Last week, I read that Obama has had federal protection since May of
2007. That is the earliest any presidential candidate have received such
protection. Obviously they are worried.

What happens if a gunman takes a shot at him and

1) Obama lives, reasons, speaks and decided to continue. However many
feel that he is clearly medically unfit to run including some but not
all of his doctors.

2) He lives, reasons and speak but is clearly unfit and Obama
decides not to continue.

3) Obama goes into a coma and does not get out of it.

The doctors say that he could wake up any time but after a few days,
then a week, then two weeks he remains in this coma.

4) Obama is assassinated.

"SolomonW" DONTBOTHER.com> wrote in message
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In article <4854fe48_3@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>,
graham.truesdale@tiscali.nospam.co.uk says...

There is no Ban on Politics.

There was a cabal that assumed it was entitled to rule this group, and
they decreed that there would be no discussion of any subject that was
after the Disco Era. They then disgraced themselves intellectually by
being unable to agree as to what subjects were pre-, during and
post-disco.

It was incredible that the rudest, most disagreeable posters on the 'net
claimed they were saving SHWI from turmoil and discontent by attacking
anybody who posted stuff like: "What If the Clintons Had Passed A
Health Care System Through Congress."

I was always flabbergasted that swaggering bullies would flame people
who asked about prospects for modest social reform while the toughs were
promoting with impunity threads on extreme topics like thermonuclear
warfare or why they hate Fidel Castro. A few amateur Russ Limbaughs
still spew their bile, but not enough to worry about.

It is amusing. Our trollish counterparts don't make alt-historical
contributions and post only to exclaim how rotten SHWI now is because
they do not approve of SHWI's active members. Yet they appear out of the
woodwork to flame any entry that violates their shibboleths.

William Safire wrote a novel, Full Disclosure, in which a President was
injured and went blind. The man thought and communicated well, but he
could not see stuff.

Is that a disability that required the man to be replaced at his job?

Safire concludes that such judgments are intensely subjective. People
who don't like X to start with will think that the guy has to go, and
people who like X will rally behind him. And fair minded people will
note that everyone has good days and bad days, and incapacity is never
something that is set in stone.

Short of the politician being dead, everybody will have an opinion and
most of them will stink (if _they_ disagree with your own preference).
In the past, the tendency in America ( Garfield, Wilson, Reagan) is to
give the Prez the benefit of all doubts and keep patting him on the back
until he recovers.

Raymond Speer webtv.net> wrote:

Well, Romaioi tended to blind political enemies - to romove them from
politics.

"Raymond Speer" webtv.net> wrote in message
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By any definition, an assassination attempt on Obama would count as
post-Disco.

On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:02:31 +1000, SolomonW DONTBOTHER.com>
wrote:

Question: Does the Frequently Asked Questions introduction to SHWI
prohibit the discussion of recent subjects?

Answer: No.

Explanation: The FAQ explicitly states that there are "no enforceable
rules" on SHWI. That kind of says it all, doesn't it?

This is an unmoderated forum. People who preferred being told what to
think have long been able to go to Jim Baen's site or Allan
Montgomerie's site, where the rules are plentiful and the boss is
infallible.

This group used to be a playground for cyberbullies whose principal
activity was harassing everyone they disagreed with. And they invented
lots of rules, not one of which was ever presented for ratification by a
majority vote, and pounced on anyone who did not kowtow to their
majesty.

In article <5576-48552A8B-669@storefull-3172.bay.webtv.net>,
raystwo@webtv.net says...