Many Blacks Worry About Obama's Safety

breitbart.com ^ | Feb 22, 2008 | DAVID CRARY

[kellynla]

NEW YORK (AP) - For many black Americans, it's a conversation they find hard to avoid, revisiting old fears in the light of bright new hopes. They watch with wonder as Barack Obama moves ever closer to becoming America's first black president. And they ask themselves, their family, their friends: Is he at risk? Will he be safe?

There is, of course, no sure answer. But interviews with blacks across the country, prominent and otherwise, suggest that lingering worries are outweighed by enthusiasm and determination.

"You can't have lived through the civil rights movement and know something about the history of African-Americans in this country and not be a little concerned," said Edna Medford, a history professor at Washington's Howard University.

"But African-Americans are more concerned that Obama get the opportunity to do the best he can," she added. "And if he wins, most of us believe the country would do for him what it would do for any president, that he will be as well protected as any of them."

[dandiegirl]

No one ever discusses the body count connect to the Clinton mafia machine. I wonder why? Is it just too explosive? If a Republican were associated with as many deaths, he/she would be exposed daily.

[Old Sarge]

All I am saying is that it is important to be realistic and not introduce hyperbole that makes us look like a paranoid fringe.

Sensibly said. But I also see how we are already regarded as a "fringe" - by our own party.

We agree that either of the Leftists would damage this nation. We just differ on future ops.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Looks like they might have reason to worry...

POLICE CONCERNED ABOUT ORDER TO STOP WEAPONS SCREENING AT OBAMA RALLY

[Gaffer]

He will only have to worry about his safety if in some wierd Outer-Limits scenario, Hillary was his VP....

[unkus]

Have a good week-end.

[trumandogz]

Yes, John McCain proves that the right is seen as a fringe group in the GOP.

And yes, Obama, Hillary and McCain each has great potential to damage this nation.

But, we will survive as a nation and as a people.

[unkus]

I think you are a Troll.

[mamelukesabre]

If you read the two attempts on clinton’s life you will see they are REALLY REALLY lame. One guy shoots at the whitehouse from pennsylvania ave, and another guy crashes a cessna into the whitehouse lawn. And Clinton wasn’t even there.

For it to count as a real assasination attempt, I think the president should actually have to be present, IMO.

[dandiegirl]

His followers that are “hoping for change” think they are going to win the lottery if he wins, they will get so much “free” stuff and they can just coast thru life with no worries because they won the lottery.

[Churchillspirit]

Yes, applying for a job with an almost 10% assassination rate should give them pause.

[Old Sarge]

Here’s to your continued optimism *drinks*

[Churchillspirit]

Oh, my.....

[Paine's Ghost]

If Obama is Killed this country will see a riot like nothing you have ever seen before It will last for months not a few days or a week Will be close to all out civil war

and Al Qaeda is also very aware of that.

[silentreignofheroes]

“But, we will survive as a nation and as a people.”

Quit crying , that is the first step..

Look at what the American People have done in days gone bye,,

And get right with your Maker

[Paved Paradise]

heh, heh - you are right on that I think.

[NavyCanDo]

In all seriousness, If it did happen, and God please don’t let it happen, but if it did, can you imagine the Hell that would hit our inner cities because of it? The Rodney King riots in LA would seem like a country picnic in comparison.

[The Axis Effect]

Thats funny, because i seem to remember Shelby Steele talking about how he thought that Barack Obama was not black enough to be the first black president...

[The Axis Effect]

I hope that Obama wins just so the rest
of America can see how full of crap he is>

[The KG9 Kid]

No-one is going to shoot Obama. He's a likeable guy. Even racists probably think so. It's like watching Denzel Washington run for president.

Besides, it's almost always a left wing wacko that shoots the president and that president is almost always a Republican, as American history shows.

[trumandogz]

A troll because I believe it may be a bit paranoid to believe that a President Hillary would exterminate 26,000,000 people?