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Who does Jessie Helms think he is? The unrelenting attacks he has made on the president lately can now be converted by some wacko with a weapon into a physical attack on the president.

If a foreign leader said that our president should bring a bodyguard when he went to their country, the American people would interpret that the same way as the leader calling for attempts on the president’s life.

I served in the U.S. Marine Corps for more than 10 years. I still have many friends in the service and have not heard one complaint about the president. Conversely, the majority of military members I have run across are very bitter about congressional fat cats who continue to vote themselves perks while service people have to use food stamps.