By DAVID DISHNEAU (AP) – 3 hours ago
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The Secret Service is investigating a man who authorities said held a sign reading "Death to Obama" outside a town hall meeting on health-care reform in western Maryland.
The sign also read, "Death to Michelle and her two stupid kids," referring to the first name of President Barack Obama's wife, said Washington County Sheriff's Capt. Peter Lazich.
Lazich said deputies detained the unidentified, 51-year-old man near the entrance to Hagerstown Community College about 1 p.m. Wednesday after getting calls from a number of people attending the meeting held by Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md. Obama was not at the meeting.
The sheriff's office turned the man over to the Secret Service, Lazich said.
Barbara Golden, special agent in charge of the agency's Baltimore field office, said Thursday that an investigation is ongoing but declined further comment. A spokesman at the agency's Washington headquarters also declined to discuss the investigation.
Police said there were no other arrests among the nearly 1,000 people, some carrying protest signs, who came to the college for the meeting or demonstrated off-campus.
Cardin's national communications director, Sue Walitsky, called the incident "unfortunate." She said she was unaware of it until Thursday morning.
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press
Squirm out of what? A nutball holding a vicious sign who was rightly arrested?
Me, I'm going to hold you personally responsible for this guy. Only fair, right?
I personally don't think that Republicans should be held responsible for one man's actions.
They should be cellmates in Guantanamo.
Would you kindly edit your post to link to the picture instead of displaying it? The man's shirt contains language inappropriate for the civilized areas of this forum.
Squirm out of what? A nutball holding a vicious sign who was rightly arrested?
Me, I'm going to hold you personally responsible for this guy. Only fair, right?
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Save it for someone who believes the moveon.org talking points. :roll:Yep, they sure are a real class act. I imagine the (R)epugnants will squirm out of this.
How do you know he's a Republican. Maybe he's a disgruntled ex-Anti-Republican?http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jCgSUAAjXk2QnMqrDhdc8TFV8F_gD9A24JH80Yep, they sure are a real class act. I imagine the (R)epugnants will squirm out of this.
'Death to Obama' sign holder in Md. detained
Yep, they sure are a real class act. I imagine the (R)epugnants will squirm out of this.
This guy should be locked up for treason and fostering terrorism.
Save it for someone who believes the moveon.org talking points. :roll:
That being said -- the way some people try to deflect or derail a discussion by digging up something the other extreme once did -- pretty lame Harshaw. Pretty lame.
Partisan hack douchebaggery of the highest order.
Deal with the issue in OP or don't post.
"You people?" Who are you calling "you people"?So....you are defending this, you think it is appropriate to have a sign that says death to some children? Wow, real class act you people are.
'Death to Obama' sign holder in Md. detained
Yep, they sure are a real class act. I imagine the (R)epugnants will squirm out of this.
I'm not squirming. This asshole uis no different than most Libbos. In fact, he just might be a Libbo. This would be right in line with Alinsky's tactics.
But, either way, he should be executed for threatening the president's life.
So your response to this hyper partisan nonsense is more hyper partisan nonsense. Nice. :doh
Executed? That's a bit over the top. Essentially you are saying "Death to the guy who had the sign that said "Death to Obama". Irony anyone?
I still think it's an embarressment that John Hinkley gets weekends off.
Aw, c'mon. He was crazy, it was almost thirty years ago, and he only winged him a little. I heard he doesn't even like Jodie Foster any more.
Ironic, or not, this dickweed threatened the president's life. That should punishable by death.
I still think it's an embarressment that John Hinkley gets weekends off.
If it were a legitimate threat and not a poorly constructed protest sign I could somewhat see your point.
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