Seriously, could a woman weaken the US’ current position any more that it is now?
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And may I point out … most known presidential assassination attempts since 1968 have been carried out against white male, Old Guard, right-wing presidents.
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Would that have anything to do with the fact that most of the Presidents since 1968 were white male, Old Guard, right-wing Presidents?
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Would that have anything to do with the fact that most of the Presidents since 1968 were white male, Old Guard, right-wing Presidents?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.