I had a conversation with a close friend this weekend that went like this:

Her:  Well, Obama might get the Presidency but I think he’ll be assassinated.

Me:  What?  I don’t think so.  I think that whole assassination thing is probably pretty hard to do.

Her:  Well, I sure HOPE he gets assassinated!

Me:  *faints*

It turns out that she wants him assassinated because he is going to completely ruin the country.  Her examples?  She didn’t have any but said that her son knew a bunch.

*faints again*

It’s things like this that both worry and astound me.  How a normal (ok, semi-normal) person could wish for the death of another person just because of political affiliation is completely beyond me.  It also, quite frankly, makes me ill.  And embarrassed.