Take a Bullet for Obama

Obama is no stranger to threats. Early on after the election the FBI stopped an assassination plot. He’s a target: he’s Black; he’s pushed a very radical agenda; he’s against gun control. The man needs protection. And I contend that the best protection would come from conservatives.

You might think, “What? Surround him by the very people more likely to bump him?” Well, you’ll have to clear your head a bit. I dislike him but I’m not going to kill him. In fact, I’m making the case that the most politically expedient thing for me to do is to protect his life with all I’m worth. Why?

Think about it for a moment. The minute Barack goes down, what’s the first thing that happens? Eloquent Joe becomes President. That would be a move even many Obama fans would find unpalatable. It would be a big f.ing deal, for sure. Then the guy would have to pick a vice. You can’t trust Cheney's prodigy to say two brainy sentences together, you think he’s going to do the nation justice with his selection? Obama’s political enemies would stand together to protect him with this at stake.

But aside from the amusing, what would the fallout be from an Obama assassination? We see today here and there the racism flag waved at political dissidents for daring to disagree with a black man. It’s transparently foolish but in the emotional wake of such an event, that idea would gain ground indefinitely. If the President is assassinated, racial tensions would explode, and there are those poised to take advantage of such a situation. The blame game begins. Suddenly the trail goes: Racist >> Disagree >> Plot >> Kill. You and I and anyone else standing firmly in the “disagree” category finds themselves trapped between Racist and Plot, one step away from being killers ourselves. Blame. Politicians you cannot trust will use blame to set traps that ensure anyone who opposed him will be silent or silenced.

Now Obama goes down as a hero, the first black man to rise to the nation’s top office, and racist white men destroyed him for it. He’s a martyr, a magnificent angel who died for the people. His agenda isn’t radical anymore, it’s equity and justice and anyone who thinks otherwise can see the paragraph above. Remember how Michael Jackson went from the chairman of the Freaky Monster Society to beloved father and respected inspiration in one night? That’s all it takes, and suddenly it’s politically incorrect to say anything about him other than what a beacon of divine light he is. You think Obama receives no media criticism now, just wait until his death.

The aura of martyrdom and the upwelling of emotion resulting from it will be so magnificent that Obama’s ghost could rest assured that his agenda won’t die with him; rather it will swell. People would scramble to take his place, to pick up where he left off, to make sure his legacy would not die. This emotion will be no more than a tool of the most diabolical politicians. These devious politicians will play on sincere emotions to get their way and increase their power. Important rights will cease to have meaning, and his political adherents would be glorified.

Proponents of this administration would have very little to lose from the death of President Barack Obama except a good speaker. One wonders if the more treacherous-minded do not recognize the advantage provided by his race, youth, and charisma.

That is why I say he couldn’t do better than to have a troop of Conservatives serving as his body guards. They aren’t going to touch him. They aren’t going to let anyone else do anything to him. They have too much to lose if something goes wrong. The best thing, right now, for those who love small government and interpret the Constitution narrowly is to make sure that the current serving president lives a long and healthy life. The alternative would be disastrous.

I pray I never have to say, “I told you so.”