He's a Democrat, probably an Obama voter.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 11/24/2010 9:48:36 AM PST by DCBryan1
NOVEMBER 24--A 77-year-old South Carolina man whose home was stocked with an arsenal of guns told Secret Service agents that he wanted to shoot Barack Obama “for what he has done to this country,” according to a criminal complaint charging him with threatening the president’s life.
Michael Bowden allegedly first spoke of killing Obama last week during a “routine check-up” at a Veterans Administration clinic in Spartanburg. Bowden, pictured in the mug shot at right, told a nurse that he “was thinking of traveling to Washington, DC, to shoot the President (Obama) because he is not doing enough to help African Americans,” according to an affidavit sworn by Agent Mark Booth.
In an interview last Wednesday with three federal investigators, Bowden acknowledged threatening Obama’s life at the VA facility.
In a sworn, written statement he noted that, “if I had the opportunity to put Obama against the wall and shoot him, I would.” Bowden added that if he could kill anyone, “I would kill, if possible, the President (Obama), for what he has done to this country.”
During a search of Bowden’s home, agents located three semi-automatic handguns and a semi-automatic rifle--all of which were “fully loaded, with rounds in the firing chamber--near his bed. In Bowden’s son’s bedroom, agents found 12 other guns, while a “loaded, short-barrel shotgun” was found near the home’s front door.
The jailed Bowden, who turns 78 on Friday, may soon be freed pending the completion of a psychiatric evaluation. One condition of his release will require Bowden to refrain from possessing a firearm.
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Paranoia runs deep. Into your life it will creep.
“It’s not paranoia if they really are out to get you”.
Dr. Johnny Fever, 1978
The guy is toast...and probably a “Robert Byrd” democrat.
I have no idea what you are talking about. I am just not that good at HTML ;)
I hope Mr. Bowden gets a good lawyer....he's going to need one for committing a federal crime.
I too say Happy Thanksgiving to the USSS. Y'all have a tough job.
Thank you..............Doooh
He's a Democrat, probably an Obama voter.
Of course we all condemn this old guy, who clearly needs some help. He could of course never carry out his crazy idea.
What’s really important about this story is that it’s almost certainly a result of the new TSA policy.
That thing really has people mad.
Hearsay is not, nor is wanting to hurt someone who is harming our country. I didn't see credible evidence of a serious threat.
For What It’s Worth—Buffalo Springfield (1967)
Obama has had more “investigations” than both Bushes and Clinton combined.
A federal prison would be a lot better than many nursing homes in Florida that I visit.
“Threatening POTUS is a crime.
Partially correct. “
partially? What part is incorrect? Making a threat against the POTUS is and should be a crime.
SS does the best job protecting President’s. This guy is a nut. Maybe he needed a home and jail was the option.
“Hearsay is not”
And where do you see hearsay?
He made threats in front of witnesses.
We, the government, and all nutcases concerned need to get the hell out of the way so African Americans can start doing for THEMSELVES.
“It would not surprise me if his own cadre creators and masters zapped him.” And then blame it on conservatives and declare martial law w/Biden at the helm? OMG!
No matter who you are or how old you are, you cannot threaten to kill the President of the United States.
Someone claimed that he made a threat, in a context in which the “threat” may not have actually included an intent to carry it out. I see a difference between the (presumably paraphrased) words attributed to him and the conclusion that he was threatening the power-hungry thug in our White House.
I predict that this will be on MSNBC for a week and they will use it to justify the TSA scanning and pat downs of the young and elderly.
I personally know of one case when they did.
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