Town Hall Attendee Asks GA Republican When Someone Is Going To Shoot Obama

Source: Talking Points Memo

Town Hall Attendee Asks GA Republican When Someone Is Going To Shoot Obama
Ryan J. Reilly | February 24, 2011, 10:50PM


An audience member at a town hall hosted by Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) on Tuesday asked the Tea Party congressman who was going to shoot President Barack Obama.

The unidentified town hall attendee's question got a big laugh from the audience, reports Blake Aued of the Athens Banner-Herald.

But Broun didn't exactly condemn the remark, according to the newspaper report.

"The thing is, I know there's a lot of frustration with this president. We're going to have an election next year," Broun said in response to the question. "Hopefully, we'll elect somebody that's going to be a conservative, limited-government president that will take a smaller, who will sign a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare."



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Good god.

I'm sure this person is just the tip of the iceberg.

I'm not surprised at all. I live nearby and I used to live in Oglethorpe County. There are some progressive folks there but it is a majority Republican, Gods and Guns stronghold.

link to another thread on the topic:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=618281&mesg_id=618281

nt

He's a complete, utter nutjob himself.

Crazy, right wing doctors frighten me. :(

and change his name to Mengele.

A Democrat probably couldn't win there so the Athens folks threw their weight behind the local candidate.

:shrug:

Yeah, but they're gonna make them all uber-rich too!



Any day now.



No really.






Just wait for it...





Real soon!

I lived there for six years until 1995 and was born only about 40 miles away. While "progressive" probably isn't a word I'd use to describe anyplace in Georgia, no place comes closer than Athens. I mean, Gwen O'Looney, fer cryin' out loud!

He is freaking scary. :scared:

BTW, Athens is still a great place to live if you have to live in GA!

of Atlanta.

Oglethorpe County is not Athens-Clarke County. He holds meetings everywhere but here in Athens-Clarke County because he is a coward. Oglethorpe Co. and Athens-CLarke County are two separate political entities.

"Where's Lee Harvey Oswald when you really need him?"

That was while Clinton was president --

and how many attacks were there on him by GOP/NRA gun nuts shooting into WH from the street -- ?

And, a private plane which just happened to get thru the ban on air traffic over

the White House to crash -- almost -- into the president's bedroom!!

Finally, the GOP/Devil with a blue dress on rode to the rescue!!


:evilgrin:



PS: And, then, of course, there's the ACTUAL right wing political violence over decades now

which took not only our president, but our people's government!!

Warner, refused to support him.

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Thinking hard. Especially here in Georgia.

...then personally I find nothing paranoid about having my shotgun mounted on the wall of my bedroom.

and bet he shits his pants.

And the agents will chat with him, ask him a few questions and that will be that.

That's how these things play out.

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Granted, you'd have no Social Security, no Civil Rights Act, or any other Democratic milestone of the 20th century. You would have the pleasure of asking various fascist dictators what they thought American foreign policy ought to be. Sounds like heaven.

If you don't understand my response, it's time to learn about Joe Robinson, Sam Rayburn, Lyndon Johnson, and a variety of other southerners who made sure more than a few landmark bills got passed. It wouldn't hurt to learn about the northeastern rush to follow Charles Lindbergh in his quest to suck up to a tyrant or two, while the south took a far more pragmatic view.

One jackass in Georgia shouldn't tar the south as redneck racists any more than those protests several months ago in NYC should tar the northeast as xenophobic racists.

was one of a very distinguished line of Democratic Senators from Arkansas. Robinson was instrumental in helping FDR to get New Deal legislation passed. Perhaps as a reward for his efforts, Robinson was honored on a commemorative half-dollar coin in 1936 while he was still living-- and thus became one of only 5 Americans to be honored on an American coin during their lifetimes.

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the President an apology for not speaking out and telling his audience and this individual that he was out of line and un American to make such a statement. And, ask for his name so the Congressperson could forward it on to the Secret Service.

15 minutes of fame should get you 3 hots and a cot.

Or even decent......

:scared:

probably thinks Jared Lee Loughner was some kind of hero. Meh!:grr:

see
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4744178

What the fuck!

I imagine he would have had some jail time.

This idiot should have been thrown out of the building, and the speaker should have condemned his filthy statement.

The 1860's.

You'd think for his own self interest, he'd want to cut into that kind of crazy.

Maybe they figure Dems don't shoot people?

to send anti-Obama tweets to his crazy followers.

He's my congressman. :scared:

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<snip>

Update: Broun’s press secretary, Jessica Morris, confirmed that the question was indeed, who is going to shoot Obama? “Obviously, the question was inappropriate, so Congressman Broun moved on,” she said.

Here was Broun’s response:

The thing is, I know there’s a lot of frustration with this president. We’re going to have an election next year. Hopefully, we’ll elect somebody that’s going to be a conservative, limited-government president that will take a smaller, who will sign a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.

He then segued into Republicans’ budget proposal.

<End of article>

and laughed about it.

NO, THE CONGRESSMAN DID NOT MOVE ON UNTIL AFTER HE MADE IS NASTY COMMENT.

The rotten bastard deserves a visit from the Secret Service. Make it public. Insult his racist ass.

I just moved back to the South. I can't believe the attitude toward Democrats, Unions and minorities. It hadn't changed much since I left over 25 years ago.

probably not, as long as his identity remains secret, but it's so disgusting how people can think like that. When did any liberal go to a town hall meeting and ask "when will Bush be shot?" Actually, a lot more used "impeached" rather than "shot".

in the audience laughed. Throwbacks!

A huge majority of the people are idiots...as proven by the questioner and who they have elected...

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:thumbsup:

The tea party movement is largely comprised of "whites" (i.e. people of European descent) from rural areas who listen to Rush Limbaugh and watch Glenn Beck. They love Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman. The good news is that they comprise a small, albeit very vocal, part of our society. What strategy should Progressives use to deal with the tea party?

Tea baggers. I have no idea what we're going to do otherwise. Mocking only goes so far.

I was at a Christmas party, and made some comment like "why don't the tea baggers go after the bankers, they're the real problem," and an acquaintance turned bright red and said "do you know what that means? do you know how disrespectful that is?" Before I could answer, a friend who likes to cause trouble laughed and "Oh, she knows. That's why she said it." So the acquaintance is unlikely to ever speak to me again. No loss.

They own it.

A little jail time might alter his unbelievable stupidity.

Will the Secret Service show up? I hope so but I doubt it.
Isn't the moron who make this comment subject to punishment for inciting murder or some such charge?

for saying something like that.

That's why we have to send troops down there every 100 years or so.

Outlined the "official version of Dallas" before it happened. FBI informant recorded him. The Feds got around to investigating, but didn't do squat.

The rabid RWnuts and religious fundamentalists in Israel were yelling that Rabin was a traitor and threatening assassination because he was negotiating for peace with the Palestinians. Meanhwile, Netanyahu (rightist leader, now prime minister) sat back and let these people go on with their hate speech, with nary a word. Then Rabin was assassinated. Rabin's wife and others never forgave Netanyahu for letting the RWnuts scream on and threaten Rabin, leading to a nutcase assassinating him.

I'm seeing parallels. I hope this ass gets a visit from the Sec. Service.

what a clown.

Source: CNN

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Today the United States Secret Service said they interviewed the subject. "We've taken appropriate investigative steps. At this point we consider the matter closed," Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan told CNN.

<End of article>

Read more: http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/25/usss-looks-into-whos-going-to-shoot-obama-questioner/

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The rest of the article was old news.

K and R

Did secret service go after him? Well, they should have.

Why I am embarrassed to be from Georgia & live in Georgia!

Broun: "The thing is, I know there's a lot of frustration with this president. We're going to have an election next year. Hopefully, we'll elect somebody that's going to be a conservative, limited-government president that will take a smaller, who will sign a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare."

the subject was white male. If he was Arab or Muslim he would be in custody.

He served or is currently serving a 37 month sentence in federal prison for saying "God might speak to the world through a burning Bush,". This new idiot shouldn't be treated the same or worse. He wasn't using a metaphor.

some of my best friends are Black. Just a joke. Have another beer. Oh look! I'm wearing a flag pin just like yours! God Bless America! :grr:

when a couple of secret service agents come and knock on their door and would like to speak with them.

political dialogue. That's really depressing.

The idiot asked a question. One would assume he expected an answer. Did he think Broun had an answer? Name, date, time, etc. did he expect that Broun was privy to some inside super secret information as to who would shoot Obama? Did he expect Broun to tell him?

What a classy and completely stupid bunch these Obama haters are. Did he really think his congressman knew who was going to shoot Obama and would actually tell him during a town hall meeting?