Kill Obama NOW! Says the GOP base.

No, that's not what I want, but like the letter in the Gainesville Times, some people want Obama dead and as soon as possible.

How do I know?

Let's start slowly with events that don't make our local North Georgia newspapers. That would exclude nationally publicized assassination plots.

But what about the gun shop in Hull, Georgia that advertised an Obama Gun Sale within hours of the election results? A call to murder?

Here's the full text of the story in the Savannah papers.

HULL, Ga. - An east Georgia gun shop has stopped using President-elect Barack Obama's name to sell weapons after some passers-by interpreted it as a call to violence against the country's first black leader.

The Georgia Outdoor Sports shop in Hull used an outdoor sign to advertise an "Obama Sale" on guns and ammo Wednesday morning just hours after his victory was announced.

Shop owner Carrie Mentel said she was trying to capitalize on gun owners' concerns that their right to bear arms will be limited under a Democratic administration. On Thursday, she changed the message on the outdoor sign to "Support the 2nd Amendment Sale."

Hull is about 80 miles east of Atlanta.

The link is here for as long as the paper keeps the link open.

Now, was that just too stupid for words? Or, did the gun shop owner really think President Obama could change the Constitution with his magic marker? Just in case, I don't believe Obama uses a magic marker. Some gun shop owners do use magic markers, I'm sure.

What did the hard line GOP supporters have to say about the sign?

"Every gun owner knew the meaning of that sign." I'm a gun owner. There are so many possible meanings of that sign that I wouldn't try to guess the intent. That includes the intent of the human heart versus the intent of the human mind.

"Obama’s view on gun ownership should worry everone." But, what are those views and if you're worried about that view, what can you change with a gun? Regime change? Isn't that assassination by another name? And, the 2nd Amendment Sale, was that a call to form a militia and then cause regime change? To win with violence what couldn't be won by a vote?

"I think I am going to join 'the resistance.'" Ouch! There's an organized resistance? To what? Why?

"For all the gunowners out there - political signs make great targets." Is that especially true if the sign has a picture of Obama?

"It’s OBAMA BInlaDEN!" So when Obama and Biden are combined, they're wanted Dead or Alive, just like bin Laden?

"Eff the stupid, pansy Dems who want a disarmed America so that their candle-light vigiled heroes can roam the streets without fear of someone killing them if they attack someone." That statement is confusing. Or, just stupid and ignorant. Or, irrational. Murder is an irrational act, isn't it? Eff you, too, buddy. Whatever that really means.

So, am I wrong to quote these few comments, made on a prominent right wing Georgia blog? None of the comments directly say, "It's time to kill us a ________."

But, what kind of people would do that? People who shoot political signs? White resistance fighters? People who equate Obama with Osama? People who shoot political signs?

Should we judge potential domestic terrorists in the same way as potential Islamic Terrorists? Send them to GitMo for six years of interrogation?

I'm going to ignore the threats for now. I think the threats are as hollow as the heads making the threats. I'm going to have a George Bush pretzel sale. It will be open to George Bush and anyone who wants to come have fun. An Obama gun sale doesn't sound like fun or like an event open to Obama's attendance.