Sunday, November 09, 2008
From Sarah's mouth to some asshole's trigger finger
It appears that Ms. Palin's inflammatory rhetoric did start a few fires in the minds of some of her white supremacist followers.
The Republican vice presidential candidate attracted criticism for accusing Mr Obama of "palling around with terrorists", citing his association with the sixties radical William Ayers.That McCain guy sure can pick 'em! And that expectation of "many more plots" makes it clear that Obama's first priority should be to target domestic terrorists. And thank you NOT, Caribou Barbie, for shouting Fire! in a crowded theater.
The attacks provoked a near lynch mob atmosphere at her rallies, with supporters yelling "terrorist" and "kill him" until the McCain campaign ordered her to tone down the rhetoric.
But it has now emerged that her demagogic tone may have unintentionally encouraged white supremacists to go even further.
The Secret Service warned the Obama family in mid October that they had seen a dramatic increase in the number of threats against the Democratic candidate, coinciding with Mrs Palin's attacks...
...Details of the spike in threats to Mr Obama come as a report last week by security and intelligence analysts Stratfor, warned that he is a high risk target for racist gunmen. It concluded: "Two plots to assassinate Obama were broken up during the campaign season, and several more remain under investigation. We would expect federal authorities to uncover many more plots to attack the president that have been hatched by white supremacist ideologues."
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