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117
Harry Smith, “Senator Ted Kennedy Discusses His Endorsement of Barack Obama,”
The Early Show,
CBS News, January 29, 2008.

118
Jeff Zeleny, “In Memories of a Painful Past, Hushed Worry About Obama,”
New York Times,
February 25, 2008.

119
“Tasteless Predictions,”
The Independent
(London), February 11, 2008.

120
Zeleny, “In Memories of a Painful Past.”

121
Hardball,
MSNBC, May 16, 2008.

122
“The Murder of Mr. Lincoln,”
New York Times,
April 21, 1865 (reprinting letter of John Wilkes Booth). Available at:
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9902E6D81F30EE34BC4951DFB266838E679FDE&oref= slogin
.

123
Kenneth D. Ackerman,
Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield
(Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003), p. 135; Douglas O. Linder, “The Trial of Charles Guiteau,” University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law 2007. Available at:
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/pro jects/FTrials/guiteau/guiteauaccount.html
.

124
American Experience: Emma Goldman,
PBS. Available at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldman/filmmore/pt.html
.

125
This Day in History: October 14, 1912,
Theodore Roosevelt shot in Milwaukee, A&E Television Networks History Channel. Available at:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5436
.

126
Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Franklin D. Roosevelt (Assassination Attempt). Available at:
http://digital.library.miami.edu/gov/FDRAssn.html
.

127
Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, Appendix 7: A Brief History of Presidential Protection at 512. Available at:
http://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/warren-commission-report/appendix 7.html
.

128
See generally Gerald Posner,
Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK
(New York: Anchor Books, 1994); “Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?,”
Frontline,
PBS. Available at:
http://pbs.gen.in/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ oswald/cron/
.

129
Posner:
Case Closed,
pp. 91, 102–8.

130
Ibid., pp. 119–20, 164.

131
Ibid., p. 362.

132
Loren Coleman,
The Copycat Effect: How the Media and Popular Culture Trigger the Mayhem in Tomorrow's Headlines
(New York: Pocket Paperback, 2004), p. 28.

133
Timothy W. Maier, “New Chapters in Assassin's Diary?,”
Insight on the News,
December 14, 1998; “Bremer's Release an Unfortunate Reality,”
Mobile Register
(Alabama), November 11, 2007; Arthur Bremer Biography, Basic Famous People, available at:
http://www.basicfamouspeople.com//index.php?aid=7134
.

134
Sandra Salmans, “Leaves from a Family Album,”
Newsweek,
September 22, 1975. See video: Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme Discusses Her Assassination Attempt on Ford, Saying “His Life Didn't Mean More Than the Redwoods to Me.” Available at:
http://minx.cc/?blog=86&post=209933
.

135
Eileen Keerdoja, “Squeaky and Sara Jane,”
Newsweek,
November 8, 1976; Interview: “Woman Who Tried to Assassinate Ford,” ABC7, January 3, 2007. Available at:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=4900159
.

136
Jerry Seper, “Florida Ballot Chief Warns on ‘Observers,' ”
Washington Times,
October 26, 2004.

137
“Elizabeth Edwards Says There Will Be No Riots if Kerry Wins,”
The Front-runner,
October 26, 2004.

138
Tim Graham, “Sandra Bernhard: Palin Would Be Gang-Raped by Blacks in Manhattan,”
Newsbusters,
September 19, 2008.

139
Peter Kirsanow, “Florida Forever,”
National Review,
March 9, 2004. Available at:
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/kirsanow200403090858.asp
.

140
Brian Mitchell, “Violence, Fraud Mar '04 Election Already,”
Investor's Business Daily,
November 1, 2004.

141
“Population and Housing Profile: Madison, WI,” MSA, American Community Service Profile: 2003 (citing 2003 census). Available at:
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/Profiles/Single/2003/ACS/Narrative/380/NP38000US4720.htm
.

142
Bellevue, Washington, Citidata.com, 2008 (citing 2000 census).
http://quick facts.census.gov/qfd/states/54/5439460.html
.

143
Ben Bomberger, “Campaign Workers Attacked,”
Galax Gazette,
October 28, 2008. Available at:
http://www.galaxgazette.com/cgi-bin/storyviewnew.cgi?055+News.20081027-2025-055-055007.Lead+News

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