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Beacool

(30,243 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 07:23 PM Jun 2014

'She'd Probably Get Shot at the State Line'

Source: US News & World Report

A local district chairman says there's no love for Hillary in the Natural State.



By David Catanese
June 24, 2014

An Arkansas Republican party official is using colorful language to warn Hillary Clinton about her future political prospects in her adopted home state.

Asked how Clinton would fare in Arkansas if she pursued the presidency in 2016, 2nd Congressional District chairman Johnny Rhoda told U.S. News, "She'd probably get shot at the state line."

When a reporter noted that Clinton undoubtedly enjoys a measurable amount of support in a state where her husband served as governor, Rhoda replied, "Nobody has any affection for her. The majority don't."

Recent polling has shown the Clinton brand remains durable in Arkansas, even though it's been more than two decades since former President Bill Clinton served as governor there. Hillary Clinton led every potential Republican challenger except Mike Huckabee – also a former Arkansas governor – in a late April Public Policy Polling survey.


Read more: http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/run-2016/2014/06/24/arkansas-gop-official-on-hillary-shed-probably-get-shot



Inciting violence from the rubes? Great going, Mr. Chairman. Haven't we already had enough assassinations in this country?



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'She'd Probably Get Shot at the State Line' (Original Post) Beacool Jun 2014 OP
Wow...For an instant I time warped back to 1992... Blue_Tires Jun 2014 #1
He said something similar about Bill. Beacool Jun 2014 #13
Agent Mike? KamaAina Jun 2014 #2
Republicans default to the violent imagery too easily yurbud Jun 2014 #3
That's because . . . Brigid Jun 2014 #32
I'd rather they say it out loud than be unpleasantly surprised when they finally follow through yurbud Jun 2014 #33
Odd. The polling cited in the article is mostly pretty favorable to Sen. Cllinton. And yet Demoiselle Jun 2014 #4
They are desperate. Beacool Jun 2014 #14
She'd Probably Get Shot at the State Line' The CCC Jun 2014 #5
More republican evil. rickyhall Jun 2014 #6
Arkansas GOPer: Saying Hillary Would 'Get Shot' Wasn't Meant As A Threat DonViejo Jun 2014 #7
See here's the problem hollowdweller Jun 2014 #9
I neither sympathize with this twit or think he "was taken out of context'... DonViejo Jun 2014 #10
How could she "probably get shot" be taken out of context. Beacool Jun 2014 #15
Yup, tell people they oughta be shot, but smile when you say it. Makes it all good! freshwest Jun 2014 #23
Because shooting unarmed women for no reason at all is how Aristus Jun 2014 #8
The ironic part is that what he said is not even true. Beacool Jun 2014 #17
It's definitely incitement to assassination. Also to interfere with an election process. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2014 #11
He may have been trying to be flippant, but words can have consequences. Beacool Jun 2014 #19
In bushco presidency this type of heaven05 Jun 2014 #12
The guy is a "Christian Pastor" with a sham PhD. Beacool Jun 2014 #20
Is the Secret Service or Any Other Law Enforcement Agency . . . DarthDem Jun 2014 #16
I'll be surprised if the GOP doesn't ask this guy to resign. Beacool Jun 2014 #18
I would not be surprised if they promoted him to a big job at the RNC. He talks their language. AlinPA Jun 2014 #30
Naah, they may giggle when the cameras are not on, Beacool Jun 2014 #31
What a fucking asshole! Alex P Notkeaton Jun 2014 #21
Republican goon pscot Jun 2014 #22
WTF? SoapBox Jun 2014 #24
"The majority don't" VWolf Jun 2014 #25
Forget the grammar, he is not even factually correct. Beacool Jun 2014 #26
That's appalling. closeupready Jun 2014 #27
We finally agree on something!! Beacool Jun 2014 #28
Oh yeah. Incitements to violence are NEVER acceptable. closeupready Jun 2014 #29

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
1. Wow...For an instant I time warped back to 1992...
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 07:26 PM
Jun 2014

Wasn't that originally something Jesse Helms said??

Beacool

(30,243 posts)
13. He said something similar about Bill.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 09:14 PM
Jun 2014
Helms Takes New Swipe at Clinton, Then Calls It Mistake

By STEVEN GREENHOUSE,
Published: November 23, 1994

Senator Jesse Helms, the likely next chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, created a new uproar today when he was quoted saying that President Clinton was so unpopular on military bases in North Carolina that he "better have a bodyguard" if he visits the state. Mr. Helms later called the comment "a mistake."

http://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/23/us/helms-takes-new-swipe-at-clinton-then-calls-it-mistake.html

Another a-hole. May he be in a very hot place.

yurbud

(39,405 posts)
33. I'd rather they say it out loud than be unpleasantly surprised when they finally follow through
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 08:59 PM
Jun 2014

Demoiselle

(6,787 posts)
4. Odd. The polling cited in the article is mostly pretty favorable to Sen. Cllinton. And yet
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 07:40 PM
Jun 2014

the nasty jackass rightwing minor official gets the headline.

The CCC

(463 posts)
5. She'd Probably Get Shot at the State Line'
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 07:52 PM
Jun 2014

More second amendment remedies from constitution loving Republicans.

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
7. Arkansas GOPer: Saying Hillary Would 'Get Shot' Wasn't Meant As A Threat
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 08:02 PM
Jun 2014

DYLAN SCOTT – JUNE 24, 2014, 5:21 PM EDT

The Arkansas GOP official who reportedly said that Hillary Clinton would "probably get shot" if she entered the state as a presidential candidate asserted on Tuesday that he had been taken out of context.

"That comment was taken way out of context," 2nd Congressional District party chairman Johnny Rhoda told Business Insider about the U.S. News report on his remarks. "It certainly was not meant in a threatening or hostile way at all. It was just a comment. Perhaps I used the wrong word."

"It was completely blown out of proportion," he added. The U.S. News reporter who reported Rhoda's initial quote, David Catanese, wasn't having it.

"Oh, yes, 'taken out of context,'" Catanese told Business Insider in an email. "As in -- taken out of our on-the-record conversation and into print."

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/arkansas-gop-hillary-shot-out-of-context
 

hollowdweller

(4,229 posts)
9. See here's the problem
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 08:12 PM
Jun 2014

That guy is just a redneck, he was just making a redneck joke.

I doubt anybody thought he was suggesting he'd shoot her or even wanted her shot.

However when you use language like that, it's just really not a good thing to be talking that way as many mentally ill people,
especially Republicans, are walking around with guns.

I'm sure the guy is a gun owner. Or at least is against gun control. However when he says stuff like that he really reflects negatively on the gun owners and also puts gun ownership in more peril than any politician by putting violent talk out there some crazy person might seize on and go on a shooting spree.

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
10. I neither sympathize with this twit or think he "was taken out of context'...
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 08:21 PM
Jun 2014

I'm sure the Secret Service will be paying him a visit, if they haven't already done so.

Beacool

(30,243 posts)
15. How could she "probably get shot" be taken out of context.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 09:18 PM
Jun 2014

It was probably wishful thinking on his part and now that there's a sh*t storm over his remarks he has to backpedal them.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
23. Yup, tell people they oughta be shot, but smile when you say it. Makes it all good!
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 11:08 PM
Jun 2014
More stochastic terrorism.

In the same state where the GOP candidate's family owned the local radio show and gave out over the air the home address of the Democratic candidate that was running against him.

The wingnuts slaughtered their cat, left it on the front steps of their home, and painted the word liberal on it while they were at church. When they came home the children went to the front door and there it was.

The GOP candidate was elected after the Democrat withdrew. Locations where Democrats went to vote in their primary have been bombed there too.

Oh, yeah, he's just joking.




Aristus

(65,985 posts)
8. Because shooting unarmed women for no reason at all is how
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 08:08 PM
Jun 2014

Arkansas Republicans roll!

Jesus. What a putrid simulacrum of a human being...

Beacool

(30,243 posts)
17. The ironic part is that what he said is not even true.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 09:22 PM
Jun 2014

She outpolls everyone in AR, except Huckabee.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,605 posts)
11. It's definitely incitement to assassination. Also to interfere with an election process.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 08:22 PM
Jun 2014

However, incitement has to cross certain very hard boundaries to reach, if you want a legal conviction. Incitement to riot is approximately only an offense if it is in front of a crowd that is close to rioting, not if you posit a hypothetical in a blog post, for example.

Beacool

(30,243 posts)
19. He may have been trying to be flippant, but words can have consequences.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 09:32 PM
Jun 2014

There are enough nut jobs out there, there's no need to encourage them. I read what this jerk said and I immediately thought of Gabby Giffords. I've been around Hillary plenty of times, she dives into crowds. I cringe to think what a lunatic with a gun could do.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
12. In bushco presidency this type of
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 08:51 PM
Jun 2014

"colorful" language was not tolerated. Any statement reflecting violent intention toward him was dealt with swiftly and harshly. When are democrats going to get the message and fight the fuck back. Fire with fire!!! I'm sick of the namby pamby reaction to these violent threats by the RW and extremist groups. This RWer needs to be taken down a notch or two.

Beacool

(30,243 posts)
20. The guy is a "Christian Pastor" with a sham PhD.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 09:42 PM
Jun 2014

How Christian of him.........

"Rhoda, as I learned when searching for his photo, is a pastor at the Word And Faith Christian Church, where he is listed as Dr. Johnny K. Rhoda. Curious about his doctorate, I found this 2010 article:

We learned from Tim Griffin's touting of Rhoda as his campaign chairman in Van Buren County that Dr. Rhoda's doctorate, a Ph.D., comes from Belford University, an Internet operation which Dr. Rhoda acknowledged in a phone interview with us has had its critics. He countered that some people don't think much of the University of Arkansas, either. (He was just making a point, he said, with the remark about UA, that many schools have both supporters and critics.) He said he holds an Arkansas Tech undergrad degree. A friend of ours, a member of the state's education establishment, got so interested in Belford University a while back that he tested its course offerings by having his English bulldog, Max Sniffingwell, apply for a degree in "theriogenology/animal reproduction." On payment of $549 by money order, a diploma, transcript and letter of recommendation shortly would arrive from the United Arab Emirates.

Yup. The GOP official and good Christian pastor who "jokes" about shooting Hillary Clinton has a "doctorate" from a scam school that gives out diplomas to dogs. Seems about right. Also: Secret Service, hello?"

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2014/06/arkansas-state-gop-official-says.html

DarthDem

(5,251 posts)
16. Is the Secret Service or Any Other Law Enforcement Agency . . .
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 09:19 PM
Jun 2014

. . . treating this as an actionable threat? A full investigation of these comments seems warranted.

Less bizarrely, Hillary will probably win Arkansas against anyone but Huckabee, and that of course terrifies the 'Thuglicans.

Beacool

(30,243 posts)
18. I'll be surprised if the GOP doesn't ask this guy to resign.
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 09:28 PM
Jun 2014

There's no place in a democracy for that kind of language, particularly against a former first lady and SOS who has SS protection. The SS takes any threat seriously. The 60s taught them a lesson.

Beacool

(30,243 posts)
31. Naah, they may giggle when the cameras are not on,
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 06:31 PM
Jun 2014

but officially they can't support his comments. Inciting the assassination of a political leader is a no-no.

Beacool

(30,243 posts)
26. Forget the grammar, he is not even factually correct.
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 09:50 AM
Jun 2014

As it shows in the most recent state poll, Hillary would win against any Republican other than Huckabee. The guy is just wrong on all fronts.

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
29. Oh yeah. Incitements to violence are NEVER acceptable.
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 10:53 AM
Jun 2014

Particularly when coming from a 'mainstream' political party official.

Peace.

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