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[News] Four arrested in plot to kill Obama
« Reply #15 on: August 26, 2008, 12:50:17 PM »
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Dude - EVERY Presidential candidate is a potential target.


True. It is pathetic that in 2008, Americans are trying to a) kill a Presidential candidate and b) do so because he's Black.

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[News] Four arrested in plot to kill Obama
« Reply #16 on: August 26, 2008, 03:38:14 PM »
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Dude - EVERY Presidential candidate is a potential target. Just this got publicity. I bet there are all sorts of half-baked plots and attempts stopped every 4 years during election years.

I'd be curious to know about others.  The only attempts on a presidential candidate that I know of were the assassination of George Wallace in 1972, of Robert Kennedy in 1968, and a failed attempt on FDR in 1933.  Not saying that there weren't others - I just haven't heard of them.

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[News] Four arrested in plot to kill Obama
« Reply #17 on: August 26, 2008, 03:43:17 PM »
Failed attempt on Reagan...



EDIT::: Sorry, didn't notice you meant on Candidates...
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