New Details: Man held for alleged Obama assassination threat

[Hope And Change]

Raymond Hunter Geisel is being held on charges that he threatened to assassinate Sen. Barack Obama.


August 8, 2008

New Details: Man held for alleged Obama assassination threat

Posted: 06:18 AM ET

From CNN National Correspondent Susan Candiotti

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) — A man was being held in Florida on Thursday on charges he told classmates at a training seminar that he would kill Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama if he is elected, according to a law enforcement official and court documents.

The threats came just days before Obama was scheduled to visit Florida and were made by a person discovered to have ammunition, a handgun and other weapons, authorities said.

An affidavit filed by a Secret Service agent in U.S. District Court claims that Raymond Hunter Geisel, of Marathon, Florida, threatened to "kill, kidnap and cause bodily harm upon a major candidate for president of the United States, that is, Senator Barack Obama."

A search of Geisel's vehicle and a hotel room in Miami, where Geisel was attending a bail bondsman training class, found a 9-mm handgun, ammunition that included armor-piercing and rifle bullets, police-style emergency lights, body armor, a machete and two canisters of tear gas, among other military-style items, according to the document.

Agents say that classmates of Geisel reported that, between July 25-28, Geisel used a racial slur toward Obama and said "if he gets elected, I'll assassinate him myself."


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[Peacetrain]

1. The eyes are a little close set

and not an ounce of life in them. Just looking at that guy, I would probably cross the street if I saw him coming toward me. There is just something about him that gives me the willies.

[Eurobabe]

2. One has to wonder if this isn't a new GOP tactic

Get the freaks out now, scare up the American public -- oh, but he could be assassinated, then whip up a frenzy about what would 'ensue' - pain, turmoil, uncertainty, etc.

I wouldn't put it past these sick bastards. :shrug:

[paparush]

3. You never hear of left wingers plotting to kill Republicans

(which is a shame, i guess).

[fasttense]

4. This guy just wants to kill a president.

"A classmate said that, one day after class, she also heard Geisel say "that he hated George W. Bush and that he wanted to put a bullet in the president's head.""

[CanonRay]

5. One down, how many more to go?

There must be hundreds just like him. Stay vigilant people. I've already called the Secret Service once this campaign.

[zbdent]

6. Okay, whether or not he was joking with classmates, he did show his stupidity

and, if stupidity was criminal, this guy signed his confession. You don't make jokes like this to the Secret Service (whether Bush, Obama, McCain, Hillary, or the late Ron Reagan):

'During an interview with the Secret Service, Geisel said he couldn't remember whether he threatened Obama and the president, but told agents that "if he wanted to kill Senator Obama he would simply shoot him with a sniper rifle."

He later said that comment was a joke, the agent said in the document.'

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"Hey, come on ... can't you guys take a joke???"

[donco6]

7. I'm sure there's a cell open in Guantanamo.

Nah - that's only for chauffeurs.