Aug 7th, 2008 | Raymond Hunter Geisel survey

Do you think Raymond Hunter Geisel was truly serious about assassinating Obama?


The Associated Press reports tonight: "A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges he threatened to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama."

Raymond Hunter Geisel, 22, allegedly made comments about wanting to assassinate Obama (as well as George W. Bush) during a training class for bail bondsmen in July.  Geisel is only being charged in connection to the Obama threats. 

A classmate said Geisel used racial slurs to refer to Obama and added, "If he gets elected, I'll assassinate him myself."  It has been reported that Geisel also told a Secret Service agent that he would use a sniper rifle if he were to kill Obama -- but then claimed he was only joking.

Geisel is being held without bail in Miami.



Do you think Raymond Hunter Geisel was truly serious about assassinating Obama?


42 votes, 145 views , 2 comments
 
 
Poll tags:Raymond Hunter Geisel, Barack Obama, Obama, Geisel Assassination, Obama Assassination Threat, President, Election, Democrats, Decision 08, Crime, Law

 
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Ang
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Texas, United States

posted Aug 8th, 2008 at 01:21 CDT

It doesn't seem likely that a person planning on killing the president would be so cavalier about their intentions. When people know what you are up to, it tends to throw a monkey wrench into the works. At any rate, the guy is an idiot for joking about that sort of thing in public. When you say you want to kill the president, people tend to take that seriously.

Philgtaylor
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Australia

posted Aug 7th, 2008 at 20:54 CDT

Oswald was a garden variety crackpot. Hinckley was a garden variety crackpot. It is the quiet ones you have to watch out for. The ones that do it loudly get arrested.

 
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