Should the President be assasinated? Who are we to decide that?

When will people learn that Facebook is not a free for all? Posts are monitered for goodness sakes!

In an article from Fox News, I read that someone created a Facebook poll that asks "Should Obama be killed?" The possible choices were no, maybe, yes and yes if he cuts my healthcare.

The poll was created by an idividual using a third party application on Facebook on Saturday. It was immediately removed when Facebook learned of its existence.

Says Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt,

"The application was immediately suspended while the inappropriate content could be removed by the developer and until such time as the developer institutes better procedures to monitor their user-generated content."

The discovery of the poll has prompted an investigation by the Secret Service. It's unclear if they have any lead as to who created the poll but a spokesman says the investigation is ongoing.
Facebook is in total cooperation with the Secret Service.


I am in complete agreement that the person or persons resposible for this poll whould be found and have to face the consequences of such a stupid move. I don't agree with some of the policies of our president but that is absolutely no reason to contemplate assasinating him!

Really, think about it. If President Obama were assasinated who does that leave us with as president? Scary. I think I'd rather the administration stay just the way it is.

What seems really strange to me is that someone would think it's okay to post this poll. The internet is open to everyone. Facebook is a social networking site. This kind of thing is not going to go unnoticed by the Secret Service.
The President has a crazy amount of protection around himself and his family as well he should. According to the article, before the election last year, he recieved more death threats than any other candidate during the campaign. I'm sure many of those making the threats have not changed their opinions. Obviously one still feels the same way.

While I'm not exactly fond of President Obama, I would never entertain even a thought of him being assasinated. What right do I have to decide whether someone lives or dies based on my political opinion? The idea is just ridiculous to me.

One thing about this article that really struck me as ignorant was a comment made by Bob Beckel, Democratic Party strategist and Fox News correspondent. This is directly from the article:

"This is the kind of garbage that's generated from the extreme right against Obama, and it's going way over the line," Beckel told FOXNews.com. "It's got to be stopped. Find him, prosecute him and put him in jail."

I do agree with Mr. Beckel that this person should be found and prosecuted, but that's about all I agree with. He automatically assumes, with no evidence, that this poll must have been created by someone from the "extreme right," generators of all things garbage.
How ironic is it that the same type of comment probably would not be published had this situation happened a few years ago with former President Bush as the focus.
Heaven forbid anyone reveal anything less than golden where the Democrats are concerned.

I don't think it's only the extreme right continually propagating this kind of tension. I think extreme leftists and the liberal media are just as much to blame.