78-Year-Old Patient Says He’d ‘Shoot Obama’

[James48]

Source: WYFF TV News

SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. -- A 78-year-old veteran and retired New York City fire captain who said he's suicidal has been arrested because he said he'd also like to kill President Barack Obama, according to an affidavit.


...On Nov. 16, Secret Service agents went to Bowden's home in Woodruff where he lives with his wife and son, the affidavit said. The agents said when asked, Bowden did not deny the threatening statements, and said "if I had the opportunity, I would shoot him (President Obama) myself. If I had the opportunity to get Obama against the wall and shoot him, I would."

Bowden allowed the agents to search his home, and according to the affidavit, they found three loaded semi-automatic handguns and a semi-automatic rifle near Bowden's bed. They said they also found a loaded short-barrel shotgun near the front door. The agents said in the son's bedroom they found nine rifles, two shotguns and a handgun.

Bowden was arrested Nov. 17 and charged with threats against the president.





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[Oceansaway]

1. fugging teabagger...nt

[Phil The Cat]

13. Old pink people are racists

Supposedly, he told a mental health nurse that he "was thinking of traveling to Washington, D.C., to shoot the president because he was not doing enough to help African Americans," according to the affidavit!

That's got to be a cover, or sarcasm! He's old and not just white, but "pink"! Has ANY of us ever known an old pink person who WAS NOT a racist? That's why they are pink - from the high blood pressure caused by all the irrational hate and anger they carry!

Freaking Beck-Head!

[alp227]

14. But pinkos aren't racist? n/t

[tblue37]

15. Is 60 "old"? I am 60 and "pink," but I am not a racist. nt

[Phil The Cat]

23. Should have used the sarcasm tag! Sorry!

I was trying to make a point about prejudice!

Maybe this guy really is a racist, and he “was thinking of traveling to Washington, DC, to shoot the President (Obama) because he is not doing enough to help African Americans" have bad things happen!

I suspect the guy is scared and insane, and he thought this was the way to get attention!

What is shocking is that, on a progressive board that is SUPPOSED to be opposed to bigotry and prejudice, that so many saw a picture of an old white guy and immediately thought "dittohead teabagger racist" without even reading the story!

C'mon, folks! Hypocrisy is a nasty grey-green and causes nausea!

[The Backlash Cometh]

20. Maybe he's Vitamin D deficient?

[elocs]

2. Posted here Thursday afternoon:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x533993

[Frisbee]

3. Lock him up for the rest of his natural life...

Probably wouldn't be too long anyhow.

[Roselma]

4. We have to take this seriously. Remember the 88-year-old

guy who went on a shooting spree at the Holocaust Museum. Old folks kill people too. They have little to lose if they're sentenced to life in prison.

[Raschel]

5. It's a shame that bigots come in all kinds of packages. Vets, police, politicians.

I encountered an elderly vet on a walk one day. Our discussion about his service turned into his spouting about President Obama wanting to bring "his" people to our country.

[Raschel]

6. Gays in the military is a worry? I wouldn't be confident about this guy having my back.

[Kucinich Feingold]

7. I bet the guy is mad that a evil "socialist", "terrorist", "liberal", is our president...

Well, according to New York Post and Fox News. I can't stand tons of people such as Dick Cheney and Glenn Beck but that doesn't mean I would shoot the guys.

[Bennyboy]

8. This is my Dad completely..

"I hope I'm dead before that nigger takes over the White House".. he used to say crazy ass shit like this all the time before he died. The last ten years of his life were full of this type of insanity.

[Raschel]

9. I'm sorry you had to grow up with so much negativity.

I'm thankful for people like you who aren't bigots in spite of what they were exposed to as children.

[Bennyboy]

12. I have always tried to be the COMPLETE Opposite of my Dad.

he was EVIL incarnate.

[Recovered Repug]

10. A typical racist Teabagger.

When asked if he was suicidal, he said he was and then told a mental health nurse that he "was thinking of traveling to Washington, D.C., to shoot the president because he was not doing enough to help African Americans," according to the affidavit.

Or maybe not.

[Arkana]

11. This is the guy who still has his white robes in his closet somewhere.

The world will be better off when he's dead.

And I don't care that I sounded unfeeling just then, because it's true.

[MrScorpio]

16. Onset of Alzheimer's maybe?

It's no excuse, but if so, I wouldn't be surprised.

[lunasun]

27. he didnt forget who the president is and not confused about wanting to shoot him!

[Gregorian]

17. But he'd vote for Palin or McCain. There is no logic.

Whatever they're putting into the Twinkies these days should be banned.

[Skittles]

18. you can see the hatred in his face

[Phil The Cat]

24. So judging people by their appearance is OK?

Just trying to keep it straight here!

Sigh!

[Skittles]

25. I know hatred when I see it

people with deep-seated hatred, it shows on their faces

[Mimosa]

19. Senile dementia.

Not every oldster gets it, but some do. They'll say very shocking things sometimes.(I'd volunteered at a nursing home for a couple of years. It was exhausting.)

[lunasun]

26. will that be his plea???? jail not a nursing home

[Mimosa]

28. Well, America has been imprisoning the mentally ill.

The USA has been incarcerating the mentally ill instead of providing treatment, right?

I am so sure that guy has senile dementia. Anybody who ever volunteered helping people over 70 in nursing homes has heard stuff like that old guy said. It means nothing unless they have access to guns (which the 78 year old did).

Prison isn't the place for him. He needs medication and security. Many older people suffer from depression.

[Kennah]

21. Someone get this man on a hunting trip with Cheney in blackface

[Motown_Johnny]

22. How old is the son that lives with his 78 year old father?

Not that there are not other freaky things to focus on here, but I am going with the one nobody else seems to be asking.

[Politicalboi]

29. He's probably got

Faux Noise Syndrome. He like my brother, believe EVERYTHING they hear from Faux.