Slog - Comments on Killer Comments http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments From the comments on this post earlier today: Anyone else a little frightened by all of the calls to "kill him"? Holy crap. I really hope the Secret Service is up for what the next 4 (hopefully eight!) years are likely to bring. --scharrera And: Barack Obama and his family must truly love this country to want to lead and actually try and help morons like these people. If people are saying 'kill him' in situations like this I bet there's a few nut cases out there thinking about it all day and night. Very chilling. --Gregus The New Yorker's... Copyright 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:03:02 -0800 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:34:25 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Non Woah, Chris, you made a good post!

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170405 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170405 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:08:30 -0800 Comment by Greg Remember that guy who shot Reagan to try and impress Jodie Foster? Palin is playing with fire.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170406 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170406 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:10:17 -0800 Comment by Fnarf The example everyone is using is Rabin in Israel. Yeah, I'm afraid. If Obama is shot, we not only lose a solid leader in a time of crisis and need; we're going to descend into total chaos and martial law.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170410 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170410 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:13:04 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe If I wanted to impress Sarah Palin, I'd go buy a hockey stick.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170415 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170415 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:14:54 -0800 Comment by Buddy Bud Why doesn't Obama and the Democrats fight back with Palin's association with the Alaska Independance Party? Why aren't we getting any coverage of that? I'd be more concerned about that then the brief relationship Obama had with Ayers.

]]> Buddy Bud http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170417 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170417 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:16:23 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Speaking of Lieberman, he better not show up at one of those rallies. Racist bigots tend not to like Jews very much either.

Oh, and the next time a conservative disingenuously wonders why black people won't vote Republican, I'm rubbing his face in this shit.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170418 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170418 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:16:44 -0800 Comment by jaaaaaaaaay! Barack Obama and his family must truly love this country to want to lead and actually try and help morons like these people. If people are saying ‘kill him’ in situations like this I bet there’s a few nut cases out there thinking about it all day and night. Very chilling. —GregusMichelle Obama gave a pretty moving speech on this very subject: video.]]> jaaaaaaaaay! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170424 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170424 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:24:15 -0800 Comment by kinaidos All of this nastiness has won another conservative over to the Obama camp, Christopher Buckley, WF Bukckley Jr's son.

http://www.ktvu.com/politics/17688732/detail.html

]]> kinaidos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170431 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170431 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:28:15 -0800 Comment by Jonah And another condemnation: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.mccain10oct10,0,7557571.story

]]> Jonah http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170432 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170432 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:30:10 -0800 Comment by Leslie N. That piece about Ohio voters is rather conflicting. Of course if you go down into the southernmost parts of it, you'll find racist rednecks, ignorant people unaware of the damage the Republicans are doing and voting for them (like you'll find in Northwest and Northeast Ohio or any state)...maybe I'm prejudiced as someone who lives in Ohio, but that's just how it is down there. The northern areas aren't much better, but we're lucky enough to have some jobs.

]]> Leslie N. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170434 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170434 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:31:47 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways The McPalin Rhetoric is disturbing and worrisome, (and frankly, it teeters on the criminal), but I think a 30 to 40% estimation of loonies wanting Obama dead is a bit ridiculous. I'm not saying that 40% of this country isn't racist to some degree or another, but just because you have racist thoughts doesn't mean you wish anyone dead. (Also, I think Americans are now far too fat & lazy for any sort of coup attempt.)

I dislike W. with a passion but I've never wished him dead, and not just because that would mean that Cheney would become president.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170439 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170439 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:36:22 -0800 Comment by Karlheinz Arschbomber Maybe it's because I work in Germany... but this shit sounds oh, so familiar. Spool back to 1933.

]]> Karlheinz Arschbomber http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170442 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170442 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:40:50 -0800 Comment by Just Sayin Don't forget to mention Fox News' Sean Hannity and his complicitness in this campaign of hate. He got a new multimillion dollar contract with Fox as a reward for his anti-Obama documentary screed this week...

]]> Just Sayin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170445 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170445 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:44:00 -0800 Comment by rb Is it me, or does is seriously feel like the GOP is trying to turn Obama into a sort of Emmanuel Goldstein? More and more, when they show McCain rallies and pundits on the news, it's like watching Two Minutes Hate. It's pathetic, but also very unnerving.

]]> rb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170446 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170446 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:45:58 -0800 Comment by Non Terrorist is the new Commie, and has been for the past few years.

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170451 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170451 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:49:20 -0800 Comment by yucca flower My mother just mailed in her early ballot. She voted for Obama but she fears she's giving him a death sentence.

]]> yucca flower http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170456 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170456 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:54:51 -0800 Comment by max solomon 841 SAT, what do you expect?

ps, i know it's fake.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170457 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170457 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:55:25 -0800 Comment by just say no The irongy is if McCain were to take Packer's advice, he might actually stem his free-fall in the polls and perhaps earn an uptick. It would actually show Presidential judgement and temperament.

]]> just say no http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170459 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170459 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:57:17 -0800 Comment by gkb From now until Election Day, McPalin rallies will be attended mainly by desperate, racist, shrieking freaks, whose every shouted boo and epithet will be caught on video and audio and nauseate any remaining undecideds. And Obama will sweep to victory.

]]> gkb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170460 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170460 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:57:36 -0800 Comment by Explorer I want to bake cookies and send them to Obama's secret service agents. So scared for him.

]]> Explorer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170471 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170471 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:09:51 -0800 Comment by SeattleExile @20: Yeah, me too ... except they'd probably have to assume they'd been poisoned or something and go blow them up ...

]]> SeattleExile http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170475 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170475 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:16:45 -0800 Comment by kebabs Obama should just travel around in a bulletproof bubble, like the Popemobile. Call it The Hopemobile.

]]> kebabs http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170488 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170488 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:23:51 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I'm not as upset as Fnarf is, but am very proud of our fine Secret Service and the awesome job they do, each and every day.

But ... I wish they hadn't done such a great job for the last seven or so years ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170500 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170500 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:31:10 -0800 Comment by native kentuckian I'm from northern Kentucky, right next Cincinnati, OH. It's not all backwater here, and there are way more Obama supporters than what is shown here. That said, some people are still stuck in the past.

]]> native kentuckian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170542 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170542 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:06:16 -0800 Comment by nightlifejitters Although it's a remote chance, there's indeed a chance that this could happen. However, seems to me there's a simple way to head it off at the pass. The Dems just need to make it unequivocally clear that Hillary is their second choice.

]]> nightlifejitters http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170552 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170552 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:15:43 -0800 Comment by sondari I'm assuming that y'all have heard the great pro-Obama ad by Ralph Stanley of bluegrass fame? Played all over the southern mountains in the last two weeks? It was stunning. Stunning. And two days ago I saw a red pickup truck with a gun rack...and an Obama sticker!

]]> sondari http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170603 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170603 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:12:13 -0800 Comment by Seajay Maybe some of those angry McCain/Palin supporters should read the courteous and conciliatory comments about them and their candidates that have been a consistent feature of pro-Obama outlets like SLOG. Perhaps that would calm them down. I'll start getting hot with the email list right away.

]]> Seajay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170626 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170626 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:33:43 -0800 Comment by raindrop OMG. Crazy lefties are all in a twitter over crazy righties - talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

]]> raindrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170633 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170633 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:17:19 -0800 Comment by Madashell Seejay=Raindrop=Bailo? Just wondering.

]]> Madashell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170638 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170638 2008 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:59:41 -0800 Comment by Evie (Who is this mysterious Seejay? I only see Seajay.)

]]> Evie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170665 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170665 2008 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:13:55 -0800 Comment by Vince Considering the right wing stole the presidency in 2000, and installed the current right wing disaster, Bush, it is indeed ironic that they would consider a legitimate president as illegitimate and scream death threats. It's what like the saying; evil is as evil does.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170668 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170668 2008 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:42:43 -0800 Comment by raindrop @29: No, The Stranger staff is on the ball on catching sock puppetry.

]]> raindrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170672 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170672 2008 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:09:20 -0800 Comment by Seajay Sorry, y'all ... I ain't the wet one, or the Italian Scallion either. (And I'm not the 'Earl Fawlty,' aka Lord Basil.) There is more than one conservative that checks in here; it's not all the work of a solitary nutjob or paid minion of Karl Rove.

In fact, apart from one other board which has nothing to do with politics, this is the only one I hang out on. You see, I'm a comedy fan.

]]> Seajay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170678 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/killer_comments#c1170678 2008 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:34:25 -0800