bascule Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=98343&catid=188 Unconfirmed reports! Possible white supremacists! Yeah, hard to say what's really going on, but if it's true, I can't say I'm too surprised... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4609445.ece Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBruce Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 It will be interesting to see if this turns out to be a serious threat. But none the less I would not be surprised if it is serious. If it is serious I could see this to be a bust for Obama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Well, he's been receiving credible threats for over a year now, and has had secret service protection as a result. This does appear to be real, but not exactly the best representation of where we're trying to take this nation and our planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 (edited) If it is serious I could see this to be a bust for Obama.What do you mean, a "bust" for Obama? A setback? An arrest? A bummer? Or something that will cost him the presidency? Edited August 26, 2008 by Phi for All Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Yeah there was a case like this just last week here in South Florida, which I guess was just on local news. Guy made threats against Obama and the Secret Service came down and arrested him, and they found a bunch of guns in his place, etc. No idea if they had a search warrant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBruce Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Wow my bad. I meant to say If it is a serious threat it might boost his campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Wow my bad. I meant to say If it is a serious threat it might boost his campaign.No problem. I guess "bust" has done a 180 just like "fat" and "bad". I can't keep up. We're groovy now, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Skeptic Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 An assassination attempt on Obama could either hurt his chances for presidency or increase them, depending on how it is played in the media. A few people might not want to elect a president who might get assassinated, but I think most people would take it as a sign that he's a good guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphus Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 No problem. I guess "bust" has done a 180 just like "fat" and "bad". I can't keep up. We're groovy now, though. "Fat" is still bad, AFAIK. "Phat," which is pronounced the same, is a backronym for "pretty hot and tempting" or variations thereof, and is primarily an adjective for attractive women, with a secondary meaning of generalized approval. The term originated in 1960s African American slang, and its mainstream usage peaked in the late 1990s, and is now used primarily ironically. *Cue "The More You Know" music.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 I doubt very seriously if these doofi would have been any kind of threat to Obama. One was driving erratically on a suspended license in a rental truck he had no papers for, another jumped out of a six story window when police raided his hotel room (the genius, a white supremacist named *Adolph*, broke his ankle in the jump to the roof of an adjacent building, but still had enough meth in him to encourage him to jump off *that* roof too). Does a political candidate get sympathy votes from an assassination attempt by idiots? "Fat" is still bad, AFAIK.Bad as in bad, or bad as in good? I get the fact that DJBruce meant "boost" when he said "bust" but using "bad" for "good" is just bad, imo. Bad bad, not good bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 I don't think an assassination threat is the same thing as a plot. Anyway, this whole thing smacks of nothing more than attention seeking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisyphus Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 This doesn't sound like there's anything to it, but I'm sure there are people out there who would like to assassinate Obama. It's pretty much a given if you're a militant white supremacist, and there still are a fair number of such people. I don't know how much of a threat they actually pose, though. Such people are generally losers in every sense, and probably not capable of carrying out a real "plot." On the other hand, it only takes one crazy person to get lucky, and it's not like that's impossible - it's happened before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 "Fat" is still bad, AFAIK. "Phat," which is pronounced the same, is a backronym for "pretty hot and tempting" or variations thereof, and is primarily an adjective for attractive women, with a secondary meaning of generalized approval. The term originated in 1960s African American slang, and its mainstream usage peaked in the late 1990s, and is now used primarily ironically. *Cue "The More You Know" music.* Cool, I didn't know that was the origin of phat! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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