is a majority Democratic state — Democrats outnumber Republicans 1.5 to 1 — we're still primarily conservative in our ideology. Conservativism is something that Obama clearly cannot claim for himself. Rather than accuse Kentucky of racism because Obama trails in the polls, it would be fairer to assume that we simply don't like his politics.

This reminds me of a cartoon during the Dem primaries in which a white male Democrat is offered the choice of being a sexist if he votes for obama, or a racist if he votes for clinton.

inthebox · Oct 27, 2008, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by excon

Hello:

I alluded to my concerns in an earlier thread... But, I really didn't spell out my fears...

1963 was the worst year of my life. 1968 wasn't any better. Those were the years when JFK, his brother Bobby, and Martin Luther King were assassinated.

Yes, I DO think there are nuts out there who would do such a thing today. Don't you? I surely hope they're protecting him.

excon

Government Foils Skinhead Plot to Assassinate Obama - FOXNews.com Elections

Unfortunantly, EX, there are criminals out there trying to make this happen.

BABRAM · Oct 27, 2008, 05:48 PM

Unfortunately, because of other highly possible future threats due to racist home grown nut jobs right here in our beloved United States, Obama will undoubtedly be subject to more than the usual Fed protection and observation standards practiced than for past presidents.

ADL Commends Federal Agents for Preventing Killing Spree and Obama Assassination Attempt - MarketWatch

"NEW YORK, Oct 27, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today congratulated law enforcement for uncovering and preventing what the League called "potentially the most deadly racist shooting spree in many years, including an assassination attempt on presidential candidate Barack Obama."

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Crockett County, Tennessee Sheriff's Office opened an investigation that resulted in the arrest on October 22 of Daniel Cowart, 21, of Jackson, Tennessee, and Paul Schlesselman, 18, of West Helena, Arkansas. The white supremacists were charged with suspicion of possessing an unregistered firearm, conspiring to steal firearms from a federally licensed gun dealer, and threats against a major candidate for the office of president.

"The arrests of these dangerous white supremacists prevented what could have been the most serious act of domestic terrorism in recent years," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. "This case shows how extreme ideologies easily lead to extreme actions."

Mr. Foxman praised the federal and local law enforcement officers whose actions prevented the potential violent acts. "We congratulate the officers and agents with Crockett County and the ATF whose vigilance exposed a terrorist plot and saved lives."

Though the two suspects had only known each other for about a month, both suspects were known to experts at ADL's Center on Extremism, which had been tracking their white supremacist activities. Cowart had recently been involved with Supreme White Alliance, a hardcore racist skinhead group with members from several states, mostly in the Midwest.

In April, Cowart even attended a Hitler's Birthday celebration held by the group in Cincinnati. The previous month he handed out racist fliers in front of a local Wal-Mart.

ADL, which regularly conducts training sessions for law enforcement on extremism and extremists, provided, on request from ATF, information on the two suspects, their associates and contacts, and on the Supreme White Alliance and its membership.

Schlesselman and Cowart allegedly informed officers they were planning a "killing spree" that would involve killing 88 people and beheading 14 African-Americans. Both numbers have symbolic significance to white supremacists. The number "88" is code for "Heil Hitler," while "14" is a reference to the "14 Words," a white supremacist slogan: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children." Court documents indicate the two suspects discussed a multi-state killing and robbing spree, to include targeting a predominantly African-American school. The murder spree would allegedly end with an attempt to assassinate presidential candidate Barack Obama with a high-powered rifle.

The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world's leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry."

inthebox · Oct 27, 2008, 06:13 PM

And these racist nutjobs need to be stopped and put in jail.

I just woulid like those in the MSM, that equate not voting for Obama as racists, to use the term accurately so as not to diminish the severity of the term.

BABRAM · Oct 27, 2008, 06:18 PM

I agree. I wouldn't miss Rupert Murdoch's lamebrain child "Fox" news being shut down one bit.

magprob · Oct 27, 2008, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Wondergirl

Obama is no socialist. Socialists wear sandals. Sandals would clash with Obama's $1500 suits.

Just like Palin, Obama is redistirbuting the wealth. Keeping your finer clothiers, lobster fishermen and room service staff employed.