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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/sarah-palin/3405336/Sarah-Palin-blamed-by-the-US-Secret-Service-for-death-threats-against-Barack-Obama.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/sarah-palin/3405336/Sarah-Palin-blamed-by-the-US-Secret-Service-for-death-threats-against-Barack-Obama.html)
Sarah Palin's attacks on Barack Obama's patriotism provoked a spike in death threats against the future president, Secret Service agents revealed during the final weeks of the campaign.
The Republican vice presidential candidate attracted criticism for accusing Mr Obama of "palling around with terrorists", citing his association with the sixties radical William Ayers.
The attacks provoked a near lynch mob atmosphere at her rallies, with supporters yelling "terrorist" and "kill him" until the McCain campaign ordered her to tone down the rhetoric.
But it has now emerged that her demagogic tone may have unintentionally encouraged white supremacists to go even further.
The Secret Service warned the Obama family in mid October that they had seen a dramatic increase in the number of threats against the Democratic candidate, coinciding with Mrs Palin's attacks.
Michelle Obama, the future First Lady, was so upset that she turned to her friend and campaign adviser Valerie Jarrett and said: "Why would they try to make people hate us?"
The revelations, contained in a Newsweek history of the campaign, are likely to further damage Mrs Palin's credentials as a future presidential candidate. She is already a frontrunner, with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, to take on Mr Obama in four years time.
Details of the spike in threats to Mr Obama come as a report last week by security and intelligence analysts Stratfor, warned that he is a high risk target for racist gunmen. It concluded: "Two plots to assassinate Obama were broken up during the campaign season, and several more remain under investigation. We would expect federal authorities to uncover many more plots to attack the president that have been hatched by white supremacist ideologues."
Irate John McCain aides, who blame Mrs Palin for losing the election, claim Mrs Palin took it upon herself to question Mr Obama's patriotism, before the line of attack had been cleared by Mr McCain.
That claim is part of a campaign of targeted leaks designed to torpedo her ambitions, with claims that she did not know that Africawas a continent rather than a country.
The advisers have branded her a "diva" and a "whack job" and claimed that she did not know which other countries are in the North American Free Trade Area, (Canada and Mexico). They say she spent more than $150,000 on designer clothes, including $40,000 on her husband Todd and that she refused to prepare for the disastrous series of interviews with CBS's Katie Couric.
In a bid to salvage her reputation Mrs Palin came out firing in an interview with CNN, dismissing the anonymous leakers in unpresidential language as "jerks" who had taken "questions or comments I made in debate prep out of context."
She said: "I consider it cowardly. It's not true. That's cruel, it's mean-spirited, it's immature, it's unprofessional and those guys are jerks if they came away taking things out of context and then tried to spread something on national news that's not fair and not right."
She was not asked about her incendiary rhetoric against Mr Obama. But she did deny the spending spree claims, saying the clothes in question had been returned to the Republican National Committee. "Those are the RNC's clothes, they're not my clothes. I asked for anything more than maybe a diet Dr Pepper once in a while. These are false allegations."
Speaking as she returned to her native Alaska, Mrs Palin claimed to be baffled by what she claims was sexism on the national stage. "Here in Alaska that double standard isn't applied because these guys know that Alaskan women are pretty tough, on a par with the men in terms of being outdoors, working hard," she said.
"They're commercial fishermen, they're pilots, they're working up on the North slopein the oil fields. You see equality in Alaska. I think that was a bit of as surprise on the national level."
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This is going to backfire on the left bigtime.
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Palin speaks to peoples emotions by fear-mongering. Thats what she does.
She has no interest or knowledge about politics and she is not the brightest so whats she supposed to do if she wants a political career?
Yup make people feel strongly about a fictional cause.
Thats why she has almost only retard followers and retard followers does retarded things
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Palin speaks to peoples emotions by fear-mongering. Thats what she does.
She has no interest or knowledge about politics and she is not the brightest so whats she supposed to do if she wants a political career?
Yup make people feel strongly about a fictional cause.
Thats why she has almost only retard followers and retard followers does retarded things
sshhhhhhh....338 might hear that and be insulted.
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Obama speaks to peoples emotions by fear-mongering. Thats what he does.
He has no interest or knowledge about politics and he is not the brightest so whats he supposed to do if he wants a political career?
Yup make people feel strongly about a fictional cause.
Thats why he has almost only retard followers and retard followers does retarded things
I thought this thread was about Palin. Stop bringing up Obama.
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This whole episode trashing palin over something dhe had nothing to do with is really telling.
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Can't have anything to do with the 2 years Obama and the Democrats spent running this country even further into the ground. Nope, that's not possible. Democrats can do no wrong.
Democrats remind me of the city council from "Hot Fuzz". All sitting around the fire justifying their murders by chanting for "the greater good" every 30 seconds.
"the greater good"
"the greater good"
"the greater good"
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You can bet there are a lot of GOP potentials who are enjoying the hit she's received from this.
I am sure her numbers among independents - which have already been down what, 10% in the last year? - 50 to 40% approval - are going to drop further.
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Yes of course, Palin has a mind control device ::) Give me a fucking break, what is with the left always trying to find someone or something to blame other than the crazy fucker who made the threat?
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Yes of course, Palin has a mind control device ::) Give me a fucking break, what is with the left always trying to find someone or something to blame other than the crazy fucker who made the threat?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/sarah-palin/3405336/Sarah-Palin-blamed-by-the-US-Secret-Service-for-death-threats-against-Barack-Obama.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/sarah-palin/3405336/Sarah-Palin-blamed-by-the-US-Secret-Service-for-death-threats-against-Barack-Obama.html)
The attacks provoked a near lynch mob atmosphere at her rallies, with supporters yelling "terrorist" and "kill him" until the McCain campaign ordered her to tone down the rhetoric.
But it has now emerged that her demagogic tone may have unintentionally encouraged white supremacists to go even further.
The Secret Service warned the Obama family in mid October that they had seen a dramatic increase in the number of threats against the Democratic candidate, coinciding with Mrs Palin's attacks.
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Wow you all better beware apparently Sarah Palin has an army of white supremacist to do her bidding for her ::)
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The douchebag left are soooo scared of Palin. I think i overlooked how much they fear her. I guess all that plain talk and milfyness have them scared to death. They guy was a pot smoking wack job......
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The left has again exposed themselves for the mindless pieces of trash they are.
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Its gotten soooo bad. I just keep buying ammo and weapons.
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This is going to backfire on the left bigtime.
how to you figure this is from the "left"
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Its gotten soooo bad. I just keep buying ammo and weapons.
you sound paranoid
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Yup......not so much that I don't care more about the Jets/Pats game next weekend....but still worried.
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how to you figure this is from the "left"
Have you turned on the damn tv in the last 72 hours or seen the coordinated effort by all msm outlets attacking the tea party and palin? I guess not. ::) ::)
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you sound paranoid
Sound? Are you stupid? Have you read your own posts?
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Yeah...kinda odd. Its no holigram/cruise missile plot...but hmmmmm.
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Have you turned on the damn tv in the last 72 hours or seen the coordinated effort by all msm outlets attacking the tea party and palin? I guess not. ::) ::)
this story is from a conservative leaning paper in the UK and it's about the Secret Service assessment PRIOR to Obama being elected.
it's got nothing to do with the shooint in AZ and it's not from the "left"
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Have you turned on the damn tv in the last 72 hours or seen the coordinated effort by all msm outlets attacking the tea party and palin? I guess not. ::) ::)
I thought we were pretty solid that both MSNBC and CNN lose every week to Fox News.
Is Fox News spouting this kind of stuff?
I just wonder.
Personally, I can't believe this kind of thread is going.
Sarah Palin isn't pulling any triggers (on people) :D
Let's be honest... The people who are doing this shit are all CRAZY.
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Yeah...kinda odd. Its no holigram/cruise missile plot...but hmmmmm.
HH - we all know how you feel about Obama but what has gotten soooooo bad recently that you feel compelled to stock up on guns and ammo?
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I thought we were pretty solid that both MSNBC and CNN lose every week to Fox News.
Is Fox News spouting this kind of stuff?
I just wonder.
Personally, I can't believe this kind of thread is going.
Sarah Palin isn't pulling any triggers (on people) :D
Let's be honest... The people who are doing this shit are all CRAZY.
They were, breathelessly, and i jut turned all TV off. The almost unison message on all tv has been so nauseating and baslss on almost all fronts.
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you sound paranoid
Sounds prepared to me
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Sounds prepared to me
fair enough
prepared for what would be my next question
what is the "worst case" scenario he clearly see coming (we know he thinks things have gotten sooooooo bad) where he thinks he'll need a stockpile of guns and ammo
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fair enough
prepared for what would be my next question
what is the "worst case" scenario he clearly see coming (we know he thinks things have gotten sooooooo bad) where he thinks he'll need a stockpile of guns and ammo
Gee I don't know dollar becoming worthless, the government dependents not getting their payoffs and food stamps. A natural disaster, sorry but I don't trust the government with my safety, I can and will protect myself and family from threats.