Questioning Obama About ELF: Hands Off?

At a hearing of the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works last May, Senator Barak Obama (D-Illinois) cited the FBI's own assertions that crimes by the ELF and ALF had been decreasing. Obama suggested that the FBI's 2003 statistics showing more than 7,400 hate crimes motivated by race, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation, and 450 environmental crimes by industries violating clean air and water laws and improperly transporting and disposing of hazardous waste, demonstrated that there were much bigger threats.

"While I want these [ELF and ALF] crimes stopped," the senator said, "I do not want people to think that the threat from these organizations is equivalent to other crimes faced by Americans every day."

ELF has not taken credit, nor have they been officially cited for the latest fires causing at least $7 million dollars. But there were signs left saying "Built green?" and "McMansions RCDs r not green." These signs lead some to believe that ELF was involved somehow.

There is also a trial going on where ELF member Briana Waters is being tried for a suspected ELF fire at University of Washington (2001). Could this all just be coincidence? Maybe. Maybe not.

The question is, Can we question Obama on his thoughts and ideas about ELF and ALF and their relevance today? Or are the above statements not valid in this election either? We are not to question him about his religion(s), but it's okay for Romney and Hucklebee to be grilled. We cannot call him by his real name Barrack Hussein Obama. We cannot or should not look into his "cousins" who may or may not be of radical Muslim persuasion. And on and on it goes.

Does Barrack Hussein Obama think its a terrorist act to set fire or do harm to other people's property? Does he feel that ELF and ALF have valid points and this is the only way for them to get "heard"? Does Obama look at ELF and ALF as lesser of evils? Meaning that since their statistics are lower right now, they are some how less destructive to those they impact? Is questioning allowed on this topic?