As expected, upon further investigation, it looks like Tharin Gartell, accused of conspiring to make an assassination attempt on Barack Obama, was not actually up to the challenge. Wait: a meth-head isn't up to fooling dozens of Secret Service agents and infiltrating what is sure to be one of the most secure and heavily guarded sites in the country this year? No way! In the wake of the story breaking, U.S. Attorney Troy Eid told the Associated Press, "We're absolutely confident there is no credible threat to the candidate, the Democratic National Convention, or the people of Colorado." Still, federal and local officials will be holding a press conference later to address the story.



What is unfortunate is that there will be a lot of idiots like this, with absolutely nothing to live for, and no real ideals to stand on, other than white and non-white. I give some credit to the whackjobs who actually believe that candidate X has something to do with their syphillis, or loss of employment, or violation of their spouse. Because there is no rationale there, and if nothing else, it is a creative sequence of events and degrees of separation. Vanilla Ice here probably couldn't even tell you what Obama's current occupation is.