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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 12:21 PM
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Secret Service interviews Georgia constituent who asked who will `shoot' Obama; case is closed...
UPDATE, 11:50 a.m.: In a new statement Rep Paul Broun appears to admit he should have condemned his constituent:

Tuesday night at a town hall meeting in Oglethorpe County, Georgia an elderly man asked the abhorrent question, "Who's going to shoot Obama?" I was stunned by the question and chose not to dignify it with a response; therefore, at that moment I moved on to the next person with a question. After the event, my office took action with the appropriate authorities.

I deeply regret that this incident happened at all. Furthermore, 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.


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According to Ed Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman, the situation has been looked into.

"We're aware of the incident and the appropriate steps were taken," Donovan told me. "At this point it's a closed matter."

A law enforcement source confirmed that the Secret Service interviewed the constituent and determined that he or she was an "elderly person" who now regrets making a bad joke.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2011/02/secret_service_interviews_geor.html
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Zoeisright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 12:22 PM
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1. I hope that "elderly person" shat in his pants.
That's exactly what those brainless buffoons deserve - a visit from the Men in Black when they make threats.
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 12:26 PM
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2. I Want A Tape to Surface
Broun laughed from what I've read.
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PoliticAverse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 12:35 PM
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3. They determined that he was merely a....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85V1Xewv20k
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 12:40 PM
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5. Bad Joke
that's what the elderly lady said to the SS.

Yet everyone laughed including the Congressman.

Where's those WMD's, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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sufrommich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 12:36 PM
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4. "I chose not to dignify it with a response"
Except you did dignify it with a response.:eyes:
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 12:42 PM
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6. He Supposedly Laughed
what's dignified about that Congressman?
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Hutzpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 12:43 PM
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7. I would like to know what led him
into asking such a moronic question.
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sufrommich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 12:48 PM
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9. He knew he was among like minded people. nt
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Hutzpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 12:52 PM
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11. That explains it
Edited on Fri Feb-25-11 12:55 PM by Hutzpa
birds of the same feathers they will always flock together.

Edit.
Maybe Lt Gen. William Caldwell got to him.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 12:45 PM
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8. Closed by the White House...shhhh - don't repeat these things
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sufrommich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-25-11 12:51 PM
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10. What is the meaning of your post? I don't get it. nnt
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