If anyone is obsessed with an Obama assassination, it is some of his supporters.

[LibraLiz1973]

I've said for MONTHS that it is SICK the way some of you talk about it.
He's fine!! He will CONTINUE to be fine.

Stop borrowing trouble. It's ridiculous.
Not to mention rude as hell. He isn't in danger.
He's not an idiot and he has a top notch security team.

People who continuously pump this meme out are SICK.

His family doesn't need to hear this shit on a loop.

There is a risk for ANYONE running for office.
That you insist on spouting off on how worried YOU are and how nervous it makes YOU is irrelevant.

HE IS FINE.
He will continue to BE FINE. If he is elected, HE WILL BE FINE!!!

Think positive.

This nervous Nelly hand wringing has GOT to stop.

[Bjorn Against]

1. Tell that to Hillary

[LakeSamish706]

2. Well thats your opinion, and hey your entitled to it... I personally don't agree with you. n/t

[LibraLiz1973]

4. Seriously, read some of the threads here.

It's ALARMING to see how much negative energy people here are willing to put in to that scenario.

Senator Obama IS NOT STUPID. He knows that there is a risk, as there is with ANY PERSON running for office.
STOP trying to make it a race issue. It's sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But you can't hand wring 24/7. It's just not right.

[LakeSamish706]

7. The problem would never have occurred if Hillary had not made the stupid comments....

But I have to say, we live in very scary times now and no one needs to be giving anyone suggestions out there that could be taken seriously.

[LibraLiz1973]

10. This shit started LONG before Hillary said anything

But I do agree with the 2nd part- and it's part of why I get so pissed about.
People need to shut the fuck up about that shit and stop giving LUNATICS ideas.
Don't give that evil crap any energy. He's fine, and if he is elected he will continue to be a-ok.

[samdogmom]

3. Whatever! Go to hell!

Hillary just threatened Obama with this fate twice in the past few postings I've been able to read fully.

Hillary is very dangerous...please understand this fact!~

[LibraLiz1973]

5. OMG she's like, so dangerous!!

She keeps threatening him!!


PLEASE... PLEASE start reading things all the way through and COMPREHEND what is written so that you can stop over-reacting.

[samdogmom]

12. Honey...I am so sorry you are so young.

You have no comprehension of the Kennedy, King, Kennedy assassinations. Maybe you need to SHUT UP and pay attention. Hillary is calling out the crazies. If something happens to Obama it is totally BLOOD on her hands!

My advice--don't be associated with this! Unfortunately by your current post you are...so you're going to have to figure out how to dis-associate yourself from a post..,Good luck!

[LibraLiz1973]

15. I'm not dis-associating from anything. That isn't what she said, nor

is it what she meant.

Extrapolating what she said out this far is a reach. She has no Obama blood on her hands, and she wont. It isn't a call to assassinate the man. Stop trying so hard to make everything she says evil. Some of the stuff she ACTUALLY says should be enough for you guys, instead of trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill.

[samdogmom]

19. Well, you've been properly warned.

Good luck. And, don't come crying here when things don't go so well!

[LibraLiz1973]

23. WTF are you saying? That you now expect him to be murdered?

It almost seems as if some of you get joy from the very idea.
It's alarming and disgusting.

I've been warned about WHAT, exactly?????

[samdogmom]

24. Huh?

I can't even comment beyond this because it's too unbearable!

[samdogmom]

40. Riddle me this...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/

Explain, please!

[samdogmom]

45. Yeah! I knew it! You guys can't answer a REAL question! End of story!

I win! Unless somebody out there has better information! I'm "all ears"......

Hillary supporters......where are your facts? She was wronged, right? You're fixing this, right?

Okay, I'm waiting........keep me posted!

[LibraLiz1973]

49. Are you insane? Seriously.

Riddle you what?

[LibraLiz1973]

48. Explain what????

[Oleladylib]

31. Thank you...finally a post that isn't comatose and soapoperaish...THANKS.

[indimuse]

20. why do you lie?

how do you live with yourself?

[samdogmom]

43. Here you go...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/

[Oleladylib]

30. be sure to lock your doors and windows...she might drop on by.

[samdogmom]

44. Okay, I'm trying to contain myself, but here you go too!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/

[RetroLounge]

38. Please change your avatar

Your faux-outrage is embarrassing...

RL

[samdogmom]

46. If you're talking to me...I'm very sad! I love your poems,etc...

anyway...I'm from Wisconsin and I'm proud! Too bad for you Retro Lounge!

You can support Hillary until the cows come home but she's a lost cause!

END OF STORY!

[RetroLounge]

52. I actually support Obama

but feel free to believe whatever makes you happy.

RL

[woo me with science]

47. OMG!!!! Hillary is going to off Obama, and Michelle is going to scratch Bill's eyes out!

Help! Help! Help! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DevonRex]

6. Loop? She only said it a few hours ago. And I am pissed. nt

[panader0]

8. Well, to my utter amazement, no one has hit bush or cheney yet

So that gives me hope for Barrack. But there are many out there who would like to make sure he will never be president, and I started to be worried a long time ago.

[jasmine621]

9. Obama supporters always mischaracterize anything Hillary says.

No matter what. Hasn't Obama himself evoked the name of RFK and reminded folks about the assassination?

[LakeSamish706]

14. What do you think the MSM is talking about non stop right now? Her stupid comment is what! n/t

[Tarheel_Dem]

16. you go to any lengths to defend the indefensible. I certainly hope you

were this understanding about "bittergate", or Michelle's "proud for the first time" comments. I'll be searching the archives to see if you've ever "micharacterized".

[Raine]

22. Link please nt

[Raine]

53. Nevermind ... self-deleted nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. I'm sorry anyone who uses the Kennedys like that is insensitive

and is out to cause trouble!

She made a wrong judgement again and again and again

[Windy]

18. Her judgment or lack thereof, is the real issue.

She has always exhibited a profound lack of judgment, from Iraq to Kyl/Lieberman...to the way she has run her campaign, to her choice of advisers, to the words she has chosen...


This is the reason why I have been unable to support her and feel that she should not, under any circumstances, be on the ticket as VP

[Rosa Luxemburg]

41. yes she falls short

[Oleladylib]

28. The Kennedys aren't pissing and moanin'...Obama's supporters are diaperclad.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

39. aren't they?

respect?

[mdmc]

13. I remember a time when I would bet my savings that Spitzer

would be reelected in 2010.

Ja' can't predict the future.

We don't know that anyone will be "just fine" tomorrow.

[LibraLiz1973]

17. I'm going to go with hope. I think that putting negative energy in to it

is WRONG.


Senator Obama chose to run. I choose to believe that he did so knowing the risks and decided that
they weren't as high as many of you believe.

[beachmom]

21. Guess you haven't been paying attention to what has been going down in Georgia.

Some of us know the real dangers being the first serious black candidate for president, and some of us choose to be blind to those threats, and be condescending toward his supporters because you don't want to face it.

http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/northfulton/stories/2008/05/21/obama_0522.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13

beaconcast.com/articles/20080521_1

(this is the article -- just add http://www)

And let's not forget the history, which was not that long ago (1987):

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/forsyth.html

Look, I do not want to dwell on this stuff, and would rather talk about the issues. But this is not the figment of people's imaginations.

[RamboLiberal]

25. You do realize that many blacks are afraid of this?

From February:

For many black Americans, it's a conversation they find hard to avoid, revisiting old fears in the light of bright new hopes.

They watch with wonder as Barack Obama moves ever closer to becoming America's first black president. And they ask themselves, their family, their friends: Is he at risk? Will he be safe?

There is, of course, no sure answer. But interviews with blacks across the country, prominent and otherwise, suggest that lingering worries are outweighed by enthusiasm and determination.

"You can't have lived through the civil rights movement and know something about the history of African-Americans in this country and not be a little concerned," said Edna Medford, a history professor at Washington's Howard University.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8UVHBRO2&show_article=1

And they and we have every reason to be nervous! Not hand-wringing but we're not pollyannish either. Just read some of the comments from voters in PA, WV, OH, KY, etc. recently and you'd understand. Racism is still a problem in this country.

[Oleladylib]

29. as is sexism...but that isn't quite the same ..at least around here.

[RamboLiberal]

37. I'm a feminist for a helluva long time and sexism

at least in the United States is not in the same league with racism at least as far of the assassination of political figures!

And I'm not saying Hillary would not be a target of some sicko. Hillary of all people having lived in the security bubble and probably having had to listen to some scary Secret Service briefings on the protection of Bill, herself, even Chelsea should've had more sensitivity on mentioning the assassination of a political figure.

[stillcool]

26. oh come on now...

she is only voicing what we've known for a while now. The hopes for the 'Catastrophic Event'. Why would anyone be surprised by this?

Clinton campaign on ropes
BY JOHN GUERRIERO

Published: May 08. 2008 6:00AM
Murray, who has supported Bill and Hillary Clinton since 1991, said these are tough times for people like him who are in the Clinton camp but want to unify the party.

"The sense is, absent some catastrophic event that would take place in this campaign, it's going to be very difficult to see a path to victory for Hillary given what happened" Tuesday, Murray said.
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080508/NEWS02/805080437

Sun May 11, 2008

Analysis: Could Clinton land the VP nomination?

Several Clinton associates say there is still a ray of hope among some in her campaign: that a "catastrophic" revelation about Obama might make it possible for her to win the presidential nomination. But barring that, Hillary and Bill Clinton recognize that her candidacy is being abandoned and rejected by superdelegates whom she once expected to win over and that, even if she were to win the popular vote in combined primary states, she will almost certainly be denied the nomination.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/10/bernstein.clinton/index.html?section=cnn_latest

CBSNews.com Reports: N.Y. Senator Now Faces Nearly Impossible Odds To Capturing Democratic Nomination

May 7, 2008

Clinton's Path To Victory Slipping Away
There is one scenario which does work for Clinton and that’s a massive movement of superdelegates leaving Obama and supporting her. The party leaders could do that, but it would take some unforeseen development in the race between now and the convention for them to do so. Obama, in some way, would have to be rendered so unelectable that the party rejects him at the convention. That’s not much to hang a hat on but it’s starting to look like her best option.

And even that might not be a viable option, said Joe Trippi. “Even if the catastrophic thing existed or happened, if she were perceived to have caused it, I think it would end her campaign too,” Trippi said. I don’t think there’s any way now for her to gain the nomination. She’s at the point now where if she tries to make a case against Obama, it will actually speed up superdelegates joining his cause just to shut the campaign down.”

But Trippi notes that the Obama campaign and Democratic leaders are still likely to give Clinton the room she needs to go forward on her own terms, provided that she does so in a positive manner. “I think there’s lots of tolerance for her going on, running the table into the convention and having a presence there,” he said. “But if she actually tries to compete in the trenches for the nomination in a way that looks like it’s damaging the nominee … I don’t think there will be any tolerance for that at all.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/07/politics/main4078586.shtml

[Oleladylib]

27. He had secret service coverage earlier than anyone else..

[Lerkfish]

32. ???? what the friggin frick is you point?

byond the fact that you're incorrect.

[Oleladylib]

33. evidently you weren't watchin' the News Hour on PBS tonight..

They reported that..

[Lerkfish]

34. they were wrong. HIllary, being the wife of a former president has always had SS

unless you can point to a time they STOPPED protecting the family of a former president?

[samdogmom]

35. Check out the front page of DU! Hillary is busted!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3322367

[Willo]

36. March 6, 2008

Interview with Clinton: One Day at a Time
Thursday, Mar. 06, 2008

On the day after her Ohio and Texas victories, TIME managing editor Rick Stengel caught up with Hillary Clinton to talk about the challenges ahead. Here are some excerpts from the interview:

One group that probably ultimately wouldn't want it to go on too long is the Democratic Party itself. Can you envision a point at which — if the race stays this close — and with the difficulties that everyone has analyzed in accumulating enough delegates to get any distance ahead where party elders would step in and say "Senators Clinton and Obama, this is now hurting the party and whoever will be the nominee in the fall. We need to figure this out."

No I really can't. I think people have short memories. Primary contests used to last a lot longer. We all remember the great tragedy of Bobby Kennedy being assassinated in June in L.A. My husband didn't wrap up the nomination in 1992 until June, also in California. Having a primary contest go through June is nothing particularly unusual. We will see how it unfolds as we go forward over the next three to four months.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1719900-2,00.html

[Generator]

42. All I can say is Hillary knows her history better than you

Anyone that is in a top spot that challenges the status quo-I worry about. Also, he has dark skin. There are plenty in this country that would use that as an excuse. I actually fear the race thing most-not that he challenges the status quo-I wish he was that kind of leader but he's the best we've got and he's doing great so far.

[spanone]

50. it's one thing to say something on a website, it's another to do it before the national media imo

[corkhead]

51. "This nervous Nelly hand wringing has GOT to stop"

Quaint. That is so 2000 and 2004

[VotesForWomen]

54. they think everybody else is as obsessed with their messiah as they are.

[OneBlueSky]

55. I'm guessing you aren't old enough to have lived through the JFK, RFK and MLK assassinations . . .

if you were, you wouldn't even think of making the comments you made here . . .