And The Obama Assassination Rhetoric Turns Up A Notch: Teabagger Sign "Death To Obama"...

[BlooInBloo]

http://washingtonindependent.com/54885/death-to-obama-sign-pops-up-at-cardin-town-hall

"There have been some pretty nasty banners waved around by the town hall crowds protesting the Democrats’ health overhaul plans in recent days, but none reaches the level of that held up today in Hagerstown, Md., where Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) sought to sell the reform strategy for a second straight day. “Death to Obama,” one protester had written on “a small, handwritten cardboard sign,” according to The Hill.

On the plus side for the president, though, the sign didn’t indicate any opposition to the health care bill."


Bonus points for the dark humor at the end.


h/t: http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/12/teabaggers-death-to-obama/

EDIT: Yes, I know this thread is worthless without pics.

EDITEDIT: Here's The Hill write-up referred to by Wa Ind:

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/sen.-cardin-hears-an-earful-on-healthcare-2009-08-12.html

"Signs weren’t allowed inside the theater, but dotted the landscape outside, as far as the exit into downtown Hagerstown from Interstate 40. Signs read “No Socialized Medicine,” “No To ObamaCare,” and “Don’t Take Away My Health Care.” At the entrance to the college, one man stood with a small, handwritten cardboard sign that read, “Death To Obama.”"

[WeDidIt]

1. Countdown to certain DUers saying this guy is just exercising his 1st amendment rights

:eyes:

[vaberella]

28. And they will. ugh...n/t

[SidneyCarton]

30. He is.

But, like the fool who shouts fire in a crowded theatre, he is using them poorly. There is no such thing as unlimited free speech, and the Secret Service should pay this person a very personal visit, making clear that he is being observed for having made threats tantamount to the endorsement of assassination.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. That's the kind of thing you don't even want to Google for. Ack.

[BlooInBloo]

24. Nononono. Bad thing to google.

[GrantDem]

3. Hopefully someone has a pic

[AspenRose]

4. Oh, good Lord

"“I give a lot of credit to Senator Cardin, I really, really do. He knew this would be a hostile group,” Maguire said. “I came a little unglued because I’m very passionate. But a lot of us conservatives are displaying justified anger because we feel our country is being taken in a wrong direction.”

To quote one badass senator, "Elections have consequences." :nopity:

[bbernardini]

5. Just posted this to Facebook. Waiting for the usual suspects to say it was just some lone nut. nt

[stranger81]

18. Ditto.

And after the 62-post FB war I had yesterday about health care reform, I don't think I can take any more of these mouthbreathers.

[bbernardini]

25. The legendary radio host of a Philadelphia children's music show is getting into the argument.

One of the right-wing nutjobs on my friend list is arguing with the host of WXPN's "Kids Corner". My (Facebook) life is so rich and full. :)

[BlooInBloo]

29. lulz.

[Vinnie From Indy]

6. WTF?

Good God! This reporter should be fired if he/she did not immediately inform law enforcement of the man and the sign.

[young_at_heart]

7. Remember the Dixie Chicks?

They couldn't even say they were ashamed that Bush came from Texas.

[ContinentalOp]

17. Yeah but the guy holding this sign probably doesn't even have any sort of career to ruin. -nt-

[global1]

8. Tweety Will Probably Have This Guy On Hardball Today To......

complement him for exercising his Constitutional rights - just like he had the 'gun toter' on yesterday.

MSM is legitimizing this behavior and glorifying it.

[BlooInBloo]

10. "compliment".

[global1]

15. Cuse Me.... Sorry..... nt

[newtothegame]

16. WTF? Our very homepage here at DU has a video with the subtitle:

"Chris Matthews Unloads On Protester Who Carried Gun To Obama Event." What part of "unloading" included "complementing" him?

[global1]

37. Here's The Link Of The Complete Interview.......

http://www.casttv.com/video/2lbw4w1/chris-matthews-interviews-gun-carrying-american-from-obama-town-hall-video

around the 4:50 mark - Tweety says - "I'm with you" and in the last minute of the clip Tweety says something to the effect "you speak in a different way than most people". I think Tweety's intent of that statement was that this guy really wasn't advocating violence and in my mind - Tweety legitimized this guy and gun toting to presidential events in general.

I think the interview of this guy was a poor judgment call on Tweety's part. It certainly had shock value and was provocative - but - I don't think it had a place on TV. I think it will just bring out every wacko out there that loves their guns. Some that 'maybe speak in a different way than this guy' and do advocate violence.

I believe that legitimization of this guy - puts the President at risk and was really unnecessary.

Sure Tweety did try and intimidate this guy - but this guy was pretty well versed and was no dummy.

I think we are going to see more of William Kostric in the future. I'm sure he'll be popping up on all kinds of cable news shows - like Joe the Plumber. Now we have William the Gun Toter.

[stillcool]

35. I agree..the National Microphone...

has been handed over to these people...for a long, long, time now. The whackier the better. If it's a half a million people it isn't 'newsworthy'.

[theothersnippywshrub]

9. How very republican. The party of Lincoln has become the party of John Wilkes Booth. n/t

[AspenRose]

12. That should be on a t-shirt or bumper sticker.

I'm stealing it. :-)

[theothersnippywshrub]

14. I stole it from another DUer, but I've forgotten who it was. n/t

[BlooInBloo]

13. Excellent slogan.

[solara]

11. I would like to know why people who wore "No War" t-shirts at a W. rally were arrested

but people who openly espouse death for our President don't even merit a slap on the wrist? WTF?

:patriot:

[Echo In Light]

23. There were widespread incidents of people abused by authority over non violent dissent

... such as anti-war, anti-Bush shirts as a form of personal protest.

[solara]

34. Yes I know there were.. so my question still stands

:patriot:

[HopeOverFear]

19. oh man

[SIMPLYB1980]

20. Nothing to worry about here people moves along....

:sarcasm:

[jmowreader]

21. Let me get this straight:

Richard Humphreys of Oregon got 37 months in prison for telling this joke:


A Muslim, a Baptist, and a Catholic walk into a bar.

The Catholic says, "I heard President Bush is giving a speech here this week. I wonder if he'll be using an interpreter."

The Baptist says, "Yeah, to translate it into English."

They have a few more drinks and the Baptist says, "I wonder if they'll show it on a wide screen television. They call him the 'Big Picture President' you know."

The Catholic answers, "I doubt it. His 'big picture' could fit on the head of a pin."

After few more drinks, the Baptist comments, "Maybe someone should shove that pin up his ass."

The Catholic responds, "He'd squeal louder if they shoved a jalapeno pepper up his ass."

The Baptist says, "Yeah, a jalapeno. Talk about a Burning Bush!"

With that, an FBI agent arrests the Catholic and the Baptist for threatening bodily harm to the Sole Commander in Chief of the United States, and takes them both into custody.

The bartender looks at the Muslim and says, "Wow! Can you believe that?"

The Muslim replies, "That's nothing. John Poindexter was convicted of lying to Congress, obstruction of justice, and destroying Federal evidence about the criminal conspiracy to sell arms to Iran, and Bush just appointed him Director of the Pentagon's Total Information Awareness Office."

A teabagger holds up a sign advocating murdering the president of the United States, and he's NOT in prison right now? Where's the disconnect?

[BlooInBloo]

22. All Presidents are not created equal, in America.

[nc4bo]

26. Nope, they sure aren't. nt

[Ignis]

27. You _know_ a "Death to Bush" sign would've been removed.

...At the very least. I think there would have been an arrest involved.

Bush, of course, was a white guy. :shrug:

[Doctor_J]

32. and so would have the person holding it

probably to Guantanamo

[jmowreader]

38. You don't "think" there would have been an arrest, you know there would have been one

The point I was making is, someone told a joke about shoving a jalapeno up Bush's ass and went to prison for three years, but someone advocating killing the current president isn't there yet. I think someone holding up a Death to Bush sign would have been given a life sentence, or (knowing Shrub) a death sentence. Yeah, I think Bush would have tried it--he'd have had the sign declared a terrorist act and invoked the unPATRIOTic Act.

[Ignis]

40. I agree. The disparity is amazing. (nt)

[Doctor_J]

31. So the question lingers on....

when are we going to do something about hate radio and cable "news"?

[BlooInBloo]

33. Indeed.

[theothersnippywshrub]

36. Unrecommended? That seems odd. n/t

[Initech]

39. Where is the secret serrvice?

This shit happened under Bushit.... and people got arrested and detained indefinitely. Under Obama it's like eh whatever. WTF is wrong with everybody?