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napkinz

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66. I've posted the images of the mock lynchings before

Sat Sep 20, 2014, 07:05 PM

Sep 2014

I really debated whether to do so. They are extremely disturbing. (They are sickening!) But we have an extremist Teapublican Party and its propaganda machine -- FOX "News" -- fomenting hatred and violence.

This country refuses to look itself in the mirror. We are a nation still in denial.

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Assassination threats against Barack Obama. No white hate here. Move along. [View all] sheshe2 Sep 2014 OP

There is no way that he will be assassinated MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #1

Manny sheshe2 Sep 2014 #2

I find it utterly appalling and almost unbelieveable that.... steve2470 Sep 2014 #3

Must mean doors are unlocked treestar Sep 2014 #53

Are you new to politics? AgingAmerican Sep 2014 #4

And your point is???? sheshe2 Sep 2014 #5

Dim son AgingAmerican Sep 2014 #13

OMG! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #15

Whoa! AgingAmerican Sep 2014 #18

Dim Son = DU slang for G.W. Bush nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #6

Thanks for the explanation Steve. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #8

my pleasure :) steve2470 Sep 2014 #9

Our President wasn't home MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #7

Yes Manny... sheshe2 Sep 2014 #11

Wow sheshe2 Sep 2014 #40

Given: MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #50

Even so, how would not making sure the premises remained invulnerable during his absence Skidmore Sep 2014 #59

I suspect that they could have shot and killed the interloper MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #63

The four U.S. presidents that have been killed were white. former9thward Sep 2014 #16

Ummmm, Okay~ sheshe2 Sep 2014 #19

Your post: former9thward Sep 2014 #54

Irrelevant treestar Sep 2014 #47

The poster said Obama was getting threats because of the color of his skin. former9thward Sep 2014 #51

I thought Obama got many more threats than previous Presidents treestar Sep 2014 #55

Well the SS says no. former9thward Sep 2014 #57

Well, that wasn't hard to figure out--EVERY President before this one has claimed to be white. MADem Sep 2014 #75

The SS has said Obama threats are no more numerous than Bush or Clinton. former9thward Sep 2014 #78

Well, a guy who used to work for them--and who wrote a book about his experiences--says MADem Sep 2014 #80

Maybe we should ask the POTUS. former9thward Sep 2014 #81

I'm sure he'll take your call. nt MADem Sep 2014 #82

Right when he gets off the phone with you. former9thward Sep 2014 #83

I wasn't the one who proposed asking the man anything. nt MADem Sep 2014 #84

It was a rhetorical comment. former9thward Sep 2014 #85

Ah, now you're just tossing insults....OK, whatever. nt MADem Sep 2014 #86

Agree. 840high Sep 2014 #77

question? 1dogleft Sep 2014 #17

Google it! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #20

Omar Gonzalez... I think. ReRe Sep 2014 #21

You do realize "Hispanic" is an ethnic designation--and not a race? MADem Sep 2014 #27

We had this on the Zimmerman debate, too treestar Sep 2014 #48

There are a lot of 'white' people with Hispanic names RandiFan1290 Sep 2014 #34

just keeping score 1dogleft Sep 2014 #35

Got a link? RandiFan1290 Sep 2014 #36

answer the question nt 1dogleft Sep 2014 #37

You need to answer the one I, and another DU, posed first. You do realize that "Hispanic" is NOT a MADem Sep 2014 #42

You're talking to someone who thinks it is "OK" MADem Sep 2014 #26

that op was flat out disgraceful. cali Sep 2014 #28

I see it got hidden. I am surprised--no, shocked. MADem Sep 2014 #30

I find his shtick tiresome. cali Sep 2014 #31

I was -- as I said -- shocked at that result! MADem Sep 2014 #41

plus there have already been multiple previous incidents when it comes JI7 Sep 2014 #32

Yes, there have. MADem Sep 2014 #74

Thank you for that link JustAnotherGen Sep 2014 #33

Omg, MADem! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #39

I hear you. nt MADem Sep 2014 #67

yes you do~ sheshe2 Sep 2014 #69

.... Major Hogwash Sep 2014 #70

Ya....;( it was ~ sheshe2 Sep 2014 #72

Just looked at that treestar Sep 2014 #52

It's as bad as that other one, about "traditional foodstuffs." MADem Sep 2014 #68

I got a hide from that one long after it was posted! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #71

Makes ya wonder, doesn't it? nt MADem Sep 2014 #73

Human error, nothing more GummyBearz Sep 2014 #49

A few years ago Obama came to Culver City where I was working. Kablooie Sep 2014 #22

They were watching you closely, were they? MineralMan Sep 2014 #43

Bush's security detail leaped into the future, read my posts, then MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #45

I'd have no way of knowing that, Manny. MineralMan Sep 2014 #46

You have no way of knowing... MannyGoldstein Sep 2014 #58

Ah, well, you shared yours, so I might as well share mine. MineralMan Sep 2014 #60

"White hate?" flvegan Sep 2014 #10

Did someone say that no whites hate Obama because of his race? merrily Sep 2014 #12

Silly you lobodons Sep 2014 #14

Yeah, the SCOTUS says some really stupid sh!t, sometimes. blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #25

Not exactly. They never should have decided that case the way that they did merrily Sep 2014 #79

Threats against President Obama are 400% more than they were against President Bush. Major Hogwash Sep 2014 #23

Yes, and this was from the very beginning. jwirr Sep 2014 #44

Do you have a source for that figure? Was it the Secret Service? hack89 Sep 2014 #56

"No white hate here. Move along" betsuni Sep 2014 #24

... nomorenomore08 Sep 2014 #38

there is no doubt that racism on steroids has ramped up since President Obama was elected cali Sep 2014 #29

The amount of visceral, white-hot hatred against this President is unbelievable... YoungDemCA Sep 2014 #61

racism? what racism? napkinz Sep 2014 #62

let's not forget that from DAY ONE ... napkinz Sep 2014 #64

Thanks for these they are spot on.... sheshe2 Sep 2014 #65

I've posted the images of the mock lynchings before napkinz Sep 2014 #66

President Obama marym625 Sep 2014 #76