re: #9 Dark_Falcon

If Obama said that, radio hosts would be openly calling for his assassination. And saying that would make a shooting incident almost inevitable. It still wouldn’t be Obama’s fault, but the level of fear and anger generated would be such that it would be highly likely someone would decide it was time to “start the revolution and kill federal officials”.

Which is why Obama will not say anything about this. Neither will Eric Holder. It’s below their pay grade right now and neither one wants to set off the wingnuts’ race panic if that can be avoided (without caving in, it should go without saying).

I pretty much agree with this assessment of the situation.

However, I also think it is fair to point out the basic insanity of routine law enforcement (i.e., cattle grazing where they shouldn’t) escalating to this level because of right wing militia nonsense that is fueled by the propaganda of Limbaugh and Fox News et al.