The Carville-Greenberg focus-group survey of Republican base voters that I commented on here a couple of days ago found no evidence that opposition to Obama is racial.
Maybe not, but then what would explain the 400% increase in death threats against Obama over those against Bush?
The only other explanation I can think of is that the right-wing opposition is more violent than left-wing opposition. And I'm sure that is true. I think it's built into the sort of people attracted to and repelled by the two sides. Right wing nuts tend to be paranoid; left wing nuts tend to be dreamy idealists.
Whatever the explanation, it is a serious cause for alarm about the safety of our president. The article from the Boston Globe was also about the inadequate financing for the Secret Service, with this increased demand. This is one Congress has got to fix, and quickly.
Ralph
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Now comes this news: a private security guard at the Newark airport was arrested after being overhead making threatening remarks concerning Obama the night before Obama was to land at that airport.
ReplyDeleteOn a search of his home, 43 fireams were found. The man has denied making threats, and so far none of the fireams has been found to be illegal. The man is an avid hunter.
Maybe nothing to it. But the Secret Service has to check out everything like this. And that takes manpower and money.