This is scary will the Secret Service investigate? <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wBSAQ2BcZhM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/tagg-romney-calibrates-swing-at-obama-remark/ Tagg Romney Calibrates ‘Swing’ at Obama The second presidential debate on Tuesday was a clash of finger-pointing, interruptions and bitter disagreements. Mitt Romney’s eldest son had an especially visceral reaction. Tagg Romney said his instinct was to “jump out of your seat” and “rush down to the debate stage and take a swing’’ at President Obama. Although Tagg Romney, 42, the eldest of the five Romney sons, was reported to have assumed a prominent role in the campaign, even taking part in a family “intervention,” the picture he painted was of a far less significant player. “The brothers have all made a pact not to give him advice,’’ Tagg Romney said of his father, speaking to Bill LuMaye on the North Carolina radio station WPTF-AM. “He’s getting advice from so many different angles. Our role is to go out and speak on his behalf and when we’re with him just to relax him and talk about anything other than politics to take his mind off it for a little while.’’ In the debate, the president did not outright call Mr. Romney a liar, though Mr. Obama did inject phrases on occasion like “what Governor Romney said just isn’t true” and “not true, Governor Romney.” Mr. Obama also said that Mr. Romney’s tax math “doesn’t add up,’’ accused him of having a “one-point plan” favoring the rich and, in a particularly heated moment, said to “get the transcript” after Mr. Romney denied the president called the Benghazi attack an act of terror. As the final debate approaches, on Monday in Boca Raton, Fla., Tagg Romney mentioned how his father does get nervous before taking the stage. “He’s terrified before he gets out there!’’ he said, before quickly rephrasing his thought. “Terrified’s too strong a word. But you know, he’s like anybody — he gets butterflies a little bit,” he said. “And then once he’s in it, two or three minutes, he’s forgotten about the nervousness.’’
I think perhaps you're overreacting. I'm very doubtful that this is anything the Secret Service would consider a legitimate threat. Of course, you never know.
I for one think that this deserves further investigation. Threatening the president is a crime of the highest caliber. If Mitt Romney can not control his sons wild and violent tendencies, how can he lead a nation?
I wonder what the press, especially the conservative press would have done if Obama had a black son that said he'd like to take a punch at his father's opponent but couldn't because secret service would have stopped him? It seems to me that the angry black man image would have been brought out. But Tagg's comments were ignored by most in the conservative media.
