Reply #20: Agreed.

[Vicar In A Tutu]

"and God Forbid should something happen, the MSM will stand their with innocent looks and crocodile tears, and say why did this happen"

As you say, the big difference is that they're being given a mainstream voice this time - Like it or not, Fox still, against all the odds, has credibility as a 'real' news network amongst a significant portion of the ignorant and it leads people on a merry dance to the even more extreme radio voices. You also have mainstream Republican politicians adding credibility to the argument that Obama is a dangerous dictator (despite being elected with the sort of majority Bush could have only dreamed). If top Democrats had DARED to go quite that far during the Bush era, they'd have been shamed and would probably never again see elected office.

A big fear of mine is what would happen if the terrible did occur. It would be seen by black people, quite justifiably, as the white institution conspiring to bring down an incredible, transcendental figure due to his racial make-up. My feeling is that it would be war and a lot of innocent people would die while the scum who agitated for this from behind their microphones and at the town halls cower beneath their beds, mission nonetheless accomplished.

Now, on a happier note I'd like to say that I don't think anything will happen to Obama - I think security around the President is such that a catastrophe of that magnitude is nigh on impossible.