@sj_zero
> Besides, it's looking increasing like it's a far left American. Which it would make sense for it to be.
You mean like the one who killed JFK (see the movie and Bill Hicks' comments)? In reality, the sort of leftist who might consider that "the ends justify the means" is generally not the sort who knows which end of a gun you point at people, let alone an elite sniper. It's just as likely to a be a Reichstag fire style tactic by the Orange Felon's campaign.
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@p @stux @jeffcliff
What I think is more likely than either is that it wasn't a leftist *or* someone hired by GoP strategists. I can think of 2 other groups who have a motive;
1) The surveillance agencies; interfering in democratic elections and assassinating political leaders unfriendly to their interests has been common practice for decades. As we saw from 2016-2020, they're no fans of Agent Orange. The best argument against this is they would have succeeded (again, JFK).
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@sj_zero @p @stux @jeffcliff
2) Corporate strategists who want the Biden administration to lose, but don't care who the next President is, as long as they're from GoP. They have access to well-armed mercenaries like Blackwater (https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/disturbing-rise-corporate-mercenaries/), and their interests are served whether the sniper hits or misses, as long as the attack is blamed on the left (again, see JFK).
This is my pick right now.
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@sj_zero @p @stux @jeffcliff
@stux Just realised there's another possibility I didn't mention;
3) the shooter was working for Putin, Xi, Netanyahu, or some other autocrat who would benefit from Biden losing, regardless of which spokesmodel ends up fronting the administration.
Options 1) and 2) are kind of interchangeable now, considering that;
"... 70% of the US intelligence budget in 2007 was outsourced to security contractors."
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/disturbing-rise-corporate-mercenaries/