Reply #15: You're making a different argument than the man in the article

[Thurston Howell IV]

He said he hates bush -- he wasn't talking about constitutional issues. It sounds like he wants to take care of the matter himself -- which is vigilantism, not justice.

However bad Bush is (and we agree he's extremely bad for the country), rhetorically supporting this kind of action is wrongheaded, and doesn't aid our cause in the slightest. It just makes it harder to convince non-ideological citizens to join us. There may be only two or three of them left, but they won't be drawn our cause.

Now, to add the nuance -- it is hard to judge from a newspaper article, but it does seem like he was just letting off steam. If secret service thought there might be more to it, they should investigate further; based on there findings, they might want to put him under surveillance or press charges (if they had some evidence of actual intent).