Woman Shouts ‘Pretend It’s Obama’ as Santorum Fires Gun at Shooting Range
- Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:48pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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A woman shouted at Rick Santorum to “pretend it’s Obama” as he fired off some rounds during a campaign stop at a shooting range in Louisiana on Friday.
According to ABC News, neither Santorum — who was far away and wearing earmuffs — nor his staffers heard the woman’s outburst, but it was clearly audible to the journalists who were there him.
Watch below, via ABC:
“It’s absurd,” Santorum told reporters afterward when informed of the woman’s shout. “No we’re not pretending it’s anybody but shooting pistols. It’s a very terrible and horrible remark and I’m glad I didn’t hear it.”
The Secret Service, which protects Santorum, was trying to identify the woman, the Associated Press reported.
“Typically, in an incident like this, we attempt to identify the individual, speak to them and then figure out what the next steps are,” Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan said. “People have a right to free speech but we have a right and an obligation to determine what their intent is.”


















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justangry
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:21pmLet‘s see lawyer boy’s pattern! He didn’t really seem all the confortable with it.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:37pm“A woman shouted at Rick Santorum to “pretend it’s Obama” Well according to the data Santorum attracts the Tea Party and Evangelical Christians. Which one is this woman?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:46pmAn Obama OWS plant?
Report Post »Firebrand
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:46pm@jrook
Report Post »Neither until verified to be.
Firebrand
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:49pmwhy did my posts get deleted?
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:50pmwhat the heck is that? the backwards weaver stance?
before you get filmed at the range, have someone show you how to shoot, thus you do not make a clown of yourself.
I bet Rick Perry knows how to shoot like a real man.
Report Post »OklahomaBound
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:50pmJROOK go back down to your mother basement and throw darts at the effigy you have hanging there of George Bush, it’s your turn to throw and your atheist OWS friends are waiting for you to take your turn.
Report Post »Maji
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:04pmSo you’re saying he should be president and not a “hitman”??
Report Post »db321
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:06pmJHook – I do 3 things when I come to the Blaze –
1st) – I get the News of the Day
2nd) I ignore Obama, Van Jones and Soros OWS Comments – I can’t understand most of them anyway
3rd) I ignore Ron Paul Supporter’s Comment – I‘m sure there’s a comment somewhere that state – Ron Paul is a Marksman and shoots a perfect tight pattern – I‘m just waiting on someone to say he walk’s on Water.
If the Blaze could get rid of the 2nd and 3rd things – it would be a Wonderful World – J Hook – Which category do you fall into. Wanting Free Stuff or Legalized Pot!
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:10pmWhile President, Harry Truman kept a Army 45 from WWI. When Puerto Rican nationals broke into Blair House to assassinate him and his wife there was only one Secret Service Agent left and his 45cal between him and the assassins. Santorum knows when he is elected every Democrat-Commie will want him dead.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:12pm@DB31…so you like censorship? Call yourself a Progressive at the least.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:53pmCanisterShot is always the best Solution!
Report Post »justangry
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:15pm@RangerP, LOL, I know, right? I didn’t want Perry to be president, but I do like that guy, and I’m sure he can shoot straight. He’s the only one I could see my self hanging out with.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:24pm@JRook
Yeah, that is funny. Hey, I hear Marx tends to attract uneducated menial workers and idealistic college-age children with no real life experience. Which one are you?
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:28pmDB… RP may not be able to walk on water, but he has survived 30 years in DC without becoming corrupt…a pretty remarkable feat. Preserving liberty for future generations is all I want from government.
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 7:38pm@JR.Guess you didn’t hear the news..Apparently Santorum prefers Obama over Romney..he has no reason to dislike Obama..
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 12:55amHummmmm…What color is/was and are the TARGETS????
Report Post »Dr Vel
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 2:48amJRook the street corner you are standing on attracted you, but it attracts hookers as well. So how much do you charge? Precisely identical logic to that you just used bashing innocent Christians and conservatives. How lucky we are the salt of the earth would never do and say the things you do.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 8:12amJUSTANGRY yeah ….. you can go to N-Head and pop a few rounds, later have dinner with the bilderberg’s. Pass out some RP bumper stickers
Report Post »Tacitus42
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 9:24amnever made into Blair House. also SS had as man with a Tommy Gun inside
Report Post »VigilantGuardShark
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 11:51amWhat a boneheaded remark by a redneck woman. I understand the angst with which many view our President and his Administration, I share that angst, but Civil Discourse must be maintained by our side else we give fodder to our foes.
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 6:08pmShe is a plant from the alinsky radicals. THAT is the first impression. This is what they do. This is what we can expect. She has nothing to do with conservative or santorum until proven otherwise.
Report Post »This is the obvious starting point!
SpeckledPup
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:19pm“NEXT STEPS”? what, like take her on her broken bloody knees to obama so he can sentence her to death or kill her himself? she dared say something about der fuhrer? that rabid animal obama‘s communist ’private army’ will be very busy if they ever stop to listen across Real America.
Report Post »Firebrand
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:17pmWhy in the world would anyone wish harm on another human based on a policy disagreement? That is by far the dumbest thing I have ever heard in my life. If you don’t agree with the path that Obama wants to take the country, don’t vote for him again. Done. There is absolutely no reason to wish him ill will. None. Period.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:26pmCall me completely reasonable, but I do believe the person was trying to be humorous.
God – can anybody think and reason anymore?
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:30pmTwo words
Report Post »Self Defense
Firebrand
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:46pm@haus
Who would find that humorous? I shoot pistols and rifles all the time. I hunt. Never once have I imagined that my target was a person (with whom I agreed or disagreed). I think that goes for most people. It wasn’t funny. It was stupid.
I will agree that speech and intent are two different things and speech is wholeheartedly protected. As it should be. Intent is not. As it should be. The secret services job is to discern between those two. I would think with the sensitivity of recent events, that this person is either really smart (subversively) or really idiotic. This is especially true considering that she knew cameras were there.
Blaze staff will you please find out who the lady was? Please?!
Report Post »momsense
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:00pmLook at Obama’s private army then read about the gestapo in 30s Germany–there will be your answer.
Report Post »RabbiDRJerkins
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:13pmI know of no one who wishes Mr. Obama ill for his opinions. It is his ACTIONS that people of integrity find worthy of responding to.
Report Post »If Mr. Obama had simply stated the idiotic things he believes, he would not be a problem.
He did not, however stop with holding a different opinion.
He gave police authority to Interpol without the constrainsts of the Constitution (this one is known as “treason”, by the way…)
He engaged in acts of war without the approval of congress.
He continuously finances all of those who are dedicated to our destruction (another one of those little “treason” things).
He violates the emoluments clause of the constitution in his appointment of a Secretaty of State.
He openly embraces and finances terrorist organizations.
He sides with drug cartels and terrorists, AGAINST the people of the United States at every opportunity.
The list goes on and on.
A difference of opinion is definitely no reason to wish someone ill. Should that someone be of the opinion that they should be allowed to rape and murder your family, and illustrate that opinion by doing so, THEN you have a reason to not only wish them ill, but to act upon that wish.
Not just this woman, but AMERICA has a reason, and it is not about a trivial “difference of opinion”.
TheLeftMadeMeRight
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:25pmThere’s only one way the tragic airplane crash in Alaska that ended the life of former-U.S. Senator Ted Stevens could have been better, according to New Hampshire Democratic activist and State Rep. candidate Keith Halloran: If Sarah Palin had been on it.
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Wanda Sykes, noted Obama supporter from Portsmouth, VA and standup up comedian offered up this laugher. Wow..the comedy of this woman. I’m still just laughing to no end!
“I hope his kidneys fail,” Sykes said about Rush Limbaugh.
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(CNSNews.com) – The Media Research Center released today a list of comments made by members of the media in recent years that call for the death or suffering of conservative leaders. These quotes are evidence of the double standard that certain media exercise in blaming conservatives for the shooting in Tucson, Ariz., while ignoring liberals’ death-wish-like rhetoric against conservatives, said the organization in a press release.
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Liberal Radio Host Wishes Death To Conservative On Air
Mike Malloy, Liberal Radio Host heard on a
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:33pm@Firebrand
“Who would find that humorous”
I can’t believe I have to say this, but here it goes: IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO WOULD FIND THIS HUMOROUS! That’s not the point. The point is freakin’ free speech. Don’t you get it???
Report Post »Firebrand
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:38pm@rabid
Is Obama a king? Can he not be voted out? How in the world would such a response be warranted for his actions. Didn‘t the dynamic voting shift in ’10 show that the people can voice their opinion with a pencil? I don’t want to live in the world of hateful, vile, and smug commentary that comes from the left. I don’t want to become them. I see though that the right is slowly letting the left turn them into that under the moniker of “..they do it!” It shouldn’t be funny or even considered a plausible solution to a policy dispute by anyone. Let’s set an example and a high standard.
On a side note: Even if he is voted in for another 4 years, guess what, he’s still gone in 4 years. Remember, the president is just the yes /no man (or at least he used to be until the advent of the executive order), The real power lies in changing the congress. Take home: VOTE!
Report Post »Firebrand
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:52pm@haus
Report Post »Humor was your reasoning for her comments, not mine. I didn‘t disagree that she has a right to say it as long as she doesn’t intend harm under the 1st amendment. I also agree that the woman probably thought she was being funny. The question was, “who else would find humor in what she said?” Apples and oranges. On top of that, the right to free speech doesn’t mean that what is spoken is smart speech, obviously.
MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 9:41pm@ Firebrand
Report Post »You are under the Illusion that Dictators go quietly.
Firebrand
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:09pm@mammy
Report Post »Objection: Speculation.
MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 4:16am@ Firebrand
Report Post »Please provide Proof
And I rephrase: The left will never allow Obama to lose without rioting even if it’s a fair election.
again you will say speculation
My next response would be wait and see.
RepubliCorp
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 8:00amSecond Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm to keep those that would be King in fear of “The People” Obama would reduce it to a right to hunt/target. That way one day the Commies can say if you never went hunting & don’t belong to a gun club you have no need or right to a gun. The commies would like nothing more than to make you have to keep your guns locked up at a gun club. Only to be removed when you are hunting or target shooting.
Report Post »ianmc002
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 9:50amRepubliCorp
Ahh, I see another Becker spreading disinformation about Paul. lol “Earmarking and corporate wellfare”
lol you can’t even do any research can you? You do know that Ron has NEVER voted for an earmark don’t you? Prolly not. You do know that Ron supports TAX CREDITS (keeping more of what you make), and NOT subsidies (which is the corporate welfare you are referring to). Do a little research please before opening your gullet.
Report Post »SpeckledPup
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:17pmwrong place to shout that, but it’s something we hear all the time. We pray Psalm 109 at home and we hear lots of Americans at the feed stores and gas/minimarts talking about how to permanently remove this rabid communist dictator-fuhrer-wannabe and his entire ‘private army’.
Report Post »Lotus503
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:15pmI feel sorry for the honorable Secret Service agents that have to investigate all of the preceived threats to the Presidency….it must be like trying to bail the Titanic of water with a teacup….
Report Post »RabbiDRJerkins
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:26pmSecret service is definitely an untenable position these days… Defending the number one enemy of America, in the name of America… It was probably easier under the anti-American presidents in the past who did not actually commit treason, and who were not actively striving to shred as much of the Constitution as possible.
Report Post »I really feel sorry for the ones who are ex-military. It is currently impossible to keep an oath to defend the president, and also keep an oath to defend the constitution of the US from all enemies, foreign and domestic, at the same time. The two oaths are currently mutually exclusive.
Must make for a lot of sleepless nights (for the ones with a scrap of decency, that is).
Tri-ox
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:15pmJust another obama operative no doubt – this is the sort of thing that they have been trained to do.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:25pmI thought of that also.
Report Post »TrueSonsOfLiberty
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:57pm. . . and the UFO’s have landed in your backyard and are about to give you an anal probe searching for your brain.
Report Post »EndTheGOPTEA
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 11:56pmTsol!!
Report Post »majasdad
Posted on March 24, 2012 at 12:36pmOK, in that case I suppose Ted Nugent’s also an Obama operative, and half the idiots commenting on Blaze threads as well. Thanks for clearing that up, Tri-ox.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:12pm…
Did anyone ever think, that the woman was merely referring to Santorum “taking out” Obama in the November election?
That’s the way I took it. There was no real threat here.
It’s sort of like people hollering “kill the umpire” at a ball game. I’ve yet to hear of that threat ever being carried out.
I’ve heard Democrats say much worse about Republicans, and they truly seemed to mean it.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:10pmi fail to see how this is news – even for theblaze standards
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:07pmSaint Rick, king of the professional earmarkers, knows how to toss bombs and get folks riled up. He honestly believes there ate “classes of people” who “belong where they like to be.” Because of this he attracts hateful wing-nuts to his rallies.
We need a Christian Woman and Warrior Black ticket in 2012. Go Plain/West!
TEA
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:38pmOh look..the schizophrenic MONACNE/SLEAZY HIPPO has returned to ply us with her/his witless posts dripping with bile and contempt for conservatives. Will you be returning in your other persona as SLEAZY HIPPO to back yourself up today sweetie? Your MONACNE persona claims to be a well off liberal, married wtih children (a common ruse used by lefty trolls on blog boards). What world have you created for your other persona “SLEAZY HIPPO”? I thought it was hysterical yesterday when you forgot who you were posting as SLEAZY HIPPO and put your pathologically compulsive “TEA” at the end of your other persona’s SLEAZY HIPPO post. You lefties are really REALLY creepy.
Report Post »rawmilker
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:48pmMONCINE is a dem operative. Her posts are about as relative as watching the paint dry
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 5:57pmWhat do you consider Troll behavior, mister? I think you are acting out like the troll.
TEA
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:04pmA Media Splatters implanted stooge, shoved up front by the awaiting Obama Media Wing . The local CT news has put this staged news event up with the Hoodie shooting story, just by coinkydink.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:06pmThinking the same thing…it seems to be coming in ‘waves’ everyday…going to be a wild rest of the year.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:21pmMy very first thought as I was reading the story was if she was not a plant, Mr Thin Skin would have the Secret Service paying her a visit, if not snagged at the event. Although it is not addressed in the story or video I would think that the woman was whisked away quickly and apparently nobody was able to identify her. With Secret Service agents on hand her not being detained speaks volumes. Not saying the agents were duplicitous, but she must have disappeared quickly. Reminds me of the trolls with NAZI signs and such sneaking in with Tea Party members where the press quickly zeroes in.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:39pmit does have a smell of “lefty plant” about it.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:03pmDoes a remark like that fall within the confines of free speech? If so, what is the problem? What is so hard to understand about the fact that free speech means free speech; it doesn’t mean free speech for some people, or non-offensive speech.
It’s all about freedom.
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:08pmThank you, Hauschild!
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:30pmAnd freedom has to be nourished with the ink of targets from time to time.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:14pmShe has the right to say it. But now she will be on a no fly list for the rest of her life…
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:03pmBUT if she had said to pretend it was GW Bush, then that’s ok, right? Hypocrites!!!!
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:05pmNah, but it would have garnered absolutely no coverage until 5 or 10 years down the road.
Report Post »momsense
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:05pmThey said it and meant it about George Bush–they even made a movie about how to do it. Where was the righteous anger about that. if you don’t want it done to you, don’t do it to others. where was the slime stream media.—-Kissing or covering Obozo’s a@@ that’s where !
Report Post »Best_Patriot
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:01pmClassless.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:01pmWhere is the SS when the progressives
Report Post »are shouting kill Americans like the Commie hateing,
constition loving ,Cops
Best_Patriot
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:02pmCops don’t get Secret Service, Einstein.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:13pmIve been called a smart@$$ befor, but this is first time
Report Post »compared to Albert
Thanks
dlivelli
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:00pmFree speech is free speech….is somebody going to arrest Sharpton for his remarks today?….so they can ascertain his intent?
The difference is that most people have in internal filter……. Unfortunately some people don’t. That makes them IMO… stupid, but not necessarily criminals.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:04pmPretty sad how many people on “our” side don’t understand our most basic, fundamental right.
Report Post »flipper1073
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:59pmI Disagree with President Obama on Everything
Report Post »But Assassination is NOT funny no matter who you are.
concealled9mms
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:06pmim lost was adolph obamma shot i missed the news on that , i dont think shooting at a target is a assasination attempt. i imagine you are equally outraged with the calling for the death of bush and palin and now rush
Report Post »RabbiDRJerkins
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:19pmA+ for integrity, patriotism, honesty and a sense of duty.
Report Post »F for timing.
flipper1073
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:30pmWow
Report Post »that’s what you got out of what I said.
YES I would be against anyone wanting to Assassinate
Bush, Rush or My personal Pick for President Sarah Palin !!!
Or even jokeing about it.
I have a CCWP an you don’t joke about shooting another person EVER.
flipper1073
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:34pmAlso I‘m Not saying it’s Criminal just STUPID !
Report Post »Dumpster Baby
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:59pmStay classy!
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:59pmThe woman did not say she would shoot obama. She did not say she was going to pay someone to shoot obama. She just said ‘pretend it is obama’. She has freedom of speech. She was simply trying to help people get a good shooting score…lol. She can say what she pleases. America is turning into police state.
Report Post »IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:57pmA comment like that should never have been made.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:04pmSo, you are fine with censoring some types of speech that you find offensive??? Where do you draw the line?
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:09pmAnd Obozo should never been elected
Report Post »I guess you dont always want what you get…
rawmilker
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 4:20pmThat woman can say whatever she wishes, its her 1st amendment right. I’m sure obonehead knows there are alot of americans that hate communists and wish bad things to come to those commie bastar*s.
Report Post »Teufel Hunden
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:56pmNope, ain’t going to say it. Someone is listening…
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:59pm.. always remeber the CYA rule…Semper Fi
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:56pm….aaaaaand what does this have to do with Santorum?
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:54pmdumb lady
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:02pmAgree.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:54pmIf I type the same thing, would the Secret Service come after me too? Lord knows I think it at the range..or is that a ‘thought crime’ now?…
Mark0331
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:57pm…not saying I would ever act on the impulse…I respect law and order..just saying
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:53pmRuh-roh, Shaggy. Somebody’s in trouble now….. Need to get those meddling kids out there to track down who said it.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:51pmRick could NOT have heard the idiot woman anyway. LOOK at those earmuffs! hahaha He HEARD NOTHING, Shultzie!
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