Obama Assassinated?

In their first meeting at the white house, President George W. Bush warned the young Barack Obama: “when you get a lot of attention like you’ve been getting, people start gunnin’ for ya.”

Barack Obama has been oft-compared to JFK. Today, on the 22nd day of February (JFK was assassinated on the 22nd of November) Mr. Obama is touring Dallas, Texas (where JFK was shot in 1963), and the Secret Service has just decided to stop weapons screening at his rally and relax security. What could possibly go wrong?

Here’s according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:

“The order to put down the metal detectors and stop checking purses and laptop bags came as a surprise to several Dallas police officers who said they believed it was a lapse in security. Dallas Deputy Police Chief T.W. Lawrence, head of the Police Department’s homeland security and special operations divisions, said the order — apparently made by the U.S. Secret Service — was meant to speed up the long lines outside and fill the arena’s vacant seats before Obama came on. “Sure,” said Lawrence, when asked if he was concerned by the great number of people who had gotten into the building without being checked. But, he added, the turnout of more than 17,000 people seemed to be a “friendly crowd.”

Friendly. A friendly crowd. I’m sure the crowd of people looked “friendly” in ’63 when JFK was shot.

The order was made by federal officials who were in charge of security at the event. “How can you not be concerned in this day and age,” said one policeman.

This lapse in security (and the odd coincidences with JFK’s assassination) is a kind of curiosity to me, because this isn’t the first time I’ve heard anyone mention the possibility of Obama being purposefully assassinated.

Our conspiracy theorist is the doorman in my building, James. He seems outwardly crazy by appearance. He sometimes talks to himself, humming tunes or singing a few lines from an old song. He’s socially awkward but friendly, and his voice is rough and chalky, which adds to the grittiness of his character.

I got into a conversation with him last week in which he seemed much more composed and regular. Still, he was telling me about some conspiracy theories that he’s concerned about, something about the Trilateral Commission and the Bilderberg Group, the North American Union stealing our sovereignty, along with the Clintons trying to control our minds and our lives with propaganda and martial law. I’ve heard stuff like that before, but personally, I think it’s a little pessimistic to hold the view that everybody is always out to get you, control you, and take your freedoms. It’s possible, but not realistic.

He showed me some 12-part YouTube documentary that’s very critical of the Clintons and told me that he would vote for Barack Obama so that “Hillary wouldn’t take control,” obviously referring to some sort of conspiracy theory about her. He then postulated that “they” (the Illuminati/powers that be) would probably take Obama out at some point.

It’s an interesting idea. An upstart motivational candidate who seeks to foment change is just too much of a risk for the corrupt, dealmaking elites, who take out the upstart so that their horse (who will maintain the status quo in politics) will win the race. It’s definitely possible – but considering where the idea came from, the seemingly crazy doorman full of conspiracy theories, maybe assassination is less likely, just like all of his other wild ideas that haven’t come to fruition.

Police concerned about order to stop weapons screening at Obama rally – Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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