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Old 11-10-2008, 11:55 AM   #39
classicman
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Originally Posted by Bullitt View Post
Not well. Chicago loses more black kids due to firearm deaths than the city loses soldiers in Iraq.
IIRC, Chicago had more homicides than US soldiers killed in Iraq this year alone.

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Originally Posted by Ibram View Post
how many of the 46% of McCain voters were convinced by McCain's rhetoric that Obama is going to take their stuff, or pals around with terr'ists, or is just plain dangerous for America?
Now, how many of those convinced take that belief a little too far?
And how many of those already have some motive to hate anyway, be it bigotry or prejudice of any flavour?

And how many of THOSE are armed enough to do it?
more than i'm very comfortable with...
hopefully fewer than I think, maybe I'm not giving some people enough credit, but...

I just hope the secret service are reeeeally on their toes.
I think they will be. I trust them.
The people that might try to assassinate him will be skinheads or KKK types - not your usual nut job. Presidential assassins are a special breed of wacko.
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