Don't be too worried. I'm sure the Secret Service take their job seriously and have the resources they need. The last thing they want is someone being taken out on their watch.
Also, at the risk of sounding a bit cold and cynical, assassinating Obama would be a serious overplay on the part of right-wing kooks. Obama would become our generation's JFK, rising to mythical proportions. Biden would lead the effort to smash down every last KKK and neo-nazi group, as well as "patriot" militias. All of Obama's domestic agenda would be rammed through congress with just a peep from the republicans.
Not that I want that to happen, just it's not too likely and even if it did happen, it wouldn't stop the Obamomentum.
I guess the bigger risk is crazy nazis like those two that were picked up recently that had the idea of killing Obama *after* shooting up a black school. The assassination plan would have failed, but they probably could have succeeded in killing a few kids before the swat team got them.
But even still, let's stay focused on the hope. Eight years of fear has been far too much.
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Date: 2008-11-07 08:01 pm (UTC)Also, at the risk of sounding a bit cold and cynical, assassinating Obama would be a serious overplay on the part of right-wing kooks. Obama would become our generation's JFK, rising to mythical proportions. Biden would lead the effort to smash down every last KKK and neo-nazi group, as well as "patriot" militias. All of Obama's domestic agenda would be rammed through congress with just a peep from the republicans.
Not that I want that to happen, just it's not too likely and even if it did happen, it wouldn't stop the Obamomentum.
I guess the bigger risk is crazy nazis like those two that were picked up recently that had the idea of killing Obama *after* shooting up a black school. The assassination plan would have failed, but they probably could have succeeded in killing a few kids before the swat team got them.
But even still, let's stay focused on the hope. Eight years of fear has been far too much.