No Joke

Ever since Barack Obama decided to run for president, people have been afraid someone would try to assassinate him. In fact, he received Secret Service protection earlier than any presidential candidate in American history. Now a man stands accused of threatening Obama's life, and that of President Bush. If true, it seems he was quite serious.

Raymond Hunter Geisel was trying to become a bail bondsman. You know, sort of like Dog the Bounty Hunter. As if he we another one like him. One of Geisel's classmates allegedly heard him use a racial slur against Obama, and ay he'd "put a bullet in his head". That's no joke under virtually any circumstance. 

I say joke because that's what Geisel said he was doing, joking. However, a search of his SUV and hotel room turned up a loaded gun, ammunition, a machete, and more. Geisel reportedly told authorities the weapons cache was to be used in his new profession. Right. His SUV also had emergency lights. That would make it easy for him to blend in with law enforcement vehicles.

Aside from the obvious questions about Barack Obama's safety, one must wonder how this guy managed to procure a gun, and what might have happened had Raymond Hunter Geisel actually passed that bail bond course. Of course, he's innocent until proven guilty, but if he did have it in his mind to kill Barack Obama, he needs to go away, and for a long time.

May God keep Obama and his family safe.