Obama and Kennedy

Something about the political atmosphere today reminds me of the early 1960s, when the president at the time was John Kennedy. Kennedy was the subject of groundless complaints, such as the recent complaint about President Obama speaking to school children. Never mind that other Presidents have also addressed school children. It appears that anything that our current President does is criticized. Nothing is too minor to be overlooked.

What is going on here? Here is one possibility.

Do you remember when Dr. George Tiller was assassinated in his church? Following that event, it was suggested that when anyone is the target of repeated verbal attacks, it makes it increasingly likely that the target will be physically attacked by someone who feels emboldened enough to attack the target. Just as O’Reilly’s repeating the phrase “Tiller the baby killer” eased the way for Tiller’s assassin to stalk and assassinate Tiller, so too does it ease the way for a potential assassin of President Obama to harm the President.

I believe that at least some of the criticism of President Obama comes from those who hope to encourage an assassin to step forward and end the Obama Presidency.