Ars Politica: February 2008 Archives

Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller fame) was told by a couple of blue state liberal guys he knew that if Obama becomes president, some "redneck" will try to shoot him, and they were pretty damn sure this would happen.

I had to laugh. I mean, how do these guys know this? Why are they so sure? Do they have some sort of "information" about a specific "hit" if he becomes president?

Maybe Penn should have immediately called the FBI and said "yeah, a couple of guys here, right now, standing 10 feet away from me, are convinced some redneck guy is going to "cap" Obama if he becomes the next president of the United States. Maybe you should talk to them."

I'm betting if Penn responding that way, they would have immediately backed off from their claim, but instead Penn uncovers what was really motivating this "certainty," and he videos a position/response to this, on liberals, on the Messianic religious fervor they bring to just about any discussion of any issue, but . . . I'll let Penn take from here:

What Penn experienced, of course, is . . .