Arkansas man sentenced for Obama death plot

[RamboLiberal]

Source: CNN

An Arkansas man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday for plotting to kill dozens of blacks, including then-Sen. Barack Obama, federal authorities said.

Paul Schlesselman pleaded guilty in January and was sentenced in an Arkansas federal court Thursday.

Federal officials said Schlesselman had threatened to kill Obama on October 23, 2008, shortly before the presidential election.

He also planned to "murder dozens of people with a focus on murdering African-Americans," the Justice Department said.

Schlesselman admitted planning the killing rampage for more than a month and had started to pile up weapons, including a short-barreled shotgun, the Justice Department said.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/16/obama.threat/index.html?hpt=T2

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[Dogtown]

1. K&R n/t

[Democat]

2. One less Tea Party voter?

If this happens enough before November, one of the Tea Party platforms will have to be "restoring the right to vote for felons".

[cascadiance]

3. Say hello to Jeffrey Dahmer where you're going bud!

Good f'in Riddance!

[Aristus]

4. Good luck on the inside, idjit!

...

[BonnieJW]

5. Something tells me

this person is not going to have a very productive time in prison and I don't think he's going to live to tell about it.

[awoke_in_2003]

7. he'll just join up

with the Neo Nazis, so he will probably live.

[grantcart]

12. I would put him in with the largest AA guy in the block.

[Soylent Brice]

6. K&R

[classysassy]

8. Increase funding

for mental health,the bats have escaped the bell tower.

[Socal31]

9. The problem is that prison might actually "educate" this person on tactics.

When all you have to do is think about what you are going to do when you get out, it can be scary thing.

[Turborama]

10. 10 years for plotting mass murder and to assassinate an elected official?

Seems like a rather lean sentence to me.

[Hekate]

11. Why do I get the feeling he won't actually change his thinking in prison? Glad he'll be away...

... for a few years, though. Very glad.

Hekate