The agent in charge of the Secret Service office in Scranton, Pennsylvania, says allegations are unfounded that someone yelled "kill him" when Barack Obama's name came up at a rally for Sarah Palin Tuesday.
The Times Leader newspaper reports Bill Slavoski was in the audience along with a number of other Secret Service agents and law enforcement officials. Not a single one heard the comment.
Reporter David Singleton at The Scranton-Times Tribune first reported hearing the remark. His account was picked up by media across the country.
But Agent Slavoski says he was baffled when he read the report. He says more than 20 civilians were also interviewed and "we have yet to find someone to back up the story."
Even if it did not really happen, the incident has prompted much criticism from the left. Catholic priest, liberal commentator and novelist Andrew Greeley writes in the Chicago Sun-Times that Palin is a "racist with her eye on the White House. She can stir up crowds to shout 'kill him' ... how can she ever justify silence when she heard a cry for lynching?"
Greeley went on to say that John McCain is also guilty of racism: "McCain increasingly acts like an angry, befuddled cancer survivor and treats his rival like a field n-word who is just barely human." [emphasis added]
"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."
The sheep know the shepherd's voice. Father Greeley speaks a language I don't know.
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