Arrest in Cantor Death Threat (Updated)
[Guest post by DRJ]
The Huffington Post reports the arrest of a Pennsylvania man accused of threatening the lives of Rep. Eric Cantor and his family … on YouTube:
“Norman Leboon, the man now charged with threatening to kill Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) was arrested over the weekend, according to a statement released by the U.S. Attorney in Philadelphia Monday.
Leboon made the threat in a YouTube video in which he leveled a variety of offensive and incendiary statements at Cantor and his family.
“My Congressman Eric Cantor, and you and your cupcake evil wife,” Leboon said in the video, according to an affidavit. “Remember Eric…our judgment time, the final Yom Kippur has been given. You are a liar, you’re a Lucifer.”
If convicted, Leboon faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.
It appears that Leboon has also been involved in a lawsuit against Verizon regarding their alleged complicity in surveillance of US citizens and has been an active uploader of inflammatory and often anti-semitic videos.”
Posting a death threat on YouTube isn’t that bright. RTT News describes more of its contents:
“In the video, Leboon called Cantor a “liar” and made reference to a bullet found in Cantor’s office last week, saying, “You receive my bullets in your office, remember they will be placed in your heads. You and your children are Lucifer’s abomination.”
He also threatened to kill Cantor’s “cupcake evil wife.”
Though neither Cantor or his family were harmed, the Justice Department said the threat itself was serious enough.”
“Cupcake evil wife”?
— DRJ
UPDATE: The Instapundit notes Leboon is a Democratic Party donor who donated twice to then Senator Obama.
The Democrats are stirring up the loons in their party while the Republican activists are trying to do CPR on clueless Republican Congress critters. At least they all stuck together until the vote. Now they have to say something intelligent about what we do next. So far that has not been going too well. The tea parties are showing the way. The Democrats are terrified of citizens who have figured out what is going on.
Mike K (2cf494) — 3/29/2010 @ 2:04 pm“The Instapundit notes Leboon is a Democratic Party donor who donated twice to then Senator Obama.”
It may be his dad who is the Obama supporter.
snips (6a0094) — 3/29/2010 @ 2:21 pmhe’s well known to the Jawa’s
that would be their base. its pretty much a requirement that you be unhinged to be a Dem….
redc1c4 (fb8750) — 3/29/2010 @ 2:25 pmThis guy has all the potential for a member of the Obama Administration!
Metallica (bb58d8) — 3/29/2010 @ 2:28 pmI posted on the other thread at #41 where this was mentioned in a post from elissa.
41….Thanks elissa for the link, here is one sentence from the FBI affadavit:
LEBOON further stated that he is the “son of the god of Enoch” and that his father speaks through him,
FYI: “Enoch” is a figure in Genesis in a small passage and mentioned in another small passage in the NT. The OT states, “Enoch walked with God, and was no more, because God took him”. In other words, Enoch was thought to have been translated into heaven without dieing, as was also the more familiar character Elijah.
in other words, this fellow is either a little strange and delusion or a lot of strange and delusional, which would explain his contributions to the Democratic party 😉 .
John Hitchcock went on to comment that in theological terms, Enoch and Elijah are thought (by many, anyway) to be the “two witnesses” in Revelation who are martyred and rise again. (I knew someone else that in his more manic moments off his meds thought he was Elijah)
So, I would use this myself to say that: #1 there are crazy people out there, #2 some of them contribute to dems and threaten conservatives, and #3, to echo the fine point made by “Amused Observer” in the previous thread, if any one wants to look for bona fide political violence they should talk to the one’s friend Bill Ayers.
MD in Philly (59a3ad) — 3/29/2010 @ 2:31 pm“This guy has all the potential for a member of the Obama Administration!”
Too bad he squandered it threatening Obama.
imdw (6eb217) — 3/29/2010 @ 2:48 pmAll right, all you pro-regressives who accused Cantor of overhyping the threats he’s received — let’s see you spin an actual arrest and U.S. Attorney report about an internet threat to Cantor and his family. You know, the kind of thing that we refer to as “hard evidence” of the seriousness of the incident? Cantor — and the rest of America — now has law enforcement credibility that either is missing (conveniently) or just plain doesn’t exist when it comes to Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s claim of being spat upon by a Tea Party protester.
Why is that, lefties? How come there doesn’t seem to be a Capitol Police report about the person who was supposedly briefly detained, handcuffed, but never charged at the request of Cleaver? Why, do you think, would Cleaver choose NOT to press charges against someone who would spit on a Congressman — especially considering that such a cretin remaining on the loose is supposedly the harbinger of a revival of vigilantism? Do you think maybe that might have something to do with the fact that if Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s TWO Flip camera videos of the procession were subpoenaed, it would DISPROVE rather than prove the charges of N-word chants and an assault on Cleaver? Or maybe because the Capitol cop personally escorting Cleaver would refuse to corroborate his account under oath? Or maybe because the “spitter” might be able to countersue his false accusers after his acquittal?
Might it be that Cleaver, Jackson Jr., Bawney Fwank, the unassailable John Lewis, Nancy Pelosi, and her oversized gavel fear they would be challenged under oath as to why they would march through thousands of hostile (and allegedly dangerous) protesters rather than do what members of Congress normally do when they want to get from one Capitol Hill building to another: Walk through the underground catacombs? Might they have to admit that they were at the least tempting fate, and at the most, hoping for an incident to dovetail with a pre-conceived campaign painting anti-ObamaCare people as bigots?
I await your honest answers. Let’s see how many I get.
L.N. Smithee (ecc5a5) — 3/29/2010 @ 2:57 pmWhoa…why did the auto-formatting disappear?
L.N. Smithee (ecc5a5) — 3/29/2010 @ 2:57 pmI think this is why they moved on that militia camp today, in the hope that it would give the media an excuse to not report this Democrat hate crime.
j curtis (5126e4) — 3/29/2010 @ 3:01 pmI think so too. I would honestly think twice about saying that under Bill Clinton, but not Obama.
L.N. Smithee (ecc5a5) — 3/29/2010 @ 3:06 pmFYI:
max (383bf5) — 3/29/2010 @ 3:15 pmEnoch figures more prominently in some Muslim & Jewish traditions, in fact there is also the Book of Enoch among the Dead Sea Scrolls. Different Enoch though, Enoch son of Jarad & father of Methuselah.
#10, LNS, do you recall Bill Clinton bombed an aspirin factory in Africa on the day bad news about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky surfaced?
ropelight (1f817b) — 3/29/2010 @ 3:22 pmCantor’s wife is not unattractive, but a “cupcake”? IMHO, no. She’s no Jeri Thompson.
L.N. Smithee (ecc5a5) — 3/29/2010 @ 3:23 pm“Too bad he squandered it threatening Obama.”
imdw – Was that before or after he contributed to his campaign?
daleyrocks (718861) — 3/29/2010 @ 3:26 pmWell, that settles it, then. Anyone threatening violence from now on is a member of the Dem party and direct contributor to “get in their faces” Obama. After all, that’s the media’s MO, isn’t it?
Dmac (21311c) — 3/29/2010 @ 3:38 pmI said I would think twice about saying it. I didn’t say I wouldn’t think it. But after a weekend of specious propaganda pounded into the public consciousness like an anvil, from the moment I heard the militia report on the radio this morning (pushing the Moscow attacks off the top of the news), I was ready to say it.
L.N. Smithee (ecc5a5) — 3/29/2010 @ 4:02 pmDmac – I think it’s nice that imdw can understand a kindred spirit like Norman Leboon. Unhinged liberals unite!!!!!11ty!!!!
daleyrocks (718861) — 3/29/2010 @ 4:06 pm“imdw – Was that before or after he contributed to his campaign?”
Wonkette had it. You can look it up.
“All right, all you pro-regressives who accused Cantor of overhyping the threats he’s received — let’s see you spin an actual arrest and U.S. Attorney report about an internet threat to Cantor and his family”
Haven’t you seen this dude’s videos? There’s not much to spin.
imdw (603c39) — 3/29/2010 @ 4:14 pmOur very familiar sounding friend snips writes:
Hmm. Even in that scary case, it is nice to see that snips brings some unintentional humor. I think we just learned some more about our Mystery Troll.
Eric Blair (c8876d) — 3/29/2010 @ 4:16 pmNo progessive judge on this planet will fail to give this Loon a ‘bye’.
I mean, he has issues with Israel and cupcakes.
He’s obviously fine!
Anon 1:50 (ab0a05) — 3/29/2010 @ 4:18 pmSpeaking of arrests, there was this today re James O’Keefe at the WSJ:
“…The new charges are contained in a bill of information, which can only be filed with a defendant’s consent and typically signals a plea deal. The new filing charges the four with entering a federal building under false pretenses, a misdemeanor. They had been arrested Jan. 25 on felony charges…”
EPWJ, do you wish to say anything?
AD - RtR/OS! (b0c533) — 3/29/2010 @ 4:18 pm“I mean, he has issues with Israel and cupcakes.
He’s obviously fine!”
Contemporary liberalism at its finest.
GeneralMalaise (2bc526) — 3/29/2010 @ 4:34 pmmore cand p from tpm
chester a arthur (afa0a7) — 3/29/2010 @ 4:39 pm“In one video he addresses President Obama, Vice President Biden, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid by name and says, “Your punishment is coming, the swine, it will be severe, and you will beg for mercy to your god, it will be severe, you will know god’s swine, god has warned you.” (Some conservatives are already chortling over the fact that Leboon contributed to Obama’s 2008 campaign, though it’s not clear what that’s supposed to signify.)”
EPWJ, do you wish to say anything?
If conservatives hadn’t already ruined the party, I would say something – but it’s too late, we’re all dooooomed.
Comment by noted conservative Christian EPWJ
*James O’Keefe should be put in leg irons and dropped into the Antarctic Ocean.
Dmac (21311c) — 3/29/2010 @ 4:43 pmIt is obvious Leboon is a GOP plant. All Democrats are peace loving angels while Republicans are all Timothy McVies just waiting to bring down the government.
Expect Organizing For America to send out a plea for donations claiming the above, if they haven’t already. Never let a good arrest go to waste.
MU789 (bfc2e9) — 3/29/2010 @ 4:46 pm“Your punishment is coming, the swine, it will be severe, and you will beg for mercy to your god, it will be severe, you will know god’s swine, god has warned you.”
– Porky the Progressive Prophet
GeneralMalaise (2bc526) — 3/29/2010 @ 4:51 pmI’m glad Chet and imdw can understand Leboon. He apparently speaks their language.
daleyrocks (718861) — 3/29/2010 @ 5:08 pmWhat’s the frequency, Chester?
GeneralMalaise (2bc526) — 3/29/2010 @ 5:32 pmPity the darn MSM led their newscasts with the Christian militia the F.B.I. picked up today then switched over to the Russian train bombings.
No mention of this guy at all.
snips (6a0094) — 3/29/2010 @ 5:41 pmFTFY!
redc1c4 (fb8750) — 3/29/2010 @ 5:58 pmThat’s never stopped you guys before.
L.N. Smithee (ecc5a5) — 3/29/2010 @ 6:02 pmBTW, imdw, you didn’t answer any of the pertinent questions, primarily: Why do you think — unlike with the Cantor threat — there’s apparently no hard copy of the Cleaver incident?
I ain’t no lawyuh, so y’all tell me, legal eagles — if a LEO puts cuffs on somebody for any reason, aren’t they bound by law to make a report for the record? Or are they expected/allowed to do nothing if the “victim” refuses to press charges?
L.N. Smithee (ecc5a5) — 3/29/2010 @ 6:12 pm“BTW, imdw, you didn’t answer any of the pertinent questions, primarily: Why do you think — unlike with the Cantor threat — there’s apparently no hard copy of the Cleaver incident? ”
You mean like no video? There was a video on huffpo.
imdw (aa1032) — 3/29/2010 @ 6:42 pmLoooooonie.
Possibly disillusioned loonie, at that. (If we guess that he could have really believed the “Obamassiah” stuff….)
Foxfier (adeeb3) — 3/29/2010 @ 7:11 pm“Predictably, the darn MSM led their newscasts with the Christian militia the F.B.I. picked up today…”
Heavily-armed Christianist terrorists getting busted by the F.B.I. is a bigger story than a guy who posted a silly video on YouTube.
Except on Right-wing blogs, of course.
snips (6a0094) — 3/29/2010 @ 7:22 pm“You mean like no video? There was a video on huffpo.”
imdw – Video of what?
daleyrocks (718861) — 3/29/2010 @ 7:22 pm#32 L. N. Smithee:
Not a legal eagle by any means, but my experience was that we could cuff somebody to restrain them for safety reasons (ours, theirs, bystanders) without taking them into custody or having to generate any kind of report.
I’m sure that probably varies by jurisdiction.
EW1(SG) (edc268) — 3/29/2010 @ 7:22 pmNow, you two surely know you are both acting like trolls, right? I mean, you are both seem like silly parodies of Democrats. It’s bad performance art, isn’t it?
Eric Blair (dded87) — 3/29/2010 @ 7:26 pmAnd of course, my comment above was about imdw and Andrew. I mean, snips.
Eric Blair (dded87) — 3/29/2010 @ 7:28 pm“imdw – Video of what?”
The cleaver incident.
imdw (d3ef34) — 3/29/2010 @ 7:38 pmEric, take this handy test to see if you’re a troll – which is bigger news to you:
1. Heavily armed Christianist militia with a soon to be executed terrorist plot gets arrested.
2. Disgruntled guy who put a video up on YouTube gets arrested.
Take your time.
snips (6a0094) — 3/29/2010 @ 7:40 pmYou mean like no video? There was a video on huffpo.
Comment by imdw — 3/29/2010 @ 6:42 pm
imdw, I watched the video 4x. It did not confirm that Mr. Cleaver was spit on. Obviously as the Congressman walked closely by the 4 men at the railing, they were all clearly hollering – loudly, with hands cupped. There is a reasonable possibility that while hollering they may have unintentionally expectorated a bit but there is no physical action that indicated willful spitting.
Another thing to note is that the police officer was right next to the Congressman and she appeared to have no reaction to the men hollering at Cleaver. If there had been intentional spitting, one can be assured a police officer, less than a foot away, would have intervened.
So what was your point?
Dana (1e5ad4) — 3/29/2010 @ 7:47 pm“So what was your point?”
All I said was there was video at huffpo.
imdw (056ccd) — 3/29/2010 @ 7:54 pmNo, that wasn’t an empty statement, imdw. It was an attempt to obfuscate and distract from L.N. Smithee’s repeated question to you at #32.
You know that. And we know that, too.
Dana (1e5ad4) — 3/29/2010 @ 8:01 pmAll I said was there was video at huffpo
Oh, OK indw. I think I see how this game works. Here’s one:
There was popcorn at the theatre
or, here’s another:
There was poop in the litter box.
You’re just making observations that have no bearing to the thread at hand.
elissa (eeedf4) — 3/29/2010 @ 8:12 pmsee, once imdw’s initial, sincere appearing troll garners maximal responses that attempt to set the record straight, he knows he can now move to the insincere jerk troll.
‘I didn’t say the video proved my point… I just said video existed… and yeah, it proves me wrong. lulz’. Thus garnering a second round of reactions. This is known as troll backwash.
Ready for the next thread? Tune in 5 am to midnight for imdw comedy hour(s)!
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And Cantor has had a bullseye on him for quite a while now. It’s amazing that the left is so flagrantly attempting to goad the right into a reaction. It’s boiling over, and yeah, it’s a pretty good distraction to the health care fiasco… but it can’t help Obama very much. Short term solution. A lot of people are just waiting until 2014 when costs skyrocket and fines kick in for poor folk. Everyone knows someone who decided they didn’t want health insurance because of the expense.
All this frothing at the right will obviously lead to some ugly idiot doing something ugly, but it won’t get anyone but hardened liberals to vote for democrats.
dustin (b54cdc) — 3/29/2010 @ 8:21 pm“All I said was there was video at huffpo.”
imdw – Which is why I asked my question, which you failed to answer. You are getting too predictable.
daleyrocks (718861) — 3/29/2010 @ 8:27 pmAndrew—I mean snips—quit being a troll. You aren’t even good at it. Boring.
Eric Blair (e4e95a) — 3/29/2010 @ 8:29 pmStop dodging the question Eric.
1 or 2?
snips (6a0094) — 3/29/2010 @ 8:30 pmGiven how often you dodge questions, that is hilarious. Just a silly troll. And one who was banned before for being a little jerk, I’m pretty sure. No worries. You’ll be banned again soon. For being a tiresome little troll. But that’s all you have.
Eric Blair (e4e95a) — 3/29/2010 @ 8:40 pm1. what is a “Christianist”?
2. define “heavily armed”, then show where this is a crime.
3. please link to the convictions of those arrested, where we can see that any and/or all of the accusations against them have been substantiated in a court of law, rather than just in the fever swamps of the MFM and the lieberal echo chamber.
redc1c4 (fb8750) — 3/29/2010 @ 8:47 pm________________________________________
It may be his dad who is the Obama supporter.
Uh, I don’t think so. And even if that were the case, I can easily imagine a flaky leftwing parent breeding an extremely flaky uber-leftwing offspring.
Even though Leboon uses the suffix of “Sr” in his name — and does he try to scam the system by masquerading an a senior citizen/retiree? — he appears young enough that the following is an appropriate and fitting testimonial in his behalf…
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Mark (411533) — 3/29/2010 @ 8:49 pmSounds like you’re just afraid to answer the question Eric.
1 or 2?
snips (6a0094) — 3/29/2010 @ 8:52 pmSounds like you are continuing to be a troll.
Look, Andrew: you are clearly just a troll, posting to cause trouble and stir things up. You don’t debate honestly, you have lied multiple times, and you are tiresome. Go away.
You have nothing to offer other than troll games. Dishonest and immature. That is why I just laugh at you.
Notice that you fool no one. It must be sad to be you, truly.
Why not go do something positive? Oh that’s right: you have nothing.
Eric Blair (ea0564) — 3/29/2010 @ 9:04 pm“2. Disgruntled guy who put a video up on YouTube gets arrested.”
What was in the video?
daleyrocks (718861) — 3/29/2010 @ 9:13 pmWith all the money Axelrod is paying, shouldn’t the trolls come up with better material? You would think they could do more than cut and paste the White House talking points.
Unemployment is up guys – there are a lot of talented trolls out there looking for work now that Acorn is kaput.
MU789 (bfc2e9) — 3/29/2010 @ 9:13 pmsnipper – Shouldn’t #2 read something like – Unhinged Obama fan and contributor makes repeated death threats on life of leading Republican Congressman and his family and is arrested?
Is there a right answer? Which would you choose?
daleyrocks (718861) — 3/29/2010 @ 9:19 pmsnips said:
1. Heavily armed Christianist militia with a soon to be executed terrorist plot gets arrested.
2. Disgruntled guy who put a video up on YouTube gets arrested…
Sounds like you’re just afraid to answer the question Eric.
1 or 2?
I can’t speak for Eric, but I do have a couple of questions for you:
When did you stop beating your wife? Was it before or after the DUI arrest?
Also, what happened to your dog? No one has seen it around since you were screaming at it the other night.
Ag80 (f67beb) — 3/29/2010 @ 9:20 pmDaley, when I lived in San Diego, a friend of mine told me (this is a true story) there there was a very flamboyantly gay hair salon in Hillcrest. It was called “Snips.”
So it is very difficult for me to take Andrew—I mean snips—seriously.
Nothing wrong with hair salons, gay or straight, but it does make his posts inherently funnier, given how cool and with it he apparently thinks he is.
Eric Blair (ea0564) — 3/29/2010 @ 9:39 pm“No, that wasn’t an empty statement, imdw. It was an attempt to obfuscate and distract from L.N. Smithee’s repeated question to you at #32. ”
There’s a video of the cleaver incident. As to whether a cop has to file paperwork in this situation, I have no idea.
“snipper – Shouldn’t #2 read something like – Unhinged Obama fan and contributor makes repeated death threats on life of leading Republican Congressman and his family and is arrested?”
The things that he’s said about Obama don’t lead me to conclude he is a “fan.”
imdw (017d51) — 3/29/2010 @ 9:43 pmimdw:
As long as the actions of crazy people support your world view, I guess we’re all OK here.
Ag80 (f67beb) — 3/29/2010 @ 9:49 pm“makes repeated death threats on life of leading Republican Congressman and his family ”
Sounds like he was just using metaphors like Sarah Palin does when she’s riling up her mob.
Still waiting, 1 or 2, Eric?
snips (6a0094) — 3/29/2010 @ 9:53 pmSnips, even the East German judge has given you a 1.2 for style: please go back to the Little Yellow Troll School for retraining.
redc1c4 (fb8750) — 3/29/2010 @ 10:04 pm“sad” is the politest description of your non-existent technique.
red,
Maybe if you tried something other than juvenile ad hominem attacks people might respect you more.
snips (6a0094) — 3/29/2010 @ 10:06 pmDoes your hair have a nice sheen to it, snips?
Remember, I’ll treat you seriously when you quit being a ridiculous prat.
Eric Blair (ea0564) — 3/29/2010 @ 10:06 pmsnips:
But, what did happen to your dog?
Palin has a shotgun and she wants to help.
Ag80 (f67beb) — 3/29/2010 @ 10:07 pmAnd you have quite a history for your supposedly short time posting her of being a twit. So it will take some time for people to treat you seriously. But that isn’t why you post, is it?
Do you blow dry, or have some other technique of styling? Enquiring minds want to know.
Eric Blair (ea0564) — 3/29/2010 @ 10:07 pmyou just can’t win…. you respond in the style they are obviously most comfortable with and they get cranky.
and then they wonder why no one takes them seriously. %-)
remember when we had good trolls?
redc1c4, who isn't worried about being respected. (fb8750) — 3/29/2010 @ 10:17 pmIt’s a simple question, eric.
I’m new here and you seem like a typical troll so I gave you a little test to see if you are one.
1 or 2.
snips (6a0094) — 3/29/2010 @ 10:22 pmNo, snipperdoodle, you are not new. You fool no one.
I think you have been living in some kind of cloud of phony moral relativism. But more phony than relativist.
Pfft. Go away.
And what kind of conditioner do you normally use?
Eric Blair (ea0564) — 3/29/2010 @ 10:25 pmsnips gets paid a quarter from his master every time he posts the same question. what’s he up to now, about two bucks?
elissa (eeedf4) — 3/29/2010 @ 10:27 pmsnips, you really are not meeting our quality standards for trolls.
SPQR (26be8b) — 3/29/2010 @ 10:28 pmwhile snips twists in the wind, we have more important news to consider: it seems Ricky Martin is gay.
redc1c4 (fb8750) — 3/29/2010 @ 10:29 pmthis mind-blowing announcement is sure to shake the foundations of the entertainment industry.
snipe, why would telling you which of two major stories is more important prove whether someone’s a troll or not?
They both seem like pretty interesting stories to me. The Cantor one is being discussed widely only because it’s a good foil for why the left’s being absurd. The are not all responsible or accountable for lone nuts, so when they hold the TEA party or Palin accountable for nuts they are being dishonest and unfair.
No one is saying the Cantor threat is a bigger story than other terrorist threats. But you take the straw man even farther than that… apparently, if people don’t pick your answer, they are trolls. And they must answer, because you brought it up a bunch of times?
Every one of your comments is relentlessly hostile and angry. Switch to decaf. Do you have anything to say about Cantor’s threat (1), or are you just trolling for reactions (2)?
dustin (b54cdc) — 3/29/2010 @ 10:30 pmTurns out the guy has mental issues, according to an interview on michael smerconish’ show. he is not a political firebrand but suffering from illness.
andy (b44e30) — 3/30/2010 @ 7:12 amAndy-
Thanks for the info.
As I said much earlier:
in other words, this fellow is either a little strange and delusion or a lot of strange and delusional, which would explain his contributions to the Democratic party 😉
This is the one major problem caused by the trolls, when pertinent posts get swallowed up by troll nonsense and it becomes hard to follow the thread. Just like it’s hard to carry on a serious converesation with a little yappy dog at your heels.
MD in Philly (59a3ad) — 3/30/2010 @ 7:53 am