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5/1 Huckabee's lame Obama joke
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/05/huckabee-jokes.html
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| blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/05/huckabee-jokes.html Share May 16, 2008 5:42 PM ABC News' Kevin Chupka Reports: Former GOP hopeful and Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is back in the news this week, making a splash when he took a hit at Senator Barack Obama during the annual National Rifle Association meeting. Huckabee made an off-color joke during his speech in Louisville, Kentucky, when a loud bang was heard off-stage. "That was Barack Obama," Huckabee quipped, "He Just tripped off a chair. Huckabee was always quick on his feet on the campaign trail. There was the time the lights went out in the auditorium and he suggested it was a sign from God to wrap up his speech, or the time a cell phone rang in the audience and Huckabee suggested it might be a McCain supporter calling to tell him to leave the race. After all, a joke about Obama's safety runs a fine line given that Obama accepted Secret Service protection quite early in the race for fear of violence against him. The question remains, how might this effect Huckabee's chances at landing the coveted slot at the bottom of the GOP ticket? Earlier in the week, a US News and World Report blog quoted a top McCain fundraiser as saying Huckabee topped the list for potential GOP vice presidential candidates. After a week of buzz pertaining to just such a possibility, did Huckabee shoot himself in the foot today in front of the NRA? Calls to the Huckabee camp for comment were not immediately returned. I suppose somehow it was to imply Obama was scaredy-cat but as stated Huckleberry looks like an idiot. I didn't think he was mean but there is mean-intent in it? Posted by: Mr Coffee | May 16, 2008 5:54:53 PM You know, Huckabee is a very likeable, friendly kind of guy. If he wasn't so conservative, I could easily work/vote for him. Then he does something like this to prove what an idiot he is. We only have to look back to 1968, when we lost both Martin Luther King, Jr. and a very promising presidential candidate, Robert F Kennedy, to think of how easily things can change. Imagine how different the 70s would have been with RFK as President! I certainly hope Mr Huckabee apologizes for this ASAP, and vows to never again utter such words. In the meantime, McBush should distance himself from Mr Huckabee. Though I must admit that I'd expected to hear this kind of thing from McBush. The assassination of any political leader is something we should deplore and work hard to prevent rather than encourage as Mr Huckabee did today. Posted by: jackt51 | May 16, 2008 5:56:37 PM Huckabee should not only apologize, but also turn down any possible offer of VP slot after this preposterous remark! Oh, and resign as pastor of a church that preaches loving one's enemies... Posted by: outragious008 | May 16, 2008 5:57:23 PM It almost seems like everyone should apologize but Obama. A joke is a joke and Huckabee can make all the jokes he pleases. Obama is not above anything infact he has nothing on his resume other than winning caucuses and superdelegates to give him that special status. There is no need for Huckabee to apologize Posted by: Voter | May 16, 2008 6:01:11 PM A slot at the bottom of the ticket, how appropriate, the bottom is where both he and McBush belong. Posted by: JR | May 16, 2008 6:01:43 PM Not to funny Huck you of all people should know better that is a childs prank...... Posted by: IND older person | May 16, 2008 6:02:48 PM I felt Huckabee was the most honest and forthright of all the Repub candidates. But joking around about shooting a presidential candidate, from the other party, the first black candidate in history, in front of the NRA is criminal, not to mention sinful. Posted by: CMSgt Gary Preston | May 16, 2008 6:03:06 PM No, BO would not take the dive, he just gets behind his staff as usual. Posted by: John_Lai | May 16, 2008 6:03:55 PM Huck has always been quick with the jokes, after all, he is one. Posted by: JR | May 16, 2008 6:04:10 PM Obama should shove that comment down the repig's throats Obama should use video footage of his daughters and Michelle, then play the sick twisted voice over of Huckabigot. Posted by: mark | May 16, 2008 6:05:56 PM This is not a joke. If this was said about a sitting President, he would already have been arrested, this type of humor has no place in politics today. Posted by: pvmuse | May 16, 2008 6:06:53 PM This is outrageous coming from a man of God and for him to think this was a joke. Posted by: Sps | May 16, 2008 6:06:58 PM It was a tasteless joke. I could see how a gun totin' bigot would think it was funny. Posted by: Tre | May 16, 2008 6:07:21 PM Voter, I really hope you're not as stupid as your comment portends. There's a huge difference between harmless campaign-trail humor and what Huck said today. Furthermore, he made the entire NRA look like the bunch of redneck, socially inept retards that they're stereotyped as being. Posted by: nic | May 16, 2008 6:08:58 PM I think it is true in a way. Obama tried to hide behind Hillary during debates, he tried to hide behind MO, he tried hiding behind Wright first and then also tried hiding behind Bill Clinton. Instead Obama's comments about meeting Hamas should be taken more seriously. Posted by: Voter | May 16, 2008 6:09:00 PM Very Christian of you, Huck. Posted by: Marie Meyer | May 16, 2008 6:09:47 PM It is never funny to joke about guns and presidential candidates. I am frankly more disgusted with the people posting in here who think it was in any way appropriate or even remotely funny. Posted by: Surprised | May 16, 2008 6:09:54 PM With the nuts cases that the US breeds, no politician should make a joke or otherwise about shooting a presidential candidate. Posted by: Thinking | May 16, 2008 6:10:26 PM Huckabigot just cut his own political throat, he won't ever be given a VP or cabinet position, or TV commentator, or speaking tour. Huck Posted by: mark | May 16, 2008 6:12:00 PM Maybe somebody was afraid that Obama's tenth cousin was in the room (Mr Cheney). Posted by: bhciapol | May 16, 2008 6:12:07 PM So this is a JOKE? In the country where King and the Kennedy brothers were shot dead, and Reagan almost was? Huckabee, please leave the national stage after offering your sincere apologies. Posted by: gregory | May 16, 2008 6:12:34 PM If I aim my rifle at Huckabee or McCain, let's see what happens. Posted by: Sam | May 16, 2008 6:14:55 PM I like Huckabee but this comment was STUPID. Doesn't he remember the assasination of MLK, JFK, and RFK? Posted by: Stacey | May 16, 2008 6:14:57 PM Huck's crappy humor goes way beyond Wright. Posted by: nic | May 16, 2008 6:15:01 PM Mike Huckleberry Hound Dog is a weak weak man. Posted by: Ask Me How I Really Feel | May 16, 2008 6:15:39 PM Let's not forget the wonderful sight of Obama giving his female rival the finger, and brushing his shoulder off like his most favorite rap song. As far as I am concerned, that was a HATE GESTURE AT A FEMALE I demand Obama apologize to Hillary Clinton and every women in this country for his demeaning gestures. Posted by: disgusted in Illinois | May 16, 2008 6:15:59 PM Huckabee can consider apologizing when Obama apologizes for this... No one can say anything that isn't florid praise and gushing because, if you do, you're a racist. I can't wait until this election ends and BO gets out of our faces. I wanted Hillary to get it, but now I'm a liberal democrat for McCain. Posted by: Hanny | May 16, 2008 6:16:57 PM What a shame. Posted by: neta | May 16, 2008 6:17:30 PM Mike Huckabee was making a joke. Many jokes were made about Cheney in his shooting accident, jokes were made about other candidates, I won't repeat, but much worse than this. Late night talk shows are full of jokes about all of the candidates. If Obama wants to play the game, he needs to thicken up his skin. Why is everything fair game for the other candidates, and with Obama we can't say anything for fear of having it "taken in the wrong context?" If he wants to be treated as everybody else, thn let's have the media stop coddling him..... Posted by: Linda Rayborn | May 16, 2008 6:18:39 PM YOu all are sad excuses for human beings. Posted by: CarolinaBlue | May 16, 2008 6:19:32 PM disguisted... Go back to feministville where th... |
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| www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5582268 "Barack Obamas presidential campaign has worked to assure uneasy gun owners that he believes the Constitution protects their rights and that he doesnt want to take away their guns. The foundation funded legal scholarship advancing the theory that the Second Amendment does not protect individual gun owners rights, as well as two groups that advocated handgun bans. And it paid to support a book called Every Handgun Is Aimed at You: The Case for Banning Handguns. He has blamed his staff for indicating on a questionnaire filled out during his 1996 state Senate bid under his name that he supports banning the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns. Obama, who taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago and served as president of the Harvard Law Review, has instead focused on his respect for what he contends are constitutionally guaranteed gun owners rights, the passion of hunters and the tradition of handgun ownership. In February, he told an Idaho audience I have no intention of taking away folks' guns. Days later, when Politico asked him about the comment, he said, Its important for us to recognize that weve got a tradition of handgun ownership and gun ownership generally. Pressed to clarify his stance during a debate Wednesday evening in Philadelphia, Obama told ABC News anchor Charles Gibson, I have never favored an all-out ban on handguns. What I think we can provide is common-sense approaches to the issue of illegal guns that are ending up on the streets. you don't have to agree 100% with every position taken when you sit on a board per Wikipedia they are into.......... Education: Focuses on public schools in Chicago, Cleveland, and Milwaukee; concentrates on teacher quality, early childhood education, and innovations, primarily charter schools, small schools, and similar initiatives. Employment: Focuses on workforce development, education, and job training for low-income workers. Environment: Concentrates on environmental issues affecting the Great Lakes region, especially water and energy issues. Gun violence: Funds research and advocacy to reduce gun deaths and injuries. Money and politics: Supports research and advocacy around such issues as campaign finance and ethics reform. Culture: Supports arts organizations, primarily in Chicago; its Joyce Awards also supports arts groups in other Midwest cities. com 215-854-5934 When 12-year-old William Wright of Port Richmond caught a bullet in the head as he and his brother played with a gun last month, police initially decided the fatal blast was self-inflicted and accidental. Maybe Hillary will succeed in tarring Obama as an extreme left-wing Democrat, so she can run against the GOP who will successfully brtand her as an extreme left wing Democrat. are less concerned with the handgun ban than with Obama's denial that he ever favored it. Myself, I agree with Obama that handguns should be banned. But I don't know if it's a position that will help us get him elected. Edited on Sat Apr-19-08 06:38 PM by msallied It seems the consensus among most Democrats is one of anti-gun. I'm a big supporter of the 2nd Amendment, and we will find that the gun lobby has enough influence in Congress to keep this from being too much of an issue, but that's not the point. The point is, if you're trying to drum up favorability points for Hillary over this issue, you're barking up the wrong tree. Gun owners seeking refuge for their 2nd Amendment rights are no more likely to find them in Hillary Clinton than in Barack Obama. No wonder Hillary supporters are pissed, since their candidate sat on the board of WalMart, which has sucked the life out of community after community, and gee, is the number one retailer of guns in the country. How strange it is, supposed Democrats attacking a candidate for supporting *gasp* Democratic stances. you know that a board member typically doesn't have the authority to unilaterally determine the fate of a particular grant application for politically motivated reasons... or at least they shouldn't have such unilateral authority, lest it appear "shady" or "playing personal favorites" since boards typically -- if they ever even see or consider applications -- do so by a vote of ALL board members. BTW, I just posted this string about Clinton's responsibility for Monsanto's kid glove treatment by Clinton's FDA, and THAT was called "stretching it" by one Clinton supporter. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC. |
| preview.tinyurl.com/4fvb83 -> www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5582268 "Barack Obamas presidential campaign has worked to assure uneasy gun owners that he believes the Constitution protects their rights and that he doesnt want to take away their guns. The foundation funded legal scholarship advancing the theory that the Second Amendment does not protect individual gun owners rights, as well as two groups that advocated handgun bans. And it paid to support a book called Every Handgun Is Aimed at You: The Case for Banning Handguns. He has blamed his staff for indicating on a questionnaire filled out during his 1996 state Senate bid under his name that he supports banning the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns. Obama, who taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago and served as president of the Harvard Law Review, has instead focused on his respect for what he contends are constitutionally guaranteed gun owners rights, the passion of hunters and the tradition of handgun ownership. In February, he told an Idaho audience I have no intention of taking away folks' guns. Days later, when Politico asked him about the comment, he said, Its important for us to recognize that weve got a tradition of handgun ownership and gun ownership generally. Pressed to clarify his stance during a debate Wednesday evening in Philadelphia, Obama told ABC News anchor Charles Gibson, I have never favored an all-out ban on handguns. What I think we can provide is common-sense approaches to the issue of illegal guns that are ending up on the streets. you don't have to agree 100% with every position taken when you sit on a board per Wikipedia they are into.......... Education: Focuses on public schools in Chicago, Cleveland, and Milwaukee; concentrates on teacher quality, early childhood education, and innovations, primarily charter schools, small schools, and similar initiatives. Employment: Focuses on workforce development, education, and job training for low-income workers. Environment: Concentrates on environmental issues affecting the Great Lakes region, especially water and energy issues. Gun violence: Funds research and advocacy to reduce gun deaths and injuries. Money and politics: Supports research and advocacy around such issues as campaign finance and ethics reform. Culture: Supports arts organizations, primarily in Chicago; its Joyce Awards also supports arts groups in other Midwest cities. com 215-854-5934 When 12-year-old William Wright of Port Richmond caught a bullet in the head as he and his brother played with a gun last month, police initially decided the fatal blast was self-inflicted and accidental. Maybe Hillary will succeed in tarring Obama as an extreme left-wing Democrat, so she can run against the GOP who will successfully brtand her as an extreme left wing Democrat. are less concerned with the handgun ban than with Obama's denial that he ever favored it. Myself, I agree with Obama that handguns should be banned. But I don't know if it's a position that will help us get him elected. Edited on Sat Apr-19-08 06:38 PM by msallied It seems the consensus among most Democrats is one of anti-gun. I'm a big supporter of the 2nd Amendment, and we will find that the gun lobby has enough influence in Congress to keep this from being too much of an issue, but that's not the point. The point is, if you're trying to drum up favorability points for Hillary over this issue, you're barking up the wrong tree. Gun owners seeking refuge for their 2nd Amendment rights are no more likely to find them in Hillary Clinton than in Barack Obama. No wonder Hillary supporters are pissed, since their candidate sat on the board of WalMart, which has sucked the life out of community after community, and gee, is the number one retailer of guns in the country. How strange it is, supposed Democrats attacking a candidate for supporting *gasp* Democratic stances. you know that a board member typically doesn't have the authority to unilaterally determine the fate of a particular grant application for politically motivated reasons... or at least they shouldn't have such unilateral authority, lest it appear "shady" or "playing personal favorites" since boards typically -- if they ever even see or consider applications -- do so by a vote of ALL board members. BTW, I just posted this string about Clinton's responsibility for Monsanto's kid glove treatment by Clinton's FDA, and THAT was called "stretching it" by one Clinton supporter. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC. |