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Showing Original Post only (View all)The president was no longer laughing: "That man would kill me," he told them flatly..." [View all]
"The president had just begun a new campaign-style speech when a man in the crowd, standing less than 50 feet away, interrupted with loud cries. "Antichrist!" the man yelled. "You'll be destroyed!"
As the Secret Service moved in, Obama cracked a joke from the podium to keep things light. He had seen the man before, he said: "He needs to update his material."
Less than an hour later, however, off stage and surrounded again by security and staff members, the president was no longer laughing.
"That man would kill me," he told them flatly..."
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-obama-secret-service-20141004-story.html#page=1
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The president was no longer laughing: "That man would kill me," he told them flatly..." [View all]
kpete
Oct 2014
OP
There are many people who would assassinate President Obama if they had the chance.
MineralMan
Oct 2014
#1
I agree, "drunken agents is inexcusable" No drinking on or off duty would be my policy.
Sunlei
Oct 2014
#14
I haven't read anything much about the "leakers".. mostly from you. I'll have to google,thanks.
Cha
Oct 2014
#118
"car backfiring"? Those agents need to go back to training school or resign and get people
Cha
Oct 2014
#88
I know.. it was a terrible defense. I just saw Rachel on this and I thank you again, Mo.
Cha
Oct 2014
#93
I forgot about that guy. I was laughing so hard while being very appalled.
uppityperson
Oct 2014
#60
Do you get the sense that MM doesn't take that incident seriously, or is it that he lives in denial?
Major Hogwash
Oct 2014
#83
that will not help. the first black president being assassinated after these lapses
mopinko
Oct 2014
#113
The Secret Service let a criminal with a gun, who was obviously not playing with a full
geek tragedy
Oct 2014
#8
Our Gov. allows contractors with 'non-felonies' to keep on taking our Federal money for contracts.
Sunlei
Oct 2014
#62
There was certainly a risk to the President's daughter and Michelle's mother. No risk to the
monmouth3
Oct 2014
#10
Imagine what it is like to life every hour of your days like that. And it is not just him. It is his
jwirr
Oct 2014
#24
I know and it has always been this way for our presidents. At least since Lincoln.
jwirr
Oct 2014
#40
pretty sure it was one of those louder republicans who used that word about President O. first.
Sunlei
Oct 2014
#67
I remember when republican media kept publishing exactly where Presidents family was on vacation.
Sunlei
Oct 2014
#27
Please...plenty of people right here make it "perfectly clear" they want/wanted Bush dead.
EX500rider
Oct 2014
#111
They can make that fence hard/impossible to scale & keep it beautiful, for a start!
Sunlei
Oct 2014
#42
The 'off duty' agent should be promoted! I really think 'work on the fence' is good common sense
Sunlei
Oct 2014
#56
Americans suffer today with the worse Congress in our history. They throw all of us under their bus
Sunlei
Oct 2014
#65
I don't believe in any conspiracy with 9/11, other than security lapses & lack of common sense.
Sunlei
Oct 2014
#72
Leaking Obama's schedule during the campaign was not "unconsciously" intentional.
Maineman
Oct 2014
#59
Just read the whole article at my kitchen table in the Times. I hope they follow up...
Hekate
Oct 2014
#74
No. This is a job for intelligent & thoughtful reporting, not 24/7 bloviating to no purpose.
Hekate
Oct 2014
#117
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blkmusclmachine
Oct 2014
#79