# Assisination attempt probability on Clinton vs. Obama **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisination-attempt-probability-on-clinton-vs-obama/433484 "2008-01-14T16:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisination-attempt-probability-on-clinton-vs-obama/433484/21 "2008-01-15T15:28:29Z")
Seriously, could a woman weaken the US’ current position any more that it is now? ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisination-attempt-probability-on-clinton-vs-obama/433484/22 "2008-01-15T18:45:02Z")
[QUOTE=Starving Artist] And may I point out … most known presidential assassination attempts since 1968 have been carried out _against_ white male, Old Guard, right-wing presidents. [/QUOTE] Would that have anything to do with the fact that most of the Presidents since 1968 were white male, Old Guard, right-wing Presidents? ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisination-attempt-probability-on-clinton-vs-obama/433484/23 "2008-01-15T19:51:35Z")
[QUOTE=DMark] Would that have anything to do with the fact that most of the Presidents since 1968 were white male, Old Guard, right-wing Presidents? [/QUOTE] Indeed it would - thus my insinuation that the apparent fears of certain posters here that assassination attempts may be presumed to come from anti-leftists attempting to preserve Old Guard, right-wing, white-male ways are ill-founded. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisination-attempt-probability-on-clinton-vs-obama/433484/24 "2008-02-24T04:59:34Z")
A similar thread: [Would President Obama be at extra-high risk for assassination? - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=451440) ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisination-attempt-probability-on-clinton-vs-obama/433484/25 "2008-02-25T03:45:50Z")
I think Obama might very well be targeted by Muslim fundamentalists. His father was a Muslim, but Barak practices Christianity. There’s probably a not-insignificant number of people who consider Obama to be a traitor against Islam. Then again, given how Hillary seems to be dying in the polls, I half-expect Obama to get shot by some radical feminist. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisination-attempt-probability-on-clinton-vs-obama/433484/26 "2008-02-25T03:56:01Z")
[QUOTE=Diceman] I think Obama might very well be targeted by Muslim fundamentalists. His father was a Muslim, but Barak practices Christianity. There’s probably a not-insignificant number of people who consider Obama to be a traitor against Islam. [/quote] His father was an atheist, and no, not becoming a Muslim if you never were one does not make exteremists think you’re a traitor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisination-attempt-probability-on-clinton-vs-obama/433484.md?page=1)