Monday, October 27, 2008

Assassination attempt envy?

In more frightening news, two skinheads are now being held by the Feds on charges of plotting to go a national killing spree in which they would murder 88 black people (14 by decapitation), culminating in an assassination attempt on Barack Obama. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist movement, 88 standing for Heil Hitler (H being the 8th letter of the alphabet) and 14 as representing an influential white supremacist mantra: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children." The Obama campaign has yet to comment on the development, but the big question is how the McCain camp may react. After Ashley Todd's attempt to link Obama supporters with racial/political violence and McCain's claim that he has heard himself be called a terrorist at Obama rallies (really, John? Which rallies were these, exactly?), I can only imagine what kind of story may be concocted about anattempt to murder John McCain, undoubtedly involving some militant anti-American black power movement led by Reverend Wright or perhaps a resurrected Weathermen movement headed by Ayers.

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