Left, sketchy Blackwater dude doing volunteer Obama security. Right, the Blackwater coin the sketchy dude gave me. (Sorry about poor photo quality.)
On Saturday I went to see Obama on his whistle-stop train tour through Phildalphia’s mainline suburbs. After parking, I’m cruising through the parking lot when I see this Secret Service looking guy. Upon closer look, I notice he has a Blackwater pin on. Blackwater are mercenary private contractors best known for their slaughter of civilians in Iraq. Shocked, I asked the guy if he was working for Obama.
“No, no. Not until it gets hairy,” the guy said. We chatted for a minute and he gave me a cool Blackwater coin that says “In Support of Freedom and Democracy Everywhere.”
Weird…I guess he was just a citizen on patrol, a C.O.P., ala Police Academy 3.
Obama and Sen Casey in Paoli, PA, on a train tour—the first railroad event of 2008 campaign. Pic by Geoff Kenyon.
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April 21st, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Maybe he’s looking for an Iraq pullout — and the employment options that could bring.