Actually, the point of that controversial NRA ad that Moore called “disgusting” wasn’t to criticize the president for having armed protection, but for attempting to deny his constituents the same means of protection that he enjoys.
In any case, having a “limitless” budget for the Secret Service certainly sounds like a wish for a lot more people carrying a lot more guns around the White House and President Obama and his family. As we’ve learned from Matt Yglesias and others, the president’s children are more important than our own, and if it takes guns to keep them safe, so be it. The kids invited to read their anti-gun letters to the nation were certainly under armed protection as they shared the stage with the president.
Here's one of many reasons why the Secret Service budget for the White House should be limitless: http://t.co/MSE3ol8P
— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) January 19, 2013
So, what is the right-wing threat to the president’s life that requires a ramp-up in Secret Service staffing? Moore points to an email forwarded by Kansas House Speaker Mike O’Neal reading, “Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8.” That verse is, “Let his days be few; and let another take his office.” The threat, it seems, is in Psalm 109:9, which continues, “May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.” It doesn’t seem as stark a threat as the one posed to the deputy director of AFP-Michigan. Oh, and as The Right Sphere points out, O’Neal’s story is a year old, and he’s no longer in office.
https://twitter.com/FirstTeamTommy/status/292742481366380544
Idiot Michael Moore Tweets Out Year Old Article In Attempt to Bash Right http://t.co/570ccPz3
— Brandon Kiser (@Kiser) January 19, 2013
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Others called the Bible verse “scary.”
Scary “@MMFlint: Here's one of many reasons why the Secret Service budget for the White House should be limitless: http://t.co/cDE6UDMo”
— Vu Nguyen (@vunguyen) January 19, 2013
UNBELIEVABLE! “@MMFlint: One of many reasons why the Secret Service budget for the White House should be limitless: http://t.co/wVI5XVi2”
— Bod (@BodDamnIt) January 19, 2013
Scum. “@MMFlint: Here's one of many reasons why the Secret Service budget for the White House should be limitless: http://t.co/eIJMXI7C”
— JT (@mrsjotaylor) January 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/Choicelady320/status/292743630723108864
@MMFlint I'm curious, how is this not a criminal act? Is he not inciting violence? Or is it the usual "freedom of speech" get out clause?
— Elaine Stouse (@stousee) January 19, 2013
Yeah, how about that “freedom of speech” thingie? It’s right next to the Second Amendment, about the same distance as Psalm 109:8 is to Psalm 109:9. Nothing but trouble, that Constitution.
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