NY man charged with planning to kill former President George W. Bush

[Rage for Order]

Source: CNN

A suburban Rochester, New York, man described as potentially "the next Oklahoma City bomber" has been arrested and charged with planning to kill former President George W. Bush, according to federal authorities. The suspect, 23-year-old Ian Rotunno of Greece, New York, repeatedly told Secret Service agents he was intent on killing the former president, and had planned to go to Washington or Texas to carry out that mission. However, Rotunno, after loading his truck with assorted weapons, turned himself in to Owego, New York, police on October 7.

Secret Service Agent Joel Blackerby said in an affidavit that Rotunno believes the U.S. government is corrupt and it is his job to do "whatever is necessary to stop it, call attention to his views, and will be more than happy to go down with it as well as take down anyone in his way. "

At one point Rotunno told agents he was simply going to fire his shotgun into the reflecting pool on the Washington mall to gain the attention of authorities, expecting he would then be arrested or killed by law enforcement officials. But he added he would kill the former president with his bare hands if he could.

"I know where to find President Bush at his ranch in Texas, and I'm not going to stop," Rotunno told Secret Service agents, according to the affidavit.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/10/26/new.york.bush.plot/index.html?hpt=T2

[texastoast]

1. Well, isn't he a day late and a dollar short

Okay, mods, you can delete. Terribly poor taste. I'm ashamed of myself.

[Sweet Charming Dem]

6. But it still made me laugh

[AlbertCat]

11. Terribly poor taste.

C'mon! You know perfectly well the reason no one killed Dubya in office is because then Cheney REALLY WOULD have been president!


(our jokes would be in bad taste if this had been a credible threat.)

[madmax]

2. Hope Jeb isn't like W

If he ran and was elected he'd have to invade and bomb Greece, NY to save the family honor. :crazy:

[somone]

3. This kid is mentally ill

he needs some serious help.

[FirstTimeVoterAt37]

4. self delete

[NV Whino]

5. He had probably better find out where he is first

I don't believe Georgie has been back to the "ranch" since it was no longer of PR value.

[dflprincess]

7. October 7? That's in the past

let's just move along and pretend nothing happened. We must look forward, not back.

[Rage for Order]

8. I know, right?

Maybe I wasn't paying attention, but I don't remember hearing about this arrest when it happened a few weeks ago. Apparently they just decided to charge him? A bit strange.

[dflprincess]

9. Actually, my point was that if Bush can get away with war crimes

because that's "all in the past" - why should this guy get charged with plotting a crime against Bush a few weeks ago.

It just seems fair.

[Rage for Order]

10. Ahhhh, okay

I feel dumb now. Maybe if you typed slower I could comprehend

:dunce:

[dflprincess]

13. "I you typed slower..."

I'm going to steal that line for when I misinterpret a post - and that happens more than I care to admit.

:hi:

[Thor_MN]

17. Much more PR value now, a week before the elections, than when it occured.

[TxVietVet]

12. This guy is a few bricks shy of a load.

:rofl:

[iamthebandfanman]

14. eeeegads

talk about in serious need of help haha

ill crush u with mah bare hands! GRRRRRR!
hehe

[no_hypocrisy]

15. The primary goal of this guy is death-by-police, not a political gesture against W.

[oswaldactedalone]

16. Poor judgement on this guy's part...

We need to keep Shrub alive as long as possible so we can trot him out for upcoming elections to remind Amurka how horrible he was as President. Keep Shrub Alive!!