I started this thread to show the hypocrisy of the left in getting all upset about this happening to Obama when it's been happening to Bush for all this time. What difference does the motivation make when both groups of unhinged supporters wish death on the politician?
I'll give you a difference:
President Bush is not in a contested race. President Bush has the power of the White House Press corps and the entire executive branch behind him. He's president. It comes with the freaking job. Every president can expect to (and frequently does) encounter this. And the issues are taken very seriously by the Secret Service. It is inexcusable, but it's not unexpectable.
Obama was the first presidential candidate
ever to receive Secret Service protection. McCain's campaign has encouraged the "Obama as a terrorist label" multiple times. (E.g. Palin's repeated mention of Ayers' connection to Obama, which while noteworthy, is hardly damning. Besides, he's a "washed up terrorist" according to the McCain camp, yet they have a hard-on for bringing the guy up in speeches.) McCain downplays the ignorance in his own supporters.
I believe Colin Powell put it best in his mention that even
if Obama was Muslim, so the fuck what?
So yeah, the difference is McCain should be coming out much stronger against this than he is, rather than implicitly condoning it through the actions of his veep.