White Tuxedos and Top Hats for assassins... can this campaign get any weirder?

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

The Obama assassination plot (that sounds like it was more of an internet fantasy) was two self-styled neo-nazis, 18 and 20, saying they wanted to drive at Obama really fast shooting rifles while wearing white tuxedos and top hats.

The proposed death-toll of 102 was adding two incidents of 88 and 14 which are apparently significant numbers to neo-nazis.

My "WTF?" fails in the face of such freepery. What's the frequency, Kenneth?

What pop-culture reference am I missing, re: the costumes?

[PretzelWarrior]

1. Dumb and dumber?

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

5. Ah.... I like that. Killer morans who know they're morans.

[grantcart]

2. Can some more sicko far right McCain supporters take any more news cycles away from him

this is getting to be hilarious. He can't open his mouth without some crazy doing something and shutting down his news cycle.



we are about due for some crazy far right wing nut job pastor to do something completely stupid.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

3. I've always said Palin was Nicole Kidman in TO DIE FOR. Now we have the two teenagers.

[DeadElephant_ORG]

11. that's a great call. Yes, she's "to die for".

[Ian David]

4. Clockwork Orange? Michigan J. Frog?

[PretzelWarrior]

6. clock work orange....you may be on to something

[abumbyanyothername]

9. No way they even know of Clockwork Orange.

I mean . . . wasn't it was the work of a . . . <gasp> . . . gay man?

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

8. They're too young for David Lee Roth and Leon Redbone.

[RagAss]

16. LOL.....A Michigan J. Frog reference....this might be a first on DU !!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[PermanentRevolution]

7. I assume it's more for the color symbolism than the fashion style

All-white clothes = all-white country. It IS a pretty odd choice, though.

[boppers]

10. "White Power"

They view white (European) culture through a distorted lens of enshrining some traditions that strike their fancy, while eschewing others.

This makes as much sense as, oh, painting themselves in woad and charging naked (or wearing kilts), or some other variant...

When a human mind is already that self-delusional, it doesn't always make a lot of sense.

[Ian David]

12. OMFG no... no... Cab Calloway??

Come on, if you want to be racist sons of bitches, that's one thing... But you don't fuck with Cab Calloway.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

15. It could be a minstrel show reference

[progressivebydesign]

13. That's considered formal wear for the KKK, hard to drive with hoods on!

Fucking assholes..

[Vektor]

14. So they would have had to rob "Mr. Tuxedo" as well...

Because I seriously doubt that these two inbred hicks just happened to have proper formal wear hanging around.

This keeps becoming more and more of a joke, as is typical with this level of ignorance. "Well, we're gonna kill a bunch of people, but first we have to steal some guns and formal wear."

Jesus, Ashley Todd pulled off her stupid little scheme with more style and grace than these two "morans". And that ain't saying much!

Not that I'm making light of the seriousness of it. I'm simply pointing out the staggering ignorance of this sort of person.

Stupid on so many levels.

[Ian David]

17. They'd never get their deposit back if they got blood or powder burns on them. n/t

[Vektor]

18. There is that!

Or shit stains in the seat, which would have occurred right as the secret service was filling them with lead.

;-)

[Cosmic Charlie]

19. Just for this, Obama should wear a White Tux to the Inaugural