Sarah Palin blamed by the US Secret Service over death threats against Barack Obama

[chat_noir]

Sarah Palin's attacks on Barack Obama's patriotism provoked a spike in death threats against the future president, Secret Service agents revealed during the final weeks of the campaign.

The Republican vice presidential candidate attracted criticism for accusing Mr Obama of "palling around with terrorists", citing his association with the sixties radical William Ayers.

The attacks provoked a near lynch mob atmosphere at her rallies, with supporters yelling "terrorist" and "kill him" until the McCain campaign ordered her to tone down the rhetoric

But it has now emerged that her demagogic tone may have unintentionally encouraged white supremacists to go even further.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/sarah-palin/3405336/Sarah-Palin-blamed-by-the-US-Secret-Service-for-death-threats-against-Barack-Obama.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. This is an old article, Nov. 08. Still, it's almost certainly true.

[kestrel91316]

2. There was nothing UNintentional about it.

[dbt]

3. "Unintentionally," my shiny metal ass!

All the ru$hbots have been looking for over the past twenty years is overt incitement. Palin* knew exactly what she was doing. And knew that a Democratic administration (there was no way McCane was going to win; she knew that, too) would let her skate for her behavior. "Moving forward" and all that...

*Or her handlers

[malaise]

5. +1,000 n/t

[live love laugh]

10. 1 brazillion+ rec....nt

[MadMaddie]

12. Yep...she knew exactly what she was doing!

[RainDog]

4. She's a scumbag. She appeals to scumbags.

I hope she rethinks being a national scumbag - and if she really cared about this nation, she would.

but since she can't make a shitload of money by exploiting people that way, I would be surprised to see her do anything that's not self-serving and craven.

[rucky]

6. Maybe that's why we're leaving Gitmo open?

[OHdem10]

7. Words have consequences.

[Scurrilous]

8. K & R

:thumbsup:

[jillan]

9. Kicking!!!

[Ezlivin]

11. She needs to refudiate this now!

Or have we misunderestimated her?

[Raschel]

13. When she refudiates, she'll have Bristle at her side to tell us snottily that we're "just jealous".

[tavalon]

14. And yet, she's not in jail