I used to be sympathetic to the Conservative right (after all, I was raised in it), now they just disgust me with their extremism and violent words/actions. They have ensured me to Never come back to their “side” again.
Completely disgusting.

HOw was this any more a threat on Obama’s life than the massives numbers of more explicit kill Bush posters we saw over the years?

“massives numbers of more explicit kill Bush posters we saw over the years” ???

What? Links, please. If anyone had done this to Bush while he was in office, they would have been labeled a terrorist, and thrown in Guantanamo Bay.

Maria, a movie was made explicitly about assasinating Bush and was shown at high profile film festivals in the states….and there were many such things on the internet. Do quick google, and you’ll see.

google kill bush, bush hitler poster, bush joker poster etc…my wonky computer is not letting me post links. I lived in SF in 07 and man o man did the protesters come up with some crazy signs, too. And as far as “Death Of A President” you are correct, I was wrong, it was given theater release not shown in festivals. Still, the fact that it was shown at all, and *gasp* none of the theater owners, managers, patrons, etc. were “thrown in Gitmo” or had any other action taken gives the lie to your grossly hyperbolic statement about “if it was Bush”. Would you care to link Beck or O’Reilly’s endorsement of violence? I don’t follow either one, much, (cuz they’re not, y’know, politicians) but I do know both of them denounced the murder of abortion doc George Tiller, despite both being extremely pro-life, for what that’s worth.

lets try that again…

http://www.binscorner.com…./death-threats-against-bush-at-protest.i-html

Don’t forget all the Bush as Chimp websites, shirts and posters.

OH and I can’t stand both Bush and Obama; they are both incompetent baboons.

Was it a crime to carry that gun? No. Oddly enough, the MSM used that as another example of how racist conservatives are.. only the man carrying those weapons was black.

And do you remember the hue and cry last year over the ape cartoon which actually was targeting Congress? Oh that was so racist but the very clear Bush=chimp stuff was just fine.

The double standard is disgusting.

Jenny… I dunno about that. Obama hasn’t change the worst of Bush’s policies and he’s got his own brand of nastiness and incompetence. I think they are both the worst of American politics.

The black guy with the gun was the only person visibly armed at that rally. MSNBC deliberately cropped out his face and hands because he did not fit their image of “Gun Owner Threat To Obama” I would not have brought Bush into this if someone else hadn’t pulled the What Would Bush Do (WWBD). Look, I don’t like the “Kill Obama” poll or the “Kill Bush” memorabilia. The thing I really hate, though, is to see what was either ignorance or dishonesty go unchallenged. To say that Bush would’ve “thrown in Guantanamo” citizens exercising their time-honored right to free speech (and hanging/burning leaders in effigy has long history in this country, starting with King George and continuing with most of the early presidents, experiencing a real rebirth in the Vietnam era) is either a lie, or someone who didn’t check a newspaper, a news broadcast, or, in some areas of the country, look out the window from 2001-2008. Two people disagreeing with the rest of a thread is not an echo chamber—-it’s *gasp* a debate. And y’know what, I think, if we’re adults, we can talk about race without pulling “Magical Negro” out of the garbage can and dusting it off.

The song, disgusting as it was, referred to liberals attitude of the President, that by being the first black President and remarkably well-spoken and charismatic, he would magically unite the nation and indeed the world I get the reference, that black roles in early cinema were that of the Magic Negro. The idea that someone “exotic” might hold a special power. I don’t get how that sterotype fits the gun owner who thought it worthwhile to make a spectacle of himself in Arizona—he was a man exercising his rights in an attention whore-ish way, whom MSNBC deliberately misrepresented by insinuating that he was white and/or violent. That’s really neither here nor there, though. The President should never be threatened, agreed. I think facebook polls, burning in effigy, etc. though hardly warrant a credible threat, and like flag burning, and other forms of protest I disagree with must be respected in a free society.

As I said…visibly armed.