UPDATES AT BOTTOM
On the heels of news that the Secret Service is investigating a Facebook poll asking if President Obama should be assassinated, a NewsMax columnist writes about a "military coup" that would solve the "Obama problem:"
"There is a remote, although gaining, possibility America's military will intervene as a last resort to resolve the Obama problem. Don't dismiss it as unrealistic.
America isn't the Third World. If a military coup does occur here it will be civilized. That it has never happened doesn't mean it wont. Describing what may be afoot is not to advocate it. So, view the following through military eyes"
NewsMax has since pulled the column (now they should fire the editors who allowed it in the first place).
Actually, worrying that this may happen is one thing. Even suggesting that people take to the streets is IMHO okay, so long as it is not a call for violence. What the author, John L. Perry, however, is doing is threatening the POTUS in a Conservative publication known for its Obama -hate, birther propaganda and so forth. In other words, it is not only that he writes this, it is also where this is published that is alarming.
Recall that during the Honduras coup in June, I found that right-wing bloggers and their readers were openly praying that the same thing would happen here.
As for Perry's assertion that a military coup would be civilized, he is insane. The moment the military removes a democratically elected President, claims of a democracy, the Constitution, and anything that makes us a free society will also be removed.
In fact, there is a process for removing the POTUS, a Constitutional process called impeachment. A military coup would be treason and would be punishable by death. Perry is yet another example of the glue-sniffers' concern that since they cannot remove Obama through impeachment, through 'birther' and 'socialist' smears, then perhaps they can do it the JFK way.
And just to remind everyone of what happened on the day JFK was assassinated, consider the image below. It ran as a full page ad in the Dallas Morning News the very day JFK was killed. The ad was paid for by people affiliated with the John Birch Society.
UPDATE
Rick Moran has more of the column up and a nice rebuke of it. What I find really interesting is Perry's assertion that there are people in the military (officers it seems) who are openly discussing this. I hope he is telling the truth for his sake. Because I am positive that the Secret Service is likely going to pay a visit to Perry to find out if Perry is telling the truth and who these officers are. I know we all want to know who would engage in this kind of conduct and I know we will all sleep better knowing that they are safely locked up.
