Official: Man wasn't a 'credible threat' to Obama

RDS, that is an irresponsible and reprehensible comment from you at a time like this. Your comments are exceptionally divisive and reckless and unfounded.

As a Conservative Republican, let me say that I thank God these would-be assassins have been caught and stopped. No punishment is too severe for these crazy, dangerous, and anti-American thugs. No good American, regardless of party, wants to see our political process subverted or to see a good man killed. What a grotesque tragedy that would be for his family, his supporters, and for our whole nation.

The next step is to round up any other co-conspirators or members of whatever "white supremacist" group they may have been a part of. And, I doubt that anyone from the Left will complain this time if the FBI or Secret Service use aggressive measures to catch every criminal involved in this plot.

Further information from CBS Denver ...

Plot to Kill Obama: Shoot From High Vantage Point Into Stadium ... White Supremacist Meth-Heads Involved?

Sources say he had a handcuff ring and was wearing a swastika, and is thought to have ties to white supremacist organizations.

They sound like drug crazed morons with a far-fetched plot, but nonetheless, we can be thankful that they didn't hurt anyone, especially Senator Obama. Great work by Law Enforcement in tracking them down.

All I can think about is how Michelle Obama must feel.

My comment has nothing to do with traditional conservative republicans, but rather was directed at neoconservatives. The vast majority of republicans (small r) are good, if misguided, people. The Neoconservatives on the other hand are corrupt neo-fascists that have infected the GOP. They have nothing at all to do with the party of Goldwater and Ford and everything to do with extreme right wing, even Nazi like, ideology.

When the attempt comes on Barack's life (and I hope it never does) I won't be looking at the racists. I'll want to ask people like Richard Cheney what their connection to it is.

And I can profile the assassin for you right now. White male in his late 20s, did some time in the military, perhaps as special ops, until he was discharged early (backdoored into The Unit). AWOL from society from the last 18 months. Will himself get killed shortly after the assassination.

RDS and Bondibox,

What good are your ugly speculations at this time? RDS, you continue to make a very reckless statements that are filled with hyperbole and paranoia.

Let's stay focused on what has just happened, which is bad enough. It appears that some white supremacist meth-heads hatched a plot to kill Obama. Law enforcement, federal and local, thwarted the plot.

Let's wait to hear more before we start blaming Bush/Cheney/Halliburton/Military, okay?

I'm just saying these guys were knuckleheads, amateurs, nothing like past assassins.

I know people from all walks of life, big R's, little r's Big D's an little d's. Hell Ron Paul was my congressman (don't get me started on that) --I am glad to see people here, that I know hold very different views, stringently protest this behavior.

I can't imagine anything more Un-American, that an act like this.

We can fight, we can argue, but in the end, if your house is on fire. I will bring my water hose. No questions asked.

This further validates the need for tight security at events such as this, and also the ability of the government to track people and groups that pose a threat to national security or interest. It will be interesting to see how these punks were caught. Thank God they were.

Agreed Tom.

I fear for Obama's life as sad as that is to say.

Me, too, Jimster, and that is a sad and terrible thought. God protect him, his family, and all of our other leaders during these crazy times.

Well said, Doug. God bless 'em for doing a largely thankless job. This week was already tough enough for them, and it just got tougher.

I sure hope they have their act together with securit there.

Me too. Viki Babbles has been saying the security is extremely tight. After tonight, I suspect it will get tighter.

Hal, this is one of those times when you and I are in total agreement. Thank God, the plot was thwarted, and I know everyone will be on heightened alert in Denver and in St. Paul next week. Our nation would be so terribly grieved and roiled by any attempt on the lives of our leaders. But, it's a reminder to us all that there are nuts out there who want to do just that.

If one takes your advice to "think about it," then one would completely dismiss the ugly and paranoid accusations that you make against Bush and Cheney. You can hate them and vote for change, but engaging in that kind of wild speculation is just one more symptom of the "Bush Derangement Syndrome" and "Blame Bush" knee-jerk reactions that some on the far Left have.

Why can't we stay focused on the actual story at hand here without immediately wandering off into irresponsible and unhinged conspiracy theories and mindless Bush/Cheney bashing? If that's all you can do, why not go start your own article about that?

Tom,

The Bush administration, RNC & its cronies interfered with federal elections. Multiple times. And forged documents which led us into an unprovoked war. Do you think ethics would stand in the way of them knocking off Obama?! It's not so paranoid to think it could happen that way

I understand how accusations are unwarranted at this time, but come on, you sound like this is a gang of impeccable character and repute.

Good grief.

The Bush administration, RNC & its cronies interfered with federal elections. Multiple times.

No and No.

And forged documents which led us into an unprovoked war.

No.

Do you think ethics would stand in the way of them knocking off Obama?!

Of course! Ethics would prevent such a heinous thought from even crossing their minds.

Now that you've urped up your oddball and irrelevant conspiracy theories, would you like to come back on topic and discuss the actual events on the ground now, and give praise to the law enforcement - including the Feds (you know, those guys who report to Bush) - who helped stop a possible attack on Obama?

Hel-lo!!!! Earth to Tom ...

How you could even possibly start to deny that the Republicans have interfered with recent elections is mind-boggling. Just off the top of my head, in 2000 Florida voters who had names similar to that of a felon(i.e. first three letters) had their names purged - iff they lived in a highly Democratic area of the state. 2002 the RNC jams the phones of the Democratic get out the vote effort in New Hampshire. Felony indictments, prison terms on this one. 2004 in Ohio the Secretary of State refused to allocate enough voting machines in precincts where Democratic turnout was strong. 12 hours to cast a vote! That's not interfering with an election???

You can't face the truth that the Republicans got into power via some extremely shady and provably criminal means.

But despite the media blackout, indications continued to emerge that something deeply troubling had taken place in 2004. Nearly half of the 6 million American voters living abroad(3) never received their ballots -- or received them too late to vote(4) -- after the Pentagon unaccountably shut down a state-of-the-art Web site used to file overseas registrations.(5) A consulting firm called Sproul & Associates, which was hired by the Republican National Committee to register voters in six battleground states,(6) was discovered shredding Democratic registrations.(7) In New Mexico, which was decided by 5,988 votes,(8) malfunctioning machines mysteriously failed to properly register a presidential vote on more than 20,000 ballots.(9) Nationwide, according to the federal commission charged with implementing election reforms, as many as 1 million ballots were spoiled by faulty voting equipment -- roughly one for every 100 cast.(10)

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Thank you for your comment. It is terrible that it has come to this in this nation that some of us could distrust our own government to the point where we would not even put political murder past them in their attempts to retain power. Still considering the corruption of this current administration it's not really surprising. The list of their crimes against America and the world is nearly endless. They have used the terrible events of 9-11 to start an invasion of another country that had nothing to do with the attack, just for the power and profit of war contractors. Trillions of dollars are at stake and I do not believe they'll surrender that much power and money, to say nothing of avoiding the prison sentences they'd receive if there was a comprehensive look into their dirty deals, without trying even assassination to avoid it. In my life there have been administrations I have hated (Nixon, Reagan), but never one I feared until this one.

I am quite familiar with Florida, having lived near Miami, and currently living near Pensacola. I have used butterfly ballots. You might want to talk to the DEMOCRATIC PARTY election officials in many disputed Florida counties as to why they were unprepared to handle the election of 2000.

Don't get me started on the Democratic shenanigans in that and other elections. To sanctimoniously point fingers at Republicans is laughable. Al Gore selfishly tried to steal the 2000 election, and he nearly succeeded. In his effort, he created a fierce and bitter partisan divide that has never been healed. The Left has been at war with George Bush since late 2000, undermining and fighting him at every turn.

These latest paranoid rantings speculating about Bush assassinating Obama are just another piece of slime from the bottom of the barrel.

I have used butterfly ballots.

What the hell does that have to do with voter caging, phone jamming, and illegal purging??!!!

What does your post have to do with reality? What does it have to do with the incompetence of the Florida Democrats who ran the county-wide elections in so many of the disputed counties? What does it have to do with the incompetent voters who couldn't figure out how to use a simple ballot? What does it have to do with criminals trying to vote, or illegal aliens trying to vote? What does it have to do with Al Gore trying to disenfranchise thousands of Florida military voters? What does it have to do with the news networks disenfranchising hundreds of thousands of West Florida voters by projecting a Gore victory one hour before the polls closed?

Do you really want to re-live the 2000 election?

Does the paranoia and bitterness of the Left know no bounds?

This Pavlovian mechanism that is so rampant here on Newsvine never ceases to amaze me. Instead of focusing on the story, we immediately have conspiracy theories, Bush-blamers, and now, of course, the obligatory bashing of "religious people." Of course, it's all apropos of nothing, but it seems to be hardwired into some commenters here that we must always hit the touchstones ... proclaim once more the tired and shopworn shibboleths. It's sort of like a Leftist Liturgy for all discussions. "It's Bush, it's Cheney, it's neo-cons, it's Fox News, it's religion, it's Halliburton, it's the military, it's neoHalliCheney!"

Give me a break ...

Thanks Tom for pointing out this partisan crap has to stop. It gets us no where. Plus its silly.

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez! Enough with the ridiculous and irrelevant and meaningless bleatings of the "neocon" shibboleth. I'm not a little child here who needs to get a kindergarten lecture on political history.

What's with some of the paranoid conspiracy theories that immediately surface here? Who programs you people to immediately began chanting: "Bush's fault! Cheney did it! Halliburton! WTC 7! Neo-con! Fascist! Florida! Butterfly ballot! Charlie the Unicorn!"

Where do you recommend doing your "neo-con" research? WikiPedia? DailyKos? George Soros' underwear drawer? C'mon, this whole "Bush/Cheney want to assassinate Obama" ROT is only inflaming and distracting us from the real issue here.

As a Conservative (not a neo-con, but an old school Reagan Conservative), I have thoroughly denounced the moron meth head neo-Nazis who "planned" their oddball attack on Obama, and I have praised God that Obama is safe from this plot.

Now, would all of you conspiracy theorists please take your nutty and irresponsible and divisive jabber over to Huffington Post, please?