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  • UGH: “WASHINGTON (AP) — ATF says it has disrupted skinhead plot to assassinate Obama, kill 102 black people.” Not 101, not 103, but… oh goddamnit we have no jokes. Pray to your fake liberal God for a safe week. [AP]


4:30 PM on Mon October 27 2008
By Jim Newell
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  1. SayItWithWookies says at 4:33 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Let’s not have a race riot — Obama’s about bringing people together. We should all frickin’ riot.

  2. Texan Bulldoggette says at 4:33 pm, October 27th, 2008

    I think 102 was as high as they could count.

  3. Mr Blifil says at 4:33 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Skindheads? And where exactly was Steve Schmidt while all this was going down?

  4. Mumble Softly says at 4:33 pm, October 27th, 2008

    This sounds just like those BIG TERRORIST PLOT disruptions that always happened right before George W or Giuliani were up for re-election.

  5. SuperRounder says at 4:34 pm, October 27th, 2008

    What’s passing for a “skinhead plot” these days? Did a bunch of them get all pissed at seeing Obama on the teevee and blab their “plan” while getting slurpees?

  6. Truculent says at 4:35 pm, October 27th, 2008

    I suspect there will be more of these things in the coming week. If Hopey gets elected, there will be a permanent free-fire zone around him.

  7. Electric Zen says at 4:36 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Yeah, that’s not cool. Let’s hope this is one of those over-sensationalized terrorist stories where it turns out it was actually just two kids yelling out the N-word while playing Halo.

  8. shortsshortsshorts says at 4:37 pm, October 27th, 2008

    AP typo: should read “associate” not “assassinate.”

  9. Serolf Divad says at 4:37 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Texan Bulldoggette:

    There were 10 of them, see and one was an inbred bitter from West Virginia with 6 fingers on each hand.

  10. My fake liberal God says He’s on it.

  11. 102 is such a weirdly specific number… who knew the bitters could count that high?

  12. vintageways says at 4:37 pm, October 27th, 2008
  13. Canmon (the Inadequate) says at 4:38 pm, October 27th, 2008

    I find it ironic that the people who believe in racial supremecy are usually the people whose very existence disproves it.

  14. ManchuCandidate says at 4:39 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Well, looks like Teddie Tubes won’t be the only new jail bait.

  15. mackensie says at 4:39 pm, October 27th, 2008

    The crisis is over. Drudge has moved Distributegate back to the top!

  16. Texan Bulldoggette: You’re giving them way too much credit. I doubt they could get higher than 21.

  17. MargeSimpsonsBlackFriend says at 4:40 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Once Obama gets elected, the Secret Service, FBI, and ATF are all going to have to double their numbers to keep up with all the threats.

    Obama is all about creating jobs!

  18. Worlds End says at 4:40 pm, October 27th, 2008

    SuperRounder: You didn’t see the NYT article. Apparently they have allot of mentally ill people that also have sexual problems, who would of guessed. They are also infighting much like republican only calling each other jews.

  19. Truculent says at 4:40 pm, October 27th, 2008

    This was one ambitious plot. Two guys planned to whack Obama and then chop the heads off 102 people at a black high school. Why do I get the feeling there was a lot of meth involved in planning this?

  20. AngryBlakGuy says at 4:40 pm, October 27th, 2008

    …so they are raiding Sara Palin rallies now?!

  21. Sabre_Justice says at 4:40 pm, October 27th, 2008

    It’s gonna be so great when the Secret Service goes after the racists.

  22. Johnny Zhivago says at 4:41 pm, October 27th, 2008

    They also disrupted a plot against Sarah Palin by a gang of William F. Buckley impersonators.

  23. ChernobylSoup says at 4:41 pm, October 27th, 2008

    “In court records unsealed Monday, agents said they disrupted plans to rob a gun store and target an unnamed but predominantly African-American high school by two neo-Nazi skinheads.”

    They had to rob a gun store first? What kind of self-respecting neo-Nazi skinhead doesn’t already own a gun?

  24. chaste everywhere says at 4:41 pm, October 27th, 2008

    “Officials said Cowart and Schlesselman stated that they would be willing to die during their attempt.”

    ‘zat offer still open?

  25. gjdodger says at 4:42 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Swell. One of my fellow Arkies. Maybe he’s a Music Man fan, and wanted to kill one black person for every county in Illinois–”and that’s 102 counties!”

  26. problemwithcaring says at 4:42 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Gawd, Hopey, again with the race card?

  27. fuckinredneck says at 4:43 pm, October 27th, 2008

    In other news, David Cross and Patrick Stewart are hatching a skinhead plot. BEWARE

  28. So these skinheads are angry, mentally ill white people on meth angry about the coming black-socialist takeover of America? Are we sure The Corner isn’t behind it? I’d say the only thing that lets them off the hook is there are too many Jews there.

  29. Did they mean “ATF says it has disrupted skinhead plot to assassinate Obama, and has killed 102 black people?”

  30. greatgooglymoogly says at 4:43 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Gad. Funding time again.

    [At ATF HQ] “Hey, Mel, let’s go on over to the shithead … uh, SKINhead bar and ask what they think of ol’ you-know-who.”

    [At skinhead bar] “Hey, whattya ya’ll thinka the n****r fer prez’dint?” [screams and flying glass followed by riot and multiple arrests]

    [Back at the ranch] “Yup, saved his ass agin. Put in fer a medal and a coupla billion more fer next year’s budget, huh?” (To self: “Man, this sure beats Waco.”)

  31. Sussemilch says at 4:44 pm, October 27th, 2008

    102 is the emergency # in Israel. That makes about as much sense as anything, considering the idiots involved.

  32. american mutt says at 4:44 pm, October 27th, 2008

    SayItWithWookies: Agreed. I look fwd to seeing my hipster brethren shaking their skinny fists in the air.

  33. WonderWomyn says at 4:45 pm, October 27th, 2008

    It drives me nuts that most people don’t know that most race riots were started by white people– the stuff that went down in the Tulsa Riot in 1921 was so bad it makes all modern riots seem like slightly rowdy art gallery parties.

    But, some how the term “race riot” now means black people turning over cars…

    Meanwhile who’s hatching a terrorist plot? Skinheads, hat’s who.

  34. NoWireHangers says at 4:46 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Do the skinheads realize that the best way to antagonize African Americans and liberals in general is to assassinate our beloved leader? Are they trying to start a national apocalyptic race riot?

  35. Johnny Zhivago says at 4:46 pm, October 27th, 2008

    100% Probability that the following will appear in “The Corner” within 10 minutes:

    “Are you sure these weren’t Obama supporting Skinheads, who were deliberately caught in order to embarrass McCain.”

  36. loquaciousmusic says at 4:47 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Between Ted Stevens and neo-Nazi skinheads, I guess I’m drinking tonight either way.

  37. magic titty says at 4:47 pm, October 27th, 2008

    CAMPAIGN SHOCKER!!
    This story is not up on Drudge or Fox.

    But probably because it’s another Ashley Todd hoax. She’s so crafty, that one…

  38. Internally valid says at 4:47 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Longer story out now:

    http://tinyurl.com/6rcc7d

    Bright side(?): the AP reports that they were planning to fail at killing Obama and get killed in the process . . . wtf?

  39. gjdodger says at 4:49 pm, October 27th, 2008

    The wire story says they were going to shoot 88 people and decapitate 14 others. 14 is this secret code they use for a 14 word statement about protecting their children, coined by the founder of The Order, who is doing 190 years for violent crimes. 88 is Heil Hitler, for the eighth letter of the alphabet. This is beyond snark.

  40. Two tweakers from West Helena and Bells, Tennessee. Sounds about right.

  41. Itsjustme says at 4:49 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Texan Bulldoggette: And Sarah Palin’s SAT score.

  42. gjdodger says at 4:50 pm, October 27th, 2008

    NoWireHangers: Are they trying to start a national apocalyptic race riot?

    Yes.

  43. Truculent says at 4:51 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Sussemilch: If those two shitstains actually knew that and built their plot around it, I’m buying you a 72 ounce steak and a quart of 30 year old Scotch. That’s some serious trivia

  44. chascates says at 4:52 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Stevens found guily on all 7 counts!

  45. Deepthroat says at 4:52 pm, October 27th, 2008

    i suspect joe the skinhead

  46. sobaytransplant says at 4:52 pm, October 27th, 2008

    I read that the actual plan was to kill 88 and decapitate 14 african americans at a high school. The Washington Times said that those numbers are presumably significant within their community. Why are those numbers significant? Well, I didn’t know either, so I looked it up… they are hate symbols. Here’s what I found out:

    “The eighth letter of the alphabet is “H.” Eight two times signifies “HH, ” shorthand for the Nazi greeting, “Heil Hitler.” 88 is often found on hate group flyers, in both the greetings and closing comments of letters written by neo-Nazis, and in e-mail addresses.”

    “This numeral represents the phrase “14 words,” the number of words in an expression that has become the battle cry and rallying slogan for the white supremacist movement: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.” This expression was coined by white supremacist David Lane while in prison serving essentially a life sentence for his role in The Order, a 1980s white supremacist terrorist group that conducted armed robberies, bombings, and assassinations. Lane died in prison in 2007.”

  47. slappypaddy says at 4:53 pm, October 27th, 2008

    greatgooglymoogly: In all seriousness, I know some ATF guys, and they are stalwart.

  48. Worlds End says at 4:54 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Dave J.: I was only a matter of time before it was caught on camera

  49. The real tragedy is that John McCain might lose some of his key supporters if the ATF rounds up a bunch of skinheads in rural Tennessee. It’s vote suppression!

  50. Obama is going to have to lease the Popemobile for real.

  51. magic titty says at 4:55 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Sabre_Justice: Don’t you think the Secret Service should be all black crime fighting ninjas sent here to protect our precious Hopey!?!

  52. chascates says at 4:56 pm, October 27th, 2008

    magic titty: And Drudge missed Sunday’s 5.1 earthquake in California too!

  53. JeffGoldblum says at 4:56 pm, October 27th, 2008

    So these two sad clowns were trying to…almost kill Obama?

  54. ShaqsDong says at 4:58 pm, October 27th, 2008

    This entire story neglects the fact that there are many white people with lush, full heads of hair (ok, balding middle-aged freepers) who want to kill Obama too.

  55. problemwithcaring says at 4:58 pm, October 27th, 2008

    gjdodger: Nothing’s beyond snark…Please? I mean, we kinda hafta get used to this.
    Personally, it says a lot about our country that there haven’t been many serious plots to assassinate W. What it says, I won’t say. Don’t need the ATF knocking on the door of my backwoods cabin.

  56. Truculent: you nailed it!If only the ATF could investigate methlabs. MATF doesn’t have the ring as plain old ATF though.

  57. SuperRounder says at 4:59 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Dave J.: Can’t say I’m shocked. The stuttering was funny though.

  58. Barry is prepared with his savate and krav-maga. Ow!

  59. Was it this guy?

  60. saridout says at 5:00 pm, October 27th, 2008

    No joke, i’m pretty worried.

  61. magic titty says at 5:00 pm, October 27th, 2008

    slappypaddy: Second that. Those guys are the real thing.

  62. HuskyMescan says at 5:01 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Love and hopes always decapitates hate.

  63. We are the world
    We are the children
    We are the ones who make a brighter day
    So let’s start giving
    There’s a choice we’re making
    We’re saving our own lives
    It’s true we’ll make a better day
    Just you and me

  64. HuskyMescan says at 5:01 pm, October 27th, 2008

    “hope”..oh fuckall editing functions everywhere.

  65. The Station Manager says at 5:02 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Jesus fucking Christ, why are people so retarded.

  66. LittlePig says at 5:03 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Hmmm, 88 and 14 huh?

    Beats me on the 14, but I can see 88 - pianos have 88 keys…BLACK AND WHITE KEYS TOGETHER!

  67. ChernobylSoup: what kind of white supremacisisisist doesn’t already work at a gun shop? or have a gun show license?? They gotta stop cookin up the meth though….

  68. magic titty says at 5:04 pm, October 27th, 2008

    It finally hit FoxNews.com. Here’s one comment-er:

    “So what’s the big deal? Obama is DIRECTLY tied to ACORN and fraudulent votes and has given them tons of money, he has lied about being in camp with Bill Ayers, he wants illegal aliens to get welfare and have driver’s licenses, he is close spiritual buddies with Jeremish Wright….and the Dumacraps do not think a thing about it…so why should anyone get upset about this?…..Oh, it’s illegal? So is everything Obama does!”

  69. DeathOfIrony says at 5:04 pm, October 27th, 2008

    And the rhetoric of McCain/Palin, and perhaps more importantly, of Limbaugh, Beck, and Hannity don’t have anything to do with it.

    I know this (entertaining and funny) site is for snark, but good God, what kind of people are we? Everything ugly about the US is coming to the surface, and perhaps that is the cost of going for some higher ideals.

    Obama has to win, and then this country really needs to face itself. Over on Hannity it’s become a circle-jerk about how many guns they all need…it’s even devolved into a pissing match about whether .223 and 7.68 can be shot out of the same gun. I certainly hope the Secret Service is monitoring some of those lists.

    I’m sickened by all of this, it’s time for some grown-ups in the US of A.

  70. bitchincamaro says at 5:04 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Reminds me of the infamous but failed “Combover Plot” hatched by Trump and Ghouliani.

  71. Itsjustme says at 5:05 pm, October 27th, 2008

    grendel: Is he wearing lipstick?

  72. They apparently wanted to do it wearing tuxedos and top hats. From this moment forward, these two idiots shall be referred to as Dumb and Dumber.

  73. american mutt says at 5:09 pm, October 27th, 2008

    SCARY VIDEO JUST RIGHT FOR THE MOMENT:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2K0SbxnHeE

  74. Worlds End says at 5:09 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Anyone watching hardball? White top hats and speeding cars?

  75. problemwithcaring says at 5:09 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Itsjustme: …and Transition(TM) lens?

  76. bitchincamaro says at 5:17 pm, October 27th, 2008

    grendel: SP without the wighat?

  77. american mutt says at 5:21 pm, October 27th, 2008

    magic titty: You need to stop posting stuff from Fox. the more I hear these creeps the less hopeful I become.

  78. edgydrifter says at 5:26 pm, October 27th, 2008

    You know, Sam-Joe the Plumber has a pretty smooth dome. And he wants Obama dead–I’m just sayin’, is all.

  79. SisterTruth says at 5:32 pm, October 27th, 2008

    Go to aol news (http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/10/27/anti-obama-skinhead-plot-thwarted/) so you can see a picture of the back of some guy’s head with the word “skinhead” tattoo-ed on it. Gee, do you think that might have given him away to the secret service at the latest Obama rally?

    Also, don’t they know that Obama is superman? He can’t be killed. Duh.

  80. justthisonce says at 5:56 pm, October 27th, 2008

    NoWireHangers: Actually, yes, they are. Seriously, with zero sarcasm, one of the central tenets of crazy-skinheadism is the idea to precipitate a “race war” during which the country/planet can be “cleansed” of the lesser races.

  81. edgydrifter says at 6:01 pm, October 27th, 2008

    justthisonce: Too bad they haven’t figured out that a lot of white folks may not consider the skinheads part of their race, either. You know what they say in the South–one drop of stupid blood makes you a dumb motherfucker.

  82. Internally valid says at 6:31 pm, October 27th, 2008

    grendel: They have that picture up on the AP story now. Nice swastika tattoo, Dan. Have fun eating nazi dick in federal prison, fascist. Oh, and while you’re at it, die.

  83. Itsjustme says at 6:36 pm, October 27th, 2008

    american mutt: Name taken by W and Dick

  84. LittlePig: a song sung by two white guys… (well, ok, Michael was still a little black)

  85. Scandalabra says at 7:54 pm, October 27th, 2008

    I say a prayer daily for Hopey, and those 14 serious motherfuckers in suits and Raybans surrounding him.

  86. Giant Robot says at 8:14 pm, October 27th, 2008

    grendel: The dude looks like a lady…

  87. Race Riot
    Don’t Buy It
    KKK
    Don’t Even Try It

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