Obama Poll Pulled from Facebook

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The social networking site Facebook on Monday pulled a third-party application that allows users to create polls after a site member built a poll asking if President Obama should be killed.
There are more than 350,000 applications on Facebook. The company says it disables any that violate its terms.

The U.S. Secret Service, the agency assigned to protect the president, has launched an investigation, agency spokesman James Mackin said.

"As is usually the case, our vigilant users reported it to us first," Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt told CNN. "The USSS [Secret Service] sent us an e-mail late this morning PDT asking us to take it down. At that point, it had already been removed, and we let them know."
The possible responses to the poll were "yes," "maybe," "if he cuts my health care" and "no."
Secret Service investigating Facebook poll on Obama - CNN.com

I wonder if they will ever release the results.
 


Yeah the person who made this is retarded. Even if you have different political views I think there are better ways to show it than making polls about killing the leader of your country on a social networking site.
 
You really think they would or could let something like that fly? And you think it should have been allowed?

I hate Obama, but you can't make polls talking about killing him - something that actually could be a serious topic.

Free speech? People can't take a joke?
 
Yeah saying your are going to assassinate the president isn't covered by the first amendment. If it was do you hate Obama etc it would be perfectly fine to post since it is protected. I can't believe one of you fuckers haven't already hit the Glen Beck crowd with Polls similar to this though it would be cake.
 
Weird, they let the left fags do shit like this all the time but it was only G. Bush..so I guess everything was cool.
 
Yes, I'm sure the person who was planning to assassinate Obama wanted to double check with his peers if it was a good idea first by running a poll. I just think it's funny how seriously they treated it. Removed yes, but the secret service going after the guy? Hah.
 
Hello friends,

Even if it just joke I think no should make. If make poll ask if should kill me I no be happy either.

Good luck bros
 
Free speech? People can't take a joke?

lolwut

there was a film that showed a certain prez getting knocked off, guess what, no play in the us. actually it was an outrage.

Weird, they let the left fags do shit like this all the time but it was only G. Bush..so I guess everything was cool.

next time google Death of a President before you run your cocksuckers
 
I'm not an obama supporter but still, you can not put anything out on the net or not on the net about killing the president. It's NOT going to be taken lightly. People need to have some common sense.
 
Man, this forum is something else isn't it? Ha! Yeah, I'm a big freedom guy (libertarian), so obviously I don't support Obamarx. But I'm not really ok with the idea of asking about whether he should be killed. That's just begging for trouble. Yes, freedom of speech (through precedent) has been limited to the point where it incites violence or chaos. Life, liberty, and the pursuit, but only until it infringes on someone else's right to the same!

BTW, is it okay to post on a controversial issue as a total noob? I guess at least there's no question where I stand!
 
Bush Death Threats – How Quickly The Democrats Forget Monroerising.com: Political Information — Without The Liberal Bias Here is about 7 for you. Man where the fuck was your libby ass for the last 8 years. Were you in Highschool? The left did this shit every day. Do you need more examples? I can come up with a few hundred more.


FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL and... FAIL, didn't show me what i asked for. A poll on facebook is very different from a hand painted sign or a dummy (hehe.. pun) on a noose.

Are any of them cool? No, absolutely not.

Still waiting.