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Sorry to disappoint you, but there was a guy arrested in Florida for making vague threats against Obama in some training class he was taking.
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If this person challenged the constitutionality of the charges, he would win.
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I don't care what kind of hatred that good Christian woman, Sarah Palin, spills. But when she remains silent after her words have incited her listeners to cry out "Kill him", I think that's wrong and if it's not unlawful, it should be. If you made an offhand threat about killing her in front of witnesses, you would be arrested, too.
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Brandenburg v. Ohio clarified that it is specifically legal to advocate violence to effect political and economic change, as long as there is not imminent lawless action.
I'm sorry you don't agree with the 1st amendment. I suggest you move to a country that doesn't value free speech.
Under the current test, yelling "Lynch the nigger" at your KKK rally is 100% legal and constitutionally protected. Yelling "Lynch the nigger" at an Obama rally where there are 100s of people ready to rush the stage, that's very much not protected speech. That's how the imminent danger test works.