More crazee in Georgia

[secretariat]

At a town hall with Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.), an attendee asks, "Who is going to shoot President Obama?"

Let's just say the crowd reaction and Broun's answer left something to be desired.

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/02/24/broun_shoot_obama/index.html

 

[terrier]

Agreed. The crowd reaction is much more chilling than whatever came out of Broun's mouth.
"Mr. Broun, I'm not familiar with Georgia hunting laws. What's the bag limit on assholes this year?"

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I believe it was Bill Maher who said,

"I don't want to **** off the southerners, mostly because you're all on meth and packing heat."

 

[Armchair_QB]

"They're all heavily armed and drunk. It's like Gone With The Wind on mescaline."

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

 

[novelist_wannabe]

Oy.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

The person who asked this question committed a federal crime. The Secret Service will be paying a visit, and as an example, the idiot should be hauled off to the pokey with bail set at a prohibitively high sum.

 

[sportsguydave]

The person who asked this question committed a federal crime. The Secret Service will be paying a visit, and as an example, the idiot should be hauled off to the pokey with bail set at a prohibitively high sum.

This.

But it's also the responsibility of a federal official like Broun - regardless of his politics - to shoot down this stupidity whenever it pops up.

The fact that he didn't tells us all we need to know about this clown.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

What this clown needed to say was, "Do you want Republicans to lose every election for the next 30 years? That's what will happen if Obama or his family are harmed. So get out of this meeting. Your views are not welcome here."

 

[Sam Mills 51]

What this clown needed to say was, "Do you want Republicans to lose every election for the next 30 years? That's what will happen if Obama or his family are harmed. So get out of this meeting. Your views are not welcome here."

What he said was obviously stupid. But there are Southerners who will vote Republican for life - no matter how ignorant or dangerous any candidate/incumbent is or may be. Fact of life in the South ... and I'm neither defending nor advocating this stance.

 

[JayFarrar]

As a Southern friend likes to say, "A Southerner voting Republican is pissing on the memory of the Confederate dead."

The South didn't go Republican until the Democrats supported civil rights in the 60s.

 

[Starman]

Three days later, after of course extensive PR coaching, a mushmouth response:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/25/AR2011022504714.html

After the exchange was reported by the Athens Banner-Herald, Broun issued a statement Friday calling the question "abhorrent."

"I deeply regret that this incident happened," Broun said in a statement. "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."

According to EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS, Broun chuckled along with the rest of the crowd when the question was asked.

 

[DanOregon]

It says a lot that someone would feel comfortable enough to say something like this in front of a Member of Congress and members of the public.

 

[Starman]

It says a lot that someone would feel comfortable enough to say something like this in front of a Member of Congress and members of the public.

Who then chuckles along with him.

 

[Smallpotatoes]

http://www.slate.com/id/2285017/

These people are voters. The Republicans want their votes. That's why even if they don't encourage people to think Obama is a Muslim or not born in the U.S. they certainly aren't discouraging anyone from thinking that, either.

 

[bigbadeagle]

As a Southern friend likes to say, "A Southerner voting Republican is pissing on the memory of the Confederate dead."

The South didn't go Republican until the Democrats supported civil rights in the 60s.

The South didn't really go Republican until the 80s. Georgia, for instance, didn't send a Republican to the Senate until Mack Mattingly beat Hummon Talmadge and didn't elect its first Republican governor until 2002.

 

[eiregi]

must had the white robe and hood out for dry cleaning that night

 

[93Devil]

At a town hall with Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.), an attendee asks, "Who is going to shoot President Obama?"

Let's just say the crowd reaction and Broun's answer left something to be desired.

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/02/24/broun_shoot_obama/index.html

That's a class D felony, I think.

 

[DanOregon]

As a Southern friend likes to say, "A Southerner voting Republican is pissing on the memory of the Confederate dead."

The South didn't go Republican until the Democrats supported civil rights in the 60s.

The South didn't really go Republican until the 80s. Georgia, for instance, didn't send a Republican to the Senate until Mack Mattingly beat Hummon Talmadge and didn't elect its first Republican governor until 2002.

Nixon picked up the South after the Civil Rights push by LBJ. Carter did do well in the South in '76 but most attribute that to being from Georgia and an evangelical - he got along fine with many of the conservative Dems in Congress - not so well with Ted Kennedy.
Reagan swept the South in '80, figure more than a few pols across the state saw which way the wind was blowing and changed parties.

 

[ChrisRcc]

The "civilized discourse" idea was nice while it lasted.