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In reply to the discussion: Assassination threats against Barack Obama. No white hate here. Move along. [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)75. Well, that wasn't hard to figure out--EVERY President before this one has claimed to be white.
I think you need to check yourself.
The whole point can be learned from Sesame Street, if we only listen--this is what the people who wish POTUS ill are singing:
This is not an issue to be taken lightly, particularly when one considers the problems the Secret Service has had lately in terms of their personal conduct and attention to detail.
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Assassination threats against Barack Obama. No white hate here. Move along. [View all]
sheshe2
Sep 2014
OP
Even so, how would not making sure the premises remained invulnerable during his absence
Skidmore
Sep 2014
#59
The poster said Obama was getting threats because of the color of his skin.
former9thward
Sep 2014
#51
Well, that wasn't hard to figure out--EVERY President before this one has claimed to be white.
MADem
Sep 2014
#75
Well, a guy who used to work for them--and who wrote a book about his experiences--says
MADem
Sep 2014
#80
You need to answer the one I, and another DU, posed first. You do realize that "Hispanic" is NOT a
MADem
Sep 2014
#42
Threats against President Obama are 400% more than they were against President Bush.
Major Hogwash
Sep 2014
#23
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