Threats Against President Obama

Thanks for giving me the best response.

I also voted for Obama, carolbee, because he promised to help us dig our way out of the quagmire that the previous administration had gotten us into. It's hard to believe that this man was in office for a very short length of time before dissenters started to pick him apart. We know that it takes time to bring about any significant change, and that it would not happen overnight. I am afraid that there are some who are using the Health Care issue as a red herring to cover up their real grievances against Obama.

You are right, sid. There are ways to show your discontent, and violence is not the way.

It is a fact, stephcjh, that many people are suffering due to the lack of health care, and that is not to be tolerated in a society that holds itself up to be the world leader that we are. The balance of wealth is shameful, and those who are in the best position to help seem to be the ones who are fighting against health care the most.

The fact that I disagree with you on Health Care Reform, Aurone, does not mean that you, or anyone else, does not have the right to voice your opinion on the matter. I do not agree with all of President Obama's policies myself, but I still support him.

I agree, carmelanirel, that there will never be a perfect president(or anyone else for that matter), but we elect a president because we agree with at least some of their policies. I see people becoming less and less civilized all the time, and making threats against anyone is about as uncivilized as you can get.

What you say is true, stephwrites. Disagreeing is one thing, but it should never be carried to the next level.

I wholeheartedly agree with you, ds, and threats should never be taken lightly.

Having witnessed the Kennedy assassination, and other political ones, recorded on live TV during the '60s, k, I have learned not to treat any threat lightly. These people are wrong - and evil.

I disagree with your statement that "He wasn't man enough to take on the job..." another. Evidently the majority who voted him into office did not feel that way. He came to office at a time when many would have never taken on such a daunting task. I am an older person myself, and I don't believe for one moment that Obama wants to "kill" older people. And regardless of your opinion, there really are some who have made threats against the president.

"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gAkcH6W570&feature=related " That is just a snipet of the speech he made regarding ethuanizing old people like dogs. Trust me, I'm doing healthcare reform in a sociology class and we've constantly talked about the issue and he is saying that it costs too much to take care of an older person because of tests and how there are unnecessary tests being done but sometimes those unnecessary costly tests he is talking about saves lives. And we have also talked about how the only reason he got into the presidency was because he had the perfect storm. Everyone hated the Republicans and Bush's policies so therefore whoever was the Republican candidate wasn't going to be picked. And then you had Clinton who had to deal with all the spotlight in the past so of course there was going to be controversy surrounding her - especially being a woman and people saying she wasn't feminine enough etc. And there are black people that only voted for Obama because he was black. And you can't say that didn't happen because there is video out there showing how reporters went into black neighbors and were talking about the Republican platform saying it was Obama's and they kept screaming about how they loved the platform etc.