Obama Assassanation Talk
There has been talk of the possibility of an assassination attempt on Sen. Barack Obama (Il.) current front-running candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. There has been increased security for Obama being that he is highly visible. Washington Times wrote a article talking about the kind of security detail that he requires. Hopefully, there is no credibility to this talk. We are in the 21st century, I hope people are moving beyond our barbaric past.
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Secret Service presence has increased for Sen. Barack Obama since his dramatic win in Iowa, amid fears over the safety of the man seeking to become America’s first black president.
The Illinois senator’s security now rivals that of President Bush, with a dozen Secret Service agents wearing dark suits and earpieces leading bomb-sniffing dogs through event venues, sweeping all equipment brought by journalists and flanking the candidate as he plunges into crowds of supporters.
“For many black supporters, there is a lot of anxiety that he will be killed, and it is on people’s minds,” said Melissa Harris-Lacewell, a Princeton University professor of political science and contemporary black culture.
“You can’t make a prediction like this — like he has ‘a 50 percent chance of getting shot.’ But the greater his visibility and the greater his access to people, there is a danger,” she said.
Source: Washington Times
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