tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post1518346666566015409..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: “Three Times as Many Threats as His Predecessors” Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-79360707048534733832014-10-03T14:30:59.201-05:002014-10-03T14:30:59.201-05:00I haven't gotten to that issue yet, but thanks...I haven't gotten to that issue yet, but thanks for the link.<br /><br />The worry about extra danger to an African-American politician is longstanding, of course. What's disturbingly new is all this evidence of holes in the normal Presidential protection at the same time that threats are significantly higher. And with problems seeming to come from within the Secret Service, not just from outside, there's even more concern. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-19407848718979713402014-10-03T14:10:59.377-05:002014-10-03T14:10:59.377-05:00Did you see this from The New Yorker yesterday:
...Did you see this from The New Yorker yesterday: <br /><br />These murmurs were so consistent that Steve Kroft asked Michelle Obama about them directly, during an interview on “60 Minutes” in early 2007. “This is a hard question to ask,” Kroft said. “But, a number of years ago, Colin Powell was thinking about running for President, and his wife, Alma, really did not want him to run. She was worried about some crazy person with a gun.” Michelle replied that the dangers of the Presidency were not novel. “I don’t lose sleep about it,” she said. “Because the realities are, as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station”—certainly the first time that this particular demographic truth has been enlisted as a reason to be optimistic about a black man’s prospects.<br /><br />The URL is http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/barack-obamas-safetyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com