Steele Dismisses Report That Obama Has Received 400 Percent More Threats Than Bush
Steele Dismisses Report That Obama Has Received 400 Percent More Threats Than Bush
On CNN’s American Morning today, host John Roberts asked RNC Chairman Michael Steele about the Facebook poll that asked “Should Obama be killed?” — which the Secret Service is investigating — and whether it was “spawned by racism.” “No, I don’t think,” replied Steele, adding that he’s “always very careful about going down that road, you know, so blindly and so quickly.”
Roberts followed up by asking Steele if he agreed with Tom Friedman’s column this morning, in which he wrote that “Criticism from the far right has begun tipping over into delegitimation and creating the same kind of climate here that existed in Israel on the eve of the Rabin assassination.” “Where do these nut jobs come from? I mean, come on, stop this,” replied Steele. He then said that America didn’t have “this kind of conversation” when people were “complaining and protesting” about President Bush.
“Not to say that it’s about the color of his skin or his background, ethnic background or whatever, but threats against this president are at a level 400 percent higher than they were against former President Bush,” replied Roberts. “What explains that?” Steele was skeptical of Roberts’ numbers, saying “how do we know that?” When Roberts said it came from the Secret Service, Steele largely dismissed the concern:
STEELE: Well, I don’t — I don’t know — I don’t know that because I don’t have a report to compare that to. The Secret Service has it. I haven’t seen that publicly put out there statistically to show that.
But even if it is, this is my point. You know, I think that we need to be very smart and very careful about jumping, making these leaps on race and connecting dots that may or may not exist there. We are engaged as a country right now in a very important public policy debate, whether it’s the war in Afghanistan or health care cap and trade or what happens to be. There are passions that run deep and long on both sides of the aisle.
Don’t necessarily jump to the conclusion that, because someone says something vitriolic or hot that that’s necessarily from the right or necessarily from the left. It’s reflecting deep-seeded frustrations that people have. We don’t excuse it but I just — I want us to be very careful because I just — I see ugly things happening down the road if we’re not smart approaching these types of issues.
Watch it:
Roberts’ 400 percent statistic comes from Newsmax correspondent Ronald Kessler’s book, In the President’s Secret Service, for which he had unprecedented access to the agency. “A lot of those threats are racially based,” Kessler told the New York Daily News. “So there is a real basis for concern.”
Transcript:
ROBERTS: And Mr. Chairman, I want to ask you a little bit about anger in America. It was really driven home over the weekend by this incredibly tasteless Facebook poll that asked whether or not President Obama should be killed. You know, the choices were yes, maybe, if he cuts my health care, no.We talked to Boyce Watkins from Syracuse University yesterday, who said that he thought this was emblematic of a larger problem of racism in this country. What are your thoughts on that? Do you agree? Was this spawned by racism?
STEELE: Well, you know — no, I don’t think. I’m always very careful about going down that road, you know, so blindly and so quickly. First off, let’s deal with the question that’s on Facebook, how stupid is that? Why would you even put something like that on Facebook? You know, it takes us to a place where we don’t need to be, quite frankly in the debate of any public policy issue, number one.
Number two, I think more to the point is, we’ve always had underlying everything we’ve done in this country, whether it’s, you know, the happiest times or the worst of times, race is a factor because all boats don’t rise equally. Everyone is affected differently, and their perceptions are driven by what people may tell them or what they know, in fact.
And I think cooler heads — I applaud the president on this front. He’s been out there saying look, let’s separate all of this into the appropriate pockets and not go down this road unnecessarily. And I think the Facebook is a bad example of — a good example of a bad practice, actually.
ROBERTS: Tom — Tom Friedman, of course, noted columnist with The New York Times, author of many best selling books, had something interesting to say on all of this anger surrounding the president and from the opposition. He said, Criticism from the far right has begun tipping over into delegitimation and creating the same kind of climate here that existed in Israel on the eve of the Rabin assassination.
Do you agree with that? I mean, we’re going down a road where there’s potential violence?
STEELE: Where do these nut jobs come from? I mean, come on, stop this. I mean, wait a minute.
ROBERTS: Wait a minute, Tom Friedman is a nut job?
STEELE: Well, I’m just saying to make those kinds of equations, you know, examples, and put that out there that way, to me is just crazy. And yes, I’m sorry, but if you’re going to approach this discussion, approach it from a rational position, you’re saying because you disagree with the president on policy, that all of a sudden we’re going to make this leap into, you know, assassinations and all this other stuff.
I mean, at the height of all this stuff on Bush and people complaining and protesting, and jumping up and down, you didn’t have this kind of conversation. Now all of a sudden you’re going to color it because of a public policy debate in terms of, because the president is black.
ROBERTS: But Mr. Chairman…
STEELE: And I just don’t — I just don’t think that’s necessarily where you need to go.
ROBERTS: Not to say that it’s about the color of his skin or his background, ethnic background or whatever, but threats against this president are at a level 400 percent higher than they were against former President Bush. What explains that?
STEELE: I mean, how do we know that? No one’s ever reported on what the threat levels were with President Bush or any other president.
ROBERTS: Secret Service has indicated that the threat levels against this president are 400 percent higher than they were against President Bush.
STEELE: Well, I don’t — I don’t know — I don’t know that because I don’t have a report to compare that to. The Secret Service has it. I haven’t seen that publicly put out there statistically to show that.
But even if it is, this is my point. You know, I think that we need to be very smart and very careful about jumping, making these leaps on race and connecting dots that may or may not exist there. We are engaged as a country right now in a very important public policy debate, whether it’s the war in Afghanistan or health care cap and trade or what happens to be. There are passions that run deep and long on both sides of the aisle.
Don’t necessarily jump to the conclusion that, because someone says something vitriolic or hot that that’s necessarily from the right or necessarily from the left. It’s reflecting deep-seeded frustrations that people have. We don’t excuse it but I just — I want us to be very careful because I just — I see ugly things happening down the road if we’re not smart approaching these types of issues.
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why are people wasting their time with mikey steele on this? let’s get the head of the RNC’s opinion on this:
mr limbaugh, pagin mr. limbaugh we have a question for you
September 30th, 2009 at 4:03 pmWell it’s not just racially based. He believes in science and evolution.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:09 pmOMG, Newsmax has liberal bias?!
September 30th, 2009 at 4:09 pmSteele says: “It’s reflecting deep-seeded frustrations that people have. We don’t excuse it but I just — I want us to be very careful because I just — I see ugly things happening down the road if we’re not smart approaching these types of issues.” …………………………………………….. I also see ugly things happening and it is all coming from the right!!!!!!!!!!!
September 30th, 2009 at 4:10 pmI agree that racism “alone” isn’t the only reason for the radical right wing extremism. Republicans being nationalist fascist religious zealots that hate women, minorities, gays and muslims is also a part of the problem. Racism is just one of the bigoted values of the GOP that creates emotional irrational violent responses.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:11 pmSteele: I see ugly things happening down the road if we’re not smart approaching these types of issues.
– - And by ‘ugly’ Steele means Republicans and right-wing nutjobs being held accountable for any assassination.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:15 pmWhy can’t Steele pull a Palin and just quit. He is an embarassment. Everytime time I see or hear him, I inwardly groan.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:16 pmSteele is delusional. Especially his comments about the right wing not stirring up potential violence. There is a related post at http://iamsoannoyed.com/?page_id=588
September 30th, 2009 at 4:18 pmYa knows I really don’t believe those guys with the white hoods on their heads are really bad folks. Ya know theys gots to make a livin sellin them sheets and such, so I think maybe if we just let them be, things will work themselves out.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:18 pmJesus H. Christ on a cracker!!
Michael Steele is just … too … g*ddamned … stupid … to … be … embarrassed.
Crap. Just like the rest of his retarded Repukelickin brethren…
September 30th, 2009 at 4:20 pmIt’s reflecting deep-seeded frustrations that people have.
I can’t help but respond to my inner pedant. The phrase is “deep-seated”, not “deep-seeded.”
September 30th, 2009 at 4:21 pmMr. Nobody says nothing of interest. Steele is irrelevant to politics and the Republicans since he has no control over anything. Yet, when bad things happen in the next election he will be blamed. He doesn’t have enough sense to get out of the hot seat before it gets real hot.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:21 pm***
the only thing mike steele really
knows anything about are hats.
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September 30th, 2009 at 4:22 pmShorter SteelyMike (**fingers in ears**) LALALALALALALAL!!!
September 30th, 2009 at 4:22 pmHere’s my impression.
“Whoa, whoa, let’s not get all truthful here. We must weigh the facts on both sides, and sometimes ya gotta go with your gut.”
i.e. take B.S. soundbites as gospel and then get back to country radio.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:24 pm**
republican hats.
:)
September 30th, 2009 at 4:24 pmI’m interested in what Steele, Hell, what ALL the Repugs think about the ‘NewsMax’ article that calls for a military coup to remove Obama. Where’s MSM coverage of this latest outrage?
September 30th, 2009 at 4:24 pmThe Right better HOPE that no one does anything stupid, because if anything happens to Obama most people will blame them.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:25 pmSo why believe the secret service you know there in the bag for Obama, i mean look they hang around him and follow him.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:26 pmSo why should we believe them… right Micheal.
Steele is like an obsessive fan that kills their idol in a twisted way. Get ‘em, Mike!
September 30th, 2009 at 4:27 pmIt’s reflecting deep-seeded [sic] frustrations that people have.
I’m calling bullshit, Mikey: “deep-seated frustrations” is just code for RACISM.
And if you weren’t such a bootlicking toady, you’d KNOW that.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:28 pmgummble-bee-itch says:
It’s reflecting deep-seeded frustrations that people have.
I can’t help but respond to my inner pedant. The phrase is “deep-seated”, not “deep-seeded.”
Hehehe, gummble – my inner pedant hearts your inner pedant!
~A
September 30th, 2009 at 4:29 pmzippy flippy hoppy here comes micheal steel to let you know what you need to know to be in the know about nothing.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:30 pmIf Steele were a black man, he’d understand the concerns…..
September 30th, 2009 at 4:34 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Remember Colbert’s ‘Steele Rap’? If you haven’t check it out. It pretty much sums up all of Steele’s gaffes.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:36 pmJWnTX says:
And of course, the collection of men and women who’s job it is to jump in front of a bullet would stop talking with each other after they retire…
September 30th, 2009 at 4:36 pmSHUT YOUR WHOLLY UNINFORMED MOUTH, STEPIN FETCHIT TOKEN DUMBSHIT.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:37 pmShorter Steele- I’m RNC head now, see, republicans aren’t racist or anything.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:37 pmI seem to have missed the stories about left wing commentators calling for a military coup to take care of our “Bush problem”. Don’t remember any online polls on social networking sites asking whether Bush should be killed either. I do distinctly recall being called unpatriotic for disagreeing with the decision to invade Iraq. I do distinctly recall certain entertainers who criticized the Bush administration (but who did not call for its violent overthrow) being branded traitors by the right. I guess Mikey heard that line about the Bushbots being able to create their own reality and decided to try it out on television this morning.
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Looks like the short-bus arrived right on time.
How predictable…
September 30th, 2009 at 4:42 pmJW@25, Ohh, another ‘Lib’ conspiricy! Damn, are you trolls paranoid.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:42 pm***
#10,
annie,
not a cracker, a ritz!
:0
September 30th, 2009 at 4:43 pmSteele=Palin
Two ignorant rubes played like 2 dollar whores by the GOP.
Birds of a retarded feather…
September 30th, 2009 at 4:43 pmkwsv, you’re a little late today.
What’s wrong, did a bunch of big scary black guys kick your punk a$$ of the short bus and had to walk home?
And was the computer lab closed today, cuz you haven’t posted since you left for your remedial education camp?
September 30th, 2009 at 4:45 pmP.D. says:
JW@25, Ohh, another ‘Lib’ conspiricy! Damn, are you trolls paranoid.
LOl>>>>>>>> no no like i said the SS is in the bag with the Obama thug machine>>>>>>>>>> you can see them hangging around Obama and all>>>>>>> my tinfoil hat saids that they the SS are palling around with the leader>>>>>>>>>>
September 30th, 2009 at 4:45 pm***
#32,
he got threats.
.
so did he.
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September 30th, 2009 at 4:46 pmkwsventures says: All presidents get threats. The Secret Service has no business giving any more details
Well, of course they don’t. I mean, really, do you libs think the Secret Service is part of the government of the people or something like that?
/snark off
September 30th, 2009 at 4:52 pmNews flash: Michael Steele accuses the Secret Service of lying.
The wingnuts will now say that if death threats are higher, it’s only because Obama’s really bad enough to deserve it. They like to blame us for their crazy.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:52 pmI recall Mr. Steele stating quite clearly that the American people have absolutely no reason to trust Republicans as they have no credibility. I have yet heard where he has stated that the Republicans have re-earned that trust. Therefore, STFU, Mr. Steele.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:54 pmI am having a hard time understanding gop’s stubbornness to plain simple common sense. Plain as the nose on your face the president is under constant threats, some are real, most are not. There is real hatred for this man.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:58 pmIt’s obvious, there is no debating it.
Why in the world would any caring US citizen not want to admit the obvious, what bad could possibly come from just saying plain and simple “YES, this president has had more threats than bush”, “It’s a problem”.
I don’t understand the GOP at all, if they gain seats in 2010, it truly will be a miracle. They are worthless. They undermine any progress at every opportunity.
Go easy on the trolls. They’re just upset because this revelation that the Secret Service is in cahoots with that Nazi/Socialist/Muslim/Heathen Obama throws a wrench in the planned military coup. Rough day in wingnut fantasy land.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:58 pmROBERTS: Wait a minute, Tom Friedman is a nut job?
Well, yes. But that’s beside the point.
September 30th, 2009 at 5:00 pmJWnTX says:
HOL-EE SHEE-IT. A Republican… who understands basic math? That’s like a bear that can dance ballet!
Even if “400% means four times as many” is a pretty simplistic statement, I think Jwinky’s post deserves a round of applause.
September 30th, 2009 at 5:02 pmDumber and Dumber each day.
September 30th, 2009 at 5:03 pmI think that we need to be very smart and very careful about jumping, making these leaps on race and connecting dots that may or may not exist there.
The idea that racially based threats are based on racism is only one dot. I know right-wing Republicans are notoriously bad at connecting dots, bow hard can it be to connect one dot?
September 30th, 2009 at 5:03 pm“We are engaged as a country right now in a very important public policy debate, whether it’s the war in Afghanistan or health care cap and trade…
Um — Mikey? What in the hell is “health care cap and trade”? I’ve heard of greenhouse gas cap and trade, but I don’t think “cap and trade” is a phrase that’s associated with the health care debate by anyone who has any idea of what they’re talking about…
He can’t even keep the issues straight in that pea-brain of his, can he? Just more evidence that Mikey-Mike and the rest of his band of republics are totally clueless about everything in the entire world…
September 30th, 2009 at 5:06 pmWell considering that I, living in a remote small town and without any ties to law enforcement, know from the TV News about several threats made against the President,
I dare say that the number is probably pretty large.
September 30th, 2009 at 5:06 pmWhat’s the matter? Don’t you want the American public to know what you Republican insurgents are up to?
September 30th, 2009 at 5:08 pmI guess the military coup planning meetings at Free Republic and Redstate let out.
September 30th, 2009 at 5:12 pmkwsventures
You were given a job at the RNC (I certainly didn’t approve!) to be a floor troll after a tough life as a con man. I must remind you that only so much of your deviant life comes in handy in the trolling business, and cheering on escalating death threats via advocating the Secret Service be cloaked in secrecy isn’t in your gob description. If you don’t get your f ucking act together, you will not leave this office before chewing the gum off my boots, are we clear?
September 30th, 2009 at 5:15 pmEven though I am a troll, I’m still sometimes stunned by what the republicans say. Bug, you’re absolutely right. This was a softball question that he missed by a mile. All he needed to say was something like: “That number should be very disturbing to all Americans. I don’t care about the motivation of the people making the threats. In this country we encourage vigorous debate but never violence. If people don’t like who is in charge, there is an election coming up where they can vote for a change.”
I just don’t get it….
September 30th, 2009 at 5:18 pmHas anyone else noticed that even the trolls are giving up on their game? Lots of easy targets today, minimal trolling. I find it hard to believe that even trolls have a gag limit but…
September 30th, 2009 at 5:19 pmDon’t necessarily jump to the conclusion that, because someone says something vitriolic or hot that that’s necessarily from the right or necessarily from the left.
Ah, the ‘no one knows which side it is coming from’ ploy. This is just a variation of the ‘both sides are equally to blame’ ploy. It seems this is all the right-wingers have remaining in their bag of tricks, because they use it on every issue these days.
September 30th, 2009 at 5:21 pmWhat’s so hard to get about crazy?
September 30th, 2009 at 5:24 pmThe imminent extinction of the GOP is being driven by their leadership who, instead of taking responsibility for their extremists, feed them with more hate and vitriol. The whole damn party is treasonous and it’s past time to treat them as such.
September 30th, 2009 at 5:26 pmHoodathunk says:
Has anyone else noticed that even the trolls are giving up on their game? Lots of easy targets today, minimal trolling. I find it hard to believe that even trolls have a gag limit but…
The floor’s pretty lean today – if you tell the trolls to come into work at 1PM, they show at 8PM. When I try to call the listed home phone to inquire their whereabouts, mom always picks up.
September 30th, 2009 at 5:26 pmMaybe I can explain it to you, zooks.
The powers that be in the GOP are trying to incite some wacko to kill the President of the U.S.A. Their movement has failed in spectacular fashion and they realize the only way they will regain power is through bloody revolution. They are seditious enemies of our nation and would rather plunge us into civil war, and a new dark age, than allow one of “those people” to sit in the White House. And, since they are a very narrow slice of society and are xenophobic to the point of paranoia? Everyone outside their family, church, and party is one of “those people”.
September 30th, 2009 at 5:31 pmJWnTX says:
No, the figure didn’t come from the Secret Service–it came from a retired SS agent’s book, who hasn’t been with the service since Obama was elected, with no attribution or source.
So you’re assuming it’s all lies. This link pretty well spells out what period he’s covering and how. He wasn’t claiming first-hand experience for all of it but rather insider interviews.
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kwsventures says:
The Secret Service has no business giving any more details.
That’s for them to decide. If they think not publicizing the information is safer, then that’s what they should do. If they think it would be safer to speak out, then that’s what they should do.
.
The Dogfather says:
Um — Mikey? What in the hell is “health care cap and trade”?
It’s an ingredient in “thing I don’t like salad.”
September 30th, 2009 at 5:32 pmRe: Joe Cantwell @ 16:
You mean the tinfoil variety? <];-P
September 30th, 2009 at 5:33 pmshoeless says:
Ah, the ‘no one knows which side it is coming from’ ploy. This is just a variation of the ‘both sides are equally to blame’ ploy. It seems this is all the right-wingers have remaining in their bag of tricks, because they use it on every issue these days.
We just want to do what you guys are doing. If you call us out and apply proper protocol, that’s wrong and we will seek revenge.
My Town Hall hero heckled the president; he should have got away with it. But you held him accountable according to the rules and that’s partisan.
We believe in equality – if a republican gets punished then a democrat should share the same fate, even if done w/o merit.
Grayson the demlib was addressing the crowd, not singling anyone out, but he needs to face the same punishment we face because we’re petty.
September 30th, 2009 at 5:33 pmBTW, zooks. Since you seem to write in complete sentences and spend time on line rather than parading around with a bunch of other drooling fiends? You might be labeled as one of “those people” if the Reichwing mobs start busting heads.
September 30th, 2009 at 5:34 pmRE: Buckie Boy @ 29:
The Repiggies really believe that putting a flaming Oreo in charge of the party will provide some sort of “counter” for Obama.
“Eht Shadow cannot create; it can only mar.”
September 30th, 2009 at 5:37 pmApparently, this batch of trolls is so pathetic, What the GOP REALLY means … has taken it upon himself to do some trolling. Poor guy. As if he deosn’t have enough problems.
Oh, BTW, your PoS troll in on the latest thread writing 4 word sentences which don’t seem to mean anything. You might want to go supervise it.
September 30th, 2009 at 5:38 pmLib shoeless,
You understand how tough it is for me to be the decider in this place.
As for PoS, I’m on it.
September 30th, 2009 at 5:44 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
If something happens to our president the following people should be hung….
Rush Limbaugh
Sean Hannity
Bill O’Reilly
Glenn Beck
Mike Savage
Laura Ingram
Ann Coulter
Dick Army
Rupert Murdock
There are more. I would add ANY right-winger to this list. They’re the one pushing the hate. This is what republicans do. They know that the base of the republican party is racist and their pushing all the hot buttons now that we have a african america president.
September 30th, 2009 at 5:55 pmUncle Tom should really just stop it. What a freakin’ joke. Why in the hell should we be so careful about raising the question of racism? Because we might offend some crybaby white guy? It should be the first thing eliminated in any case where it is a possibility. If it can be eliminated, it would seem those being so “unjustly” accused of it would be happy to have it ruled out. On the other hand, if they’re trying to stifle any discussion of it in order to avoid critical thinking, they might just start crying that we should “be very careful” about making the accusation. Screw ‘em. It’s fairly obvious they can dish it out but they can’t take it. They should be raked mercilessly over the coals at every opportunity.
September 30th, 2009 at 6:12 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
aaronk says:
Oddly enough, i have also received 400% more death threats since posting on thinkprogress.com
Says the lunatic that has made death threats! LOL! ;)
September 30th, 2009 at 6:12 pmaaronk says:
Had President Bush been assassinated, would you blame Olberman, Maddow, Randi Rhodes, and ANY left-winger? There was and still is plenty of “hate” being thrown around there.
Were they calling for a coup and making death threats? No! The only person that did (Rhodes) apologized and was trashed from liberals and conservatives alike.
Jump forward and you extremist Republicans defend the death threats, racism and hatred that is rabid and dangerous.
To compare the current situation with how liberals responded to Bush is dishonest, and disingenuous. Then again, when are you ever honest? Never! You’re the nutjob that thought a weatherman without a college degree was a “scientist”! LOL!
September 30th, 2009 at 6:15 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
aaronk says:
Oddly enough, i have also received 400% more death threats since posting on thinkprogress.com
Stick *kick* to the prescribed *kick* talking *kick* points!
That wasn’t in your f ucking coloring book! You don’t just go rogue when you feel like it! You are my subordinate! I’m the f ucking decider!
September 30th, 2009 at 6:24 pmaaronk says:
Have Rush, Glenn, Sean…etc called fo ra coup and made death threats?
How about defended death threats? To me, that’s the same as making them.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/60922/
September 30th, 2009 at 6:25 pmaaronk says:
Have Rush, Glenn, Sean…etc called fo ra coup and made death threats?
It seems my previous post is being moderated for too many links.
Here are just a few Beck death threats.
Glenn Beck skit about putting poison in Nancy Pelosi’s wine….
September 30th, 2009 at 6:27 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UudQuVOwSds
And…
September 30th, 2009 at 6:28 pmGlenn Beck’s bit about wanting to kill Charles Rangel with a shovel….
http://www.dailykostv.com/w/002095 /
And…
Glenn Beck thinking about killing Michael Moore….
September 30th, 2009 at 6:28 pmhttp://mediamatters.org/research/200505180008
You are an extremist aaronk who is defending the indefensible and you should be ashamed for your anti-american activities!
September 30th, 2009 at 6:29 pmWhy would you want to kill Bush? Then Cheney would actually be president!
September 30th, 2009 at 6:31 pmaaronk:
September 30th, 2009 at 6:43 pmIs someone were to kill you it wouldn’t be as much fun laughing at you. Why spoil a good thing?
Let’s play, “Name That Reichwhiner”!
“The President is an enemy of humanity.”
“Go buy guns and ammo now because you may not be able to get them when you need them.”
“We have to stop him, you have to stop him, before it’s too late”.
September 30th, 2009 at 6:56 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Why does it always have to be racism?
I mean really, a white President lied to the country and killed tens of thousand of Americans and pissed away $3 trillion.
A black President is trying to clean the white one’s shit stains out of the carpet and get our country back on track.
So it’s only natural that the black guy should get 400% more death threats.
Right Aaron K. you whiney pussy? Right?
September 30th, 2009 at 7:12 pmAgain with the signs, stupid troll? We, and everybody else, have already been through that. The question you should be asking is:
Did any member of the “librul media” or Democratic national elected official ever sponsor an event where such signs were proudly displayed and even sold? The answer is no.
The extremist rhetoric is comming from the top and that’s the difference.
September 30th, 2009 at 7:31 pmBTW. The answer to today’s gameshow question is?
The real head of the RNC, the “man with the plan”, Lush Rimjob himself.
September 30th, 2009 at 7:33 pmKudos to the repubs.for hiring Mr. Steele.They got him out of MD where he was a complete disaster as lieut.gov.A couple of years ago he went visited a predominately Black school.He promised to get help for projects which would benefit the school.After he left the school never heard from him again.All talk,no action.
September 30th, 2009 at 7:37 pm400 times more, ass.
shut up.
September 30th, 2009 at 7:43 pmsteeley damn is a dumb cracker, a wheat cracker.
September 30th, 2009 at 8:05 pmSteele is totally oblivious to anything factual. In other words, he’s an idiot. But then, he’s oblivious to that, too.
September 30th, 2009 at 8:06 pm***
#84,
you’re too late, backup tried to pass off
that crap link yesterday. nice try :)
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September 30th, 2009 at 8:17 pmYeah Friedman’s a nut job because he’s not cheerleading your war any more.
September 30th, 2009 at 9:16 pmaaronk says:
justthebleepinfacts
If any of those bits would have been actual threats, and not jokes (although insensitive and stupid), I would not support them. Bottom line is that they were just stupid jokes.
How do you “know” they’re jokes? Are you saying you support them? I’ve never heard Beck’s show marketed as comedy. He did call his speaking tour comedy, but his radio and TV show are advertised as being news/opinion. Calling something an opinion piece presumes that it’s your serious opinion.
Also, I’ve never heard him be funny. If you’re going to excuse yourself with “I was just kidding” you should probably have been actually funny to begin with.
September 30th, 2009 at 10:03 pmIf there were an equal number of Republicans and Democrats in America, this would mean that Republicans are 400 times as violent as Democrats.
However, since Democrats outnumber Republicans by about 2:1 right now, that means that Republicans are 800 times more violent then Democrats.
Anybody surprised?
September 30th, 2009 at 10:08 pmUm, the post at top says “400 percent higher.” That means that the level of threats to Obama is five times that of the level of threats to Bush (100% + 400% = 500% = 5x). Just to straighten out the math somewhat. Carry on…
September 30th, 2009 at 10:23 pmI wonder if Steele has ever palled around with terrorists? Maybe Sarah or Glenda Beck should look into that.
September 30th, 2009 at 10:50 pmThe man is a disgrace to his race and to his country. What a brainless wonder.
September 30th, 2009 at 11:13 pmMikeee must have missed that little demonstration a few months back when in front of a national audience Obama’s bad intentions came out and the result was death to a harmless fly. No one that I know of has any fear that Obama is in danger of any kind……if you notice he wears super hi-tec titanium skin over his hands because as you have seen they are faster than a speeding bullet. He also has a very small electronic device over his left eye he wears when out side that can detect very small copper plated objects coming at him at high rates and he can simply swat them away with his gloves. At this time our President is in no trouble…except with his wife….. man she had a nasty look yesterday on her face when she first saw Obama……could have even been that deadly “stink eye” Iv heard about.
October 1st, 2009 at 12:02 amRemember when the president was saying that we need to have public discourse about race? You’re looking at the reaction to that. There will be a certain amount of violent resistance to challenging the status quo. A certain racist segment of the population is feeling all the effects of being pushed down by the powers that be, and the only apparent advantage they have is being members of the ruling class, by virtue of being white. Take that away and they’ll have to face the fact that they’re nothing but a bunch of n**gers, too. After that realization, there is nothing left but capitulation, denial, or fighting the real powers.
Tough choices.
Tough choice.
October 1st, 2009 at 12:32 am.
LIE-CHEAT-STEELE
The “NEW” G(no)P
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October 1st, 2009 at 1:39 am.
Dear questioneverything,
… His “RACE”?
O.K.,
I can see “country” or “Party” but “RACE”?
Should I judge ALL Black people by what one Black man does?
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October 1st, 2009 at 1:48 amSteele should get the “clown of the year in media with sh-t on his face” award for being an absolute blithering idiot.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:35 amAnd to think the real clowns get their own show and make multi millions upon millions…. regarding Steele; talk about “where do they get these people”
The republicans and their ilk keep bringing up the notion that people are frustrated while they offer nothing. Stephen Colbert did a funny bit the other night about some sort of republican daily “word” calendar. Each day was NO.
October 1st, 2009 at 8:51 amWhy are they asking Sambo this question? He is too busy kissing Rush’s butt.
October 1st, 2009 at 10:30 amSlappyMORON
It is so sad to see how desperate you are. Still begging us to pity you no matter how useless it is. You are incapable of self respect. You are like a crackwhore begging for your fix. You are one of the most pathetic creatures in the known universe but your constant begging at this point illicits only disgust. The pity well is dry
October 1st, 2009 at 10:52 amMichael’s just jealous because he’s only being called stupid, doofus, idiot, and weathervane while Obama gets the real deal of death threats and hyperventilating screeches about revolution and commie, etc.
There’s nothing like having the ambition and hypocrisy of a politician but an absolute inability to connect with the voter, eh Michael?
October 1st, 2009 at 11:32 am