CBS News reported yesterday on worries about President Obama's safety. They are concerned that objections to the healthcare bill are fomenting racial hatred and danger for the President. I'm not disputing the fact that there are people in this country that are 'over the line,' but those people have always been with us. That is why we have people in charge of protecting the President. But the change in tone in the press over the past few years is interesting.
In 2006 the film DEATH OF A PRESIDENT premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10. It dealt with the assassination of George W. Bush, who was President at the time.
According to Wikipedia:
In 2006 the film DEATH OF A PRESIDENT premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10. It dealt with the assassination of George W. Bush, who was President at the time.
According to Wikipedia:
"Of the critics who liked Death of a President, in the New York Observer, Rex Reed identified the film as "Clever, thoughtful, and totally believable. This is a film without a political agenda that everyone should see".[14] In the Toronto Star newspaper, Peter Howell said, "The film's deeper intentions ... elevate it into the company of such landmark works of historical argument as Peter Watkins's The War Game, Costa-Gavras's Z and, closer to home, Michel Brault's Les Ordres. Every thinking person should see Death of a President ".[15] I"We as Americans should always be concerned about our President's safety--it should not only be a concern when the President is someone the press supports.
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