Let's face it, people have been whispering speculations about Obama's fate if he were to take the presidency since the beginning of the campaign. Now that it has happened, should we expect the worst? I got an awful chain-letter/joke Wednesday morning that said, "What do Obama, John Kennedy, and Abraham Lincoln have in common? Nothing yet but wait a week." This joke refers to their assassinations, and the possibility or likelihood of Obama receiving the same. As pessimistic and horrible it sounds, I am worried.
People are crazy, we all know that. Obama has made a breakthrough in American history- no one is going to allow him to forget it. Even though he is only half black, his skin is still dark enough to enrage all of the racists in America (and we've got plenty). If you think that the worry is out of place and unneccesary, Israel has even expressed concern about the possibility of assassination (http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1034287.html)! Although Obama himself and his campaign has pushed the fact that the competition for presidency was 'not about race,' the truth is is that for some people it was.
When talking about the election earlier, many people pointed out that there was a strong influence due to the VPs because what if Obama got assassinated or McCain had a heart attack and died? Whether this succeeded in swaying people towards Obama, I'm not sure. But I do know that aside from my disagreements with McCain's policies, there was no way in hell I was going to live under Palin's rule.
I know that we like to keep things positive, but being scared for Obama's safety is something that many people are feeling right now. It's hard, but the relief and celebration of his win is tainted with chance of assassination. There are some skinheads, neo-nazis, and plain ol' racists that I'm sure would be willing to go to jail for life or die just so that Obama would not be able to govern America.
Keep your fingers crossed...
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People have been speculating about Obama's assassination since day one. It's a bit disgusting.
The first time I heard about this was at the dinner table with my parents. My father was discussing politics as per usual and made some comment along the lines of "I have a feeling that Obama is going to bite the bullet." I thought this comment was completely from left field but sure enough the next day I read a story (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081027/ap_on_el_pr/skinhead_plot)
about about a plan that was foiled by two skin heads that planned on killing Obama.
It was also sickening to hear people in class talk about how this election was about the vice-presidents, hinting to the speculations.
Obama has enough on his palette to worry about an assassination plot.
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