Slog - Comments on Close to the Assassination Action, Anyway http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway While the Washington delegates are not very near the convention, I should probably note that the glamourous Hyatt Regency Tech Center, where the Washington delegation is staying, played a role in the supposed attempt (since dismissed by a U.S. attorney as "no credible threat") on Obama's life. Here are the details: Martin Dwaine Johnson told authorities that an associate and an accomplice were planning to kill Sen. Barack Obama using a sniper rifle simply because he is black, but the threat was not deemed credible by federal authorities. [...] The case began 1:37 a.m. Sunday when Gartrell, 28, who was... Copyright 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:32:10 -0800 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:45:07 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by PC Thanks for the report.

Hopped up on meth jumps out six stories high has arms and is not a credible threat?
Jesus. We have too many guns in America.

Meanwhile, off topic a bit,
--Greg Craig of Obama team says McCain vetting Condi Rice for VP. that would be a historic pick, no? Probably just trying to keep the die hard HRCite wymenfolk stirred up...

--TV is showing that Obama will speak from a Greek type structure with columns in Invesco field. Huh?
--Sources also say he plans to ride a horse there, over a bridge made of boats, across a man made lake ... (just kidding!)

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114903 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114903 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:44:29 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Adolf? Why am I not surprised?

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114908 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114908 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:47:12 -0800 Comment by Fnarf People though Timmy McVeigh was blowhard who couldn't follow through, too.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114909 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114909 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:47:26 -0800 Comment by gramma man 2000 I know this isn't the point, but the post really needs to work on completing sentences.

]]> gramma man 2000 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114917 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114917 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:51:22 -0800 Comment by jrrrl Johnson cried and said Adolf and Gartrell talked about going hunting, but what they meant was that they were going to kill Obama during his speech Thursday.

Duh, that's what rednecks always mean when they say they're "going hunting."

]]> jrrrl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114922 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114922 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:54:24 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger WOW, some of those Hillary supporters just are not getting the catharis that they need!

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114940 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114940 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:02:39 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Cheney must be miffed his hit on Obama was thwarted.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114946 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114946 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:06:37 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo If this half-assed assassination (half-assassination?) plot was against Bush, Cheney or McCain, we wouldn't be hearing about anything else. We'd probably be on Double Secret Orange Alert right now.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114954 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114954 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:10:23 -0800 Comment by Just Sayin' @8, McCain had an envelope of white powder mailed to his CO campaign headquarters with a death threat just last Friday

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hc-zIPTR-8SS2RPAoZTsp4VEk3uAD92NIJAO0

]]> Just Sayin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114990 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1114990 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:28:56 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo #9:Touché. Of course, that powder wasn't anything dangerous and these guys actually had sniper rifles and telescopic sites, but still.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1115025 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1115025 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:54:56 -0800 Comment by RHETT ORACLE Sounds like "the gang who couldn't snort straight"...

]]> RHETT ORACLE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1115082 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/close_to_the_assassination_action_anyway#c1115082 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:45:07 -0800