Man threatens to put a bullet in President Bush’s head, but…
…you wouldn’t know it from the Obamedia coverage of the story because the man also threatened to kill The One.
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I cannot express how disgusted I was with the coverage of this nut yesterday….I as an American citizen am MORE concerned that a mentally defective person threatened our President than a empty suit Presidential candidate…..MSM you SUCK!
Yeah MJ fell for that one hook line and sinker since it was her boy. Didn’t mention a peep the whacko also threatened to kill Bush. GG.
I am SHOCKED, SHOCKED I tell you.
/sarcasm off
Yes, I saw the story this morning. All about BHO. The last sentence said that he threatened the President of the United States with words.
Are they teaching “spin and twist” in journalism classes these days our do they get this from on the job
trainingbrainwashing?Why am I not surprised that the same media who follow Barack HUSSEIN Obama around on their hands and knees scream about a threat to BO.
That same media, who also calls Bush a war criminal would whisper about a threat to Bush.
UMMMM, Bush is threatened 100 times a day at HuffPOS and DKOS. Then there are the real threats to his life every day. It would make for some boring news to hear:
President Bush’s life was threatened again today. DUH
BHO will be going through this too as he will be stiring the pot.
Hell, I had someone here on this blog offer me $100 to off myself.
Its ok to threaten the president because, well, he’s not as popular as congress….
oh, wait…
/sarc off
At least the moron making the threats was removed. I might dislike obama, and not always agree with the POTUS, but i’m certainly not going to advocate putting a hollow point into their heads.
didnt koskidz Steve offer 100 bucks for people to off themselves? People would have done it, except when they found out he was paying in rolls of saved pennies from years of his allowance money, and decided that nobody wanted to carry all that change around.
I’m foursquare against shooting people I don’t agree with.
abstract,
Interestingly enough, the guy who offered to pay me $100 to off myself on this blog was steve456. He got a pass.
yeah, it was the same disgusting dipstick on the Obama symbol thread….steve456.
abstract, soap…
It is not nice to make fun of the functionally retarded.
CNN, the network that admits spreading Sadam’s lies, will do and say anything for a dollar. The fact that CNN hates, “the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,” is palpable. There is no reason to watch CNN unless you get off on creepy network anchors lip synching to a tele-prompter dishing out liberal hogwash. I can’t wait until CNN dumps its’ entire cast of human “reporters and anchors” and replaces them with anime characters!
Morning all took the day off today (needed some sanity leave). You have to love the way the MSM fails to report front and center what is most important in this story. Those in the MSM fawning all over the “anointed one” have to remember he is nowhere in the chain of command in our Federal Government. I consider any credible threat against the Commander in Chief, which could have a devastating impact on the Command & Control structure of this country is much more important than those against the “empty suit” POTUS wannabe.
And that my friends is how it is. Talk radio and the blogs are all we really have to get the FACTS out and to share OUR opinions. Even Fox News is starting to cave to the Obama wave. Remember, when John Hinkley shot Ronald Reagan it was Hinkley who got the MSMs sympathy.
So Raymond Hunter Geisel had a pistol and knives in his truck, big deal. So did the Secrect Service agents. I carry mine on me, I don’t leave the house without them. All Americans should carry. When I say All Americans I don’t mean Leftist and lgm but I suppose it is their right too.
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His Messiahship be mocked- the Botox Broad 2
Allie OOP OOP be praised
You people have to put this into perspective!
The mind set of the MSM is that a threat against Obama is a hate crime. But an assassination of our President would be a mercy killing!
Now, I ask you: which is more important??
well said boomer..
frightening the constitutional privileges afforded the journalists and they are such a tool of propaganda.
steve456, did he finally lose his privilege to be on this site? after the postings on the O thread, i would sure hope he has for good.
HEH! His comments have been removed. No word on his being banned. We have not had a good troll ban in some time.
cnn became pointless and unwatchable when Turner himself took it far left in the early nineties, which is when I stopped watching them completely, but it’s kinda sad to see the AP go down that same path as I used to rely on them heavily as source material for terms papers back in my college days.
Oh well, goodbye AP!
soap I can’t find any of steve456 over the line comments on the “O sign language for the gulible” thread. It appears we have one less troll. Looks like this could be a good news Friday afterall!
Boomer,
Now, about lgm!!! LOL
Would it help if we all pitched in? 8>)
Well how could CNN protray it as a racist hate crime if they let on that he also threatened a white president?
Some white racist nutjob wanted to kill Obama because he was black. This just shows how very much we need to elect a black president today, to make a serious statement against rampant racism which is worse now than at any time in our nation’s history. Obama was so right when he said he’d be attacked because he didn’t look like those presidents on the dollar bill. This is exactly what he was talking about. Sorry, I’m still learning leftspeak, this is the best I can do.
I didn’t see anything about Bush in the original CNN article I linked to yesterday. For the record, MJ also rejects threats against George Bush’s life. Of course you know that.
The so-called liberal USA Today mentioned the threat against Bush in their article today. Funny how MM didn’t decided to report on the threat on Obama’s life until she found an IN to slam the leftwing media. Actually it’s not funny at all. It’s pathetic.
What’s the problem here? The Secret Service thought he was a threat to Obama and arrested him for that. Somebody else thought he might also be a threat to Bush, but the Secret Service either didn’t believe that claim or didn’t think it was serious. The wire service discounted the Bush threat because the Secret Service did. The guy himself claims to be innocent. Since when has an arrestee not claimed to be innocent?
Bottom line: this MM post is another attempt by the right noise machine to intimidate the press.
I don’t always agree with you LGM, but I think you are rightfrickinon here.
It was rumored, years ago, that Colin Powell never pursued the presidency because his wife feared the Secret Service couldn’t protect him from nut jobs. Sadly, that may be true then and now.
As good as the Secret Service is, they can never account for every wacko out there.
That’s your problem MJ, you took CNN’s liberal crap for 100% face value as full reporting.
I read it yesterday before you did the “it begins” doom and gloom post you made on the other thread on Foxnews and it had both Obama and Bush on it. Hmm a serious threat on an actual President will usually get you thrown in prison pretty quick style, yet all I saw in the liberal media was “Obama”. GG.
LOL….I don’t think Mrs. Malkin has to even try to intimidate the press. It’s pretty clear that the elitist Western, main stream media is furious over guys like Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh who don’t have a college degree and are just decimating all the journalism in ratings.
The whole idea here, LGM, is that the threat against Bush is secretly buried in the article while the headline screams OBAMA THREATENED in a bid to get those liberal emotions rolling.
Liberal biased Secret Service?
WOW! Michelle can intimidate the press. I knew I loved her for many reasons. I’ll add this reason too.
Debunking liberal bias = “right (wing?) noise machine”
NYT making up news = “The Press”
lgm = idiot
Ha! Whenever the latent bias in the MSM is pointed out, boy, do the handwringers piss and moan about media intimidation!
Come now you can’t be that dense. The Secret Service arrested him because he lived in Florida and Obama was in Florida recently. Just like that other nutball near DC who was arrested by Secret Service for having weapons and a map of the motorcade path into Camp David for threats against Bush.
The story here is that the liberal biased media didn’t even mention Bush, even Fox left it out of their headline to their own shame. When it is clear that during this whacko’s class he was overheard threatening Obama and Bush and was storing up weapons.
But don’t let the facts get in your way or anything.
This makes perfect sense - not even the secret service cares what happens to Bush - sounds like they’ve seen all they need to see of him.
And what’s with McCain’s economic plan: WAR WAR WAR WAR TAXCUTS WAR
I think either Ilovemycountry is lgm in disguise or an lgm clone. They parrot the same deranged garbage.
As I say to my wife/friends…”Now you know why I don’t watch TV news, or pay much attention to radio news.” I gave up on tv news quite awhile ago, seeing how biased it is. I much prefer various news sites, to get the story straight. I did hear on the radio this morning, though, that Michelle ranked 17th in the top 50 political sites, according to Lew Rockwell.
Grizz:
You aren’t making any sense. It’s not about falling for anything. Grow up. The man was arrested and charged for threats against Obama. As even Whitewashed reported, CNN didn’t mention the Bush threat. LGM most reasonably explained why some reports left the Bush stuff out. The story here is about Obama having his life threatened by a wackjob. People like MM and Whitewashed are trying to throw in some race card crap, because it feeds their victimhood. There’s no gotcha here. You’re making a fool of yourself by acting like I was tricked or fooled by anything. Lastly, yes assassination threats are serious and “gloom and doom” worthy. I’m sorry if you may differ.
Of course they are, assassinating or threatening to assassinate anyone of any political faction is horrendous and evil. But my point stands that much of the media left out that he also threatened Bush, some would argue deliberately for their own political views.
You’re right. its not nice.
but it is fun in this case
I am shocked!
Well, not really. I think most anyone with a firm grip on reality realizes that most of the MSM, including CNN, is in the tank for Obama. The politicalticker is nauseating.
P.S.
Thanks, BM.
#27 lgm said:
More typically-biased headlining and strategic placement of information by the MSM in their reporting.
True
False. Secret Service Special Agent Paul Adie clearly stated in section 12 and 13 of his adffidavit (page 3) that between July 23 and July 25, a fellow student heard Geisel say, “he hated George W. Bush and that he wanted to put a bullet in the President’s head.”
Then, between July 25 and July 28, another fellow student heard Geisel say, “that nigger, if he gets elected, I’ll assassinate him myself.”
Nowhere does Special Agent Paul Adie state that one threat was more credible than the other. Nor does he state, as you falsely assert, that he “didn’t believe” the President Bush threat “or didn’t think it was serious.”
He arrested Geisel because Geisel was in the same vicinity of Barack Obama, the Tampa/Orlando region, at the time. President Bush, the recipient of a Geisel threat around two days earlier than Senator Obama’s threat, was nowhere near Geisel’s location.
False. Nowhere I have read has the Secret Service or Special Agent Paul Adie discounted the President Bush threat. The CNN Political Ticker article (which Mistressjustice linked to yesterday) downplayed the President Bush threat by mentioning only one line in paragraph six, and leaving it out of the headline altogether.
A ridiculous opinion, not backed up by any discernible fact. (Do you realize the damage you do to yourself when you state things like that?)
#28 mistressjustice said:
MJ, please see #43.
Isn’t that the point? CNN leaves it out? My panties aren’t in a knot over it, but the whole story should include the Bush threat. I take it that CNN wanted to slant the story to make it look like racists are after Obama when this guy is apparently a more generalized nutjob.
Well, I would imagine that the SS have grown tired of all the threats on Bush’s life in the last 8 years. Since the majority of them are done blatantly on signs, on the web, in art galleries, and so many other ways, they have just grown accustomed to them.
However, this guy used a “Racial Epithet” when claiming to want to kill Our Saviour. THAT is the reason he is being held…not the threat itself. After all…one cannot use such a thing else they get thrown into Liberal Re-Education Camp.
Brian,
The man was arrested and charged for the threats on Obama’s life. If the arrest and charges were also based on the threats against Bush, more of the MSM would have added that detail yesterday.
The SS most certainly didn’t think the threats against Bush were “as serious”, likely because of the logistics described by you in #43. It doesn’t matter that your quotes don’t include the words “less credible”. It’s implicit in how the case was charged and handled, likely due to the party locations. Maybe less “urgent” or less “dangerous” is better, but we are splitting some hairs here in regards to LGM’s overall points.
This isn’t an apple v. apple scenario here. Today’s reports, including those by CNN and USA Today, included the Bush info which was left out yesterday. The Bush info probably wasn’t included yesterday because the initial arrest and charges weren’t based on the Bush threats. “Discounted” “didn’t believe” and “less credible” may be inartfully chosen words, but LGM is most certainly correct that the Bush threats weren’t treated in the same manner as the Obama threats by the media or SS. Again, this is likely because of the location of the parties. I think the Right is looking for some type of tinfoilly stuff that simply isn’t there. This thread is beyond petty, and shows what MM thinks of threats on Obama’s life unless she can get her anti-media snipes in. There is no vast conspiracy of bias going on with this issue. The Secret Service made a determination, and the media outlets framed reporting based on the Secret Service determination.
Lasly, I think the CNN Ticker article added the Bush stuff today. I didn’t see it yesterday. None of you mentioned it yesterday. The Whitewashed link above seems to indicate that it wasn’t in yesterday’s report. As Aloha Guy mentioned, that is one of the main points of the blog. I think the point is beyond petty for the reasons I’ve already described, but hopefully you understand what I’m saying. This is silly season right now. Hopefully, we’ll have more important issues after the veeps are chosen and the debates begin. Have a nice weekend.
MJ,
Sections 15,16 and 17 of Special Agent Adie’s affidavit explain why he arrested Geisel - because one of the two subjects Geisel was overheard threatening, Barack Obama, was traveling in the same State of Florida that day.
Not because, as lgm contends, “the Secret Service either didn’t believe that claim or didn’t think it was serious” in regard to the equally serious threat against President Bush.
Nowhere in the Special Agent’s affidavit does it state that the Secret Service disbelieved or considered the threat against President Bush to not be serious. Therefore, lgm’s contention is wrong.
This is an important fact to consider, because lgm then tries to fortify CNN’s biased decision, to downplay the equally serious threat against President Bush, by contending that, “well, if the Secret Service didn’t find the threats against President Bush to be serious, why should the media?”
Again, the Secret Service never downplayed the threat against President Bush to be “not serious.” Therefore, the media should not have downplayed the threat against President Bush to be a “non-story.”
But they did. And by doing so, they raised the specter of liberal media bias for the umpteenth time.
Therefore, I believe this was an important thread today. Not a petty subject.
BTW, I remember reading the mention of the threat against President Bush in the CCN article that you linked yesterday, in paragraph six. (I think I read it around 11:30 PM that night.) But, whatever.
For the love of Marvin Gaye, every major media outlet has the Bush detail in the story today. A day later, the story becomes more complete, and more details have been discovered and reported on. There’s not something bigger going on here. If it was about downplaying the Bush threat, only rightwing blogs and media sources would discuss it. It’s out there EVERYWHERE a day after the brief initial report.
Brian,
I believe you understand that the arrest and charges were based on the Obama threat, and not the Bush threat. Since Obama’s threat was the reason for the arrest and the charges, it makes since that this would be the main angle around which the press would frame the reports. I just see it as common sense. I agree that the SS decision was likely based on the location of the parties involved. It’s not “reverse” racism, or media bias, or let’s stick it to W. Instead of picking LGM’s words apart, words I’ve conceded were inartfully typed, I certainly agree with and understand his point. I think the point that matters is what I’ve placed in bold font at the beginning of this paragraph. I think your views are stretched to make an issue where it isn’t there, and for that matter I don’t think you ever disagree with Malkin on any conservative issue. You think I am disregarding some important bias issue that warrants a critical blog, and I’m being dismissive of Malkin’s views. Let the blog GODS decide I guess. To parrot your word, “Whatever”. I’m sure we’re both tired of repeating ourselves.
Again, enjoy your weekend.
MJ,
Nutshell = I don’t have any substantial issue with your take on this matter (especially with your hattip to a premier voice like Marvin Gaye.)
I just don’t like the way the MSM decides what is and isn’t important news. For me, the “one liner stuffed down in paragraph six” of the aforementioned CNN linked story just stokes my distrust.
The entire 9 month John Edwards “non-story” is another example.
I don’t know if I would agree with everything MM holds to be true, but her mission to cover the stories that I can’t find on CNN, or even Fox, are why I keep returning to her site on a daily basis.
That, and the occasional ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ videos.
LGM, Mistress Justice the MSM does often slant the way they report news to get the effect they want, and yes they did emphasize the threat to Obama, and played loose and fast with the threat placed agaisnt Bush.
I have seen this kind of preferential reporting with respect to MSM reporting (I am going slightly off-tack to make the point) on guns and gun control, for example, throughout the nineties….it became if you opposed Sarah Brady and Bill Clinton on gun control and didn’t go along with their ‘definitions’ and vernacular, you were unreasonable.