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'Death to Obama' sign holder in Md. detained

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'Death to Obama' sign holder in Md. detained

By DAVID DISHNEAU (AP) – 3 hours ago

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The Secret Service is investigating a man who authorities said held a sign reading "Death to Obama" outside a town hall meeting on health-care reform in western Maryland.

The sign also read, "Death to Michelle and her two stupid kids," referring to the first name of President Barack Obama's wife, said Washington County Sheriff's Capt. Peter Lazich.

Lazich said deputies detained the unidentified, 51-year-old man near the entrance to Hagerstown Community College about 1 p.m. Wednesday after getting calls from a number of people attending the meeting held by Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md. Obama was not at the meeting.

The sheriff's office turned the man over to the Secret Service, Lazich said.

Barbara Golden, special agent in charge of the agency's Baltimore field office, said Thursday that an investigation is ongoing but declined further comment. A spokesman at the agency's Washington headquarters also declined to discuss the investigation.

Police said there were no other arrests among the nearly 1,000 people, some carrying protest signs, who came to the college for the meeting or demonstrated off-campus.

Cardin's national communications director, Sue Walitsky, called the incident "unfortunate." She said she was unaware of it until Thursday morning.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press

Yep, they sure are a real class act. I imagine the (R)epugnants will squirm out of this.
 
Before people state that this man had the Constitutional right to say Death to Obama, threatening someone is not protected by the first Amendment.
 
Actually, he should be prosecuted under the relevant laws, and then locked up if found guilty.

For some reason the party of Code Pink and Cindy Sheehan, not to mention Bill Clinton, wants to pretend, just because they embrace their loons, that other parties are responsible for the weird behavior of everyone else.
 
Squirm out of what? A nutball holding a vicious sign who was rightly arrested?

Me, I'm going to hold you personally responsible for this guy. Only fair, right?

They should be cellmates in Guantanamo.

Would you kindly edit your post to link to the picture instead of displaying it? The man's shirt contains language inappropriate for the civilized areas of this forum.
 
I personally don't think that Republicans should be held responsible for one man's actions.
 
I personally don't think that Republicans should be held responsible for one man's actions.

Agreed. There are right and left loons, and the commonality is that they are both loony.
 
They should be cellmates in Guantanamo.

Would you kindly edit your post to link to the picture instead of displaying it? The man's shirt contains language inappropriate for the civilized areas of this forum.

Didn't notice -- sorry.
 
Squirm out of what? A nutball holding a vicious sign who was rightly arrested?

Me, I'm going to hold you personally responsible for this guy. Only fair, right?

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Both people are idiots who don't respect our country. Lock them both up IMO. You can not threaten the President. Call him socialist. Paint a hitler mustache or devil horns on him -- but once you directly threaten or advocate violence towards the democratically elected leader of our country, you're not one of us anymore. Buh-bye, asshole.

That being said -- the way some people try to deflect or derail a discussion by digging up something the other extreme once did -- pretty lame Harshaw. Pretty lame.

Partisan hack douchebaggery of the highest order.

Deal with the issue in OP or don't post.
 
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Yep, they sure are a real class act. I imagine the (R)epugnants will squirm out of this.
Save it for someone who believes the moveon.org talking points. :roll:
 
This guy should be locked up for treason and fostering terrorism.

For a sign? I don't think so. I don't think that unless there is credibility to the threat that he can't be arrested. There should be no law against being an idiot.
 
Save it for someone who believes the moveon.org talking points. :roll:

So....you are defending this, you think it is appropriate to have a sign that says death to some children? Wow, real class act you people are.
 
That being said -- the way some people try to deflect or derail a discussion by digging up something the other extreme once did -- pretty lame Harshaw. Pretty lame.

Partisan hack douchebaggery of the highest order.

Deal with the issue in OP or don't post.

That is the issue in the OP.

Tying the GOP into the actions of a less the solidly welded individual.

What, you don't like it when the exact same statement is made about the Democrats?

The only problem is....the Democrats are more supportive of that kind of behavior, or don't you pay attention to them when a Republican holds the White House?
 
First of all, it's not surprising that an extremist nutball moron would hold a sign like this. Secondly, it's pathetic that people use said nutballs as political currency by associating them with the political ideology that they don't agree with. Sadly, both sides are guilty of this crap. It was annoying when Bush was President and it's annoying now.
 
So....you are defending this, you think it is appropriate to have a sign that says death to some children? Wow, real class act you people are.
"You people?" Who are you calling "you people"?
 
'Death to Obama' sign holder in Md. detained



Yep, they sure are a real class act. I imagine the (R)epugnants will squirm out of this.

I'm not squirming. This asshole uis no different than most Libbos. In fact, he just might be a Libbo. This would be right in line with Alinsky's tactics.

But, either way, he should be executed for threatening the president's life.
 
I'm not squirming. This asshole uis no different than most Libbos. In fact, he just might be a Libbo. This would be right in line with Alinsky's tactics.

But, either way, he should be executed for threatening the president's life.

So your response to this hyper partisan nonsense is more hyper partisan nonsense. Nice. :doh

Executed? That's a bit over the top. Essentially you are saying "Death to the guy who had the sign that said "Death to Obama". Irony anyone?
 
So your response to this hyper partisan nonsense is more hyper partisan nonsense. Nice. :doh

Just looking at both sides of the coin.

Executed? That's a bit over the top. Essentially you are saying "Death to the guy who had the sign that said "Death to Obama". Irony anyone?

Ironic, or not, this dickweed threatened the president's life. That should punishable by death.

I still think it's an embarressment that John Hinkley gets weekends off.
 
I still think it's an embarressment that John Hinkley gets weekends off.

Aw, c'mon. He was crazy, it was almost thirty years ago, and he only winged him a little. I heard he doesn't even like Jodie Foster any more.
 
Aw, c'mon. He was crazy, it was almost thirty years ago, and he only winged him a little. I heard he doesn't even like Jodie Foster any more.

The behavior modification drugs gave him ED.
 
Ironic, or not, this dickweed threatened the president's life. That should punishable by death.

I still think it's an embarressment that John Hinkley gets weekends off.

If it were a legitimate threat and not a poorly constructed protest sign I could somewhat see your point.
 
If it were a legitimate threat and not a poorly constructed protest sign I could somewhat see your point.

I perceive it as a legitimate threat. I always see things from a pro-active point of view, though.
 
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