Obama Assassination Threats

Race is Not the Only Reason for Jump in Assassination Threats to Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The GOP has slapped Obama with a socialist tag. That sets off a Pavlovian drool; reason quickly goes out the window and the red flags run up the mental flagpoles of countless Americans.

Details: Obama's Secret Service Agent Most Influential Man In The World

Details | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics


Let's face it: The audacity of hope is about to be tested by the tenacity of fear. Yes, it's amazing to witness the historic, anything-can-happen triu...

A Chilling Note From a Student: Classmates Discuss Shooting Obama

Greg Mitchell | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

A student in Iowa contacted E&P with an account much in line with reported incidents of other school kids, some as young as 7 or 8, talking about "assassinating" Obama.

A 20-Year-Old on the Meaning of the Election

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


Robert S. McElvaine

My son, Brett, who is 20 and just voted in his first presidential election, wrote the following on Facebook on Election Night. I was so proud and moved by what he wrote, that I decided to post it for others to see.

Shock and Sadness: Hearing The Unspeakable

Jeannie Ralston | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


Jeannie Ralston

How terrible that there are people, even "refined, well-mannered" people, who are so self-interested, so self-serving that they have lost a basic sense of humanity.

John McCain's Missed Opportunity

Janet Ritz | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics


Janet Ritz

Senator John McCain made a point during the debate that Barack Obama should repudiate John Lewis' Wallace comparison, which Senator Obama had done already.

Thomas B. Edsall

Dark Clouds: Obama Assassination Threats Weigh On Voters

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics


Denver, CO -- Contrary to the widespread expectation that the nomination of Barack Obama will intensify black-brown tensions, many of the 12 Latinos g...

White Supremacists Look Forward To Obama Backlash

Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics


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So Let's Talk About Assassination, Shall We?

Mary Lyon | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media


Mary Lyon

Liz Trotta's apology for the Obama/Osama-assassination remark had all the sensitivity of a Dick Cheney torture-rationalization meeting.