Why Did Annie Get Her Gun?
Shephard Smith worries that anti-Obama violence is in the air, here in a clip from Fox. This won't be popular with those who feel that Obama's administration is planning on rounding them up for daring to oppose mandatory abortions. But Frank Rich argues that, just as it took McCain's best efforts to calm down the people calling the eventual US president a treacherous terrorist, the GOP's leaders must calm down the people who are signaling their intention to "put an end to the false prophet Obama." Camille Paglia, herself a critic of Obama, shares some concerns about the threats against him here.
Well, we better stop people from thinking and saying these dangerous things right away. Good grief.
Frank Rich only sees things one way, and grabbed onto Shepard Smith's meltdown as an opportunity to blather. Camille Paglia at least managed to MENTION that the same kind of hatred was directed at President Bush for YEARS.
A lot of this is Obama's fault, in my opinion. I have never given much thought to the whole "he's not a citizen" issue -- but why hasn't he put this to rest? It would be so simple... right? And as for painting Obama as a terrorist... well, he DID pal around with terrorists. Sorry, but that's a fact. He's embraced philosophies coming out of that "school" and it's entirely appropriate to call him on it. And maybe Obama could stop acting -- and encouraging his supporters to act -- as if he is the Second Coming. That's what motivates comments like Voight's.
The amusing thing about all this is, the rhetoric is no less ugly than that directed against the Right. Yet now it's cause for panic? That's so hypocritical.