Posted by
Patrick Henry on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:02:38 AM
Barack Obama firmly believes that every woman should have the absolute right to kill her unborn
baby. And he's absolutely wrong about that! But someone out there apparently thinks the time is
right to start a "dead pool" on Obama. That's also about as twisted as it gets. That's right, some moron
ran a poll on the popular social networking site Facebook, asking respondents whether the president
should be assassinated, and under what conditions. Sadly, it is a sign of the times.
Politics in the United States of America has sunk to an all time low, both intellectually and morally.
There are no more rules, and everything is permitted. The result is that namecalling, lies and the
brazen abuse of power have become the norm, and a public demanding honesty, transparency, good
judgment and ethical behaviior draws only glassy stares from the politicians who wonder what planet
these people just dropped in from. The inevitable end of this is to create such a toxic climate that
open warfare and yes, assassination, are seen as viable means to anyone's desired end.
The United States Secret Service, God bless them, is hot on the trail of the Facebook fanatic. He or
she will doubtless be under arrest with a lot of really hard questions to answer in short order. There
are two possibilities as to the origin of this tasteless and dangerous prank. The first, and the one that
the left wing blog has jumped on with all fangs bared, is that the pathetic pollster is a right wing nut
job trying to plant an idea that will be picked up by someone even nuttier resulting in an actual
attempt on the president's life. An equally plausible alternative scenario is that the originator of
the putrid poll is a left winger trying to generate sympathy for a president whose numbers are
cratering and whose embarrassing policies are failing. Bet as you will. It's even money either way.
Four American presidents have actually been assassinated. They are Abraham Lincoln (1865),
James Garfield (1881), William McKinley (1901) and John F. Kennedy (1963). Assassination attempts
were also mounted against Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman,
Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. John Wilkes Booth, Charles Guiteau, Leon Czolgosz and Lee
Harvey Oswald, the assassins who succeeded, were all unhinged political extremists who killed
presidents because they disagreed with them. Political lunacy runs rampant through American history.
But let's be clear about something here. Killing people with whom one disagrees, whether they
be male or female, gay or straight, black, white or brown, pro-life or pro-choice, Democrat or
Republican, liberal or conservative constitutes a gigantic step toward democracy's downfall. When one
burns down the rule of law, then there is nothing left to hide behind when enemies come for him.
Morons solve ideo;ogical disputes with guns. Patriots do it by making their case for all to hear and then
letting America decide. That's why the founding fathers spent so much time after the Revolution drafting
the Constitution and the Bill of Rights to act as a permanent arbiter of the realm, If you disagree with the
president and his policies, there is a time honred wayto fix that. Get out and vote! Take grandma and the
pets with you. Heck, I have four cats who hate the idea of Obamacare and I talked to my local ACORN
rep about getting them registered the otherday. He said, "No problem, but, uh, you don't have avideo camera
on you, do you?"
This evening I will pray for the United States of America, as usual. I know that doesn;t mean much to
those on the left. But it means a lot to me. And yes, I will pray for the safety of Barack Obama, because his
assassination would be a national and moral tragedy of unimaginable proportions. I will not pray for the
implementation of his policies, in fact, quite the contrary. I will do so because a John Hinckley or a Lynette
Fromme or some other mentally deficient or morally bankrupt individual who insanely believes that political
differences can be settled and personal satisfaction achieved at the point of a gun are lurking somewhere outt
there, just waiting to grab their fifteen minutes of fame. We need to stay above it, Amerca -- because we're
better than that.