My wife told me this is all over the news in Germany......

[Flabbergasted]

Why is the reporting subdued here....

Based on a quick "google news search" most of the reporting in emphasized outside the US.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1263404305




http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2008/1029/1225197274203.html

Skinhead duo planned drive-by assassination

Two WHITE supremacists arrested in Tennessee planned to assassinate Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama while dressed in white tuxedos and wearing top hats and shooting from a speeding car, court documents released yesterday allege.

Daniel Cowart (20) from Tennessee and Paul Schlesselman (18) from Arkansas were arrested on Wednesday for possessing firearms, making threats against a presidential candidate and conspiring to rob a gun store. The pair, who abandoned the gun shop robbery plan, came to the attention of police in Jackson, Tennessee after they had shot out the window of a church and used chalk to put white supremacist slogans on their car.

Describing the two as neo-Nazi skinheads, local authorities alleged that they had planned to kill 88 people - and to behead 14 more in a school in Helena, Tennessee.

[crispini]

1. It was all over DU yesterday.

Everyone got bored with it, it's obviously such a pair of lame-o's. Check out the rude pundit for a really funny take on them.

[Moochy]

2. The placement of this story in the San Francisco Chronicle...

it was a short blurb in the digest section....

Why is this being suppressed? By whom?

[Flabbergasted]

3. I don't get it either. It would give Obama a significant advantage in media coverage

several days before the election.

Concentrated effort to subdue the story? Crazy.

[GrizzlyMan]

5. Here's my theory for it to be "subdued"

My two best friends at work are black and while they love him, they "just know" he's going to get shot.

I think there are people out there, particularly white folk, who like Obama but fear his election and potential attempts on his life as a scary thing the country doesn't need at this time. In a weird way, it's as if they are protecting Obama by not voting.

I DO NOT agree with this, but I think that dynamic is out there on some level.

[ChiciB1]

8. Anyone Who Thinks Obama Hasn't Thought Of This Is Dreaming!

The guy knows the "history" of the past, still is willing to make "history" for the future!

Do what your heart feels right to give him comfort. As a lapsed Catholic who has turned to alternative spirituality, I'll do it MY WAY!!

[GrizzlyMan]

9. They were quite upset about the news from Arkansas yesterday

My response to them was quite simple. If Obama has the courage to stand up and fight for his country while putting his own life at risk, I have a duty and frankly a moral obligation to match that courage in kind.

[ChiciB1]

15. As Sarah Would Say.... YOU BETCHA!!! Sorry For The Late Reply But

been working extremely hard down here in Florida in a VERY RED county. Obama will be here tomorrow and it's meeting after meeting! If this county goes BLUE, we're betting FLORIDA will BE Obama's!!

My contacts lately show that there are a lot of Repukes turning AGAINST McLoonery!!

[Beregond2]

4. I don't think it is being suppressed.

It just isn't much of a story. The miracle is that there haven't been a dozen stories like this.

[Clio the Leo]

6. Because it's a non issue....

.... the supects couldn't shoot the broad side of a barn, much less anyone else.

There is legit concern among some that if Barack is elected, someone will take him out and therefore their vote will be a waste. Or by voting for him, their putting him in harms way. This is complete and utter BS.

Giving unnecessary attention to a couple of peckerwood idiots with mush for brains doesn't help our cause and causes panick we dont need.

The only thing we need to worry about is that they were stopped. The folks in charge are doing their job, nothing to see here, keep the line moving.

[crossroads]

7. Could it be that they don't want other idiots to copycat the stupidity!?

[Chovexani]

10. They were a couple of dimbulb mouthbreathers who couldn't plan a raid on a 7/11

Much less a serious attempt on Obama's life. That's why no one is taking it seriously.

[soothsayer]

14. bingo!

[MagickMuffin]

11. Hardball reported on it today. The Skinhead Suspects have been arrested

Matthews showed pics of them and discussed the symbolism of NeoNazism.

I'm guessing the Skinheads didn't think their plan through, driving their car while wearing their tophats and shooting at Obama.

[4lbs]

12. Because it was essentially two dumbfuck 18 and 20 year old idiots

mouthing off. Yeah, what they were saying was serious stuff, but evidently they lacked any actual ability to pull it off.

It's something along the lines of a drunk at a bar talking loudly about getting some plastic explosive, planting it along a bank's wall, blowing a hole in the wall, and going inside and grabbing all the loot.

Wow, master plan there.

[Tutonic]

13. Haaa! Sleepy Hollow? This was a big story yesterday. LOL