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In the discussion thread: A good friend of mine is an ex-Secret Service agent. [View all]

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 07:54 PM

cleduc (473 posts)

15. There was one recent rally where Barack was coming

up from under some bleachers and then down the stairs of the bleacher with folks on either side of the aisle. There were about four agents that I could see right around him. As Barack went from side to side to touch or shake hands, this one bald agent was moving with him and seemingly draped all over his back - right tight behind him I presume to protect him.

It has to be a nerve racking job for those guys. One mistake and ....

And again, I don't know how Obama maintains such a relaxed demeanor in those situations. He's a remarkable, courageous man.

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A good friend of mine is an ex-Secret Service agent. [View all]	11 Bravo	Nov 2012	OP
The threat is real and it needs to be watched very closely.	2on2u	Nov 2012	#1
I have been worried about	femrap	Nov 2012	#31
I have a special place in my heart for cops.	BouzoukiKing	Nov 2012	#99
I have	femrap	Nov 2012	#153
Yeah, me too, checkin' in from the 60's.	Jackpine Radical	Nov 2012	#176
Yep,	femrap	Nov 2012	#191
You must be kin to my wife.	Jackpine Radical	Nov 2012	#193
We haven't invaded Iran yet!!!	femrap	Nov 2012	#194
She's busy right now.	Jackpine Radical	Nov 2012	#196
+1000 nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#119
+1000	orpupilofnature57	Nov 2012	#128
Maybe it's time the left starts fighting fire with fire	Hutzpa	Nov 2012	#131
My father was part of this in the 80's and took it very serious at the time	juxtaposed	Nov 2012	#2
The resurgence of the KKK is frightening - saw this on Nightline last week and got chills - they are	Pachamama	Nov 2012	#178
Ok, anything can happen in the US,we know that. And it would be bad	MichiganVote	Nov 2012	#3
BS	obxhead	Nov 2012	#68
My dear, many,many of the children and youth of the JFK generation	MichiganVote	Nov 2012	#70
I don't disagree with that.	obxhead	Nov 2012	#71
yes i was there... and i am here	oldhippydude	Nov 2012	#83
Did it? ;_;	Leopolds Ghost	Nov 2012	#88
Yes. RFK was the last best hope.	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#93
Certainly they seem to give some sort of "come into the fold" talk	Leopolds Ghost	Nov 2012	#95
Cooperate or we will kill you	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#96
Here's a choice video related to what you just said --	Leopolds Ghost	Nov 2012	#133
For those who'd like a transcript:	Stardust	Nov 2012	#170
"Funny how only left politicians were the victims of the 1960s."	KansDem	Nov 2012	#118
+1 nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#120
Outstanding post.	CrispyQ	Nov 2012	#143
Rec this post.	HughBeaumont	Nov 2012	#152
Rec your post	LiberalLovinLug	Nov 2012	#155
"...just wait until Jeb is crowned as the next nominee."	KansDem	Nov 2012	#156
Brilliant post, KansDem. +1 n/t	SomeGuyInEagan	Nov 2012	#162
right wingers were targets too	Squeaky Weal	Nov 2012	#140
Malcolm X scared the hell out of racist whites.	dixiegrrrrl	Nov 2012	#172
From my persepctive, yes. When I was young, it was a horrific deal	MichiganVote	Nov 2012	#158
No, it left us devastated and fractured.	mountain grammy	Nov 2012	#129
I think you underestimate the power of war.	MichiganVote	Nov 2012	#159
Thank you, MichiganVote, from another one of that generation. n/t	whathehell	Nov 2012	#135
Two steps back and three steps forward	tavalon	Nov 2012	#107
It's polyanna to think that assassinations aren't effective.	Marr	Nov 2012	#126
A while back, I posted this article on how overloaded the	cleduc	Nov 2012	#4
I've been to several Presidential rallies.	LeftofObama	Nov 2012	#10
There was one recent rally where Barack was coming	cleduc	Nov 2012	#15
There was a big bald SS guy after Obama's victory speech..	pangaia	Nov 2012	#35
The hands are the key	Floyd_Gondolli	Nov 2012	#73
Yeah, the bald one his POTUS's shadow ...	Myrina	Nov 2012	#37
The bald guy is his body man.	underthematrix	Nov 2012	#45
We on DU call him "Bob".	gateley	Nov 2012	#81
That is, in the words of Mick Foley,	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#92
I delivered a pizza to Clinton's detail	Nevernose	Nov 2012	#17
some	heaven05	Nov 2012	#55
Nice links. Bookmarking.	geckosfeet	Nov 2012	#134
These thoughts crossed my mind during Obama's victory speech	aletier_v	Nov 2012	#5
Yeah	MynameisBlarney	Nov 2012	#48
Yes..why wouldn't PBO have the highest threat level in history as we know it? limpbaugh,	Cha	Nov 2012	#6
My observation is that the only other POTUS	The Green Manalishi	Nov 2012	#69
They are true believers	tavalon	Nov 2012	#109
"True Believers" was the title of a 1960s or early 1970s	tblue37	Nov 2012	#160
yeah, that was the angle I was trying to avoid so I went with a more current movie	tavalon	Nov 2012	#190
Lincoln also -- Booth and his many southern sympathizers.	anneboleyn	Nov 2012	#175
You confirm my fears	siligut	Nov 2012	#7
NO!!!!! Absolutely Not!!!! In this country, we do NOT punish the families of offenders!!!!!	LongTomH	Nov 2012	#11
You are right, they would just send an unmarried orphan anyway. nt	siligut	Nov 2012	#16
If you're pushing laws like that you're on the wrong site. (nt)	Posteritatis	Nov 2012	#13
This violates legal precedent	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#14
The threats against our POTUS are unprecedented	siligut	Nov 2012	#19
Hmm no they are not	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#24
And there is a big deterrent in place. Biden. :)	aletier_v	Nov 2012	#27
My biggest fear after the term 1election was that he wouldn't finish it. Then I saw how much tRepubs	PATXgirl	Nov 2012	#122
"There is a precedent to this"	jaysunb	Nov 2012	#171
Yes, that is a lesson of the 1960s	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#173
all	heaven05	Nov 2012	#181
You are right, why Kennedy lies at Arlington National Cemetery.	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#184
you	heaven05	Nov 2012	#185
Read my original response to this thread	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#186
yeah	heaven05	Nov 2012	#188
How about we round up all Republicans and place them in concentration camps...	ScreamingMeemie	Nov 2012	#58
Apart from being utterly barbaraic, such an approach would be completely ineffective.	gkhouston	Nov 2012	#18
For a second I thought I was reading...	awoke_in_2003	Nov 2012	#26
It's not the people who make threats I worry about	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Nov 2012	#38
I agree with longtom	pangaia	Nov 2012	#40
I'm in Nova Scotia and can get it just fine	Posteritatis	Nov 2012	#46
Interesting,	pangaia	Nov 2012	#54
We get Fox	laundry_queen	Nov 2012	#149
Are you for real???	Beacool	Nov 2012	#49
no	heaven05	Nov 2012	#50
Wanna bet Trump got a cautionary call or visit	tblue37	Nov 2012	#161
yep	heaven05	Nov 2012	#180
Good God, no! That's banana republic stuff.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Nov 2012	#56
What the hell? I'm ashamed this is on DU.	RedCappedBandit	Nov 2012	#60
Oh for fuck sake what is wrong with you?	Sheldon Cooper	Nov 2012	#66
Funny you bring that up because in Barack Obama's case, the "sins" of the father ARE visited	justiceischeap	Nov 2012	#115
I'm going to be charitable and assume this post is a joke.	dairydog91	Nov 2012	#87
That would make us no better than the people we oppose....perhaps much worse. nt.	OldDem2012	Nov 2012	#103
Yes, let's employ Soviet tactics circa 1935	bayareamike	Nov 2012	#116
+1000	orpupilofnature57	Nov 2012	#130
That's pretty much insane, what you're suggesting.	WinkyDink	Nov 2012	#139
As much as I would like to see Limbaugh prosecuted	BarackTheVote	Nov 2012	#148
What the fuck is wrong with you?	Marrah_G	Nov 2012	#154
I'm sorry, but I find this post to be evidence of some kind of mental issue.	cherokeeprogressive	Nov 2012	#183
I have worried since 2008	Maeve	Nov 2012	#8
That's chilling.	Matariki	Nov 2012	#9
I have no friends	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#12
This is the #1 thing I worry about right now	distantearlywarning	Nov 2012	#20
I'm hoping we don't have a replay of the sixties and watch out leaders be assassinated. nt	valerief	Nov 2012	#21
For years, death threats against Obama are at four times the rate of any previous President. nt	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2012	#22
The media fear mongering must be creating a strain on the Secret Service, no doubt!	janx	Nov 2012	#23
I am very grateful that the secret service is doing such a great job.	Whisp	Nov 2012	#25
I can't imagine what Michelle goes thru knowing this and having to put	EmeraldCityGrl	Nov 2012	#28
No kidding. I felt a little panicky just watching Presidents Obama and Clinton walking out into the	Iris	Nov 2012	#44
She deserves a medal	grantcart	Nov 2012	#111
Very seriously. I'm actually	zentrum	Nov 2012	#29
The GOP scoffed when Janet Napolitano said right wing fringe groups were a danger......	Swede Atlanta	Nov 2012	#30
I am your age and agree with you. n/t	janx	Nov 2012	#43
Interesting you mention road rage-	cprise	Nov 2012	#102
Clear channel buying up the small market radio stations	bigbrother05	Nov 2012	#137
I had not thought of the connection between hate radio, being stuck in your car & road rage.	CrispyQ	Nov 2012	#146
I posted my feelings below - almost exactly the same as yours.	CrispyQ	Nov 2012	#145
11 Bravo	Diclotican	Nov 2012	#32
I once	AsahinaKimi	Nov 2012	#33
"Marine" is one of those things you are forever.	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#41
"ex" implies you were somehow disassociated with your profession under negative circumstances while	Native	Nov 2012	#82
Indeed.	hifiguy	Nov 2012	#84
No such thing as ex-Beatle, either.	Manifestor_of_Light	Nov 2012	#89
And Crips.	Leopolds Ghost	Nov 2012	#189
I've been thinking about this.	yardwork	Nov 2012	#34
It's very real. It IS like the movies portray it. You have to be willing to give up your life	RB TexLa	Nov 2012	#36
When you see idiots like the girl who got fired at Coldstone....	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Nov 2012	#39
Look at the hate posted in response to any Yahoo.com story remotely related to PBO	spooky3	Nov 2012	#42
+1 nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#121
America	heaven05	Nov 2012	#47
but millions of Americans think that every fucking word they utter is gospel.	Herlong	Nov 2012	#51
Hate radio bearing fruit	ItsTheMediaStupid	Nov 2012	#52
Son of a Teabagger!	ErikJ	Nov 2012	#53
Every threat must be addressed	The Wizard	Nov 2012	#57
Thanks for sharing. Definitely a lot of misery/bad vibes in teabilly heaven, NY where 90% occupy	adirondacker	Nov 2012	#59
On high alert	Jaimeb	Nov 2012	#61
Above all else... I hope the President takes these threats to his safety seriously.	ScreamingMeemie	Nov 2012	#62
Fox and the GOP continue to try and dislodge the next Timothy McVeigh from the crazy tree.	JoePhilly	Nov 2012	#63
U r correct!	Jaimeb	Nov 2012	#65
Excellent analysis. n/t	adirondacker	Nov 2012	#72
McVeigh was a function of Waco and FBI bumbling	aletier_v	Nov 2012	#76
Nonsense.	JoePhilly	Nov 2012	#179
The concept is called "stochastic terrorism".	Manifestor_of_Light	Nov 2012	#91
I will pop a bottle of champagne when Rush Limbaugh dies.	CrispyQ	Nov 2012	#147
I sooooo wish I could rec your post. That first sentence sums it up with	Stardust	Nov 2012	#192
y'all if you truly love the president	underthematrix	Nov 2012	#64
This is my big fear.	drm604	Nov 2012	#67
There was a private limo parked in front of our grocery store this afternoon.	Eddie Haskell	Nov 2012	#74
Now that Obama doesn't have to campaign his public exposure can be limited.	Spitfire of ATJ	Nov 2012	#75
Light is fatal to darkness...	inamatteroftime	Nov 2012	#77
Unprecedented 400% increase in threats on the life of the Pres	ProfessionalLeftist	Nov 2012	#78
I wondered about this very possibility.	Doremus	Nov 2012	#79
As much as the threat level against our president is alarming,	SCALA13	Nov 2012	#80
I was stationed in the south in the mid 1960's...	usafvet65	Nov 2012	#85
+1 n/t	Tsiyu	Nov 2012	#97
I was stationed at Keesler AFB in the same time frame. ...	spin	Nov 2012	#104
+1 nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#123
Sadly, I am not even remotely surprised.	aquamarina	Nov 2012	#86
I hope Obama lays low until the shock of the election wears off.	Kablooie	Nov 2012	#90
The threat is stochastic terrorism from the minions of the far right...	Hekate	Nov 2012	#94
The "left" was mad as Hell at *ush FOR GOOD REASON	Tigress DEM	Nov 2012	#98
talk about a stressful job.	Kurovski	Nov 2012	#100
My husband is beside himself with worry about the President's safety.	Lugnut	Nov 2012	#101
All it takes is some nutbag like Loughner.	AtheistCrusader	Nov 2012	#105
Damn it all.	tavalon	Nov 2012	#106
Friend and I talk about this frequently since Tuesday	lebkuchen	Nov 2012	#108
So, how do we get them to rachet it down?	tavalon	Nov 2012	#110
^This. Pull the plug, jackhammer the foundation, start some lawsuits	nc4bo	Nov 2012	#112
How do we pull the plug on Fox News?	tavalon	Nov 2012	#113
There will have to be mass RW rejection barring some catastrophic calamity	nc4bo	Nov 2012	#114
start with a minor regulation - require on-air corrections as part of broadcasting license	ReasonableToo	Nov 2012	#144
Massive boycott of their sponsors, which worked with Beck.	dixiegrrrrl	Nov 2012	#174
We Survived 8 Years of Bush. You Can Survive 8 Years of Obama.	CrispyQ	Nov 2012	#150
So why aren't they going after the hate-filled vitriol of tv and radio?	ccinamon	Nov 2012	#117
+1000 nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#124
The Secret Service need to start making a regular visit	Hutzpa	Nov 2012	#125
Misanthrope Sycophant Monsters.... Are worse than terrorists using	orpupilofnature57	Nov 2012	#127
All threats must be looked at	Blue4Texas	Nov 2012	#132
I say arrest 'em all and ship them to re-education camps in black helicopters...	jimlup	Nov 2012	#136
RW radio monopoly can't survive if students stop their university sports from supporting it	certainot	Nov 2012	#138
I, too, worry for this president & his beautiful family.	CrispyQ	Nov 2012	#141
One incident that stood out for me	polly7	Nov 2012	#142
The FCC	Turbineguy	Nov 2012	#151
I worry about this all the time	AndrewP	Nov 2012	#157
There is a level of pushing implied encouragements of assassination	Anthony McCarthy	Nov 2012	#163
I saw an article with links to quite a few Tweeted threats to assassinate Romney if	Flatulo	Nov 2012	#164
I have a bunch of clients in the news media and they are really frightened for the President and...	Walk away	Nov 2012	#165
I have feared for Obama's life	drmeow	Nov 2012	#166
We might be seeing fewer public appearances by Pres. Obama until things cool down	JPZenger	Nov 2012	#167
I'm just happy he doesn't have to run for office anymore and expose himself	Cleita	Nov 2012	#168
I believe Doris Kearns Goodwin respects Obama very much, but . . .	SleeplessinSoCal	Nov 2012	#169
My 76 year old mother is worried about this	get the red out	Nov 2012	#177
I remember the Kennedy's and Dr King	upi402	Nov 2012	#182
I agree	get the red out	Nov 2012	#195
there's JFK, RFK, MLK and there's rabin	newspeak	Nov 2012	#187

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