Barack Obama: 1 Klu Klux Klan: 0

Barack Obama requested and received Secret Service Protection today. My question is this: when did we start extending affirmative action to politicians? Just because every redneck is out to assassinate him doesn't mean he has to puss out and get some bodyguards. Is this the willy-nilly attitude towards public expenditure he's going to take once he's in office? If it is, don't count on my vote Mr. Obama. Here's the gist according to the New York Times:

The decision to assign agents to protect Senator Barack Obama, a full nine months before the Democratic primary, is the earliest the Secret Service has ever issued security detail to a presidential candidate. Russ Knocke, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, said today he could not comment on whether the decision was made in response to a specific threat against Mr. Obama or his family, but that several criteria were taken into account before the authorization was made.

Shocking. Since when is the Bush administration in the business of giving freebies to minorities? His recent policies have been very confusing - the push for a comprehensive immigration reform not least among them - and I'm just not sure where our WASPY racist has gone.

To be fair to Obama, he is going to need that extra security after receiving an endorsement from ORPAH WINFREY today. There's two things someone can do to really piss of the KKK. The first is to be black. The second is to be endorsed by Oprah Winfrey. Personally, I like Barack, but don't know what the hell he is thinking. Does he want to live long enough to become President, or what? The only thing that could increase the likelihood of his assassination at this point is if he fathered an illegitimate child with Hillary Clinton.