Contact information for the Secret Service is here. Presumably Coulter's threat would fall under the jurisdiction of the DC field office (202-406-8000). Concerned citizens should do their patriotic duty and make sure the government is aware of this assassination threat against a Secret Service protectee. Call now. CPAC is going on today, in DC, until about 6 PM. Presumably the Secret Service would want to appear there promptly to make sure that no other CPAC speakers are making further threats against SS protectees. Also, CPAC is not some minor, fringe event. Cheney spoke at their opening banquet Thursday night. Other major Republican figures were on the schedule, including at least four senators. (The full CPAC conference schedule is here. )
Therefore, every Republican leader associated with CPAC should be asked the following questions:
The Secret Service investigated teenagers in Colorado who sang the exact lyrics of a 40-year old Bob Dylan song. When can we expect the Secret Service to investigate Ann Coulter for stating her wish to take "a shot at Clinton?"
Why were you willing to share a venue with a speaker who called Muslims "ragheads," and who publicly stated a wish to take "a shot at Clinton?" Are you still willing to participate in further CPAC events, even though they welcome speakers such as Coulter?
Given that inflammatory cartoons are front-page news, and given that Bush has recently called for civility in political discourse, these questions would be highly appropriate for tomorrow's talking-head shows.
Concerned citizens may want to contact media to remind them of the importance of these questions.
