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In reply to the discussion: I think if they were protecting a White President they would have been a lot [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)21. That is true of any president. Reagan was SHOT. How on earth did anyone get that
close to him? Were the SS lax in their duty because he was White? JFK? Lincoln?
There are thousands of plots against every US President. Teddy Roosevelt and FDR were shot at. It's part of the job description.
Seriously, these charges of racism every time the president is criticized for his policies, or something like this that happens to every president, WORSE has happened, are racist in themselves imo. It is singling him out BECAUSE he is African American rather than giving him the respect we give all presidents and simply be thankful that nothing happened to the POTUS, not the Black POTUS. He is the President of the US.
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I think if they were protecting a White President they would have been a lot [View all]
busterbrown
Sep 2014
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There have been numerous threats against the President probably thousands..
busterbrown
Sep 2014
#12
The number of threats against this president and his family have been much higher than any before.
jwirr
Sep 2014
#48
I remember reading the 400% that one of the posts talked about here but I do not have a link.
jwirr
Sep 2014
#63
The Secret Service are racists, and because of that they are purposefully lax in protecting Obama?
Nye Bevan
Sep 2014
#3
There was also the guy who crashed a stolen airplane on the White House lawn.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2014
#54
Yes, well, we certainly wouldn't want the other side to beat us at being dumb
jberryhill
Sep 2014
#44
Guns "flew off the shelves" when clinton was Pres too, they thought he was banning them
7962
Sep 2014
#35
That is true of any president. Reagan was SHOT. How on earth did anyone get that
sabrina 1
Sep 2014
#21
Yeah, what every family and workplace needs - twitchy fingered snipers on the roof
jberryhill
Sep 2014
#34