Has anyone seen this story? It's a bit scary...

[Danger Mouse]

http://www.coloradoindependent.com/5479/police-probe-possible-plot-to-kill-obama-two-arrested-one-with-sniper-rifle/

This assclown doesn't look like he could do much but it makes me worry a bit.
The threat is real.

[DangerousRhythm]

1. This is absolutely frightening...

I am VERY glad they caught this douchebag.

[Danger Mouse]

5. Me too. Seriously.

[ikojo]

2. Will refrain from quoting Hillary

I hope Mr Obama has REALLY good protection.

[Danger Mouse]

3. He does. The Secret Service doesn't fuck around.

[ikojo]

10. Given how rabidly partisan today's Republicans are, how are

we guaranteed that Barack Obama receives UNBIASED protection from the secret service?

[Danger Mouse]

11. No guarantee, but the Secret Service is the Secret Service.

[Wickerman]

4. sounds like a couple of freaked out meth-heads

who listen to too much talk radio and watch too much Faux noise. Glad they shut them down before they did any damage.

[goodgd_yall]

6. Not to diminish this

But it could be they happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and really aren't assassination plot conspirators, but more drug dealers. But I'm glad law enforcement and the Secret Service are doing their job well.

[gateley]

8. I'm sure if these guys had a "plot" it wasn't too sophisticated. nt

[VolcanoJen]

9. Not to diminish this, either, but....

... that dude looks like a pissed-off Vanilla Ice.

[yourguide]

13. This is no joke...

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/25/police-investigate-possible-plot-kill-obama/

Authorities are investigating a possible assassination plot against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

At least four people have been arrested in connection with a possible plot to kill Obama at his Thursday night acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High, according to CBS4 News. The suspects are being held on either drug or weapons charges.

Aurora police arrested a longtime drug user Sunday afternoon during a routine traffic stop where the man was seen "weaving," sources said. Three possible other accomplices also were arrested, according to police.

Police found four weapons, including two rifles and two handguns, in a rented pickup.

That arrest then led authorities to a second man staying at the Cherry Creek Hotel at 600 South Colorado Blvd in Glendale. When authorities knocked on the man's door, they say he jumped out of his sixth floor window, landing on an awning and running from the scene. They say they soon found him with a broken ankle. He too was arrested.

CBS4 reported one of the suspects told authorities they were "going to shoot Obama from a high vantage point using a ... rifle … sighted at 750 yards."

Law-enforcement sources told CBS4 that one of the suspects "was directly asked if they had come to Denver to kill Obama. He responded in the affirmative."

One of the suspects has been identified as 28-year-old Tharin Gartrell.

Police found a rifle in the man's rented pickup and methamphetamine. The man allegedly made comments about Sen. Obama, but sources wouldn't say what they were.

It was enough, however, to make police believe the man might have been plotting to somehow harm Obama.

A second source told CBS4 News that they are concerned they may have come upon a possible "assasination plot."

The Secret Service, ATF and U.S. Attorney's Office are investigating.

[Danger Mouse]

14. Scumbags, and probably bigots too.

There's a rash of violent crimes aimed at liberals and Democrats lately...doesn't it seem like it?

[yourguide]

15. there was

the guy arrested yesterday with 4 guns at the grand hyatt with no reservation

and the guy a week ago in a hotel less than 2 miles from the convention center with a couple of pounds of cyanide in his room.

I am officially frightened of thursday.

[Danger Mouse]

19. don't worry...the secret service knows what they're doing.

[goodgd_yall]

17. I hope you mean that as just a saying

I'm as worried about Obama's life as anybody here.

[gateley]

7. I agree it was a couple of meth freaks couldn't have gotten to Obama,

but could have done some harm to others. So glad they caught them.

In the sixties we had a saying -- speed kills. It totally fucks up your brain. It totally transforms people. :scared:

[fadedrose]

12. My favorite pasttime is reading mysteries and, if the cops

stopped the truck on a routine traffic check, according to the books I read about this kind of stuff, they had no probable cause to stop the truck and so none of the stuff they found could be used as evidence. Anybody know the real life way it goes, or is fiction correct?

[Dems to Win]

16. The Secret Service takes pride in being non-partisan.

Obama has a large, vigilant SS detail. He's as safe as they can make him.

[derby378]

18. Lately, they've only been as nonpartisan as Bush allowed them to be

That whole thing with Obama's campaign stop in Dallas gave me the willies when the White House ordered the SS to "stand down" during Obama's Reunion Arena speech.

[Danger Mouse]

20. The SS isn't going to let anything happen to Obama if they can help it.