Obama: Kennedy Revisited?

I read today that three men were arrested recently under suspicion of what some figures of authority believed to be a plot to assassinate Barack Obama at the DNC. An intimidating headline to be sure, but one the article went on to betray as it revealed the incident to be nothing more than a false alarm, a sensational scare of sorts. This scheme will likely turn out to be just that, a product of heightened security in these turbulent times, but that doesn't stop an ordinary American like myself from getting The Fear.
In a way, Obama is my generation's version of Bobby Kennedy, certainly with regards to image. Both men share the passionate rhetoric and inspirational qualities that so define men heading movements of change. As with the youths of the counter-culture generation that Kennedy swept of their feet, Obama has done the same for the majority of youths today. Now whether or not the Democratic nominee's cries for change are truly genuine not is beside the point at this late stage in the Presidential game. What does matter is the heavy portion of our youth who have made this professed change an integral part of their reality, of their future. If Obama, the golden boy of this movement, were to be cut down in his prime by the notoriously heinous act of assassination, the damage would be catastrophic. The vibrant activism of this generation of American Youth would die in the same manner as its Flower Power predecessors. And it is my belief that such a blow would hurt us more than Obama turning out to be a pretty face and sweet promises. Because if that were true, at least most of us would have the comfortable option of just blindly believing that real change had occurred. And American ignorance is American bliss.