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*gives herself an anurism from the effort of not screaming obscenely at the top of her lungs*
I swear to Mango, if oppression weren't so freakin funny, these guys would just be farting on peoples' heads and laughing because it's so naughty/funny that they just have to!
Military intelligence
Life insurance
Friendly fire
Mike Huckabee Is an oxyMORON.
Because Jesus loved violence, so much....so VERY much...no. Wait.
He was especially fond of using violence to keep historically oppressed groups in their place...er, no. No. oops.
Huckabee's WWJD rating: FAIL (but that's not news, is it?)
Kate 217: ...and I've got ten stuffed heads in my trophy room right now: two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow.
Tom Lehrer Rating: Woo-hoo. :)
Spot fooking on, Deeks.
Deeky, I remember trying to make a similar point when Huck was still in the running and was considered, in some quarters, to be the least offensive of the Republican candidates. I've known people like him who are supposed to be great wits but always - always - have to put the knife in. Talk to their spouses, and you find out pretty quickly just how nasty they really are.
I second (or third or wev) the good catch by deeky--I remember this being axiomatic in Arkansas, but the national media decided that he was so "folksy," the "nice" one. Totally bizarre.
But then, these are the same Wise Ones who deem Hillary unlikeable and McCain a maverick, so we're not exactly expecting discernment, are we?
I don't know why Mike would say that and it was one of the stupidest things I've ever heard a politician say. Armed revolution has its place in this world, but an off-the-cuff statement like that is completely irresponsible and brings shame to the NRA convention that he was speaking at. Everyone reading this please be aware that that statement is not representative of probably a majority of gun owners in America.
maybe, but sounds like all the gun owners i have heard....
maybe the vocal minority needs to learn to STFU?
As for the statements of the likes of Huckabee and Nugent not representing all of the gun owners in America, that would be true. But the NRA is very vocal, very powerful and has played with the rhetoric for so long that they really don't speak for responsible gun owners anymore. They speak for the nut wing. Just like the Republic Party does not speak for conservatives because conservatives believe in limited government regulation, limited government spending, and limited government intrusion into the lives of the citizens it was elected to govern.
I would put in the caveat of serious gun owners. I have cousins who were Olympic class shooters and are raising their children to the same traditions. These are not the majority of gun owners that people see or read about. The problem is with people like Huckabee for whom shooting is a casual social sport and not a serious sport. I would just like to see the serious gun owners give a metaphorical 'whack upside the head' to the others in a public way. They really aren't doing you a lick of good in public forums and they really aren't as cute as they think they are.
Real men, when a gun is aimed at them, stand up straight and get shot in the face like brave, elderly lawyers.
wow. just wow.
Thankfully the Paul Revolutionaries stay behind their computers counting doubloons.
On a more serious note: The gun owners that I know are very responsible and do not make jokes about assassinating people. They do not find it necessary to make gun-related jokes of any kind. I don't give a fuck that Huckabee's audience was the NRA. This "joke" was utter disregard and he needs to be held accountable. I hate it when anyone, even liberals, say "I wish ____would die a slow death," or such. To make jokes about a potential killing piss me off to no end. I tell a lot of "mean-spirited" sarcastic jokes, but I NEVER make jokes about someone dying.
oh, fuck, i know! there was a i guy i know who does that quite often. thankfully, i don't consider him a friend any longer.
It was such a laugh when Bush declared War on Terror. Umm, terror has been the modus operandi of the conservative since time immemorial.
...at least since lynching.
Probably shouldn't have joked about Obama being shot then.
Probably shouldn't have joked about Obama being shot then.
No doubt. Having said that it's better than the usual, perfunctory non-apology apology where the faux-apologizer apologizes if what was said offended anyone.
He's had a taste of show biz and he, off the cuff in an unexpected moment, tried to pull off a laugh. and he fell so friggin' hard! watching the clips of his 'joke', you can even feel the audience recoil in terror at the stunning fireball from self-immolation.
It was an unbefuckinglievably stupid remark to make and his career in politics is (rightfully) over no matter how deep he grovels.
hopefully only his career in politics is over. hillbilly guv amuses me so.
BTW, is Huck really a reverend? It's my understanding that he has less theological qualifications than, say, ME. I can sling words like 'antinomianism' and 'manichean' around accurately and can rattle off at least five medieval heresies off the top of my head, after all. (Ten if my White Wolf gaming books are nearby).
If you're talking about the lynching of black people during the post-Civil War nadir of race relations, it goes back waaaay further than that. Conservative members of the Roman Senate used to sponsor mobs to murder political opponents, for instance.
So, because Huckabee BOMBED, that makes it ok? Gee... I feel better now. Let's cut him some slack. Since the audience didn't guffaw at the joke, it never happened.
He still had the "quick of mind," off the cuff: "Hey, I am in front of NRA crowd, let me tell a joke about killing the only African-American presidential contender."
BUT, it's OK! Nervous laughter is redeeming. ARGHHHH!
I will NEVER cut Huckabee any slack because this isn't the first time he has shown his idiotic colors.
Yes, he is. You don't need to be a theologian to be a preacher.
Google News has 304+ news articles found about Huck's "joke." Now if we can get that kind of coverage for when McCain spouts b.s.....
I find this particularly disturbing because it's Obama. He's a historical candidate, whose historicity is going to piss of people, specifically the sorts of people who would attempt an assassination. This is not something to joke about. Is Huck really so far up the ass of privilege that he can't imagine why this is a legitimate issue?
(Love the part about government keeping its hands off us, too. Fucking hypocrite.)
For what it's worth Michael, I think it was a lynching reference too. If nothing else because he said "tripped off" rather than "fell out of" or jumped out of", the wording was bizarre to say the least. At first I was thinking "Obama's tall, why would he be standing on a chair?, followed by "nah, he couldn't have meant that, could he...?" And also, there was a pause between the chair part and the gun part, I almost wonder if he didn't add the second to cover the first. The whole damn thing is just sickening. and the fact that everybody dismissed as his folksy humor is infuriating.
To me, that just shows that Huck has seen The Assasination of Jesse James, which demonstrates Huck's good taste. But then Huck has to make a joke like this (ick) which demonstrates Huck's bad taste. So I guess that all in all it's a wash.