thejanet Anonymous

Can somebody please verify this (or not)?

Just the thought of this being true scares me.

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peteandcarla Anonymous

i've guessed for a long time that our government doesn't want obama to be the next president. i heard a caller on a radio show say that obama might end up in a "benazir bhutto" type of situation. would the secret service EVER, EVER do that to any other presidential candidate because the crowd "looked" friendly? that right there is a recipe for disaster.

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xdavidwattsx Anonymous

Very true. It's because the line was way too long and moving way too slow to get the arena filled up by the time he was supposed to speak. They just started letting people in and we walked right in.

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Halz Anonymous

Definitely no security checks at the media entrance: http://halz-haz-a-say.typepad.com/hal...

Lame.

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Brody Anonymous

I will verify this on two ends and dispute the fact that the media entrance security was anything but lax.

I arrived with two large DSLR ("Professional" digital cameras with telephoto and wide-angle lenses) at the media entrance and produced credentials from an independent media corporation, and produced my California issued drivers' license which was checked, then logged in.

My equipment was scrutinized by TSA/Secret service staff, and I was hand-checked for weapons by a handheld metal detector, forced to open my lenses and prove my cameras were operable.

My friend who also attended the rally said that they checked "the first 250 people, and after that they just started letting people in."

He was on the floor of the rally stating he was less than 100 ft. from Mr. Obama.

Having said this--I also covered Senator Clinton's rally in fort worth, which was much more secure. The secret service presence was extremely visible, and the media checkpoints much more strict. We were made to lay out all of our equipment in our respective media areas, and then waited for 30 minutes while 3 sets of explosive sniffing dogs searched the entire area.

Let us not forget that Mr. Obama was the earliest presidential candidate in history to receive secret service protection; Hillary already recieved protection as a spouse of a former President.

People can claim and prove conspiracies, but from what my eyes have seen, I believe they are doing the best they can.

No political figure is immune to assassination, and, fortunate or unfortunate, sometimes an untimely murder can solidify people.

"Bhutto was alive yesterday, Bhutto is alive today," her supporters say.

Think on these things...

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