The Plot against Obama
I cannot let the news of the arrests of two skinheads for plotting to assassinate Barack Obama pass without comment. As someone who has lived through the assassinations of John F Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy and a near assassination of Ronald Reagan, I know what such a deed now would do to our country.
Anyone who reads this blog knows that I am a fierce opponent of Barack Obama’s candidacy for President. However, the damage to this country that would come from a political assassination would be incalculable. To start with, it would set race relations back 40 years. In addition, it would greatly damage our faith in our country. The assassination of John F Kennedy, followed soon after by the murders of King and Robert Kennedy have left scars that remain to this day.
It appears that this present plot to kill Obama was not motivated so much by a desire to protect America from the policies of a President Obama as it was by pure hate-as evidenced by the reported intention to kill dozens of other African-Americans randomly. Unfortunately, even though I have argued that America is no longer a racist country, there are still pockets of hate such as those demonstrated by these arrests. The skinhead culture, part of which revolves around hatred for non-whites, is a cancer in our society.
Everyone in our country should be relieved that this alleged plot was rooted out and stopped before it could come to fruition. Kudos to the law enforcement personnel who investigated this case.
Finally, all of us, regardless of where we stand politically, should rally around the Obama family and express our support for their well-being. We should all pray that we will never experience a repeat of the assassinations that marked the 1960s. The great thing about America is that our system works in so many ways that no reasonable person would resort to violence to cure our ills, real or imagined.
gary fouse
fousesquawk
There are 1 Comments to "The Plot against Obama"
I saw the news online before my local news could report on it. What disturbed me most about my local news coverage (Ch. 8 WFAA) was that just prior to this story they had a piece about how people are “stock piling” and “buying up” guns since “Obama is going to reinstate the ban” on them. They follow that piece with the plot. I was completely disturbed by this news organizations lack of discretion in the order of their stories.
I do appreciate your coverage of this story in your blog and your tact in how you covered it. When things like this happen, we all should come together, no matter party affiliation, and stand by each other so that the wrongs of the past are not repeated and so our country can heal.
Thanks