Watch Out for the New Age of Conservative Terror

I find it so strange, that after years of the most vitriolic hate expressed toward any US president in history, that the media would suddenly discover new and imminent threats of terrorism and danger directed at Barak Obama. During the Bush years, where open calls for the death of Bush-Hitler, celebrations of his death in the arts, and internet hate-mongering on a scale never before witnessed (for 8 whole years) ... the press and it's herd of shadowy "experts" seldom, if ever, expressed concern for the safety of Bush. (Nothing comparible to Bush-hate exists for Obama)

ABC brings us a typical MSM piece ... long on sensationalism and short on any "fact" one can grasp (save the example of a couple of loons who posed no threat to The Big O) we are led to believe that like the explosion of "terrorism" in the 90's (you know, those conservative terrorist acts that occurred almost weekly for 10 years), America is on the cusp of a new wave of dread. After all, an army of unnamed “experts” say it is so.

I suppose, that to preserve national security interests, ABC doesn't list a single primary source to justify its fear and loathing of that horrific species, the racist, gun-loving, negro-killing conservative ... so don't even bother trying to source the ABC piece unless you are willing to suspend rational thought and accept its suggestion, that even Limbaugh might be some sort of grand terrorist wizard about to unleash a wave of murder. After all, he did draw attention to the fact that the Obama healthcare logo compares closely to a lot of Nazi Germany symbolism. Of course, ABC didn't bother telling anyone that Rush made the comment while mocking out Pelosi et al for their suggestion that anti-healthcare protestors were neo-Nazis ... brown shirts, etc. ... you get the drift.

One ABC expert explains:

"I don't think these are simply people who are mentally ill or off their rocker," Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, told ABC News of those behind the threats. "In a very real sense they represent a genuine reaction, a genuine backlash against Obama."

Experts say a sharp growth in so-called militia groups that helped spawn a wave of domestic terrorism in the 1990s – and are now using YouTube, rock music and the Internet to recruit members and spread hate and fear - shouldn't be ignored.

Every US president has to be watched over carefully ... we found that out with Kennedy and Reagan ... because loons who get through the security screen can pose a grave threat. But, to obliquely tar over half of the US population with the nasty brush of extremism is simply the MSM doing what it does best ... which is to use every ploy in the Alinsky playbook ... but to ever less effect.

In the meantime, beware of rock music, YouTube, Limbaugh ... and Palin.

Update: More from Gateway.

... and MORE on manufactured Wingnuts.

Update 2: The Hill Reports on security situation.