Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Will Secret Service Get Some Exercise?
Two men were charged with plotting to kill Senator Obama on Monday. Paul Schlesselman (of Tennessee) and Daniel Cowart (of Arkansas) were plotting to kill 100 African Americans, their last kill being Obama. Also a part of their plan was to behead 14 people of the 100. These two white supremacists said they would go on this killing spree while wearing white tuxedos. They were both charged with illegal possession of a sawed-off shotgun, conspiracy to rob a federally licensed gun dealer and making threats against a presidential candidate. The secret service and law enforcement have both said they do not believe these two men had the means to "pull off the stunt." The sad thing is, this is only one story of people plotting to take Obama's life. There is no telling how many other people have had similar horrible thoughts. The question is: Does the secret service need to be on any higher alert this year than any other election year? Obama is taking America forward by leaps and bounds just by being an African American presidential candidate. I can not imagine how our country would react if he is assassinated, or even injured! As this is the third threat on Obama's life already, I suspect that the secret service will get some "extra exercise." All we can do as Americans is hope and pray that the secret service and law enforcement can do their jobs effectively.
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I read this article and had no idea that three threats had already been given to Obama during his campaign. This is a scary reality; however it is somewhat comforting to know how effective the government is at discovering these threats before they occur.
A new article says the the two in question couldn't even do the assisination because they had no idea how or means to do it. It's also hard to take them seriously since they were going to wear top hats and tuxes.
Many people feel that Obama could be assisinated and I think this is just sad for out country. We need to hate less and be more peaceful. Obama has been pretty positive in his campaign versus McCain don't people want this positive stace to stay alive. There have been great leaders assisinated but I'm hoping nobody is going to bring about killing a good leader again. Think what would the country have been like if John Kennedy or Bobby Kennedy got assissinated? What is Abe Lincoln or Martin Luthor King Jr. were not assissanated? Many people would be outraged if Obama got assissanated and the one doing the assissantion would have to watch for his life because many people would want to off him/her for doing the deed.
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