'Death to Obama' sign holder in Md. detained

[WeDidIt]

'Death to Obama' sign holder in Md. detained

27 mins ago
HAGERSTOWN, Md. – A man is in custody after authorities said he held a sign reading "Death to Obama" outside a town hall meeting on health care reform in western Maryland.

Washington County Sheriff's Capt. Peter Lazich (LAWZ'-itch) says the sign also read, "Death to Michelle and her two stupid kids."

He says U.S. Secret Service agents took the unidentified 51-year-old man into custody Wednesday afternoon after deputies detained him.

AP Via Yahoo

Un-fricken-believable.

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[plcdude]

2. unbelieveable

because....?

[WeDidIt]

4. The bit about Michelle and the kids

Just un -fricken-believable.

[mnhtnbb]

47. white racist male can't stand a black man smarter, more powerful than he is

and really can't stand a black woman and her children with more class and opportunities than his
ole' white a$$ will ever have.

[Kablooie]

72. problem is that just about any man of any color is smarter than this guy.

[intheflow]

55. It's mind boggling that anyone would be so incredibly stupid to

walk around a political event with a sign openly advocating assassination of the Presdient? I mean, even John Wilkes Booth concealed his weapon when he entered the theater.

[loyalkydem]

3. ABOUT DAMN TIME

Yea anyone else want to try that shit?

[mzmolly]

40. !

:kick:

[BlueIdaho]

5. About fucking time.

It is not ok to want to kill the President of the United States.

[Lorien]

66. Truly. A liberal gets sent to jail for three years for joking about a

"burning bush"; what will this idiot get?(my guess is a slap on the wrist).

[zipplewrath]

6. Someone

Someone, with some standing with these people, has to stand up and say something. This is WAY outta hand. We really need a "have you no sense of decency" moment here.

[me b zola]

7. K&R

[HopeHoops]

8. Hagerstown is still very 1950's

The industry has gone and there's not much going on there. I hate to say it, but the guy probably didn't know it was a federal felony to write that on a sign. He's not a real threat. Glenn Beck and FOX is the threat.

[Zen Democrat]

10. They're a threat because they stoke violence in the mean and ignorant. n/t

Amd the freaks with these signs.

[hatrack]

39. I'm sure he knows it now . . .

nt

[Mystayya]

9. That is just sick.

These people are quickly jumping the shark. What really has to happen is that we need to come out in numbers that show the realistic feelings of the public. For every Palin-loving, Birther, Rush driven lunatic we need 3 of own out there to balance out the crazy.

I feel for the men and women of the secret service. They have such a difficult job, made all the harder by these RW racist, militia-type lunatics. What sort of person threatens little girls with death? My guess is the same sort that would bomb a church with little girls inside.

[madmax]

11. This needs to stop.

He has threatened the President he should suffer the maximum penalty allowed by law. No bullshit, no excuses.

[SlipperySlope]

13. Good thing "Pig Bush" didn't equal Bush?

[madmax]

14. I did say President.

Anyone who threatens any POTUS. Even a pig like *bush.

[WeDidIt]

17. Agreed n/t

[Aristus]

19. Amen. As much as I despised the Clown Prince, I never once wished him dead.

I just wanted him to go away.

It's so tough sometimes, being better than the other guys...

[dragonlady]

26. I want him to live a long, long life

realizing every moment of every day that the United States has come to its senses and reviles him as the worst president ever. Preferably after trial and conviction in the Hague.

[madmax]

34. Agreed, that would be sweet.

[madmax]

35. Agreed, that would be sweet.

[Ignis]

57. A long, long life in an orange jumpsuit.

:patriot:

[Aristus]

71. Or as Jason Patric's character said to the Soviet tank commander in the movie "The Beast":

(re: the Afghanis) "I want you to live to see them win..."

[OnyxCollie]

75. "The Beast" is one of my favs. nt

[jbnow]

65. I was even horrified when I heard about the Canadian film

Death of a President about his assassination
It came out in 2006 and God knows bush had earned my loathing by then and we knew he was ignoring the constitution and breaking laws and hurting America and he was smug and blatant about it...
I often wished him not president. I never ever wished him dead. I hated that a movie like that was even legal.

I've lost count of how many wishes or gleeful imagining of this with President Obama. And...while people can really disagree with his policy he has not "earned" hatred.

While it's fine to not like Obama at all...if someone hates him it is entirely something within themselves.
Though people gullible enough to believe the crazy lies and rumors and smears...come to think of it they do have cause to hate "him" as hr is seen through their skewed vision. That's still on them though, not him

[SIMPLYB1980]

45. Yep. That man should have been arrested.

Do we know that he wasn't?

[SlipperySlope]

61. He might have been?

I think he should have been at least detained.

He crossed the line going from "president is bad" to "death to president".

IMHO

[Jennicut]

16. I don't like that sign either. A threat of death to any President is terrible.

Even Bush the idiot.

[PA Democrat]

18. I hope that guy was arrested as well.

I don't want people who threaten assassination on my side.

[thereismore]

20. That guy strikes me as a possible provocateur. I can't imagine him being a dem. nt

[Kerrytravelers]

23. And I would hope this wan was taken into custody, as well.

[grasswire]

30. that guy looks like a fed (eom)

[William769]

12. Have they closed Gitmo yet?

Now he would be a perfect candidate.

[johnnie]

15. Unidentified?

Hopefully his identity gets out soon so people can see what an American terrorist looks like.

[Tim01]

21. Good. nt

[Hepburn]

22. Good....

...the asswipe needed to be busted for that sick shit. Unbelievable that he would also wish the kiddos dead. What a POS....:puke:

JMHO

[tularetom]

24. For a "blue" state there are an awful lot of red necks in MD

[Nyquil Man]

48. Go to any mid-sized city in America and you can find at least 1000 nutjobs.

[hootinholler]

56. Look at the congressional districts in MD.

There are indeed a lot of rednecks in Md, once you get away from Baltimore and its suburbs and DC suburbs, it's pretty red, but growing more blue as the 'burbs expand.

-Hoot

[aikoaiko]

25. So hello to jail.

and maybe prison.

[malaise]

27. I'd love to see his weapon stash

Off to prison for you.

[marmar]

28. What a piece of human waste......

To be filled with so much hate and to be such an idiot = Lethal combination.

[Mrs. Overall]

29. So, where are all the DUers who are going to defend this as free speech as they have defended

the gun totin' dude?

Just waiting to hear from them...

I'm so glad this asshole has been detained. How fucking low to threaten Michelle and the girls.

[William769]

31. Your kiddng right?

[Lorien]

67. Sadly, no. The nuts have been out in force this week. nt

[billh58]

52. Rights?

According to some of the 2nd Amendment purists, everyone should have a right to say anything they want, and to carry a loaded gun while doing it. Anyone who disagrees is leaving the door open to tyranny by boogeymen.

[WeDidIt]

58. Don't laugh, I half ass expected it. n/t

[theothersnippywshrub]

32. The party of Lincoln has become the party of John Wilkes Booth. n/t

[moondust]

59. !!!

[City Lights]

33. Who is the dickhead now, eh?

I hope they throw the book at him.

[lies and propaganda]

36. Bet he was a 'Pro Lifer" too

the irony never stops with these assholes

[Critters2]

37. Good. nt

[samsingh]

38. lock the imbecile away

[BlooInBloo]

41. Good.

[spanone]

42. these are scary times

[lpbk2713]

43. Sick fuck.

He must be the pride and joy of the rethuglican party.

[mnhtnbb]

44. Good. They need to take these a$$holes seriously.

[Strelnikov_]

46. I suspect this numbnut is about to be made an example of

Hope he likes the socialized prison health care.

[Warren DeMontague]

49. Good. You can't threaten the president. Just like you can't joke about bombs at the airport.

I mean, fucking Duh.

[tuckessee]

50. Good for the Secret Service & local deputies.

His sign clearly crossed the line. There is no alternative interpretation to "Death to....."

I'd love sit on a jury in judgement of this guy. Threatening the Prez.???? That's worth 5-10 years. Threatening his children??? That's worth life in prison.

[SalviaBlue]

51. Good. This is over the line. Not acceptable.

[Blue For You]

53. I guess this guy is on a GOP death panel to kill the President.

Lock him up and throw away the key.

[dorkulon]

54. Hmm. I guess we get to charge them with siding with the terrorists now. nt

[Lilyeye]

60. It makes me sick that this piece of shit lives in my state.

I am glad this asshole was arrested. Its bad enough when people say death to the President, but his wife and children? This is BOGUS!

[samplegirl]

62. LOCK HIM UP!!!!!!!!

Political Terrorism!!!!!!

[AuntPatsy]

63. And some people here were not worried about the idiot going to a rally with the president

and sporting a gun...granted he was on church property but one...why would a church allow someone to stand on supposedly hollowed ground sporting a deadly weapon and two, why did the media give him so much attention?

the answer to the second question is obvious,, and the call has been heard by the faithful it seems.

[HughMoran]

64. That's really disturbing

I've been "noticing" my gun more than I usually do (& it's not in plain sight) :(

[TexasObserver]

68. Recommend

[barbtries]

69. that is so ugly!

just when you think you're beyond being shocked...well. i am shocked but in reality not surprised. there are many people who not only would hold and cheer that sign but would celebrate if such a tragedy occurred. sad.

[DCKit]

70. Those damn fascists! It's not as if he was wearing a controversial T-shirt.

:sarcasm:
It's nice to see (non-fascist) adults back in charge. But I still haven't heard about any purges of the FBI, DOJ or other (even local) law enforcement that went along with BushCo*'s terrorist tactics against legitimate, legal dissent.

[deep1]

73. I wish he was beaten.........

and tasered............in my native country he would be stomped and beaten till he starts to vomit..................I have no patience with these terrorist morons. And to even think of harming those beautiful little daughters, fuck him.

Hope Big Ali gets a hold of him in prison................

[bridgit]

74. Throw the book at him