There goes that VP slot.

"Huckabee" and "Idiotic" is redudndant

The Republican Obama.

If this was the gong show........

GONG!

. Withdraw the remark and apologize.

the video has already been deleted

charles, just tried to access the link.

video no longer there

Charles, small edit

Huckabee makes a joke about

it can fall apart that quickly.

Huckster, your ship has come it

Yeah, it's pretty remarkable in its idiocy.

Google News results for 'Huckabee nra'
3:24 - 26
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4:00 - 100

re: #1 Lawrence Schmerel

There goes that VP slot.

There IS a Santa Claus!

}:)     [Rooting for Romney ... ]

Yet another reason why I don't trust politicians from Arkansas...

Maybe McCain can borrow Obama's "Bus of Cursory Divestment" for a bit and throw the Huckster under it?

STUPID, STUPID.... and at the NRA event, but he video i saw, cut off right after he made the comment, what was the crowds reaction? and what was this Other shocking statement that occurred?

Dumbfuckabee.

..a thread I hoped would not be. Oh well.
Where's the apology?

Again, I say:

Who is he really trying to help with this kind of crap?

what did he say....?

Just changed the link to a longer YouTube clip...

Who deleted it?

re: #3 Alouette

The Republican Obama.

hahahahahahahah

Thank the Lord he didn't win the nomination and/or an invitation to be veep

I still wish he'd of asked if the big sound was Obama fainting ... and has been suggested // then offer a water bottle ...

Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. He stuck his foot in his mouth and then shot it.

damn it deleted is deleted a form of censorship or is it CYA?

LIZARDS ,,, I Love you all

here we are 330 + posts into this (300+ on the previous thread plus these) , and to a person we have all condemned Huckabees words. If a DEM says something similar about a repub, HuffPo and Kos are giving that person an award!

No laughs from the audience. None! Not a one.

I never really thought Huckabee was a front runner for the VP slot anyway. He brings nothing to the ticket that helps McCain IMO.

Video already deleted.I kind of get the gist.
Huckabee is not the brightest star in the summer sky.
When the whole idea is to keep Obama under seige, this Village idiot from Mayberry gives the Dems something to scream about & divertattention from Barry.
Nice goin

What an idiot. Especially when he's talking about gun ownership, responsibility, and consequences. In bad taste on so many different levels.

re: #27 unrealizedviewpoint

No laughs from the audience. None! Not a one.

as I stated in the previous thread ,,, there was an audible and collective GROAN

re: #26 sattv4u2

Good point.

The video's there. Works for me.

it was just such an inept, stupid, unfunny attempt at humor. and costly.

VERY LAME JOKE. politicans if your going to tell a joke tell a funny one.

That was a really, really moronic comment. That 'joke' went over like a lead balloon.

Besides the joke ..what was the speech about?
Silly man.

re: #18 Slumbering Behemoth

Again, I say:

Who is he really trying to help with this kind of crap?

Huh. Well, it will rescue Barry O from a very bad weekend of news shows. Hmmmmm

re: #32 sattv4u2

as I stated in the previous thread ,,, there was an audible and collective GROAN

I listen for the groan you mentioned hoping to hear it. Not there, sorry.

re: #28 mama winger

I never really thought Huckabee was a front runner for the VP slot anyway. He brings nothing to the ticket that helps McCain IMO.

No, he never did. The only thing I ever heard substantially proffered on his account was the fact that he is "Southern." I have never understood why people seem to believe that a Southerner needs to be on a presidential ticket in order to win. Bush/Cheney didn't go that route, and nor did Bush/Quail or Reagan/Bush. To be clear: I don't consider Texas to be a "Southern" state.

Not only did the joke bomb but it appeared the crowd did not make one more sound after he said it.

re: #31 buzzsawmonkey

Hey buzz. Are you under - employed now?

he better fire up the popcorn popper and cook some squirrel. he's well suited for that.

Other than Romney - Giuliani - and Thompson - the candidates this year are CRAP.

re: #27 unrealizedviewpoint

No laughs from the audience. None! Not a one.

You mean no cheering, applauding or laughing like when Rev. Wright mentioned the chickens coming home to roost?

re: #39 funky chicken

Huh. Well, it will rescue Barry O from a very bad weekend of news shows. Hmmmmm

Isn't rescuing him so far. Fox just featured that comment - as a one liner in a five minute + segment about the various Republican candidates speeches at the NRA convention.

Just the Huckster's way of getting back on the front page!

Huckabee just reinforced stereotypes about Southerners and gun owners. I wasn't amused about his fried squirrel story either.

Dumb, dumber, dumbest.

Talk about responsible gun owner ship the joke about being irresponsible.

Huckabee was always a rude low-class, conniving shyster. This remark reflects his rudeness and lack of manners.

I'm very glad this happened now.

It completely eliminates the possibility of Huckabee being named McCain's VP.

Whew!

Next.

As I said on the previous thread, his off-the-cuff remark was terribly ill-timed and a bad mistake. But I do not think for one instant that there was any veiled threat to it as all.

His "pointed a gun" comment I truly believe was an oblique reference to Bush's speech in Israel and Obama's kneejerk response. Others may disagree with that assessment, but this doesn't strike me as a statement that Huckabee would say, words said to deliver a veiled threat.

But the dems will make big hay about it because it deflects from the smashing that McCain put on him in his rebuttal of Obama's ascerbic response to an address that wasn't even clearly directed at him.

And from that point of view, it was a very unfortunate moment.

Well just saw the clip. Efen idiot.
"Someone pointed a gun at him"?
Brillant, that will be turned into a racial remark, by oh I don't know, tonight

re: #47 HelloDare

You mean no cheering, applauding or laughing like when Rev. Wright mentioned the chickens coming home to roost?

Nope. And no show of support repeated back pounding either. NRA sermons are more reserved.

Olbermann just had to change his undies...

If I was running a school for potential Republican candidates, it would cover: ethics, manners, and economics - in that order.

Huckabee: What a maroon!

I've been a conservative Republican all my life (well - there was that short stint back in the early 70's - but I can't be held responsible for that). Anyway .....

I am conservative to my core, on nearly every single issue. But I think this election year is a Democrat year, for several reasons. That being said, I think McCain's best chance of winning is to bring someone on board who can cement the Reagan Democrats. Someone who will not scare off Democrat voters who cannot bring themselves to vote for Obama.

I don't think this is the year for strict conservatives. I don't like it, but there it is.

re: #45 FrogMarch

Other than Romney - Giuliani - and Thompson - the candidates this year are CRAP.

Right on!

re: #53 zombie

I'm very glad this happened now.

It completely eliminates the possibility of Huckabee being named McCain's VP.

Whew!

Next.

Exactly.

Huck will be the kiss of death for McCain.
As if McCain needs a kiss.

Doesn't matter what Huckabee meant, he will be given no "do-overs" a la Obama.

re: #54 buzzsawmonkey

I've been trying to engage some of our fellow here on the gay marriage issue over the last two days, but the responses have been depressingly doctrinaire. There is far too much prejudice flying around to be able to discuss this issue intelligently.

Do you mean here on the blog, or in your real life world? I missed the gay marriage thread - a few days ago, was it ?

re: #55 really grumpy big dog Johnson

But I do not think for one instant that there was any veiled threat to it as all.

You can't joke about the assassination of presidential candidates. You can't. It's illegal and will get an average citizen a visit from the secret service. You also can't joke about bombs in airports. Those are the rules and everybody knows that. The audience didn't laugh not only because the joke wasn't funny but also because anyone who made that statement on stage was going to be in big trouble.

re: #61 mama winger

I've been a conservative Republican all my life (well - there was that short stint back in the early 70's - but I can't be held responsible for that). Anyway .....

I am conservative to my core, on nearly every single issue. But I think this election year is a Democrat year, for several reasons. That being said, I think McCain's best chance of winning is to bring someone on board who can cement the Reagan Democrats. Someone who will not scare off Democrat voters who cannot bring themselves to vote for Obama.

I don't think this is the year for strict conservatives. I don't like it, but there it is.

Karl Rove says this last loss in Mississippi was due to the fact that the Democrat came at them from the right!

Google News results for 'Huckabee nra'
3:24 - 26
3:43 - 68
4:00 - 100
4:12 - 119

At this rate, in 24 hours, there will be over 2800 results. But that's after extrapolating linearly after only four data points which means nothing.

re: #46 buzzsawmonkey

Back in '64, the anti-Goldwater crowd had bumper stickers that said, "Bury Barry."

Maybe it's time to dust them off.

I've just come up with a memorable Obama campaign slogan too.

Anybody here have a CafePress store? What to go in halvsies with me? (And maybe with buzzsaw too if he wants?)

I don't have the time, skill or wherewithal to start a CafePress store. But if you (whoever you may be) do, email me, and I'll send you the art for my Obama campaign sign/sticker idea, and you put it on your store, then we split the proceeds.

And if you want to do the same with buzz's "Bury Barry" and send him half the money from those sales, then all the better.

Email me here.

re: #55 really grumpy big dog Johnson

As I said on the previous thread, his off-the-cuff remark was terribly ill-timed and a bad mistake. But I do not think for one instant that there was any veiled threat to it as all.

His "pointed a gun" comment I truly believe was an oblique reference to Bush's speech in Israel and Obama's kneejerk response. Others may disagree with that assessment, but this doesn't strike me as a statement that Huckabee would say, words said to deliver a veiled threat.

But the dems will make big hay about it because it deflects from the smashing that McCain put on him in his rebuttal of Obama's ascerbic response to an address that wasn't even clearly directed at him.

And from that point of view, it was a very unfortunate moment.

They are going to crucify him. 57 states? No problem. A movie on how to assassinate President Bush? No problem. Mention, even in the remotest sense that the Obamessiah is to be hurt? I bet their will be a lawsuit filed.

Huckabee and his supporters screwed it for better candidates-- like Romney.

re: #53 zombie

I'm very glad this happened now.

It completely eliminates the possibility of Huckabee being named McCain's VP.

Whew!

Next.

I hope so. I hope McCain makes a statement before tomorrow morning.

I don't think it was as bad as your all saying it was off the cuff and in the setting they are in with Obama stance on gun control well it was a little funny.

re: #40 unrealizedviewpoint

I listen for the groan you mentioned hoping to hear it. Not there, sorry.

Its at the very last 1-2 seconds

re: #69 Killgore Trout

You can't joke about the assassination of presidential candidates. You can't. It's illegal and will get an average citizen a visit from the secret service. You also can't joke about bombs in airports. Those are the rules and everybody knows that. The audience didn't laugh not only because the joke wasn't funny but also because anyone who made that statement on stage was going to be in big trouble.

When I heard it I thought he meant ducking bullets ala Hillary ducking sniper fire - I thought it was related to that.

re: #71 bosforus

Google News results for 'Huckabee nra'
3:24 - 26
3:43 - 68
4:00 - 100
4:12 - 119

At this rate, in 24 hours, there will be over 2800 results. But that's after extrapolating linearly after only four data points which means nothing.

And here's your PhD, my friend!

Did he drink his lunch?

re: #61 mama winger

I've been a conservative Republican all my life (well - there was that short stint back in the early 70's - but I can't be held responsible for that). Anyway .....

I am conservative to my core, on nearly every single issue. But I think this election year is a Democrat year, for several reasons. That being said, I think McCain's best chance of winning is to bring someone on board who can cement the Reagan Democrats. Someone who will not scare off Democrat voters who cannot bring themselves to vote for Obama.

I don't think this is the year for strict conservatives. I don't like it, but there it is.

Honestly, I think that the best chance is for McCain to drop out & let the convention choose.Iwould prefer Romney or Rudy.
That of course won't happen.The next best chance is for McCain to fight like crazy and keep- idiots like Huckabee off of podiums.

re: #74 FrogMarch

Huckabee and his supporters screwed it for better candidates-- like Romney.

Everybody got the chance to campaign and to make their case to the voters. Everybody got to choose. They did not choose Romney. Fair and square. Time to move on.

those nra gun owners in the audience must be so embarrassed. they know how irresponsible his statement is. you never point a gun at someone unless you really intend to use it. it's ridiculous and the implications cast everyone in a bad light.

Also, in the video, Huck seems to say "aimed a gun" not "pointed a gun".

Apology Watch.

re: #78 DistantThunder

When I heard it I thought he meant ducking bullets ala Hillary ducking sniper fire - I thought it was related to that.

That was my initial reaction too. I think it was just an inept off-the-cuff remark.

re: #74 FrogMarch

Huckabee and his supporters screwed it for better candidates-- like Romney.

Can I get an Amen!

Uber-FAIL!

No VP for you *uckabee...and thank God for that. Go back to Arkansas and stay there.

Even the NRA crowd sat stunned.

re: #83 nyc redneck

those nra gun owners in the audience must be so embarrassed. they know how irresponsible his statement is. you never point a gun at someone unless you really intend to use it. it's ridiculous and the implications cast everyone in a bad light.

EXCELLENT!

re: #72 zombie

I've just come up with a memorable Obama campaign slogan too.

Anybody here have a CafePress store? What to go in halvsies with me? (And maybe with buzzsaw too if he wants?)

I don't have the time, skill or wherewithal to start a CafePress store. But if you (whoever you may be) do, email me, and I'll send you the art for my Obama campaign sign/sticker idea, and you put it on your store, then we split the proceeds.

And if you want to do the same with buzz's "Bury Barry" and send him half the money from those sales, then all the better.

Email me here.

Even a phrase like "Tickle Barry," is going to be accused of being racist. I like "Whack the Wimp," referring to whack a mole - but that sound like a mafia hit. "Defeat the Dork." "Crush the Creep" "WAx the Wimp" etc.

Wait, not so fast - this is the Cheney slot we're talking about!

re: #82 mama winger

Everybody got the chance to campaign and to make their case to the voters. Everybody got to choose. They did not choose Romney. Fair and square. Time to move on.

Yeah, but lots of Democrats crossed over in open primary state to hang us with McCain.

re: #87 opnion

Can I get an Amen!

Amen, brother!

Huckabee and his supporters screwed it for better candidates-- like Romney.

How did they 'screw it' ? Did they do something illegal ? Not enough people voted for Romney. Get over it please.

re: #93 opnion

Yeah, but lots of Democrats crossed over in open primary state to hang us with McCain.

Eggzactly, Dems had an unofficial Op Chaos going long before Rush initiated his. Who's worked better is debateable.

re: #80 MandyManners

Did he drink his lunch?

A triple malted milk!

re: #40 unrealizedviewpoint

I listen for the groan you mentioned hoping to hear it. Not there, sorry.

At 46/47 seconds of this clip, you can hear the groan

[Link: www.breitbart.tv...]

re: #71 bosforus

Google News results for 'Huckabee nra'
3:24 - 26
3:43 - 68
4:00 - 100
4:12 - 119

At this rate, in 24 hours, there will be over 2800 results. But that's after extrapolating linearly after only four data points which means nothing.

You've obviously never worked in marketing. They can generate a positive trend line from one data point gathered over drinks in an airport lounge.

re: #93 opnion

Yeah, but lots of Democrats crossed over in open primary state to hang us with McCain.

And Republicans did the very same thing to keep Hillary in the race.

speaking of "bad jokes about pointing guns", will someone please tell the Republican party that when Maxwell Smart would shoot himself in the foot it was funny, but when the GOP keeps doing it, it's not. (Oh, by the way, can we CC that memo to McCain too, please...)

People who aren't funny shouldn't try to be.

re: #93 opnion

re: #82 mama winger

Everybody got the chance to campaign and to make their case to the voters. Everybody got to choose. They did not choose Romney. Fair and square. Time to move on.

Yeah, but lots of Democrats crossed over in open primary state to hang us with McCain.

Not to mention the coverage certain candidates received from our media betters. That 'selected versus elected' thingy.

re: #91 DistantThunder

How about a protestor outside of the Dem convention dressed like a waffle, carrying a sign , 'Hey Barry Eat Me"

re: #37 RickZ

That was a really, really moronic comment. That 'joke' went over like a lead balloon.

I'm struggling and I can't see where or why he thought that WOULD be funny. Moronic comment indeed.

re: #82 mama winger

Everybody got the chance to campaign and to make their case to the voters. Everybody got to choose. They did not choose Romney. Fair and square. Time to move on.

Huckabee got into the race well after Romney. Huckabee had also previously appeared as a keynote speaker at an anti-Mormon convention held in Salt Lake City - then pretended he knew nothing about the LDS faith. Slime.

This latest display of RCI from Huckabee is just further proof (in a long list of proofs) that the man is not White House material. Never has been, likely never will be.

re: #101 mama winger

And Republicans did the very same thing to keep Hillary in the race.

Right, but the Dems are still getting their dream candidate & we get McCain

Way to go Huckabee. Time to pack your bags and head back to Arkansas Mikey.

Don't let the screen door hit ya where the good lord split ya!

re: #101 mama winger

re: #93 opnion

Yeah, but lots of Democrats crossed over in open primary state to hang us with McCain.

And Republicans did the very same thing to keep Hillary in the race.

Which is why open primaries are wrong on the face of it. Pick a party, then vote for it in a primary/election.

My NY may be insane in many ways, but it is a closed primary state.

re: #109 Slumbering Behemoth

This latest display of RCI from Huckabee is just further proof (in a long list of proofs) that the man is not White House material. Never has been, likely absolutely never will be.

Fixed for ya.

re: #104 buzzsawmonkey

I'll have to look up those posts. Interesting that you should bring that up. Two male gay friends of mine, who have been together for nearly 15 years, just got word today that the 2 year old special needs child they have been fostering, may soon be able to become their adopted son for good. I am so happy for them. They are wonderful people - and you should see them with this toddler. It's amazing. They are all googly over this child. :)

Interestingly, they do not support gay marriage.

Though I sometimes find her amusing, this is like Ann Coulter calling John Edwards a "faggot".
Some people play too nice with the other side. (McCain, usually, but most elected Republicans as well.)
Some people are just idiots.

There's a large middle ground, of cogent and constant arguement. Get to it, and stay there!

The first thing that came to mind after hearing Huckabee's statement...

Just channeling Nancy Sinatra:
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

I was five and he was six
we rode on horses made of sticks
he wore black and i wore white
he would always win the fight
bang, bang
he shot me down
bang, bang
i hit the ground
bang, bang
that awful sound,
bang bang,
my baby shot me down.

I was Mike and he was Hu,
we ran for office, what a zoo
he wore blue and i wore red
and the whole thing swelled my head,
bang, bang
he kicked a chair
bang, bang
and I was there
bang, bang
I saw a flash,
bang bang,
my campaign turned to ash.

re: #98 sattv4u2

At 46/47 seconds of this clip, you can hear the groan

[Link: www.breitbart.tv...]

Yes. It's there.

re: #101 mama winger

And Republicans did the very same thing to keep Hillary in the race.

Yes, but nobody would ever mistake Hillary for a Republican. McCain, on the other hand, is a Republican mistake brought to us by New Hampshire crossovers.

re: #106 opnion

How about a protestor outside of the Dem convention dressed like a waffle, carrying a sign , 'Hey Barry Eat Me"

Now that's funny!

re: #108 DistantThunder

Huckabee got into the race well after Romney. Huckabee had also previously appeared as a keynote speaker at an anti-Mormon convention held in Salt Lake City - then pretended he knew nothing about the LDS faith. Slime.

Great point! McCain & Huckabee ganged up on Romney during the debates like two school yard brats. Romney was far & away the class of the field.
He stumps for McCain.Don't forget McCain toyed with being kerry's VP

re: #91 DistantThunder

Even a phrase like "Tickle Barry," is going to be accused of being racist. I like "Whack the Wimp," referring to whack a mole - but that sound like a mafia hit. "Defeat the Dork." "Crush the Creep" "WAx the Wimp" etc.

You're way off on the wrong track. This is a campaign slogan for Obama.

You know, when he was in that field with his shotgun and the reporters. I opined he was holding his weapon dangerously wrong.

re: #120 AK oilfield worker

Now that's funny!

Why,thank you

re: #122 opnion

Great point! McCain & Huckabee ganged up on Romney during the debates like two school yard brats.

It's called the primaries.

re: #114 mama winger

I'll have to look up those posts. Interesting that you should bring that up. Two male gay friends of mine, who have been together for nearly 15 years, just got word today that the 2 year old special needs child they have been fostering, may soon be able to become their adopted son for good. I am so happy for them. They are wonderful people - and you should see them with this toddler. It's amazing. They are all googly over this child. :)

Interestingly, they do not support gay marriage.

It'd be okay with me if they married. as a matter of fact for the sake of the special needs child maybe they should.

*ducking for incoming*

Definitely a tasteless off the cuff remark by Huckabee.

Doesn't make me dislike him any more, though.

re: #128 buzzsawmonkey

I'll take a look at those . I know where I stand but I like taking a look at the arguments.

Kerry used to make lame jokes like that all the time.

Huckabee is smart as a bag of hammers, but I've already seen this on Yahoo news. Remember the comment some jerk made (Biden I think) about shooting Bush between the eyes? Yeah, nobody else does either. Didn't get much play outside the alt media. This will be 24/7 and the theme will be to link the NRA with Huckabee's idiocy.

Great work Huckster.

ObamaFish

re: #89 itellu3times

Even the NRA crowd sat stunned.

"Even"? I dare say you could not find an audience more aware of how unfunny gun safety is. Or how far a stupid remark can travel before wisdom even gets out of bed.

re: #117 itellu3times

Just channeling Nancy Sinatra:
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

The was Sonny and Cher, not Nancy.

Oooh, I see Nancy later did a crappy cover version. Not the same.

Cher.

re: #131 pat

Kerry used to make lame jokes like that all the time.

John F'n Kerry (did you know he served in Vietnam) is a lame joke.

re: #114 mama winger

re: #127 unrealizedviewpoint

10 years ago, I moved from Boston to the Atlanta suburbs and bought my house. A year later, a gay couple moved in next door. I went over and welcomed them asking them for 2 favors
1) keep your lawn mowed and your yard clean (trust me, 9 years later, their house and grounds should be on House beautiful)
2) if they have any wild loud latenight parties ,, make sure I'm invited

The joke was stupid and in bad taste. It was as bad as making a joke about Dick Cheney taking him Dove hunting.

re: #1 Lawrence Schmerel

There goes that VP slot.

Good! I'm glad! The guy's a freakin' idiot and he can not stop with the little quips and jokes. Who in the hell ever told him he was remotely funny? What an a**hole! Get the f*ck off the stage! Clock-out and go home.

re: #69 Killgore Trout

You can't joke about the assassination of presidential candidates. You can't. It's illegal and will get an average citizen a visit from the secret service. You also can't joke about bombs in airports. Those are the rules and everybody knows that. The audience didn't laugh not only because the joke wasn't funny but also because anyone who made that statement on stage was going to be in big trouble.

That is REALLY stretching his words way out of context. But whatever.

. . . . . . ugh.

re: #126 mama winger

It's called the primaries.

Uh Huh, then McCain should have gone toe to toe,without recruiting that idiot from Arkansas.
Romney won the closed primary states & Lost the open states.Let me think, why would that be?

re: #104 buzzsawmonkey

On the blog. I've got a number of statements on the thread from the other day, and a couple in the "Seattle Times" thread two threads down.

Some have gotten updings, some not, which is not important. Problem is that there are several angles from which the issue needs to be discussed, none of which are religious or "protect traditional marriage"--and people seem unable to be able to get out of their ruts when discussing the topic, and are too avid to see if their position is supported. So the actual issues get sloughed.

It's sad, really.

I think it is important, but I doubt my ability to persuade anyone. I made one substantive post on that first thread, but it was late. Dennis Prager is probably the best to give a defense of the "Keep marriage as is" position you'll find.

rudy also made a faux-pas when he was speaking before the nra, he took a call from judi, his wife, and put the crowd on hold as he spoke to her. is there something abt. an audience comprised of pro-gun people that makes a speaker lose their judgment?

Raconteurs Bang Bang
slow, interesting, concert, very much the late late night version, ... Huckleberry can while away the hours looping it, ...

re: #137 sattv4u2

Haha! I first met these two guys at a Mary Kay party. Big burly men - but they like the skin care products. Who doesn't?

They own a really good restaurant in Milwaukee. Good beer selection too.

Did the Indonesians try to storm our embassy lately?
Indonesians Protest The Presence Of Americans In Their Islamic State

The best part is at 1:20 when some guy sets himself on fire while burning a flag.

re: #135 zombie

The was Sonny and Cher, not Nancy.

Oooh, I see Nancy later did a crappy cover version. Not the same.

Cher.

I preferred Vanilla Fudges version.

re: #113 Son of the Black Dog

Fixed for ya.

Sometimes I entertain the foolish belief that anyone can change for the better. Sometimes.

I think your editing skills make my statement far more accurate, though.

re: #144 nyc redneck

rudy also made a faux-pas when he was speaking before the nra, he took a call from judi, his wife, and put the crowd on hold as he spoke to her. is there something abt. an audience comprised of pro-gun people that makes a speaker lose their judgment?

I really don't think the audience is armed. :)

re: #147 Killgore Trout

Did the Indonesians try to storm our embassy lately?
Indonesians Protest The Presence Of Americans In Their Islamic State

The best part is at 1:20 when some guy sets himself on fire while burning a flag.

That can't be true.That is where Barry schooled, so they must be the good Muslims

re: #140 really grumpy big dog Johnson

That is REALLY stretching his words way out of context.

Why else would someone aim a gun at him backstage and an NRA convention? That was the whole premise of the joke. Not a stretch at all.

re: #135 zombie

The was Sonny and Cher, not Nancy.

You're right, of course. But something in Huck just made me think of the other.

I've never been impressed with southern Governors.

re: #133 Killgore Trout

ObamaFish

Is this real?:(

re: #154 EC Marm

I've never been impressed with southern Governors.

Wait till I win Georgia. I'll knock your socks off.

re: #134 OldLineTexan

"Even"? I dare say you could not find an audience more aware of how unfunny gun safety is. Or how far a stupid remark can travel before wisdom even gets out of bed.

Absolutely. And how you SHOULD dive for the floor, if someone aims a gun at you. Comment like that gets people looking for the gun, and I mean right there, just as a reflex. Might as well have started shouting "Fire!", of course that would be a pun at the NRA convention, too, hah hah.

re: #156 mama winger

Wait till I win Georgia. I'll knock your socks off.

I didn't know you're in Georgia ! (me too, btw)

re: #155 beachkatie

I think it's a spoof but if somebody wanted to print them up they'd sell like hot cakes here in Portland.

re: #149 Slumbering Behemoth

Sometimes I entertain the foolish belief that anyone can change for the better. Sometimes.

I think your editing skills make my statement far more accurate, though.

Unfortunately for the country though, Huckabee is probably better qualified to be POTUS than either HRC or BHO. Sad to say.

re: #133 Killgore Trout

ObamaFish

Is there a hidden message here or does it only come in black?

I guess they would have racist if it was any other color.

/walking on eggshells

re: #158 buzzsawmonkey

My views are strictly based upon a biblical view of God and His people as illustrated in the marriage analogy. This argument would not appeal to most people.

re: #160 Killgore Trout
OT no salmon fishing this year announced on cnn.com

re: #71 bosforus

Google News results for 'Huckabee nra'
3:24 - 26
3:43 - 68
4:00 - 100
4:12 - 119

At this rate, in 24 hours, there will be over 2800 results. But that's after extrapolating linearly after only four data points which means nothing.

I just checked -- it's down to 105 as of 4:44.

re: #159 sattv4u2

I didn't know you're in Georgia ! (me too, btw)

I'm not. I'm in Wisconsin. I'd have to run an absentee campaign :)

re: #152 Killgore Trout

Why else would someone aim a gun at him backstage and an NRA convention? That was the whole premise of the joke. Not a stretch at all.

I'm with Killgore ..kind of. How can one not think this. Being a potential vice presidential candidate does not mean you can make jokes about pointing guns at your opponent. I doubt Barry will ask the Secret Service to investigate his remarks though.

re: #152 Killgore Trout

Why else would someone aim a gun at him backstage and an NRA convention? That was the whole premise of the joke. Not a stretch at all.

Wait for it. They will make it a racial issue

My new pup keeps farting. Maybe I should take him out before he .............. Oh no ! .......

re: #164 snowcrash

Yeah it's a bummer but that is only for the ocean. Normal regulations for bays, rivers and streams. The runs should be pretty good this year.

re: #148 jorline

I preferred Vanilla Fudges version.

Excellent! Someone else remembers them!
(Though my recollection is a bit hazy. Sorta purple.)

re: #166 mama winger

I'm not. I'm in Wisconsin. I'd have to run an absentee campaign :)

Ya got my vote

re: #160 Killgore Trout

I think it's a spoof but if somebody wanted to print them up they'd sell like hot cakes here in Portland.

I know they would sell like crazy here in N.C. :(

re: #158 buzzsawmonkey

It is a much more complex issue than most advocates for or against would admit.

Indeed. It is complex, and important. I don't have a problem with the assertation that this change is good or bad, provided it is followed by arguement, but the assertion that it is of no impact is either silly or disengenuous.
(At the same time, it isn't the end of the world, and no one portrays it as such, except as to redicule opponents.)

Beneath that "aw shucks" veneer lurks a nasty, mean-spirited bigot. Remember that desperate and thinly veiled catty remark about Mormons believing that the devil and Jesus are brothers.

And we are supposed to believe that he didn't have anything to do with the petition that his cronies sent to John McCain forbidding McCain to select Romney as his VP.

re: #162 jorline

Black is the new white, comrade.

re: #169 mama winger

My new pup keeps farting. Maybe I should take him out before he .............. Oh no ! .......

Did he make pizza?

OK this is weird, Drudge had a huge headline on this topic up 10 minutes ago and now it is small print on the left hand side middle. Maybe this will not be such a huge deal. I still think it killed any VP ideas, and that it is proof Mikey is not ready for prime time.

re: #177 ljmw

Beneath that "aw shucks" veneer lurks a nasty, mean-spirited bigot. Remember that desperate and thinly veiled catty remark about Mormons believing that the devil and Jesus are brothers.

And we are supposed to believe that he didn't have anything to do with the petition that his cronies sent to John McCain forbidding McCain to select Romney as his VP.

Oh yeah that toothy grin & the goober routine never worked for me.
I think that the guy is & always has been a religious bigot

re: #171 Killgore Trout
Good. Worried you wouldn't find what you were looking for in the move.

re: #157 itellu3times

Absolutely. And how you SHOULD dive for the floor, if someone aims a gun at you. Comment like that gets people looking for the gun, and I mean right there, just as a reflex. Might as well have started shouting "Fire!", of course that would be a pun at the NRA convention, too, hah hah.

See? Now that is a joke...

"That sound was Sen. Obama backstage. Someone yelled "Fire" and he dived for the floor."

Stupid still, but funny.

This is great news.
Ron Paul is now the front runner for the VP spot

/

The fact that no one laughed at that joke speaks volumes about how nice most NRA members really are.

We're not the racist, angry, Neanderthals the Left paints us to be.

/Endowment Life Member

Vote for Obama: The WAR Candidate.

Wright, Ayers, Rezko

re: #184 Shug

This is great news.
Ron Paul is now the front runner for the VP spot

/

YOU OWE ME A KEYBOARD!
Cleaning up now.

That's so bad it's funny.

re: #180 bushleague

OK this is weird, Drudge had a huge headline on this topic up 10 minutes ago and now it is small print on the left hand side middle. Maybe this will not be such a huge deal. I still think it killed any VP ideas, and that it is proof Mikey is not ready for prime time.

Well. If ya think about it, what more can be said. It was a stupid joke. Nobody laughed. And John McCain needs look elsewhere for a VP. Next!

re: #72 zombie

I had a great one for the Beast:

Hill, NO!

re: #173 Shaky Louie

Excellent! Someone else remembers them!
(Though my recollection is a bit hazy. Sorta purple.)

LMAO...Shaky

I saw them perform Bang Bang in 68 or 69. They were on a ticket with the Byrd's and Steppenwolf. Everything was a little hazy then.

I downloaded the song onto my sons Ipod...LOL

OT

My daughter called. A door got slammed on her finger, she was rushed to the hospital. She may have lost the tip of her finger.

re: #180 bushleague

OK this is weird, Drudge had a huge headline on this topic up 10 minutes ago and now it is small print on the left hand side middle. Maybe this will not be such a huge deal. I still think it killed any VP ideas, and that it is proof Mikey is not ready for prime time.

I don't think there's anything sinister going on. The traffic from Drudge was killing Andrew's servers - it's nothing more than that.

That's probably why the video was deleted from DailyMotion too.

Drudge must really be pulling some big numbers lately, because I know Breitbart.com has a pretty high-powered server cluster.

re: #178 Killgore Trout

Black is the new white, comrade.

LOL..you're right comrade Killgore...please forgive my ignorance. Long live the State!

re: #184 Shug

This is great news.
Ron Paul is now the front runner for the VP spot

/

Now that's damn funny!

re: #188 unrealizedviewpoint

Well. If ya think about it, what more can be said. It was a stupid joke. Nobody laughed. And John McCain needs look elsewhere for a VP. Next!

I think that he will select Governor Crist of Florida.
I thoght so when Crist endorsed MCCain over Romney in the Florida Primary.
Florida was crucial & it was that primary that the straight talking Maverick was lying about Romneys interview about an Iraq withdrawl time table

re: #161 Son of the Black Dog

Unfortunately for the country though, Huckabee is probably better qualified to be POTUS than either HRC or BHO. Sad to say.

I kind of agree with that.

He's certainly more qualified than BHO, but I'd say that his qualifications are equivalent to that of HRC, and not just because they've both lived in the AK governor's mansion.

Huckabee couldn't have better given the Left another means with which to to smear the NRA even if he had wanted to.

Hmm. Hmm. Hmmmmmmmmm.

If it shows up in the next Michael Moore flick, we'll know for sure.

re: #191 Alouette

They have made incredible advancement with reattachment, I will pray your daughter is a candidate. If it is any consolation, ArmyHusband would tell me stories about Soldiers (usually LTs) who would chop the ends of their fingers off in the tank hatch, in the last 2 years they all were fixed thanks to quick medical care. That being sad, I am sure the poor thing is in pain and scared!

re: #182 snowcrash

It's going to be a year or so before my boating skills get to the point where I feel comfortable on the open ocean anyways. Just as well.

Sad = said in English

re: #191 Alouette

OT

My daughter called. A door got slammed on her finger, she was rushed to the hospital. She may have lost the tip of her finger.

Good luck and I'll be praying for you. Our #3 girl had the tip pinched off her finger at 3 years old (door), but it was reattached and all she has as a souvenir is a very slight line across one nail.

/they pulled the poor plastic surgeon outta bed at 2 am.

re: #1 Lawrence Schmerel

There goes that VP slot.

Yep. That's what makes his comment such a gift. Hopefully, it finally kills the idea of him being VP.

re: #121 song_and_dance_man

My favorite gun song

Not the Beatles' "Happiness is a warm gun"?

re: #205 itellu3times

Not the Beatles' "Happiness is a warm gun"?

Not mine. Moonbatty.

re: #191 Alouette

Ouch! Is she nearby? A refuah shlema for her.

re: #198 wanumba

If it shows up in the next Michael Moore flick, we'll know for sure

Speaking of which ,,, MY plan for the Repubs to win. Convince FOX FAMILY CHANNEL to run a Michael Moore Movie Marathon on Election Day,,, 75% of Dems will stay home while the polss are open

re: #196 opnion

I think that he will select Governor Crist of Florida.
I thoght so when Crist endorsed MCCain over Romney in the Florida Primary.
Florida was crucial & it was that primary that the straight talking Maverick was lying about Romneys interview about an Iraq withdrawl time table

I'd be okay with Crist.
And yeah, he was stretching Romney's time-table words.

This is just a burp in the endless campaign babble. No harm done. Everyone knew Huck was dork before today anyway.

re: #206 OldLineTexan

Not mine. Moonbatty.

Well sure, but no worse than, "Say Hello to my little friend!"

re: #190 jorline

LMAO...Shaky

I saw them perform Bang Bang in 68 or 69. They were on a ticket with the Byrd's and Steppenwolf. Everything was a little hazy then.

What a great ticket! I'd bet you probably enjoyed yourself.

Wait. What were we talking about? Oh, look, chocolate brownies!

re: #150 unrealizedviewpoint

I really don't think the audience is armed. :)

LOL, i don't think so either. but the nra might be getting tired of presidential candidates appearing before them and acting so ridiculous.

re: #209 unrealizedviewpoint

I'd be okay with Crist.
And yeah, he was stretching Romney's time-table words.

Yup

re: #209 unrealizedviewpoint

I'd be okay with Crist.
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Jesus is just alright with me.

/sorry

re: #210 The Shadow Do

Everyone knew Huck was dork before today anyway.

And now he knows it, too.

re: #207 NY Nana

Ouch! Is she nearby? A refuah shlema for her.

She is in New York City. In a hurry to leave work on Friday. She just called, sounded really out of it from the painkillers. She is taking a cab back to Brooklyn.

re: #175 beachkatie

Did you see this in the spinoffs? North Carolina Web Site Said to Be 'Gateway Drug' To Terror

On topic? Hucklehead is a POS.

re: #212 Shaky Louie

What a great ticket! I'd bet you probably enjoyed yourself.

Wait. What were we talking about? Oh, look, chocolate brownies!

LOL...it was the double batches that would kill you. I can remember sleeping for two days once.

Time to go lizards...See ya'll tomorrow.

re: #210 The Shadow Do

This is just a burp in the endless campaign babble. No harm done. Everyone knew Huck was dork before today anyway.

Yeah but on a day that Barry was under the gun (No pun intended), Hucka bee gave the swooning media just what they need to divert attention from Obama.

re: #218 Alouette

She is in New York City. In a hurry to leave work on Friday. She just called, sounded really out of it from the painkillers. She is taking a cab back to Brooklyn.

We will be in Brooklyn Monday, to take care of the 20 month old....I can send you my phone numbers.

re: #216 OldLineTexan

I'd be okay with Crist.

Jesus is just alright with me.

/sorry

Being named Crist can't hurt.

re: #222 NY Nana

We will be in Brooklyn Monday, to take care of the 20 month old....I can send you my phone numbers.

She'll be OK, my older daughter & son will take care of her.

re: #134 OldLineTexan

"Even"? I dare say you could not find an audience more aware of how unfunny gun safety is. Or how far a stupid remark can travel before wisdom even gets out of bed.

yes

re: #223 unrealizedviewpoint

Being named Crist can't hurt.

If he gets on the ticket running against the Messiah, it's going to be confusing without a scorecard. Somebody better start working on the FLA ballot now...

re: #224 Alouette

Forgot they were near!

As I make my next comment, remember that it is coming from a Mormon who liked Huckabee's stated platform better than Mitt Romney's at the start of the primaries:

WHY! OH WHY! - can't the idiots in the Republican party reveal themselves before they suck up primary votes and ruin it for better qualified (or at least less idiotic) candidates?

/I wonder if fried squirrel tastes any worse than shoe?

Good Weekend to all ex. Kos Trolls.

re: #227 buzzsawmonkey

Shabbat shalom, Buzz.

re: #226 OldLineTexan

There are a bunch of Democratic volunteers in Broward county that are experienced at "working on ballots" in back rooms. (with a hole punch or a hanger no doubt).

re: #144 nyc redneck

rudy also made a faux-pas when he was speaking before the nra, he took a call from judi, his wife, and put the crowd on hold as he spoke to her. is there something abt. an audience comprised of pro-gun people that makes a speaker lose their judgment?

He probably did it on purpose, hoping it would reinforce a perception of "family values" (and not remind people of the nasty divorce that preceded his current marriage).

I will no doubt get flamed.

Yes, I know it was bad timing etc, but taking into consideration Obama's stance on gun law and Obama coming across as a whinging whining cry baby, I have to admit to finding the remark a little funny.

Sensitive time in politics I know, but even so, I believe the reaction is a little ott to say the least, as I said, bad timing......runs>

re: #208 sattv4u2

Speaking of which ,,, MY plan for the Repubs to win. Convince FOX FAMILY CHANNEL to run a Michael Moore Movie Marathon on Election Day,,, 75% of Dems will stay home while the polss are open

That's pretty funny really - never thought one could fit together marathon and Michael Moore in the same sentence!

That's why the leftist media love this guy and helped him get as far as he did.

re: #191 Alouette
Yikes! Hope she's all right.

A gaff no doubt. A hasty attempt at poking fun at Obama the Holophobe. What he was trying to say is that Obama is a GFW (Gun Fearing Wussy) who's paranoia, and looking for a gun and malintent everywhere caused him to not notice the chair he just tripped over.

This joke is in extremely bad taste...it could be interpreted in many ways...and racism is probably what some folks would jump to conclusion....

I agree...there goes the VP slot...

I don't think the Evangelicals will support him anyway, he was not even that conservative to begin with...

Yeah, riiiight. I've read several apologetic comments across a handful of blogs that start of with "What Huck meant to say was...", all of it boring pretzel logic.

Huckabee will likely have plenty of opportunity to rephrase this idiotic blunder over the next week or so. Will he be able to extricate his head foot from his ass mouth, or will he shove it deeper?

Huckabee= Dan Quayle with a guitar.

All republicans should keep an appropriate distance from this natural disaster.

It was very stupid in many ways. Especially for someone talking to the NRA which is made up of folks who (by and large) KNOW how to properly use firearms. He was going okay at the begining of the clip but that stupid remark just killed anything he was trying to say.

Huckabee- what a dolt.

I never met Huckabee, but from what I can see, he would not even point his gun at B. Hussein, much less pull the trigger. I bet what we saw is the tip of the disdain that this guy has for the radical left, and his disgust of what they want to do with our country.

Yes, the rest of us should apologize to Senator Obama right now, this idiot does not speak for us.

Now we just need Condoleezza Rice to make a boneheaded comment at a nationally televised event too - then we can talk about a real running mate for McCain in November.

re: #246 Right Brain

Yes, the rest of us should apologize to Senator Obama right now, this idiot does not speak for us.

I'm not apologizing to Obama for one damn thing.

The more I consider Huckabee's blunder, the more I think that it was a mask-slippage moment.

The fact that he thought this terrible joke would go over well with gun-owners/pro 2nd amendment defenders could be a rather telling example of what he truly thinks of them.

Has he been sipping Kool-Aid from the Clingy Cup of Bitterness?
/only half-sarc, just barely

First rule, never say anything bad about a fellow Republican.

In this situation, best to paraphrase Fiddler on the Roof:

The Lord should bless and keep Brack Obama AS FAR FROM THE WHITEHOUSE AS POSSIBLE!

Huckafool, go away please.

re #249

I agree completely. He obviously thought they would "get" it . He thought he was speaking to a sympathetic crowd. That is -sympathetic to his own bigoted sensibility which I think puts Huckabee in a small scary class of throwbacks.

Oh my lord, thank goodness some of the blow will be absorbed because of the weekend. Not that it'll stop MSNBC, can you imagine the wall to wall coverage, from Mika, to Uberfool starting Monday? Boy, I'm just trying to get over MSM's slant over the "appeasement" deal.

re: #188 unrealizedviewpoint

Huckabee doesn't seem to be a real 2nd amendment advocate and this statement shows it....Huckabee doesn't seem to be a real 2nd amendment advocate and this statement shows it....

If I wanted to take a shot @ Obama, I'd have said "That bang was just something falling over, but it will be the only bangs you hear if Obama had his way with the 2nd amendment."

As much as I despise and will not vote for Obama, I could certainly see a deranged individual or two that would seriously be gunning for him because of the color of his skin and that definitely isn't cool. Which means to joke about anyone aiming a gun at him isn't good news other than eliminating him as a choice for VP and that's GREAT news!

Thank God, the slimy huckster said it...he needed to be dumped as a VP choice...shudder.....

He told this joke in front of the organization who wrote the "three rules" of gun safety and which lobbies for strict mandatory sentances for using a gun in the commision of a crime. It's no suprise they all groaned when he told that idiotic joke.

I am relieved to not have to endure the Huckabees as a possible VP family.

Hucka-Who. Why is anyone talking about him? Is there no such thing as yesterday anymore?

Well look, perhaps I'm being Republican biased, but putting it into context, Huckabee did NOT imply anything evil with his comment. There certainly have been much worse things said by politicians. He was only being sarcastic regarding Obama's paranoia over guns.

BUT, Huckabee with his political experience, should have known better than to make a comment that the left will blow waaaay out of proportion. If he really did want to be McCain's running mate, he just blew it with that comment.