# Death Panelist threatens the lives of Michelle, Malia and Sasha **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 14, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380 "2009-08-14T03:32:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/81 "2009-08-14T20:18:37Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > So there’s one for you who isn’t an astroturf group. She’s a frikkin’ senator, somehow. I had forgotten about her. Hey, **Bricker** … gotta question for you. Do you believe that the leadership of the Republican Party and the conservative movement in general has allowed Rush, _et al_, to become the voice? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/82 "2009-08-14T20:18:42Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Well, would it be a drawing of some technical artistic skill? I don’t know. Stick figures, maybe? And just to be clear, if the guy wasn’t a plant…I think it’s pretty damned stupid to carry a sign calling for the death of the president. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/83 "2009-08-14T20:20:54Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Also, given Obama’s scripted-to-the-minute town hall meetings, I wouldn’t be surprised if the sign-holder was a DNC plant. Methinks someone has been spending waaaaay too much time at Free Republic. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/84 "2009-08-14T20:22:54Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Methinks someone has been spending waaaaay too much time at Free Republic. They should put a fence around that place, and electrify it. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/85 "2009-08-14T20:24:50Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > I don’t know. Stick figures, maybe? > > And just to be clear, if the guy wasn’t a plant…I think it’s pretty damned stupid to carry a sign calling for the death of the president. Stupid, yeah. Like poking yourself in the eye with your pencil. How about “disgusting”? Or “evil”? Or “unacceptable”? How exactly shall we characterize your objection? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/86 "2009-08-14T20:27:48Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > They should put a fence around that place, and electrify it. Keep the innocent out, or to keep them in? ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/87 "2009-08-14T20:28:45Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Methinks someone has been spending waaaaay too much time at Free Republic. You actually believe his town hall meetings are legit? That’s cute. I’m sure you also have an explanation for the plunging support for Obama Care in the national polls? Wait. Let me guess. It’s Glenn Beck and Fox News, right? Why is it so difficult for the moonbats to grasp the notion that the majority of Americans simply feel that a failed community organizer with absolutely zero real-world experience is probably not the guy who should be dismantling the greatest health care system on the planet? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/88 "2009-08-14T20:29:55Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > I don’t know. Stick figures, maybe? > > And just to be clear, if the guy wasn’t a plant…I think it’s pretty damned stupid to carry a sign calling for the death of the president. Well, I’ll admit the possibility he was a plant (or a Martian, for that matter), but unless the cops and Secret Service were in on it, his cover would get blown pretty quickly. Barring any actual evidence along those lines, the more likely interpretation by far is that he’s a nut who honestly wants Obama to be dead, espcecially since such nuts aren’t particularly unprecedented or rare for _any_ president. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/89 "2009-08-14T20:31:36Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > You actually believe his town hall meetings are legit? That’s cute. I’m sure you also have an explanation for the plunging support for Obama Care in the national polls? Wait. Let me guess. It’s Glenn Beck and Fox News, right? > > Why is it so difficult for the moonbats to grasp the notion that the majority of Americans simply feel that a failed community organizer with absolutely zero real-world experience is probably not the guy who should be dismantling the greatest health care system on the planet? haha That post is filled with so many lies, mischaracterizations and outright fiction, it should win a Peabody Award of some kind. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/90 "2009-08-14T20:33:56Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > the greatest health care system on the planet I decided to suppress my reflexive giggle and instead I’ll ask by what criteria you make this determination. Life expectancy? Infant mortality? Efficiency? Ten-year cancer survival rate? Something else? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/91 "2009-08-14T20:34:42Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > the majority of Americans simply feel that a failed community organizer with absolutely zero real-world experience is probably not the guy who should be dismantling the greatest health care system on the planet? The word you’re struggling for is “election”. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/92 "2009-08-14T20:35:01Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Why is it so difficult for the moonbats to grasp the notion that the majority of Americans simply feel that a failed community organizer with absolutely zero real-world experience is probably not the guy who should be dismantling the greatest health care system on the planet? What, are we bombing French hospitals? :eek: ETA: Somehow, I suspect the majority of Americans didn’t give Obama a mandate because they admired his record of failed community organizing. Of course, you probably think the “MSM” faked the election results or something. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/93 "2009-08-14T20:35:22Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > haha > > That post is filled with so many lies, mischaracterizations and outright fiction, it should win a Peabody Award of some kind. Lies like “the AARP has endorsed my plan?” ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/94 "2009-08-14T20:36:58Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Lies like “the AARP has endorsed my plan?” No, I didn’t see that anywhere in your post. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/95 "2009-08-14T20:38:25Z")
Oh, no, much better than that! He may be President, but he’s got nothing on you when it comes to extravagant and imaginative lying. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/96 "2009-08-14T20:40:54Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > No, I didn’t see that anywhere in your post. Did you believe Obama when he told you that the AARP had endorsed his plan? Or did you suspect he was lying? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/97 "2009-08-14T20:43:31Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Why is it so difficult for the moonbats to grasp the notion that the majority of Americans simply feel that a failed community organizer with absolutely zero real-world experience is probably not the guy who should be dismantling the greatest health care system on the planet? Considering the fact that the majority of Americans voted for him, and that health care reform was a major part of his campaign, I would think that even you would be able to figure out why it’s so difficult for me to accept your claim. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/98 "2009-08-14T20:50:52Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Considering the fact that the majority of Americans voted for him, and that health care reform was a major part of his campaign, I would think that even you would be able to figure out why it’s so difficult for me to accept your claim. It’s one thing to run on vague promises to reform health care; it’s quite another to see some of the actual appalling details he’s proposing. Especially given the state of the economy after his insane economic bail-out plan. Support for his risky scheme is dropping like a rock. When given a look at the alternative, most intelligent citizens are perfectly happy with their current plans, thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/99 "2009-08-14T20:51:18Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > You actually believe his town hall meetings are legit? That’s cute. I’m sure you also have an explanation for the plunging support for Obama Care in the national polls? Wait. Let me guess. It’s Glenn Beck and Fox News, right? > > Why is it so difficult for the moonbats to grasp the notion that the majority of Americans simply feel that a failed community organizer with absolutely zero real-world experience is probably not the guy who should be dismantling the greatest health care system on the planet? It’s probably because we remember the majority of Americans voting for him to do just that. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380/100 "2009-08-14T20:53:20Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > When given a look at the alternative, most intelligent citizens are perfectly happy with their current plans, thank you very much. We have the “intelligent citizens” part covered. However, we do rely on you to tell us what you and your fellow retards think. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-panelist-threatens-the-lives-of-michelle-malia-and-sasha/506380.md?page=6)