George Rebane

No matter what our individual political or ideological stripes are, no true American wants any harm to come to their duly elected leadership.  We are first a nation of laws and not of vigilante vengeance.  Because of his mixed racial background, President-elect Obama’s security coverage presents special concerns that will soon be picked up by the MSM.  Here is a short heads-up and to-the-point analysis by Stratfor on this issue that concludes with

Presidential security is a serious national security matter. A successful (or even unsuccessful) attack on a president causes instability in the United States and in the wider world. And given the especially delicate balance that the United States, Russia and countries of the Middle East are striking right now, an attack on the president would destabilize U.S. foreign policy and have a heightened impact on national security. Domestically, the assassination of the country’s first black president would run the risk of devastating race relations — and white supremacist movements see themselves as substantially benefiting from racial strife.