Secret Service probing Facebook poll on Obama

[Hepburn]

AP) – 50 minutes ago

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday.

The poll, posted Saturday on Facebook, was taken off the popular social networking site quickly after company officials were alerted to its existence. But, like any threat against the president, Secret Service agents are taking no chances.

"We are aware of it and we will take the appropriate investigative steps," said Darrin Blackford, a Secret Service spokesman. "We take of these things seriously."

The poll asked respondents "Should Obama be killed?" The choices: No, Maybe, Yes, and Yes if he cuts my health care.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iSHdC8oUo_rn0oPC-cZ9oVqaFIGgD9B0GIE81

Glad the SS is FINALLY doing something about this bullcrap!

[Hepburn]

1. More....

According to Raw Story, as of noon Monday, 90 percent of the poll’s respondents voted “no.” However, a little more than five percent voted yes, 2.6 percent voted maybe, and 1.9 percent voted “if he cuts my health care.”

http://pubrecord.org/nation/5574/secret-service-probing-facebook-asked/

[JuniperLea]

2. All of those idiots who voted "yes"...

Should get a knock at the door by three men in black... just saying.

Just when you think the world can't possibly get more disgusting.

I wonder how you find out if there has been a run on KKK uniforms... hmmm...

[Hepburn]

3. Amen....

...the asshole who posted this bullshit and anyone who did not vote a reounding NO should get a visit!

:hi:

[CTyankee]

5. I am on Facebook and I wouldn't even go there.

I'm glad the Secret Service is investigating and especially whoever posted it. A psychiatric evaluation is in order...

[Hepburn]

7. It is hard ~~ and scary ~~ to imagine the mind that would conclude that...

...posting sa poll like this is an OK thing to do!

[Cha]

15. "If he cuts my health care".

Fuck them.

[RepublicanElephant]

4. randi rhodes discussing now. nt

[Hepburn]

6. Thanks for the heads up ~~ will try to get the program. n/t

[saracat]

8. "Finally"? The Secret Service takes ANY threat against ANY President seriously.

[ohheckyeah]

10. The finally was probably referring

to the fact that the poll was up for over a month.

[Cha]

17. Wow! A whole freakin' month!! A thought it just happened and

I heard about it in the last couple of days on DU.

What's up, Facebook?

[saracat]

20. It was reported that it was up less than a day.

[Hepburn]

22. Reported in another thread that it was up for about a month. n/t

[ohheckyeah]

32. I went to the first comment and it was

posted August 25.

[ohheckyeah]

31. If I remember correctly

the first comment was August 25.

[Hepburn]

11. From what I have been reading, this ugly poll has been up for...

...a pretty long period of time. It amazed me that nothing was done ~~ so glad that the SS is now involved.

[saracat]

21. It was up for less than 24 hours

"The poll, posted Saturday on Facebook, was taken off the popular social networking site quickly after company officials were alerted to its existence. But, like any threat against the president, Secret Service agents are taking no chances."

This is from the linked article

[Hepburn]

23. A DU Facebook user reported differently ~~ about a month on line. N/t

[saracat]

28. I am a facebook user. AFAIK, and nearly all the Dems in my state use Facebook, It wasn't up for

any month. There have been other polls calling for impeachment and what not that have been up for awhile.Folks tend to alert and vote in this junk.

[Hepburn]

30. Argue with the Facebook DUer...

...I am only the messenger. I don't like Facebook and never use it.

[City Lights]

25. I voted "no" in the poll this morning, so it was definately up more than 24 hours.

Farcebook has a strange definition of "quickly."

[saracat]

26. I wouldn't vote on it because it would give it credence however

it says it went up Saturday. If it was late Saturday, and they pulled it early Monday, maybe.Who knows? But it wasn't up a "month'

[City Lights]

27. I didn't say it was up a month. I said it was up more than 24 hours. nt

[saracat]

29. Could have been. But not by a lot. I just think this is bad enough without some

folks saying it was up for a month.It is terrible it was posted at all.

[ohheckyeah]

33. That's a lie.

And dammit, I didn't include the comments in the screen shot.

[BeyondGeography]

9. Good

[ronnykmarshall]

12. I would love to see the look ...

on the face of the asshole(s)that created this shit when SS shows up.

[Hepburn]

13. One might have to remove the white hood on the asshole prior to seeing that look

Just a thought...:hi:

[Hutzpa]

14. They should pay a visit

to those who voted yes on the poll, this is getting ridiculous.

[Cha]

16. DU seems to be ahead of the

curve on a lot news.

You bet they take this seriously and they are being kept very busy!

Edit~ I thought it just happened on facebook and I heard about it on DU, yesterday..but now I find out it's been up about a MONTH on facebook?!!

[Hepburn]

24. That's what one of our DUers posted ~~ and he/she is a Facebook user.

Quit Facebook over what happened.

[glitch]

18. Good! Sick of these assholes. This speech is NOT protected by The U.S. Constitution.

I want to know who is doing and even more, who is backing them.

[intheflow]

19. Meanwhile, two fb pages praising Timothy McVeigh

and calling [eople to read his writings and "resurrect" his "vision" remain up on fb despite repeated reports to fb and the secret service. :wtf: