Sat Jan 19, 2013, 09:11 AM

dballance (5,756 posts)

Is Anyone Else As Concerned for First Family's Safety Over the Next Days as I?

Call me a concern troll if you like. I'll certainly accept it on this topic.

My concern is we've had nothing but blatantly open hatred displayed for Obama during his first term by some factions. Now, add to that the recent gun furor and it really makes me nervous. I'd really like it if he and FLOTUS did not walk along the parade route in the open. That seems like such an open environment that cannot be controlled no matter how many police and Secret Service you have. I will be in anxiety mode until all the festivities are over.

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12 replies	Author	Time	Post
Is Anyone Else As Concerned for First Family's Safety Over the Next Days as I? (Original post)	dballance	Jan 2013	OP
Secret Service reported threats to this POTUS were up 400%...	PearliePoo2	Jan 2013	#1
Maybe this will alleviate your fears...they've been	babylonsister	Jan 2013	#2
I worry about	Control-Z	Jan 2013	#10
YES! But I am always worried about their safety.	narnian60	Jan 2013	#3
Yes. The republicans hate him. There is nothing they would not do to get even with him for	AlinPA	Jan 2013	#4
I'm Scared About It.	Paladin	Jan 2013	#5
I am too nt	LiberalElite	Jan 2013	#6
I am concerned for the first families safety every day.	bemildred	Jan 2013	#7
+1	Squinch	Jan 2013	#11
The one Federal LEO group I trust to be apolitical is the Secret Service	ProgressiveProfessor	Jan 2013	#8
Yes.	elleng	Jan 2013	#9
During the first Inauguration there was a fantastic photograph	lunatica	Jan 2013	#12

Response to dballance (Original post)

Sat Jan 19, 2013, 09:16 AM

PearliePoo2 (7,768 posts)

1. Secret Service reported threats to this POTUS were up 400%...

and that was his 1st term.
Who knows what they are now (since they're already off the charts)
Frightening and sickening.

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Sat Jan 19, 2013, 09:16 AM

babylonsister (170,124 posts)

2. Maybe this will alleviate your fears...they've been

working on security for a year.

http://www.voanews.com/content/inauguration_security_is_a_year_in_the-planning/1586917.html

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Sat Jan 19, 2013, 01:15 PM

Control-Z (15,681 posts)

10. I worry about

the "federal and local law enforcement from more than 80 jurisdictions around the country" that will be helping the Secret Service. I hope everyone involved has been hand picked and is a known supporter of this president.

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Sat Jan 19, 2013, 09:32 AM

narnian60 (3,509 posts)

3. YES! But I am always worried about their safety.

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Sat Jan 19, 2013, 09:44 AM

AlinPA (15,071 posts)

4. Yes. The republicans hate him. There is nothing they would not do to get even with him for

winning the election. The hatred level is higher that I have ever seen it.
Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck, Coulter, Fox 'news', Savage, and the rest of the hate screamers have their fans foaming at the mouth. Hopefully Secret Sevice is working better now than ever before.

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Sat Jan 19, 2013, 10:19 AM

Paladin (26,302 posts)

5. I'm Scared About It.

Considering all the well-armed geeks there are in this country, it's a very real concern.

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Sat Jan 19, 2013, 11:11 AM

LiberalElite (14,691 posts)

6. I am too nt

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Sat Jan 19, 2013, 11:25 AM

bemildred (90,061 posts)

7. I am concerned for the first families safety every day.

There are crazed, angry loons running around.

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Sat Jan 19, 2013, 01:39 PM

Squinch (46,530 posts)

11. +1

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Sat Jan 19, 2013, 11:26 AM

ProgressiveProfessor (22,144 posts)

8. The one Federal LEO group I trust to be apolitical is the Secret Service

The biggest threat is the lone gunman who doesn't share his plans with anyone.

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Sat Jan 19, 2013, 11:58 AM

elleng (121,990 posts)

9. Yes.

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Sat Jan 19, 2013, 03:35 PM

lunatica (53,410 posts)

12. During the first Inauguration there was a fantastic photograph

that you could zoom in on every part of it and I looked for the Secret Service on rooftops, etc. Secret Service snipers were everywhere! You couldn't see them unless you zoomed in.

They will be everywhere. There won't be any part of the crowd or the Capital that won't have many Sniper eyes on it.

edited to add a link to the gigabit photo

http://gigapan.com/gigapans/15374

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