Book Says Obama's Life Is at Risk

[marmar]

via AlterNet:



Book Says Obama's Life Is at Risk

By Christopher Moraff, Philadelphia Inquirer. Posted September 11, 2009.

Author Ronald Kessler warns that the rise in threats and inadequate govt. resources may be putting the commander in chief at risk.



Editor's Note: With Obama the target of hate speech and over 30 death threats a day, the FBI needs to hear that it can't let budget shortfalls get in the way of the president's life. Will you join AlterNet and Credo and sign a petition calling for the FBI to do everything necessary to confront threats to Obama and expand and fully fund efforts to protect the president of the United States?


Every American knows that politics can be an ugly business, rife with mudslinging, underhandedness and, in the worst of times, outright sabotage.

Like it or not, the collective American voting public is as much inclined towards emotional reactionism as it is rational reflection. The former is a trait that both political parties, at times, do their best to exploit; and the conservative right is doing a heck of a job at it right now, dredging up fears of non-existent "death panels" and rationing in an attempt to derail, or at least dilute, Democratic health-care reform initiatives.

Most of us have come to accept the worst politics has to offer as a price worth paying for a democratic system in which every voice, no matter how repugnant, has the right to be heard. But lately the level of hostility directed at President Obama and progressive lawmakers from some corners of society has crossed the line from disturbing to downright scary.

From "birther"-led citizen grand juries charging the president with fraud, to gun-toting protesters outside presidential events, organized opposition to the new administration and its policies has taken on a decidedly radical bent, giving rise to the unthinkable: what if some lunatic, or a group of them, decides to transition from vicious rhetoric to violent action? .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/rights/142511/book_says_obama%27s_life_is_at_risk/

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1. I guess author thinks this is some big revelation. Jeez.

[stray cat]

2. All of our lives are at risk - thats a consequence of life.

Could and should the secret service be improved - yes but as the author says all people should go through metal detectors even though it would limit crowd size and access.