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Originally Posted by molson
Every president faces assassination threats. Bush had a grenade thrown at him in Georgia. Obama's will get more press. Obama faces a larger risk, no doubt, but the difference is exaggerated when the media freaks out over some loser white supremacists who showed no ability to actually carry out what they'd like to.
If Bush survived 8 years, I feel pretty confident about the job the secret service is doing.
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I'm quite confident in the secret service as well. Obama might be a bigger target than we've had in a while because he "offends" a bigger collection of whack-jobs than other candidates, but I still wouldn't say an assassination is a given.