Hillary Clinton: U.S. presidential election, 2008/threats

On July 25, 2007, John Aravosis reported on AMERICAblog that Astroboomer, a frequent poster who has "written over 1,000 posts" to Fox News' Bill O'Reilly's website BILLOREILLY.COM, when responding to the subject "If Hillary WIns, WIll You Be Respectful Of Her?", answered thusly:


 * If she wins which hopefully she won't. My guns are loaded for the revolt are yours?

After seeing the following comment on O'Reilly's website, Lane Hudson "did what a responsible person should do when they see something like this on a blog," he wrote: "I called the Secret Service to report it. This comment isn't about politics or defaming Senator Clinton. It outright states a threat to her life. It is unacceptable."


 * If Hillary wins, I will be respectful of our leader. If you could read my thoughts, I would be on the SS [Secret Service] watch list.

"Hillary is under Secret Service protection," Aravosis added. "Members of BillOReilly.com have made what can reasonably be considered to be threats against Hillary's life. Unlike DailyKos or AMERICAblog, or any other liberal blog, in order to post on BillOReilly.com, you need to give them your credit card info. O'Reilly knows exactly who these people are who are making the threats. Has he done his moral and legal and patriotic duty and reported the names and addresses of these people (which he has because he has their credit cards) to the Secret Service for investigation?"

External articles

 * "Tell Bill O'Reilly to Stop Smearing Grassroots Progressives," HillaryClinton.com, undated 2007.
 * Blogometer: CLINTON: Blessed Is The Peace Maker," National Journal, July 19, 2007.
 * "Politico's Smith charged Clinton 'seems to be breaching' a 'less-aggression' pact with News Corp.," Media Matters for America, July 22, 2007.
 * Blogometer: "CLINTON: Kos Hearts Hil," National Journal, July 23, 2007.
 * "Howard Wolfson, Communications Director for the Clinton Campaign Talks With Bill," The O'Reilly Factor/Fox News, July 24, 2007.
 * "O'Reilly compared Daily Kos to Capone, Mussolini," Media Matters for America, July 24, 2007.
 * Kagro X, "O'Reilly: 'Open forum is bull.' Except if it's mine," The Daily Kos, July 25, 2007.
 * BarbinMD, "Bill O'Reilly's Hate Site," The Daily Kos, July 25, 2007.
 * Taylor Marsh, "BillO'Reilly.com Threatens Clinton," TaylorMarsh.com, July 25, 2007.
 * Jeralyn Merritt, "O'Reilly and Wolfson Debate About Yearly Kos," Talk Left, July 25, 2007.
 * "Clinton campaign tells O’Reilly to stuff it," Democratic Convention or Bust! Blog, July 25, 2007.
 * "O’Reilly On His Message Board: ‘When We See Objectionable Things, We Take It Off Immediately’," Think Progress, July 25, 2007.


 * Also see Hillary Clinton: U.S. presidential election, 2008/External Links.