Head of the Klan said somebody from the south will take out Obama,

[napi21]

and if he gets elected President, he will be shot!

This was on our news at 11 in Ga! I checked their site and can't find a link, but I'm really upset by that info! I'm an old white lady, and considered an damn yankee because I was born & raised in Pa. and mopved to the south in 1987 via a job transfer and stayed here. I can't believe there are still these kind of AH's here...in 2008!!!! The news also said there are 49 existing hate groups here in Ga.

The report started out by saying the Secret Service protection of Obama has been increased because of these threats!

What the hell is wrong with our Country?????

[FrenchieCat]

1. The media made racism cool again........and Hillary said.......

well alright.

[SoCalDem]

25. Hillie "re-branded" it as blue-collar/working class

with a wink-wink-y'know-wut-I-mean, and of course the media played along with it...instead of saying.."racist tendencies persist in parts of Appalachia/rust belt/south...and they like Hillary"..

and further..."they would NEVER vote for Obama, so it's not even worth mentioning"..

they just kept on with the hardworking white male nonsense..

[Raksha]

48. I'm glad someone else has noticed this.

Re "Hillary 're-branded' it (racism) as blue-collar/working class."

I was beginning to think it was all in my head. Well, okay...not really.

[mmonk]

76. Not in your head. Pretty much the truth.

That way, the blame of not being able to reach the "working class" can be placed at the feet of Obama instead of reality. Yes, we thinking people can see through it.

[Mountainman]

105. Yes it is as if Obama should change his skin color to win just because some people are racists.

Hillary may get the Dem racist vote but I doubt it is very large group. Most racists are not Dems. The would not vote for Hillary either.

Obama will get the young, minority and women's vote which will outnumber the "blue collar white male vote."

[Ysabel]

82. she endorsed mccain she raves about rove she calls on white racists...

- this is a vile hateful attack on all of us...

[malaise]

94. Don't you know it's only racists

when Afro-Americans support Obama.

[BlooInBloo]

122. And Clinton supporters allow it or actively support it.

[Name removed]

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[democracy1st]

46. dayum if you didn't take the words right out of my mouth

[hokies4ever]

54. and Huckabee is content to joke about it as well

with hardly a dust-up in MSM. If Obama had joked about McCain being shot, he would have played the torture card.

[EstimatedProphet]

70. Did Hillary make this comment?

I don't think she did. SO WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU TRYING TO PIN IT ON HER?!

[madmom]

83. There are a lot of people who refuse to believe that there are still people out there

who think this way. If you even raise the subject you're racist. I know they are out there I know a much of them!

[EstimatedProphet]

87. ?

What do you mean?

I was responding to the point that Obama has been threatened by the KKK, and the poster is trying to blame Clinton for it.

[madmom]

114. Sorry I didn't express myself better. What I mean is there are people out there

who would like nothing better than to "get" Obama or have some one else do it, and if people mention this Obama supporters yell racist. I know quite a few people who just don't like black people for no particular reason, just because I know them and mention their affliction does not mean I'm racist or that I agree with them.

[EstimatedProphet]

116. Ah. I agree.

[rug]

112. How small is your synapse to leap from this post to Clinton?

[Ronnie]

113. Well, first of all it's "all right",

unless you live in England. Second of all, blaming something said by the KKK on Senator Clinton is, well, so you.

[A HERETIC I AM]

2. Whats wrong with our country is the kind of thinking that man expressed is 400 years old......

And the kind of thinking that concedes Mr. Obama should even be heard, much less run for the highest office in the land is only 40 years old.

[L. Coyote]

34. This country was built on a century of genocide and slavery.

What is wrong with the USA is DENIAL of true history.
The Natives in Ohio were not shot and killed 400 years ago.
The Natives in Oregon were not hunted and killed 400 years ago.

Genocide, conquest, invasion, and slavery is how the USA was created!

Killing and enslaving human beings is how the nation was forged!

[Mimosa]

56. This country also fought against and ended slavery

L. Coyote, I'm Native American and live now on land which Creek Indians were driven from because greedy white people cast there eyes upon it.

This nation has had both good and bad in our history.

[L. Coyote]

85. While, at the same time, continuing genocidal expansion in the West. Lincoln

was an exceptional moment in US history.
He spoke out against the War on Mexico.

Native Americans were still shot on sight long after the Civil War.
"1872 ... General Crook ordered that any Indians not on the reservations be hunted and killed."

==============
Water Politics and the History of the Fort McDowell Indian Community
http://jqjacobs.net/southwest/fort_mcdowell.html

.....

The Anglo-American Invasion

In 1848 the United States government signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the War on Mexico and initiating its claim on the territory of the Yavapai Indians. Exploration for and discovery of gold and other mineral ores in Yavapai territory resulted in the first significant invasion of non-Indians after 1860. In 1865 a military outpost was established on the Verde River, at the site of the present day Fort McDowell Reservation. As in the case of almost all Native American populations, the invasion of Anglo-Americans resulted in forcible resettlement of the Yavapai Indians. In 1871 the Rio Verde reservation was established in the Middle Verde Valley. General Crook ordered all Yavapai Indians to the reservation (Coffeen 1972). He also ordered that all Indians off the reservation would be treated as hostiles and shot on sight (Mariella 1983). On Dec. 23, 1873, the Skeleton Cave Massacre ended Yavapai resistance. By the following spring almost all surviving Yavapais, numbering around 1800, were forcibly resettled at Rio Verde.

The Yavapai began intensive agricultural activity to ensure survival on their diminished land base. In 1874 five miles of irrigation ditches were dug and fifty acres cultivated. However, self-supporting Indians were not in the interests of competitors for the land and water rights nor of contractors supplying Indian rations to the U. S. government. Under pressure of non-Indian special interests (Mariella 1983), in 1875 the approximately 1,400 Yavapais were forcibly marched on foot by the United States military 180 miles to the San Carlos Apache reservation (Khera, et. al. 1983). There, after two weeks of marching, the 1285 survivors who reached the destination began a confinement that endured nearly twenty five years. The move to San Carlos resulted in greater dependence on the government (Mariella 1983). The Rio Verde reservation returned to public domain and most of the irritable bottomlands were claimed by non-Indians. Of these lands less than one square mile has been returned to the Yavapai.

.........

============
Post-Contact Social Organization of Three Apache Tribes.
http://jqjacobs.net/southwest/apache.html

.... Although the Spanish and the successive Mexican governments claimed the Apachean territories, numerous military forays failed to dominate them. Despite centuries of conflict the Spaniards never subdued the Apaches. The Apache tribes were the preeminent military powers in their respective regions until after 1856. The War on Mexico affected all the Apache tribes. With the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the 1853 Gadsden Purchase Mexico ceded and then sold the majority of the Apache territories to the United States. Spain, Mexico and the Unites States have never recognized Indian titles to their aboriginal territories.

After 1850 Anglo miners and ranchers invading the Apache territories clashed with the indigenous occupants. Numerous military forts were established by the United States. Most of the Apaches were confined to reservations by 1872, when General Crook ordered that any Indians not on the reservations be hunted and killed. In 1873 300 Indian men were executed for leaving the Fort San Carlos Reservation. By 1877 over 5,000 surviving Apaches were confined. Some Apaches still refused to capitulate. Most opposition was crushed by 1883. Military conflict ended with the 1886 surrender of Geronimo.

......

[Mimosa]

90. L.C., I know all that and I still appreciate the good about America

[LanternWaste]

108. Much like every other expansive and dynamic culture since the dawn of man...

"Genocide, conquest, invasion, and slavery is how the USA was created!

Killing and enslaving human beings is how the nation was forged!"

Much like every other expansive and dynamic culture since the dawn of man...

[texastoast]

3. I've worried about that

Obama might just get in the way of the corporate goldhats. I'm more worried about them than some KKK'er, except of course, the KKK or some NeoNazi group will get the blame. God, I hate being this cynical.

[derby378]

4. This is so sad...

Check this out, if you dare:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2903968&mesg_id=2909599

[SoCalDemGrrl]

51. Ckd it out & it's frightening!! God help us with idiots like these mouthing off

[krispos42]

97. Ugh

:puke:

[undeterred]

5. Less attention to illegal immigrants who aren't harming anyone

and more attention to legal racist nutjobs would be in order now. I have little doubt that these groups will become popular if/when Obama is elected. But if the Secret Service could protect Bush all these years, I think they can protect Obama.

[silverojo]

38. To say illegals aren't harming anyone is ridiculous

They're overwhelming hospitals to the point of bankruptcy, straining the budgets of public schools...immigration laws are there for a reason, to protect our country, and these people are breaking the laws. But that's beside the point.

The point is, I'm glad they're stepping up the protection for Obama. Too many right-wing nutjobs out there....

[Horse with no Name]

60. They are NOT overwhelming hospitals to the point of bankruptcy

Nice RW talking point you drew there, partner.

http://www.wsoctv.com/specialreports/14596327/detail.html

[Ysabel]

86. calling people "illegals" is a right wing thing...

- it's disgusting / please stop it...

[treestar]

106. Oh, they are not

But thanks for the RW talking points. :sarcasm:

[LanternWaste]

111. If one called jaywalkers "illegal walkers", if one called speeders "illegal drivers"

If one called jaywalkers "illegal walkers", if one called speeders "illegal drivers", I could tolerate (if not condone) calling a group 'illegals'.

However, since that word is applied only to undocumented workers, I'll call that word for what it is-- Racist, whether intentional or not.

[ornotna]

6. Here's a link

http://wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blogspot.com/2008/02/war-on-terror-going-after-people-that.html

Watch the video.

[Greyskye]

29. Damn

That's messed up.

Thanks for the link.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. Call me everything but surprised

yesterday we were having this talk to a native californian, soon to be college graduate

He was shocked when both my husband and I said we expected attempts My husband is a native californian, but while in the Navy he saw some of the racism close up and personal in the south. And I am a historian by training and talked to some of my profs who were freedom riders.

And I do hope he survives every one of them unscathed, buecasue a SOLID presidency in the hands of one of them boys, to use the racist aforims, will be damn good for the country

My true fear... is a second civil war. These guys are out there, and they mean it, when they say they will do all they need by any means to prevent this.

By the way... given I have an accent I will never move to the south... and I may avoid the tourist thing... hell, there are some areas of MY county I avoid, since the hate groups are out en-force

This country needs to grow up and I do hope the next generation can finally do it

[Liberal Gramma]

11. If there IS a second civil war

this time, I think we should let the ignorant racists secede and form their own country. And let's not sell them any lattes, either.

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. The country will not survive a civil war

think USSR.... and five successor states... anywhere from three to five

That is what you have to think about... and it will not be pretty either...

[PFunk]

22. A civil war will lead to the break up of the US.

It will not be a pretty break up either. The USSR is probably the best example of this

[zonmoy]

118. But it might be the best solution

to voluntarily break up rather than be broke up after our plans to invade and steal everything from the rest of the world blow up in our faces.

[nadinbrzezinski]

131. Agreed, and the USSR mostly broke up peacefully

but I suspect the US will not break up peacefully

[Rue]

15. If there is

could you help those of us who would be stuck down there take the Underground Railroad out? ;)

Not that I have anything against my native state of Tennessee, but such an event would cause a lot of tensions to boil up from just below the surface.

[Liberal Gramma]

16. An underground railroad for runaway liberals...

I like it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. I'm sure the quakers will run it, once again

[Beregond2]

8. I think this is a given.

He is going to have to be very careful.

[mike_c]

9. having lived through JFK, MLK, and RFK assassinations...

...I think someone from the GOVERNMENT will likely try.

[EFerrari]

44. Agreed. We have a lot of "lone gun nuts" on retainer.

Obama is a smart person, though. I hope he and his people are taking historically appropriate precautions

[panader0]

10. This is one of my huge fears

I am certain, that as we type, there are some racists out there plotting to do my man in. He too must know this, and yet he appears at such vulnerable places as the big rally in Portland. They killed John, Bobby and Martin. Obama is definately the target of those he threatens., Please Lord, protect him.

[RainDog]

12. I've worried about this all along

especially because Obama is really connecting with people in a way no corporate candidate can. And because the right wing murdered all the progressive leaders of the 1960s after they had threatened to do so repeatedly.

Since we know of this history, however, if they do something like this again, I think the right wing will be brought down by force. I don't think anyone has any plans for this, but we are, in so many ways, at a tipping point and that would do it. The military isn't behind the right wingers, at least at the level of those who actually do the fighting.

Such an assassination would be an act of terrorism and if this were to happen, I hope the Klan would be hunted down and, in their case, I would probably support capital punishment - esp.since they'd most likely be from states that practice it.

The U.S. would enter into the worst time in its history because we have endured 8 years of Bush and then the right wing kills the emblem of hope? with the economy in the shitter and with every law made to favor corporations over citizens?

what would be left to care about in this nation?

what would be left to discuss with the right wing?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

13. they had better NOT try!

or else!

[bdamomma]

72. or there will be bloodshed in the streets

America or should I say Americans need to grow up.

[JaneQPublic]

18. Of course, people of that ilk are just as likely to assasinate Hillary

After all, they no more believe a woman should lead the country than should a black man. Besides, the recent death of Benazir Bhutto showed being a woman does not protect a person in power from violent acts.

[Radio_Lady]

57. JaneQ, you are reading my mind. It is a serious thought for EITHER candidate

in this unstable world.

Cordially,

Radio Lady in Oregon

[mahina]

19. Three things.

1. The person who said that had better be arrested, pronto, or each of us needs to call, fax, email, write, and call again until he is. Here’s one time those terrorism laws should be used to lock them up and lose the key.

2. Just as we all have to be vigilant now when flying, etc, we all have to know that his safety is in our hands as well. I for one would jump in front of a bullet for him without a second thought, and would do the same for anyone in his family. If enough of us feel the same, we as a people can help to protect him.

3. God bless and protect Barack and his family.

[napi21]

21. I agree with you, but how do we make that happen?

Contrary to some on this thread, I trust the SS. A close friend of mine's son is a SS agent. I know him very well, and I KNOW it doesn't matter if they like or hate the person they are assigned to protect, they WILL do their job! My fear is with our justice system. If someone makes a threat against Shrub, I believe he would be arrested immediately. I don't think that same thing applies to candidates, even though the risk is higher!

[Spangle]

28. They are suppose

to treat them as if they have won. As if they are the President. Candidates are our futures 'hope.' We don't want it possible for elections to be won, because the others were taken out.

So threats against major candidates are suppose to be taken very seriously.

[napi21]

39. I think they are taken seriously. My question was how do we make

the DOJ ACT! I KNOW if I personally were to make a threat against the life of any candidate, I would be arrested! How can we force the DOJ to respond in that same fashion to these hate groups?

[Spangle]

132. It has to be reported.

Of course, this has been in the news. So it should have been reported. I guess the next step is to inquire about the investigation on the threat made by him.

There SHOULD be one. if there isn't I guess we should ask why.

Maybe write an article about it...

[colonel odis]

20. if they try and fail, it's doubtful a republican will be elected to any office for 20 years.

if they try and succeed, it's doubtful a republican will be elected to any office for 20 years. plus, this country will burn.

i'm not advocating any form of violence, period. but a LOT of people will go looking for retribution if something like that happens. if i were right-wing politicians and even their mouthpieces -- limbaugh, hannity, et. al. -- i would pray every night that president obama has a healthy term (or two). i just think an act of violence against him would send a very tense country over the edge.

[napi21]

24. I don't disagree with your senario, but the people making these

threats are NOT Pubs, but a HATE GROUP! I thought I understood how the first ammendment worked...free speech except for inciting violence or murder. If I'm right, the leaders of these groups will be arrested and tried. If I'm wrong, God bless the Secret Service!

[colonel odis]

65. agreed. but the pubs are visible and will probably bear the brunt of retaliation.

[Frustratedlady]

31. Do you see any way this country can ever recover from the Bush administration?

I know I won't live long enough to see it, if it does recover, but I pray my children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren can finally live a safe and happy life as I knew.

I have been so worried about Obama, but then I see the masses show up for him and am happy. I realize they both have thought this through and are aware of the possibility, but we just can't let it happen. There is too much at stake.

I now see why he hasn't campaigned in some of those states and I can't blame him, but I am sick to see there are still these sick animals in our midst that are determined to keep him out of the WH.

God help them and us.

[Tektonik]

23. If that happened for that reason there'll be riots, and I'd join in

[barbtries]

63. yeah. i was basically thinking the same thing

i'd be rushing the capitol, out in the street, protesting. it's not a scenario i care to dwell on. obama stay healthy, healthy, healthy amen.

[bdamomma]

74. there would be Whites along with Blacks rioting if this

unspeakable act did take place.

[Tektonik]

109. Oh I know, I'm white

[zonmoy]

119. Perfect reason for martial law

and the end of democracy.

[lpbk2713]

26. If Limbaugh can advocate and encourage riots in Denver ...

... what else can he encourage? Just think about it.

[Spangle]

27. Always a possiblity, no matter which one wins

There are nuts out there that really do hate that much. Not just racists. But pure out nuts.

The SS will be watching for such stuff, no matter who is elected. Just like they do today and always have been.

[graycem]

30. I saw the video of the interview

with that creep on Fox of all places a few weeks ago. It was so disgusting and I don't know why this man hasn't been arrested. Presidential candidate or not, this man is a U.S. Senator and his life has been threatened by this freak, even though he attempts to assign blame to someone else, it is clear he means a member of his twisted hate group.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmUILVsCfMU


Nelson Mandela is on the "terrorist" list, but these freaks are not. Go figure.

[SeattleGirl]

37. Asshole ought to be locked up!

That's a threat, plain and simple. It's not an acceptable thing to be said against ANY Presidential candidate.

[graycem]

42. I agree.. and certainly

ESPECIALLY not a sitting U.S. Senator who happens to be a candidate. I don't understand why he isn't.

[Virginia Dare]

95. Throw his scuzzy ass in gitmo, he's a terrorist....n/t

[Ghost in the Machine]

32. The Klan is a fucking JOKE, and they're sissies to boot...

Nothing more than a bunch of drunken, illiterate rednecks running around hiding under sheets. Gutless chickenshits... Hell, I remember a time when the Klan PAID the Aryans to start a race riot, then came on TV *denouncing* the Aryans, saying that the Klan was nothing like the Aryans. They paid dearly for their transgression...

KKK = Wimps In White Sheets... just stand up to one of them and watch them cower down. They're fucking COWARDS. Punch one in the mouth and watch him run off crying like a baby...

I detest these douchebags...

[napi21]

40. I'm sorry, but you're WRONG! I'm sure some are as you describe,

but their leaders are NOT! I did the OP here, and I said I'm a white woman, but when I worked in SC and the Klan announced they were holding a rally that I would have had to pass on my way to work one weekend, I refused to go to work! These guys are NOT people to be ignored! They're hateful, violent, and need to be arrested as soon as they stop over the line. In this case, I think they've stepped over that line a LOT!

[Ghost in the Machine]

41. How many Klansmen have *you* ever known, much less interacted with, personally?

How about race riots? Ever been involved in one?

I think I can make a better assessment of my *former* peers than you can. You don't know who I am.... much less who I *used* to be...

These guys draw their power from their group. Catch them alone, and they're nothing but the little pukes who beat their wives and/or kids, but cower down and piss themselves when a man steps up to them and challenges them....

[napi21]

43. The answer to your first question is NONE! I wouldn't! The

second question...riots...none there either. I don't do that.

I agree that they draw their power from their group, but THAT'S the problem. That's the way they operate...as a group.

Please don't interpret my post as anything supporting ov this crowd. They scare me to death! All I want is for our DOJ to do it's job and stop this crap!

[Ghost in the Machine]

45. Oh no, I never thought you supported them at all... sorry if it came across that way...

I just know these pukes a lot better than most people, who only know what they read about them...

I saw your profile & where you're from. I've been there many times.. used to work for a guy that lives there.. you know any Hortmans?

Oh... you also have a small Klan presence there, too... they're nobodies, though... It's natural for some people to be scared of them... in fact, they depend on just that. The fear they project is an illusion, and their only courage is of the liquid variety, straight from the cheapest bottle they can find....

I agree that they should be dealt with if they crossed the line of free speech, too...


PEACE!

Ghost

[JanusAscending]

33. I wonder if this is why he didn't campaign

as heavily in W.Va. and Kentucky???? Maybe there have been threats that we know nothing about? Perhaps the S.S. advised against it. It's not worth getting yourself killed over, just to beat Hill in these two states!! I've been concerned about this since he decided to run. I thought to myself though, that if the S.S. could protect * for all these years, they can probably take care of Barack. I don't even like talking about it and don't want to spread this too far to give anyone ideas. Ans yes, I am aware of "who" controls the S.S. All I can think to do is pray at this point. Our Country NEEDS Barack Obama!!

[tnlefty]

96. Have a look at this map and see what you think...

www.splcenter.org/hatemap. If that link doesn't work try splc.org. I'm looking at a print copy of a newsletter that I receive from the Southern Poverty Law Center and sadly, TN appears to have more hate groups than KY and WV combined. :puke:

[Rhythm]

101. Obama WAS in WV, though... he made as many campaign trips to Charleston,

Beckley, Berkley Springs, and Huntington as Hillary did.

The only place that he didn't visit (ironically) is north-central WV, where his support among the students at WVU was overwhelming. Hillary, by contrast, not only sent Bill to speak at the University, but she and Chelsea spent the last two days before the primary in this part of the state as well.

[and-justice-for-all]

35. Whats wrong with our country?!

It is loaded with ass backwards Neanderthals who would like nothing more than to take us back to the 1950s!

Obama will be elected and there is not a fucking thing those fascist fuck wads can do about it!!

[anitar1]

36. This is my greatest fear. My prayers are with him and his family

daily. I was very aware of the dangers when attending a rally for him. He is a very brave man.

[bdamomma]

77. I see Obama as NEW leadership in this country and we need

it now more than ever. I do worry about him also, and hope all his security measures are met. There are alot of very sick people out there, esp. Hate Groups, these people are very sick.

[AgadorSparticus]

47. These crazy asshats are not smart enough to do something that sophisticated.

I'm more concerned with Secret Service NOT doing their job right. They better dot their i's and cross their t's--the world is watching. I have high expectations of secret service doing an extraordinary job protecting Obama. After 8 yrs with dumbass, this is the very least they could do for us.

[galledgoblin]

49. worries me very much

he's under secret service guard, but I don't know if they're taking it seriously enough yet.

I think someone will make an attempt, in fact, we may see several attempts.

I also think this is a good reason to seriously think about our VP choice, not just pick someone because they "balance the ticket" but because they could handle the job if it were thrust upon them.

:scared:

[Raksha]

50. The hell with "balancing the ticket."

Pick someone who would make a would-be assassin think long and hard--in other words, someone even more liberal than Obama.

[galledgoblin]

55. I totally agree (n/t)

[TahitiNut]

52. An ugly, popular search term grows: "assassinate Obama"

An ugly, popular search term grows: "assassinate Obama"

An ugly topic is capturing attention on the Internet: Today the phrase "assassinate Obama" appeared on a list of the top 100 Google search terms.

A top result is an article by the conservative Washington Times that reports a boost in presidential candidate Barack Obama's security following his win in Iowa, "amid fears over the safety of the man seeking to become America's first black president."

Today an article on the same topic appeared in the UK Telegraph.

But if Google is any indication, reporting on the issue is contributing to the issue -- perhaps inevitably.

Editor and Publisher raised that concern in an early and brief response to the Washington Times article, saying that "some may wonder if this kind of attention -- mentioning that 'Obama assassinate' already gets 2000 Google links -- may only increase the threat."

<more>

Personalized Results 1 - 10 of about 426,000 for assassination Obama

:scared: :scared:

[progressoid]

62. Lets hope that those searches are by concerned supporters like us

and not the alternative....:scared:

[krispos42]

53. Look, if some like BUSH and CHENEY can avoid being assassnated...

Obama will be fine.

[bdamomma]

78. anyone who speaks the truth always seems to meet their deadly fate.

anyone who stands up for the American people seems to be always taken down if not by some nut case then by its own government and we all know this. Sad indeed.

[krispos42]

98. Yet what choice do we have?

Become Repubs?

:shrug:

[Ysabel]

89. cheney hides away in a bunker all the time...

- as well bush's protection is cheney cuz nobody wants to end up with him as prez...

[alfredo]

58. Make Hillary VEEP and they won't touch Obama.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

73. Or even better, Barbara Boxer. She's a Jewish Woman.

[bdamomma]

81. Obama is trying to unite all of us what if his running mate is Chuck Hagel?

[alfredo]

120. It would make sense. It will totally undercut the Reps ability to

attract moderates and undecided voters.

[left is right]

126. absolutely dumb

the quickest route to assassination would be the selection of any republican as VP. the nutballs would have nothing to lose and everything to gain (except for the lone nutball that actually pulls the trigger)

[Beacool]

103. Yes, make Hillary VP

but not for those reasons. She is as much a target of assassination as Obama. They are both polarizing figures to these nut jobs.

[ColbertWatcher]

59. Mike Huckabee wants everyone to know his remarks...

...were not meant to be divisive in any way.

Oh, and that he's sorry for having said them, and, try not to read too much into them, he's really, really sorry.

And, God Bless America!

[barbtries]

61. racism, warmongering, creeping (and charging) fascism,

hate. there is a lot wrong with our country. it's sad.

[UnSantorum]

79. Racism is Real, Dudes

Just listen to pop culture -- everyone calling each other "nigger, bitch, ho" -- including the white kids. Racism is alive and well all over America.

[papapi]

64. And the Secret Service has been linked to racism in emails...

...recently according to...

http://www.slate.com/id/2191202/entry/0/

Well they have been under the control of an obnoxious fascist pig.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

66. Why isn't the Klan considered a terrorist organization????

[ColbertWatcher]

67. It's not?

You know, that's a good question.

Maybe that's why the GOP doesn't want anyone to know who is on the terrorist list, because they really don;t want anyone to know who's not on it...hmm...

[Virginia Dare]

92. White people can't be terrorists...

FAUX NEWZ told me so...

[Vinca]

68. They were just talking about Obama not campaigning in KY on MSNBC.

It struck me that maybe there were threats in either KY or WV. They would never tell us that if there were. I'm very concerned for Barack. The "white working class" can be interpreted more than one way and it doesn't help when idiots like Huckabee start making jokes. I can't imagine what would happen in this country if something happens to Obama.

[tsuki]

69. Is that before or after the Republiklans burn down Denver? eoq

[bdamomma]

71. sickening.

what is wrong with these people? hatred and bigotry fuel their sick heads.

[bunkerbuster1]

75. There's a small percentage of sexually confused men out there

They are alternatively terrified of black men and sexually attracted to them.

Those are the crazy-ass holdouts, among whom some corporate client will recruit to attempt to assassinate President Obama. I'm sure the SS knows all this, certainly Obama does.

[noonwitch]

80. They might try, but I think the Secret Service is up to the challenge

They've learned a lot since 1981, the last time someone got close enough to get a shot at the president. They learned a lot from the death of Kennedy and the attempts on Ford.

[jmowreader]

What's wrong is it's full of racist assholes

The nice thing about the various Klan groups (there are quite a few) is you get what you see. Your average racist Repuke likes to couch his racism in terms like "states rights." The Klan doesn't try pullin' that shit; they come right out and tell you they hate everyone except white Protestants. Makes life easy.

I kinda expected the Klan to do some shit like this--threatening Obama's life. I didn't quite expect it the way they put it, though: the Klan of old would have promised to "put that uppity n***** in his place" and then they would have actually tried doing it. If Hillary somehow can come up with the nomination, which appears unlikely at this point, I expect the Klan to come down against her too.

This is the big question: why did Faux News Chicago put this racist bastard on their station? What the FUCK is the justification for putting Yosemite Sam the Imperial Grand Wizard of the Christian Dragons of the KKK (or whatever in hell this group calls itself) on television? They gave this fuckhead ten minutes that could have been more profitably spent on a cooking demonstration or something. I believe the citizens of Chicago would have rather seen Chicken Walnut Caesar Salad than Chicken Shit Racist Asshole.

[OhioChick]

84. This is what truly frightens me. n/t

[Virginia Dare]

93. The Klan doesn't scare me..

fear is their only weapon. Take it away and they have nothing. I think those guys who follow the Klan around in clown suits have it exactly right.

[Corgigal]

88. Only takes one loser

who thinks this is his ticket to becoming famous. We all need to listen around us and take action. Normally these types of "entitled" white guy love to brag so heads up everyone. My fear is more the quiet loser loner who will use these group to give his ego some type of boost. Even the KKK must fear this somewhat because we are the majority now and will sweep up all these nuts if anything happens. It happened to the hate groups after the OK bombing and this would be worst.

This is probably only a fund raiser for them, feeding racist fear to bigots. I bet they would turn in someone themselves just for the sake of preserving their hate group.

[Virginia Dare]

91. FUCK the Klan...

what is wrong with this country is that we still allow ourselves to be divided and conquered. ENOUGH!

[backscatter712]

99. The Klan couldn't put enough neurons together to form a synapse.

A likelier scenario would be the CIA carrying out the assassination, then finding some Klansman rube to play the role of Lee Harvey Oswald and take the fall.

[old mark]

100. I have been seeing stuff like this for months

on some of the more right wing gun forums.
I have to say, I believe many of these people are serious.

I voted for Obama in the primary, and plan to do so again in the GE, and I hope this comes to nothing, but I am afraid there will be a resurgence of the right wing crazies similar to those who bombed OK city.
There are many out there who think they are heroes, and the Republicans have encouraged this shit by demonizing anyont to the left of Cheney.

mark

[Beacool]

102. There are plenty of sick people out there,

but for the posters who some how try to link this kind of hatred to Hillary: LAY OFF!!!

Do you think that she wouldn't be less a target of assassination than Obama???

Of course she would be, she has received countless death threats since she was First Lady.

They are both magnets for every kind of sick bastard who thrive on hate.

[IronLionZion]

104. I'm sure Obama is NOT afraid of the Klan

they are a bunch of cowards and losers who need to blame someone else for their problems. Anyone who hides behind a sheet to make hateful statements is a coward.

[Generic Other]

107. Everything decent and good about America

always destroyed by ignorant worthless scum who have never done a thing to help this country?

It's so sad to hear this kind of rhetoric spewed by white trash. And I call them that because it is the most forceful insult I can think of to show my utter contempt for them. Disgusting loathsome people who would put this country through that sort of shit in the name of their gap-toothed, brain damaged, vitamin-deficient, inbred notions of superiority. Big bellied, beer-guzzling, no count rednecks with less brains than roadkill.

Oh crap. I hate this.

Abraham, Martin, and John preserve us.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

110. If no-one could get to Bush - doubt they could get to Obama.

There's a lot more people throughout the world and this country who hated Bush ...

[spanone]

115. what can we expect in a country where the [rev] huckabee jokes about someone taking a shot at obama

[KamaAina]

117. Sounds like a threat to me

time for a visit from a bunch of guys in dark suits and sunglasses with wires sticking out of their ears.

[JerseygirlCT]

121. While it's a threat that needs to be taken with extreme amounts

of seriousness, I also think it's intentionally provocative and an attempt at "free media" PR for the klan.

You know the old saying about no such thing as bad press? This is their attempt at the spotlight. Attempting to recruit like-minded idiots.

Which of course, just makes it more likely that some like-minded idiot will actually try something. Which is sickening.

[malaise]

123. Has he been arrested yet?

WTF??

[Ahpook]

124. A threat is a threat but..

aren't these "people" ineffectual and pointless in our time?

I moved from Washington to Tennessee and the racism is something i am not used to. It seems to come from some moron sucking back Budweisers in his garage. Are they a threat to anyone but their immediate family?

My point is, Obama's biggest threat is from this Corporate ruled Gov't.

I may be naive about this part of the country, but these are my observations.

[w8liftinglady]

127. doesn't surprise me....bastards

[avenger64]

128. Amazing the Klan has stuck around as long as they have ...

... most of the brains left the organization by the 1920's. It was originally set up by the old aristocracy in the South to regain their political rights and their property (who needs slaves when you got sharecroppers?). Through various forms of terror, I should throw in there. Once Jim Crow was set up, most of the blue-bloods went back into the mainstream. That just left the 'true believers' in the KKK. And intelligence isn't exactly requisite for belief.

I wouldn't take this too seriously.

[orleans]

129. did you see the mark crispin miller videos?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=134544&mesg_id=134544

check them out.

[MrScorpio]

130. Racism is just God's way of pointing out stupid people

It works for violent people too