So according to you, all of the economic mess didn't start until Jan of 07'? That all this damage only then started. And while the 9% approval rating is correct, you fail to mention why the low rating. Could it be because the Repukes have set a record in Fillibustering? The Dumbos only have 51 in the Senate, which unless they change the way it is run now (which the Repukes wanted to do for confirmation votes), the Repukes can fillibuster pretty much anything they want. I'm posting this in April of 09', and the Repukes lost BIG TIME in Nov. The way I see it, they will lose even more in 10', because they still haven't changed their way, even after all the damage they have wrought. You 20-30% of the people who still support Bushie and Cheney, I can only figure that you love, and put these things above, your party, and your blind hatred, a lot more than you do your country. As you called people who protested Bush, and disagreed with him, traitors, when by your actions, it is people like you that are the real traitors to this country and what it is suppose to stand for.
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A few hours later, police and Secret Service agents knocked on the door of a sixth-floor room at the Cherry Creek Hotel, located on a gritty stretch of road near two strip clubs. According to the court documents, a man in the room said they couldn't come in, because his wife was changing clothes. The police then heard a woman scream and glass breaking. They entered, and the woman told them that Shawn Adolf had jumped out of the window because he didn't want to go to jail. Federal officials say Adolf survived the jump but was soon arrested on outstanding felony warrants. Later in the day, the Cherry Creek Hotel began welcoming Democratic convention attendees, including a contingent of journalists from NEWSWEEK and its sister publication, The Washington Post.
The court documents say that about three hours after Adolf jumped, investigators interviewed an unnamed female witness who had been partying with all three suspects at the Hyatt hotel. She told investigators that as they proceeded to "chill and do drugs," Adolf, Johnson and Gartrell all started talking about their dislike for Obama and how no black person should ever be elected president. She said she believed that all three were "racists and possibly associated with white supremacist groups."
Under questioning early Sunday afternoon, Johnson told investigators how one of two women at their drug party initially talked about killing Obama with a trick camera that concealed a gun in the lens. Johnson claimed that Adolf on an earlier occasion had talked about killing Obama on the day of his acceptance speech using a .22-250 sniper rifle. Johnson said he believed Gartrell was present in Denver to help Adolf kill Obama, even though he never heard Gartrell threaten Obama.
According to the federal complaints, on Sunday night Gartrell told investigators that he was present when Adolf, Johnson and a woman talked about killing Obama by shooting him from a "grassy knoll"—a possible allusion to conspiracy theories about a sniper who was alleged to have helped Lee Harvey Oswald assassinate President Kennedy. The documents say that Adolf admitted to investigators that he was in possession of a bulletproof vest because "someone wanted to shoot him."
In a jailhouse interview with Channel 4, the CBS-TV affiliate in Denver, Johnson acknowledged being present during conversations in which his friends had talked about killing Obama. "So your friends were saying threatening things about Obama?" Channel 4 reporter Brian Maass asked Johnson. "Yeah," Johnson replied. Maass then asked: "It sounded like they didn't want him to be president?" "Well, no," Johnson responded. The TV station also reported that an unnamed suspect had informed authorities they planned to "shoot Obama from a high vantage point using a … rifle … sighted at 750 yards."
Two officials familiar with the investigation said that the suspects might have hoped to shoot Obama either from inside Invesco Field while he gave his acceptance speech on Thursday night, or while he was traveling to or from the stadium. But given the tight security around the convention in general and the candidate in particular, officials said they believe it is extremely unlikely any such plot could have succeeded.
The officials said they believe the suspects are virulent racists and possibly neo-Nazis, though it is not yet clear whether they are members of any known white-supremacist group. The Southern Povery Law Center, which tracks white-supremacist groups, told The New York Times that they had no record of the men in their databaes. One official said it was possible they were affiliated with the Aryan Nation, a well-established neo-Nazi faction that the Feds virtually drove out of business years ago following a major crackdown. Some news reports suggested they were affiliated with a motorcycle gang.
Colorado's Arapahoe County and federal authorities filed an assortment of gun and drug charges against the three suspects. Adolf faces federal charges of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of firearms and body armor. Johnson also faces federal methamphetamine and firearms charges, while Gartrell only faces minor federal drug possession charges. The only known public comment from any of them is the jailhouse interview granted by Johnson.
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