Threats against Obama same in number as any other prez

[RadiomanATL]

The Weekly Standard

You may remember a rash of media reports in August and September about a claim that assassination threats directed at President Obama are up 400 percent over previous presidents, stretching the Secret Service to its limits. The claim came from a book by NewsMax's Ronald Kessler, "In the President's Secret Service."

In the wake of the White House party crashers media blitz, Kessler has again gotten attention, saying the Secret Service has been cutting corners since 2003, and may be endangering Obama.

But Director of the Secret Service Mark Sullivan begged to differ at a Congressional hearing over the party crasher incident today:

"The threats are not up," Sullivan said, adding that they receive about the same amount of threats against Obama as they did for presidents Clinton and Bush.

He also specifically claimed the 400-percent figure was incorrect and added, according to CBS' Mark Knoller:

Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan tells House committee reports of greater threats against Pres. Obama are not true.

Rick Sanchez of CNN, The Daily Kos, and other left-leaning outlets happily repeated the story of increased threats, despite its right-wing source, as it dovetailed nicely with the narrative of increasing and dangerous Obama opposition set to explode into racist, right-wing violence.

 

[California Girl]

Color me 'Surprised Pink', not.

 

[PoliticalChic]

The Weekly Standard

You may remember a rash of media reports in August and September about a claim that assassination threats directed at President Obama are up 400 percent over previous presidents, stretching the Secret Service to its limits. The claim came from a book by NewsMax's Ronald Kessler, "In the President's Secret Service."

In the wake of the White House party crashers media blitz, Kessler has again gotten attention, saying the Secret Service has been cutting corners since 2003, and may be endangering Obama.

But Director of the Secret Service Mark Sullivan begged to differ at a Congressional hearing over the party crasher incident today:

"The threats are not up," Sullivan said, adding that they receive about the same amount of threats against Obama as they did for presidents Clinton and Bush.

He also specifically claimed the 400-percent figure was incorrect and added, according to CBS' Mark Knoller:

Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan tells House committee reports of greater threats against Pres. Obama are not true.

Rick Sanchez of CNN, The Daily Kos, and other left-leaning outlets happily repeated the story of increased threats, despite its right-wing source, as it dovetailed nicely with the narrative of increasing and dangerous Obama opposition set to explode into racist, right-wing violence.

Ya' mean we can't say the threats are 'unprecedented'?

 

[RadiomanATL]

The Weekly Standard

You may remember a rash of media reports in August and September about a claim that assassination threats directed at President Obama are up 400 percent over previous presidents, stretching the Secret Service to its limits. The claim came from a book by NewsMax's Ronald Kessler, "In the President's Secret Service."

In the wake of the White House party crashers media blitz, Kessler has again gotten attention, saying the Secret Service has been cutting corners since 2003, and may be endangering Obama.

But Director of the Secret Service Mark Sullivan begged to differ at a Congressional hearing over the party crasher incident today:

"The threats are not up," Sullivan said, adding that they receive about the same amount of threats against Obama as they did for presidents Clinton and Bush.

He also specifically claimed the 400-percent figure was incorrect and added, according to CBS' Mark Knoller:

Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan tells House committee reports of greater threats against Pres. Obama are not true.

Rick Sanchez of CNN, The Daily Kos, and other left-leaning outlets happily repeated the story of increased threats, despite its right-wing source, as it dovetailed nicely with the narrative of increasing and dangerous Obama opposition set to explode into racist, right-wing violence.

Ya' mean we can't say the threats are 'unprecedented'?

Only if you ignore reality...

Which the "unicorns and rainbows" crowd is pretty good at doing.

 

[JW Frogen]

I don't think threats to the President has much to do with race, even policy, look at poor old Jerry Ford, he was getting shot at left right and center.

It was lucky he was a klutz falling down all the time so he was a hard target.