Coincidence? Another paper links Obama and violence

Paul Schmelzer — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:53:34 +0000

The “mistakes” are adding up: On May 15 of last year, the Roswell Beacon in Georgia ran a cover photo showing President Barack Obama in a gun’s crosshairs. Early this month, Fox ran a photo of a rifle situated as if taking aim at Obama, followed two weeks ago by an odd item at the Washington Times Web site: the conservative publication used a photo of Obama’s daughters to illustrate a story about Chicago schoolchildren who’ve been murdered.

Now there’s another case: A classified ad running in a Pennsylvania paper linked Obama with assassinated presidents. Yesterday the paper ran an apology for the “mistake”:

An errant classified “personal” ad which appeared in Thursday’s Times Observer has drawn the attention of law enforcement officials.

A person from Warren placed the ad, which apparently alludes to the wish that President Obama meet an untimely end by linking him with four assassinated presidents. The ad representative didn’t make the connection among the four other presidents mentioned and mistakenly allowed the ad to run.

Upon realizing the mistake early Thursday morning, the ad was immediately discontinued and the identity of the person who placed the ad was turned over to Warren City Police as per newspaper policy. The local police department forwarded the information to federal authorities, as per department policy.

The Times Observer apologizes for the oversight.

Bachmann: Minnesota senate race will be resolved ‘by March’

Chris Steller — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:27:10 +0000

U.S. Rep Michele Bachmann predicted, in a liveblog today at the Washington Times Web site, that Minnesota’s Senate election standoff will be over “by March.”

“If the courts apply an equal application of the law per Bush v. Gore,” the trained attorney wrote, “then I believe there is no question Norm Coleman will prevail.”
Asked what she would have said had she been tapped to give the Republican response to President Obama’s speech last night, Bachmann criticized the federal stimulus legislation as “a full-bore subsidy of inaction.”

Asked about a bill to extend voting rights to citizens of Washington, D.C., Bachmann explained in detail her opposition on partisan grounds, adding as an afterthought that “the bill on its face is unconstitutional.”

In all, Bachmann fielded seven questions, six from Times staffers and one from “Ramsey, Minnesota” about the prospects of reversing Democrats’ programs “after the fall of Obama.”

Bachmann disputed that question’s premise, but not because she doesn’t think Obama will fall. “We do not need to wait for Obama’s fall to act,” Bachmann wrote.

Minnesota Independent » Washington Times

Coincidence? Another paper links Obama and violence

Bachmann: Minnesota senate race will be resolved ‘by March’