Update: GOP Rep. Issues Statement on ‘Shoot Obama’ Question — ‘Will Not be Tolerated’
- Posted on February 25, 2011 at 11:59am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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GOP Rep. Paul Broun (GA) just released a statement regarding the frenzy surrounding an exchange he had with a town hall attendee on Tuesday night. At the meeting, a man asked him the appalling question, “Who’s going to shoot Obama?”
At the time, Broun responded by brushing the question aside and changing the subject, a move that drew criticism from many on the left.
(Read our original report on this story.)
Today, considering the frenzy, Broun released the following statement, which notes that he and his staff did notify authorities:
“Tuesday night at a town hall meeting in Oglethorpe County, Georgia an elderly man asked the abhorrent question, “Who’s going to shoot Obama?” I was stunned by the question and chose not to dignify it with a response; therefore, at that moment I moved on to the next person with a question. After the event, my office took action with the appropriate authorities. I deeply regret that this incident happened at all. Furthermore, I condemn all statements—made in sincerity or jest—that threaten or suggest the use of violence against the President of the United States or any other public official. Such rhetoric cannot and will not be tolerated.”
Greg Sargent at the Washington Post says the Secret Service has been involved and the man regrets his actions:
According to Ed Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman, the situation has been looked into.
“We’re aware of the incident and the appropriate steps were taken,” Donovan told me. “At this point it’s a closed matter.”
A law enforcement source confirmed that the Secret Service interviewed the constituent and determined that he or she was an “elderly person” who now regrets making a bad joke.
“In this case this was poor taste,” the source says. “The person realized that.”
TPM interviewed the local reporter who covered the story, and that reporter described the man as a “huge fan.”
The Blaze is still awaiting a response regarding follow-up questions we sent the congressman’s district office.
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Comments (188)
eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:22pmAsking “Who’s going to shoot Obama?” is like asking “Have you stopped beating your wife”? – dumb.
Report Post »Bermuda Onion
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:21pmPeople that seek violence are idiots. Like all those goons at these rallies. Where is the MSM with the reporting? The Tea Partiers had NO violent acts perpetrated except when it was against them and their members and the MSM and public officials (democRATS) labelled them as violent haters. With all the violent vitriol on behalf of the organized unions there is NO mention of the violence perpetratd on the Tea Partiers that were also there.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 10:24amThe man is a member of the TeaParty. A huge fan of Broun who drove 75 miles to attend this townhall. Read beyond what’s written in The Blaze.
Report Post »JD Carp
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:21pmI completely disagree with the President‘s policies but I don’t want him dead, I don’t even want him to have a cold! I can wait another year and a half to see him voted out but for God’s sake I wish him no harm! Only the left, unions and Muslims call for the death of leaders, that guy was a plant, and infiltrator.
Report Post »baare
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:19pmObama has yet to denounce the violence the Union’s have to those who oppose them? I wonder when Obama he turns them loose and they really start to riot and Obama says nothing, if many would feel the way this guy did. I am sure, if it was not a plant, he meant to say “HOW COME NOBODY IS STOPPING HIM?”
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:17pmMore Democrat smoke screen. Oops I said smoke :-o I do not condone smoking, burning anything down or calling down fire from the sky. Did I cover all my bases?
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:37pmIf more people smoked, perhaps, the high level of vitriol and anxiety would mildly abate.
Report Post »BruceB
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:16pmMaybe the guy was a photographer.When we say shoot, it has entirely different meaning.
Report Post »wash1776
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:16pm@GHOST:
Report Post »Someone seems to be messing around with some of the posts on this site lately. Wonder if it is the Blaze itself or the government. Heard Napolitano shut some sites down. Don’t think they would do that to this one as it would be all over the news.
Bermuda Onion
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:16pmThe man was just doing what Mike Capuano in MA said to do. Mike “Cappo” Capuano said that people need to get bloodied. I didn’t see the MSM go after Mikey.
Report Post »eatpork.theotherwhitemeat
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:15pmA plant indeed.
Report Post »sleazyhippo
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:15pmFair enough, damage control not really needed.
Report Post »eatpork.theotherwhitemeat
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:14pmObama will NOT be taken out with violence. That is what the demented democrats would want “tried”. Obama will NOT survive a reelection effort due to his own devise. There are too many decent moral people that see his power through polarity and his belief in “united we stand, divided we fall ” concentrating on the division part.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:26pmmost of our family of vets are betting some crazed DEMOCRAT or muslim group or groupie nutjob will go ballistic over obama not doing something they demand, and they’ll do something to him before he can be impeached. THEY are the ones screaming for blood in our streets.
no proud American RightWing ever would actlike a democrat, we’re the ones who cling to our guns and Bibles and Pray and Wait.
Report Post »Psalm 109, Lord.
Van Smither
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:10pmSounds like the guy asking the question may have been a plant from the left.
Report Post »J.C. McGlynn
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:10pmThere are games to “Shoot George Bush.” Nobody seems too concerned about that.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:09pmFunny how there was no media frenzy over the daily barrage of death threats against Gov. Walker and the many signs depicting him with crosshairs between his eyes.
Report Post »ANewActivist
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:09pmNo comment.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:09pmapparently a WWII American veteran was just standing up asking what he’s thinking. lucky for obama there are so few AMERICAN Men left who remember laying trapped in the frozen mud during the Battle of the Bulge as they fought to conquer communism and national socialism so it would not destroy AMERICA.
Report Post »Doctor Who
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:22pmor remember the fact that the (Russian) communists were on our side as they fought against the national socialists in the second world war – sorry to be picky but never let the facts get in the way of a good rant.
Report Post »Upsetcitizen
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:49pmThey were not on our side, they just happen to be fighting the same people we were. Paton wanted to go after the Russians right after finishing off the Germans
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:08pmFunny how fast the MSM jumps on this “little” Townhall event .. and can’t see the world burning all around us … I seem to recall a movie about the assination of a President ..but that was okay because it was GWB. I don’t condone this type of behavior by anyone on any side .. but I do question whether or not this man was a “plant”.
Report Post »VRW Conspirator
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:07pmthere you go…see…appropriate action was taken and authorities notified…no big deal..
will this show up on the MSM or MSNBC…will the socialist and communist protesters give the Rep respect for turning this guy in? i doubt it…
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:06pmI’m willing to bet this is a stunt.
The individual who asked this question is, most likely, a leftist plant.
FIND OUT WHO ASKED THE DAMN QUESTION!
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:15pmnever mind.
Just an old idiot.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:16pmIf this is a stunt, then it is one done in the poorest of means and taste; to call for the death or the assassination of a president is outrageous, regardless of what party the POTUS is from, or for that matter, who they are.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:39pmSnow, it was a rhetorical question asked by someone who was frustrated by the rape of his country. I don’t think he was really calling for the assination of BO, do you?
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:53pmIt is more than plausible that a leftist did this. They are well-versed in deception. You can just envision Progressive operatives devising this scheme, with liberal media waiting in the wings to pounce on Repub’s.
Report Post »Do you think if that questioner was a known member of the TP that he would have been released that quickly?
I’m telling you, these people will go to any depth to further the cause of turning the US into a socialist state. Don’t doubt me on that!
BurntHills
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:06pmno jest intended, our family is in intense distress over the obama destruction of America, so when will the fabulous GLENN BECK research teams lay out for him to tell us WHEN CAN WE or WHY CAN’T we the American people IMPEACH OBAMA and get that monster OUT of there.
we looked up “communist” and found their 1963′s 45 Goals list…to destroy America… they have pulled off almost every single one… in the last 2 YEARS with obama.
Report Post »WILLIAM E.
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:06pmIf a democrat answered question in exact way we would not have heard about it.
Report Post »Gita
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:05pmHope they find the questioner. Would not be surprised if they find out he was a plant.
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:07pmHow True is THAT!
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:22pmA plant to discredit the congressman ?
or a plant intended to make him look good, when he says he won’t put up with that BS.
either way, plants are annoying. part of Restoring Honor is a person willing to be Honest
o wait … i do like House Plants lol
Report Post »Gobomama
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 1:54pmDo y’all just read the headlines? If you had read the entire story you would have learned that they did “find the questioner”, questioned him and closed the “case”. Good grief!!!
tifosa
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 10:47amGOBOMAMA, are you implying that there’s MORE comprehensive information elsewhere than people will hear on Fox, rw radio, or The Blaze??!!
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:04pmToo late. The MSM has their story and they will run with it so it gives them cover to ignore the union violence.
It‘s not about the truth it’s about he agenda.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:17pmTrue, it is their agenda they have as the most important matter in their vision; and the rest of the world is going to blazes, they will not care less so long as they get their goal met.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:51pmI distinctly heard him say,,, Hu is going to shoot Obama. It was Not a Question.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 1:02amNickDeringer
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:04pm
Too late. The MSM has their story and they will run with it so it gives them cover to ignore the union violence.
It‘s not about the truth it’s about he agenda.
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Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 1:08am@NickDeringer
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:04pm
Too late. The MSM has their story and they will run with it so it gives them cover to ignore the union violence.
It‘s not about the truth it’s about he agenda.
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Report Post »Sorry I hit the wrong key, meant to ask, “Did you ever notice that whenever something REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR NATION IS GOING ON, THE LSM ALWAYS FINDS SOMETHING (OR INSTIGATES SOMETHING) THIS REDICULOUS TO AVOID TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE BUDGET CUTS, ETHICS HEARINGS, OR EVEN, WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE EGYPTIAN EPISODE, AND WHO WILL CONTROL ALL THE AMERICAN MADE WEAPONRY IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD?!!!
danfinrud
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:02pmThat seems to be the correct way to answer the question. No good answer is possible. Just a Leftist trap to try to destroy Republicans
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:11pmMost likely true, IF this was a plant, or even a flukey question asked by a loose brained person of any side, there is now fodder for the progressives and the left to run with it and set another firestorm off for their agenda.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:26pmThe congressman never answered the question…the person who asked it should be the focal point of this investigation. The lame media is always looking for the non answers to entrap the right where ever it can.
Report Post »teddie888
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:29pmRepubs need to learn not to put themselves on the defensive of explaining something they didn’t do. Dems are all about the pshychology
Report Post »dawg of gawd
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 3:15pmExactly, a leftist trap. I remember another trap just lie tis, when six nursing students in Chicago set a trap for a nice merchant marine named Richard Speck. Damn nursing trolls.
Report Post »APEXIdaho
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 4:04pmThe second sentance from the end states that the man was a “huge fan” an Obama fan?
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 9:58amI disagree. A “good answer” is to say that “violence is not the answer,” promote voting solution. Denounce, denounce, denounce, right there on the spot. This was a hold-his-finger-in-the-air, too late response.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:01pmGood, no one should call for the death of a president, regardless of how bad they are, just call for them to resign or be impeached for treason and such.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:04pmI absolutely agree, this is reprehensible. It’s odd to me that my exact comments to that effect disappeared. :-<
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:09pm@GhostofJefferson
I have noticed on occasion some postings do disappear; usually this means the moderator has been asked to check them out, and if they are okay are put back in place. Today there was a window of time when I could not get a link to the sight, and apperantly some others, most likely there was a mess up somewhere on the internet due to weather or such.
I have noticed in my area of the US when the weather gets bad, and is the same in other parts of the nation, the internet slows or messes up communications between sights.
The moderators and staff of the Blaze sight are fairly good people, and when the counterfeiter came through over a month ago, they got on the matter quickly.
Report Post »ltb
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:13pmGet over it. When President Bush was in office, Liberals carried around signs saying “Assassinate Bush” and they even made a movie about his assassination (i.e., “Death of a President”). Didn’t hear about those things? Of course you didn’t, because the hypocrites on the Left, who control the media, didn’t care less when President Bush was the object of such speech. Like I said, get over it.
GhostOfJefferson
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:16pmActually this is a case of mea culpa. I was thinking that this was the other “kill” thread, so, well, I’m a dork. :)
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:18pmWe don’t need martyrs – We need leadership.
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:19pmFind out what party the guy who asked the question is from, my guess is Democrat, Troll
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:19pmWHY PLAY THIS STUPID GAME?
Report Post »Rep. Broun didn’t bring it up, he didn’t agree with the premise, so why should he further comment and be dragged into this conversation that taints him with guilt by association?
IGNORE THESE IDIOTS
HAVE THEM REMOVED FROM THE VENUE
REFUSE TO DEBATE THE PREMIS OF THESE QUESTIONS
don’t banter on about it for days and open yourself up to more rhetoric and insinuations
Smitty1969
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:27pmAs soon as I turned on MSNBC the story is the remark made by the unknown man, then jumped to Lady GaGa. wow what junk.12:20Est
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:27pmRepublicans/TEA Partiers are civilkized and do not act like democrats– the dems are the ones full of ranting bloodlust … since Nov 2000.
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:28pmI agree that what the old fella said is unacceptable but I am ready to cut him a little slack. We know that we are in very frustrating times and we all sometimes say things that are not well thought out. This guy made his remark in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Frustration can cause people to say unfortunate things, I have done it myself, although not in a public manner. If he grew up in a rural environment he is probably a little puzzled at the anger that his clearly rhetorical question has caused.
Report Post »He was very wrong in what he said but I think it was an off the cuff remark that was not thought out.
Ironmaan
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:30pmBruon dropped the ball on this. He should have intensely admonished that fool in front of everyone.
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Sinista Mace
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:35pmHe didn’t call for the death of Obama or any president.
He simply asked who was gonna do it.
It’s a valid question, considering Homeland Security knows so damn much that they can predict that the next terrorist attack is going to be from the works of Anwar Al Awlaki, who was at the Pentagon meeting with his handlers.
These are ALL SABOTEURS.
WHO CARES what they say.
They’ll use ANY LITTLE THING to overreact to.
This is the birth of the Thought Police.
Commander in Chief Chicken Little can go into his little bunker if he’s so terrified. Tell him to flee the country like those scared Democrats fled their state.
Cowards and Saboteurs, a den of vipers, the lot of them.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:45pmI received an email from someone who posts that he couldn’t get intoThe Blaze at 3:45 a.m.!
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:46pmFertlmind………..
Report Post »Mt thoughts exactly. The far-left/radicals/Progressives/Socialists/Communists do this all the time, and it’s beyond time that Republicans not play their game. Broun didn’t need to issue a statement. All he needed to do was notify authorities (which he did), then, if someone, somehow, was to imply that he (Broun) could/should be linked to the same thoughts of that elderly man, he could just say….do you agree with that man? Of course the far-left questioner would say ‘No’, at which time Broun would just say…‘then we are in perfect agreement’.
You have to put them on the defensive, which Conservatives are not good at. They better learn!
SavingtheRepublic.com
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:53pmI agree with Snow but lets look at how quickly the left has forgotten their own calling for the demise of Bush for 8 straight years! More do as I say not as I do. Someone should be calling their bluff on this one.
Anyone threatening the Pres or any elected leader heck anyone should be turned in to LEO. It should never be trivialized. Look at the Ft Hood shooting they knew the guy was unstable and did nothing and same goes for Giffords shooting. If someone is talking like this they need to e pulled aside and looked into by law enforcement, better to be safe than sorry!
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mtnclimberjim
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:56pmI Feel that a good azz wopping is in order though.
Report Post »ISeeDanger.com
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:56pmMost conservatives would take a bullet for him. Whether that action was because he is the President, or they fear Biden more I don’t know. Still the left would run.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 1:03pmPaul Broun said:
“Furthermore, I condemn all statements—made in sincerity or jest—that threaten or suggest the use of violence against the President of the United States or any other public official. Such rhetoric cannot and will not be tolerated.”
Yes, such statements CAN and most certainly WILL be tolerated, as per the Bill of Rights:
Second Amendment:
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
The Second Amendment IS A THREAT against corrupt government, and the threat is death. It’s in the Bill of Rights, for crying out loud!
Here’s the beginning of the Bill of Rights:
“THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.”
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 1:06pmWe need to try him first, remove him from office, then punish him for the many treasonous acts he has committed.
Report Post »Bob Holland
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 1:42pmThere it is! The hateful tea party rhetoric. This was stupid of him. Is this the beginning of the right now acting like the left or can we as a group stay above the fray? Only time will tell.
Report Post »daveblair
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 1:57pmI’m in favor in a little rock salt to his ass
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 2:19pmSometimes things are said in the heat of passion that are…….irresponsible. I don’t condone what was said, but when the elderly man who made the errant comment was confronted by the Secret Service, I’m fairly confident that he probably realized he was too…verbose. A little different had he said he was going to do the act.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 2:20pmThe man has a first amendment right more over he didn’t call for the president to be shot he asked who was going to do it. The correect answer is simple NO ONE IS GOING TO SHOOT THE PRESIDENT. If you have disagreements with his policies or ideolgy show up and vote.
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 3:04pmGOOD! Why not let Obama make the case for us? This a republic where the battle ground is in the field of ideas and debate. We should try real hard and avoid any thoughts that would lead to violence. I think Wisconsin, Obama’s mastery of foreign policies, budget crisis and handling of the economy is doing the job for us. Obama’s may be the best agent to make the case as to why socialism does not work.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 3:09pm@smithclar3nc3,
“If you have disagreements with his policies or ideolgy show up and vote.”
That’s assuming you still have the ability to show up after the government has relieved you of so many of your unalienable rights, and has economically “sanctioned” the private sector so much, that either you’re in prison for standing up for your rights, or enough people have caved to government overreach that no one will be willing to stand up for YOUR rights because government holds their paychecks.
“Thus, after taking each individual by turns in its powerful hands and kneading him as it likes, the sovereign extends its arms over society as a whole; it covers its surface with a network of small, complicated, painstaking, uniform rules through which the most original minds and the most vigorous souls cannot clear a way to surpass the crowd; it does not break wills but it softens them, bends them, and directs them; it rarely forces one to act, but it constantly opposes itself to one’s acting; it does not destroy, it prevents things from being born; it does not tyrannize, it hinders, compromises, enervates, extinguishes, dazes, and finally reduces each nation to being nothing more than a herd of timid and industrious animals of which government is the shepherd. . . .”
Alexis de Tocqueville:
Report Post »http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/Articles/Barack%20Obamas%20America.html
HippoNips
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 3:23pmThe Republican Rep did the right thing by not risking a confrontation with such a person that would evne ask a question like that.
Report Post »Then he contacted the authorities.
I wish Democrats Reps had done the same thing when Bush was President, instead they encourage the violenct dialogue
smithclar3nc3
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 3:44pmHey Doc,
Report Post »Your statement is short side just like the quote you posted.
Individuals who commit crimes show their bad judgement as well couterprductive to society in general. They do have the option of petitioning their local courts to reinstate their right to vote.
It also implies that man will only act in his own interest which society proves wrong everyday when citizens take actions that put themselves in harms way to save others.
That being said in a society based in materialism (which is good for the economy) people tend to vote for their own self interest reguardles of the consequences to the body as a whole. But all that’s neither here nor there.
I stand by my statement in that while totally tatseless the gentleman comments neither attacked the president or called for some else to do so. Secret Service putting the Obama turannical boot to his neck was uncalled for and a violation of his first amendment rights. As much of an overreach as sending the secret service to threaten a MMA fighter who said he would like to fight Obama. It is clearly a gastepo tactic. Not to aquaint Obama with nazis I guess I could have said KGB tatctic but they’re two head of the the same coin.
All that aside the answer would still be the same No one is going to shoot Obama. Anyone who has issue with his policies or ideology show up and vote. And since you brought that some can’t vote because of felonies they can still get the word out campaign and donate to whomever is running against Obama. You are free to think and free to act with in the rules of a civilized society.
bread and circuses
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 3:49pmYou people are uneducated and can’t even read the first amendment to the US Constitution.
Report Post »Every president from washington on has been threatened.
What I found interesting was the statement of the local reporter the the person who asked that question was a “huge fan”. A “huge fan” of whom, congress members rarely have “huge fans”, so, if he was referring to o-bow-ma then he was nothing more than a typical democrat troll trying to stir up trouble. The secret service seemed to have cleared the old guy rather quickly, I have my suspicions.
DaveHoward
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 4:05pmI think it is high time that more people of character take office. On both sides folks use violent metaphonrs which are then written off as jokes in bad taste. This politician has already been disrespectful to the President like tweeting during the State of The Union.
Why didn’t this man simply say at the time “Security?” He didn’t want to offend his base. I have heard the tape. There are no nervous laughs.. they are congratulatory laughs.
This is what the Tea Party stands for.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 4:16pm@smithclar3nc3,
“Your statement is short side just like the quote you posted.
Individuals who commit crimes show their bad judgement as well couterprductive to society in general. They do have the option of petitioning their local courts to reinstate their right to vote.”
You say that the threat of death against those in government who violate their oath to the Constitution is a crime, but that’s very much the topic at hand. You can’t just declare it so.
You also say that my statement and quote are short sighted, but I quoted the Founders who spent quite a bit of time thinking about these issues, having experienced government abuses, themselves.
But the most glaringly effective part of my argument, that many seem to miss, is the fact that the Founders used the word “arms” in the Second Amendment. Which means that part of the Founders’ understanding of what it was to be a representative Republic included the threat of death against government abuse.
Maybe you can make the case that the Founders were nuts. To me, that has always been worth talking about, because in doing so you further solidify the perception of the Founders’ wisdom to the current generation.
Report Post »79USMC83
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 4:33pmActually the “Speech Giver” has been the best thing to happen in this country. He has woke up WE THE PEOPLE !! I am down here in Georgia and this type of question does WE THE PEOPLE no good at all or my beloved Georgia !!
WE THE PEOPLE across the country came out and voted against a RADICAL agenda. WE THE PEOPLE did what the founding fathers gave us. The right to VOTE in State and federal REPRESENTATIVES. It is obvious that the FAR-LEFT has been sent a very clear message. WE THE PEOPLE do not like your RADICAL big government,spending and ignoring the very PROCEDURE, WE THE PEOPLE believe in.
The Wisconsin debate and how you have conducted yourselves has shown me you really do not care for the Constitution and the American PROCESS of POLITICS, The “Speech Giver” is ignoring the LAWS of the land and deciding on which ones HE wants to enforce.
This is NOT the United States Of America anymore it is turning into an
OLIGARCHY: 1:government by the few
2 : a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes; also : a group exercising such control
3: an organization under oligarchic control
BETTER DEAD THAN RED !!
TERM LIMITS NOW !!
FAIR TAX NOW !!
Report Post »nothingbuthetruth
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 4:47pmLTB… is right. Bush had video games about his assasination. The guy was a Democrat plant. The Republican was taken aback and didnt know how to respond at the time.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 5:06pmWe are a country of law. Violence is NEVER acceptable. Impeachment or voting out of office is America’s way of doing business. Pray for success in 2012 in that the truth will come out! The problem with lies is that they never stay the same, and eventually are exposed by the truth.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 6:38pmActually, I’m appalled that “elderly” gentleman, whoever he was, asked that question. If he was truly “elderly”, he should easily be able to remember the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan and the actual assassination of JFK, followed by that of MLK and RFK. I’m not all THAT old, and I remember all four of them quite clearly.
I’m also quite dismayed at the casual attitude these people have towards “shooting” someone. People were actually tweeting that someone should shoot the Governor of Wisconsin. Quite truthfully, I’m not even sure the flowers have faded on the graves of those who were murdered in Arizona yet. Is this really the way we want our society to be – I don‘t like you so I’m going shoot you?
And here is the question that should have been asked – Do you really want Joe Biden in the Oval Office?
Report Post »RJinCO
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 6:42pmReally? For eight years the left screamed for Bush’s head on a platter and even made a movie about it. Second, he didn‘t call for the president’s death, only asked who was going to do it. Third, the 1st Amendment protects his right to his vitriol, no doubt based in an intense dissatisfaction and frustration with this administration’s performance and lack of civility toward the American people. Do I agree with his question? No. It’s not a question I would ask in that setting. Does he have a right to speak it? Absolutely.
Report Post »RJinCO
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 7:00pmWhile it may be distasteful to some, this gentleman has every right to say such things. The 1st Amendment guarantees that.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 7:03pmltb
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:13pm
“Get over it. When President Bush was in office, Liberals carried around signs saying “Assassinate Bush” and they even made a movie about his assassination (i.e., “Death of a President”). Didn’t hear about those things? Of course you didn’t, because the hypocrites on the Left, who control the media, didn’t care less…”
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I saved almost every picture taken during Bush’s 8 years that calls for some sort of death being wished upon the president. That particular folder has over 1,000 pics, and none of them are repeats. Too bad I can’t post pics here.
http://www.americasteapartynews.com
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 7:11pmBob Holland
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 1:42pm
There it is! The hateful tea party rhetoric. This was stupid of him. Is this the beginning of the right now acting like the left or can we as a group stay above the fray? Only time will tell.
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Huh?
The guy that asked the question may have been a plant, so it’s good that the Rep just brushed him off like a dirty little bug. To respond when the guy is no longer there to respond was a smart move. Whoever that asked the question knew dam* well it was off-base and would cause a stir. Leave it up to the left to get sucked-into someones little game.
http://www.americasteapartynews.com
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 12:28am@getalong,
“We are a country of law. Violence is NEVER acceptable. Impeachment or voting out of office is America’s way of doing business.”
We are a country of law BECAUSE it is supposed to be understood that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land. It guarantees a process by which our laws will be written and enforced, and a process which allows a free people to keep the government from abusing the People’s unalienable rights.
But when elected officials VIOLATE their oath to the Constitution, they attempt to forcibly change the way the Constitution works, and against the consent of the governed; This means that fundamentally speaking the government no longer recognize it’s role as servant of the People, and history has shown that this can have deadly consequences.
How do you impeach someone who’s supporters are also willing to violate their oaths of office?
This is why the Second Amendment was written, and why the threat of death is necessary, and at times, warranted.
Report Post »rappini
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 9:22amAnd besides we are being watched so you have to be careful what you say and print. Where did that Black Helicopter come from./Sarc on
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on February 26, 2011 at 1:26pmFrom what I see how can we tell with out access to the person who said the words whether that was a statement or a question, we need the whole CONTEXT/Truth of the matter. Considering the violence on the left maybe the person was asking for an opinion from his elected official? Since we don’t have Minority Report openly in effect (clearly since it was a movie).
I like Glenn wonder the same thing and pray it does not happen, but like Kennedy‘s life if you offend one of your benefactors will they go to the extreme point of assinating the person that they put into power if they don’t get what they want. Are they going that far is the real question. Remember George Schwartz/Soros has an agenda and he is not above sending people to their deaths, he did it as a child in the 1940′s.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 12:43am@Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 25, 2011 at 12:01pm
Good, no one should call for the death of a president, regardless of how bad they are, just call for them to resign or be impeached for treason and such.
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Report Post »I agree, and Drama schools should not assign their students to make movies on the assassination of ANY President, and Journalism Schools should not assign their students to write fake news stories about the same; but we know this was just a small smattering of the kind of thing done when GWB was POTUS, (( WHERE WAS ALL THE MEDIA FUROR THEN? ))
hud
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 9:47amStupid is, what stupid does, and you can’t cure stupid
Report Post »hud
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 9:51amTo clean up our presidential problems, abolish the secret service-probably one of the most successful branches of the fed gov
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 9:53amHe did not “just brush it aside.” He laughed.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on February 27, 2011 at 10:07amTHEPATRIOTDAVE, as I see you’re capable, you could post a link to those over a 1000 Bush pics…
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