they said no specific threats were made i think its much ado about nothing.george and hillary get their share of hate mail also.i think its a shame the lengths some will go to to be noticed.but we are finicky people we dont like being led around on a wild goose chase so if this is not true it will backfire.why waste secret service people on a assignment where they are not needed -its a waste of tax payer money.you will never be in a position where everyone loves you.thats a fact for all of us.i think its sad to hate someone based on race and ignorant but i dont think that puts you in danger.to be in danger a real threat would have to be made not like i dont like you cause you are black or i dont like you cause you are white or i dont like you cause you are a woman! this is just not right to think like that.i wish no harm to obama or any one else.but lets cut the crap and get to the truth for a change!good luck.
2007-05-04 05:02:53 · 13 answers · asked by dixie58 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
much ado about nothing.........but it is probably better safe than sorry.........................................
2007-05-04 05:09:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Probably true. Senator Obama's skin color and rumored religious beliefs would draw a lot of attention from the fringe of Sanity. Bill and Hillary already have a full detail, because of Bill's status as a former President. It's not a waste of taxpayer money to protect our democratic process, and the Secret Service will protect whomever it deems necessary. Thank God we have such dedicated public servants as the Secret Service.
2007-05-04 05:15:28 · answer #2 · answered by Beardog 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Anyone in the public eye will recieve some threats - just because there are nutty people out there - I'd think a presidential candidate would likely get more than most.
As to whether going public with them would be a political ploy, well, so is everything any politician wants the public to know about. Thier whole lives are carefully scripted political ploys.
2007-05-04 05:09:51 · answer #3 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cheap campaign ploy, no. Threats, probably. If you spend just a couple of hours on Y!A in the P&G section, you will find a great deal of hatred, racial slurs, threats, etc. And this is just a bunch of people with nothing better to do. Imagine what violent, racist, organized groups could do. Campaigns bring out the best and the worst in people. I don't care what your party affiliation is, if your life is in danger you should be protected.
2007-05-04 05:38:13 · answer #4 · answered by ~ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh get over it!!
Hillary and George BOTH HAVE Secret service details. What's you point?
Obama put in a request...it's up to the Secret Service and the Congress to allow give it to him or not.
John Kerry requested one as well, but Congress didn't think it was necessary until 9mos before the Elections. Maybe the Congress thinks Obama MIGHT just need it...
and with people like you making so much noise about it..it's no wonder.
2007-05-04 05:09:20 · answer #5 · answered by DEATH 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
You've made a lot of assumptions here. We all know that we are not aware of a lot of things. For example here in NYC we were only made aware that there had been significant threats against the subway system well after the fact. Sometimes not revealing information is a way of deterring copycats. You do remember the copycat argument after Virgina Tech?
2007-05-04 05:10:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
What I find funny is, that the threats were found out about from monitoring Chatter on White Supremacist sites.....but isn't this a freedom that Bush is supposedly taking away that we hear every day on Y/A from the left posters on the monitoring and patriot act......hmmm awfully quiet now when it effect their beliefs...
Celtix...typical response...
2007-05-04 05:11:47 · answer #7 · answered by garyb1616 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
garyb: Hello? Can't you see the difference between monitoring information on a website (which is accessible to anyone anyway, that's why people PUT IT ON A WEBSITE) and listening in on a private phone conversation?
2007-05-04 05:17:26 · answer #8 · answered by celticexpress 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh dude, Obama is going to get it from all attitude's. From southern white supremacists with small penises asserting they going to assassinate him to anti-American international places in Europe and the middle east, it somewhat is all coming down on him. i'm hoping the guy can pull even with the shown fact that :)
2016-12-17 03:53:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am surprised that Al Sharpton did not use the same political propaganda but then again, I guess Obama has a lot more savvy.
2007-05-04 05:10:29 · answer #10 · answered by furrryyy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the government is afraid of big al and jessie
can you imagine
in reality ,nobama should be more concerned now,, they just put a big target on him
imagine the loons that read about this
2007-05-04 05:09:43 · answer #11 · answered by jose 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋