PA newspaper runs ad calling for assassination of Obama

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Nothing incendiary about this at all... :

The Warren Pennsylvania Times-Observer published an ad today calling for the assassination of President Barack Obama.

See? There's no there there. What's all the fuss about, right Glenn Beck? Boss Limbaugh? Madam's Apple Coulter? et al? Assassination? Pfft! What's that? You just called for the president to fail? Oooohh, well then, much better. Moving on:

The text of the small classified ad reads, “May Obama follow in the footsteps of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy!” There is no other text and it has no attribution. [...]

Keystone Progress called the Times-Observer for comment and got a return call from John T. Elchert, the paper’s publisher. Mr. Elchert was extremely apologetic and wanted to make it clear that the ad did not reflect the paper’s policy.

“It is unfortunate that it made it to press,” said Elchert. “The person who took the ad didn’t recognize the significance of the names. We cancelled the ad and turned the information over to the authorities.” [...]

“Unfortunately, the attitude of the person who placed the ad is too prevalent in Pennsylvania,” said Michael Morrill, the executive director of Keystone Progress. “In the last few days we’ve gotten emails calling the president ‘chimp’ and the n-word after he nominated Judge Sotomayor. It makes it very difficult to organize around issues when the opposition to the president’s policies is so racially charged. ”

The person didn't recognize the significance of the names?

Seriously, the racism in this country is tragic. My snark is simply a way to vent. I'm at a loss here, in disbelief and appalled that this kind of ignorance and prejudice continue to fester in the 21st century.

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