How many Secret Service agents will it take?
However many are in this picture is not enough.
“The national and international profile of Senator Barack Obama gives rise to unique challenges that merit special concern. As an African-American who was witness to some of this nation’s most shameful days during the civil rights movement, I know personally that the hatred of some of our fellow citizens can lead to heinous acts of violence. We need only to look to the assassinations of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and 1968 presidential candidate Robert Kennedy as examples.” Bennie Thompson (D – Miss) chairman of the
House Homeland Security Committee. Hushed Worry About Obama
Four events made 1968 the most historic year in American History. To recap for those who were not around at the time. The Vietnam War was escalating and becoming ever more unpopular. Senator Eugene McCarthy became the anti-war candidate for the Democrats, though correct and enjoying growing support, his intellectualism and lack of charisma made him a long shot. From his office in the White House, Lyndon Johnson could hear the daily chants coming from Lafayette Square outside the gate. "Hey, Hey, LBJ, How many kids you kill today!" It weighted upon him and in March he announced he would not run for reelection. Knowing this opened wide the door, Robert Kennedy entered the process to knock out McCarthy and take on the establishment candidate, Hubert Humprhey.
In April, Southern racist James Earl Ray used a sniper rifle to assassinate Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis Tennessee. In June, Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian jihadist with a handgun assassinated Robert Kennedy moments after he had beat McCarthy in the California primary. Kennedy shot out of the race and McCarthy with less charisma than Dennis Kucinich the nomination would go to Vice President Humprhey. In August outside the convention center in Chicago, demonstrations turned violent as Mayor Daley helped power Humprhey into the nomination. It culminated a few months later with the election of a sour, paranoid crook, Richard Nixon as President of the United States. [Who has at last been redeemed by George W. Bush who took his mantle as the worst president ever].
Not only does this consciousness of 1968 keep many of us in the Hillary camp, but there is a regional aspect to our choices in this matter.
Those of us who live in the South (and Idaho) have never met these reasonable Republicans Mr. Obama says he will sit down and talk it out with. It’s hard for me to imagine such a thing as a reasonable Republican after being represented for 20 years by Tom DeLay, or even in causal contact with Republicans as I go about my business, my guess is they all live in New York, California or in the minds of the niave. There are no Republicans which Barack Obama can reason with living on my street, in my town, or my state. Most of them have personal arsenals stamped and promoted by Jesus Christ, and though African Americans are tolerable when they stay inside the loop, having them living in the White House is the stuff of succession and rebellion.
The only way to deal with Republicans is to grab them by their red pointy tails and slam them against the wall until their horns fall off.