Joe Walsh: ‘If Trump Loses, I’m Grabbing My Musket’

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: NBC News

Former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh tweeted Wednesday afternoon that he plans to take up arms if Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump loses on Election Day.

"On November 8th, I’m voting for Trump," Walsh tweeted. "On November 9th, if Trump loses, I’m grabbing my musket," asking his nearly 80,000 Twitter followers, "You in?"

When CNN's Jake Tapper replied, "what exactly does that mean?" Walsh responded, "It means protesting. Participating in acts of civil disobedience. Doing what it takes to get our country back."

Walsh, who hosts a syndicated radio show on AM-560, later told NBC5 that the tweet was tongue-in-cheek.

Read more: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/joe-walsh-if-trump-loses-im-grabbing-my-musket-398762101.html

[Skittles]

1. fuck off Walsh, you paranoid gun humping PIECE OF SHIT

WE'RE TAKING OUR COUNTRY BACK

sound familiar???

[Eleanors38]

3. Relax, Skittles. He can have his muskrat. I hate fair fights anyway.

[ToxMarz]

26. He looks like he probably smells like a muskrat.

[Eleanors38]

86. Probably has one in his beard, and doesn't know it.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

46. Musket grabing

The only musket that you will be grabbing is the same one you have been grabbing your whole life, the one between your legs. And as far as your national influence goes, it appears your "musket" has been shooting blanks.

[lastlib]

54. I hope he can find it.......

D#*% reich-winger politicians--always grabbing something.......

[awoke_in_2003]

61. It's probably

a single shot, too.

[mtasselin]

81. Gitmo

This is the only reason I think Gitmo should be kept open for him and his friends.

[Island Deac]

2. Joe, meet the Volcano!!

Your chicken butt will be wiped up by the US Army!! Hey Joe, meet REAL men!!

[calimary]

10. Welcome to DU, Island Deac!

I would love to watch that! Before I allow myself to get too pissed off at jerk gunners like him, I do like to remind myself that Mr. Tough-guy here and his friends at the Bundy ranch better not push it. Doesn't matter how much they ammo themselves up. They're no match for the 82nd Airborne.

[dubyadiprecession]

39. Chances are that Joe Walsh wouldn't see a U.S. military front line.

The army could simply fire missiles or armed drones from several miles away. In reality,his right to bear arms means jacks%!!

[jcgoldie]

5. Dang... glad I read the article

I read the title and I was about to burn all my Eagles albums.

[Mendocino]

17. He must be in a

Funk#49 because life hasn't been good in the fastlane.

[calimary]

68. Thinks he's a desperado or something, I guess...

[Glamrock]

38. About the Eagles.....

[oberliner]

77. Joe Walsh: Why I'm Not Voting for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump

"I don't think there's a choice for president, and I don't think it matters who's president," Eagles guitarist says

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/why-joe-walsh-isnt-voting-for-clinton-or-trump-w431168

[Nitram]

87. Walsh is a musician, not a political genius.

The closest he came to politics was extolling Colorado over Ohio (or wherever).

[oberliner]

88. He ran for president in 1980

In 1980, Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh ran for president even though he wouldn't have been able to take office even if elected – he was only 33 years old at the time, and, in accordance with the U.S. Constitution, the president must be at least 35. Walsh ran as a write-in candidate, however, and garnered attention with his "Free Gas For Everyone" campaign.

He also promised that if he won, he would make his hit song "Life's Been Good" the new national anthem . With lyrics including "I go to parties sometimes until four, it's hard to leave when you can't find the door," it would have made for an interesting anthem to be sung in American classrooms. Although his dream of becoming president didn't come true, this didn't deter him from running for office again in 1992 — this time for vice president, recording the song "Vote For Me" as a campaign theme song.

http://www.livescience.com/32837-five-bizarre-political-candidates.html

[Nitram]

89. Anybody can "run for president."

Doesn't demonstrate great political prowess to run for president before you reach the age required by the constitution. But I'll give him point for his political instincts: promising free gas without a plan to fund the program.

[oberliner]

90. You wrote that the closest he came to politics was extolling Colorado over Ohio

That's definitely not the closest he came to politics since he ran for president in 1980 and for vice president in 1992.

[Nitram]

91. Touche!

[Angry Dragon]

6. Someone should ask these idiots what 'getting their country back' really means

back to 1776??
back to 1 AD??
back to where??

[calimary]

16. Back to the Bronze Age, I think.

Don't forget - you shift it into "R" when you want to go backwards. Those of us who prefer moving forward shift into "D".

[DemInND]

51. The repuggies' transmission only has 1 gear, reverse!

[calimary]

67. Welcome to DU, DemInND!

You've sure got that right. I wonder if they really get what century this is. And I find myself wondering that, a lot.

[Mendocino]

23. Back to cavemen,

cave woman...neanderthals....troglodytes!

[sarae]

36. They mean back from non-whites

and people who aren't "real 'Mericans."

[TonyPDX]

7. The useless pr*ck emerged from under his rock again?

[bulloney]

14. That big-ass rodent Walsh saw his shadow after crawling out from under that rock.

It means two more weeks of campaign season.

[tanyev]

8. If only it really were muskets.

[wysi]

9. Go for it

Looking forward to hearing about his demise in a hail of bullets.

[Kennah]

66. I'm hoping for a YouTube worthy tasing (n/t)

[bulloney]

11. A musket?

Yeah, Walsh. Let's see you take on the gubmint and their state-of-the-art weaponry. You'll be vaporized before you can get around to loading your MUSKET! I don't care if you've since backtracked and claim the remark is "tongue-in-cheek." You know the volatility of the goobers who listen to you. All it takes is pushing just one or a few over the edge and they'll do something really stupid.

Another big he-man mouthing off via his firearms.

[Cryptoad]

13. they use to call it sedition..........

[George II]

15. YOU LIE, asshole scum! Don't get your powder wet while you're dumpster diving.

[Gman]

18. I wonder if that means

Another rally with a few people and porta potty guards?

[azureblue]

19. "musket"

is his pet name for his weenie. Small musket, that is...

[JHB]

22. More of a derringer

[Jason1961]

20. "I’m grabbing my musket"

If we had any sense a musket is literally all he could grab. We need to ban modern firearms, for every one of him that is public about his wish to kill there are dozens if not hundreds that are quiet about it and that makes them even more dangerous. I really hope Hillary gets rid of all semi and fully automatic firearms in her first term; we can start on the rest after she's re-elected.

[mike_c]

24. out gassing hot air, signifying nothing....

I might feel a twinge of respect for him if he actually does go out in a blaze of glory and a hail of Secret Service bullets, but I'm guessing his level of commitment falls somewhere between irresponsible talk and faux poutrage. Maybe he'll rise to the occasion and send a couple of tough tweets.

[Mc Mike]

25. Walsh and Palin are supposed to combine forces to lead their faction of the insurrection

at the old North Church.

Roger Stone and Louie Gohmert's flying squad will occupy the old Post Office in DC.

Ben Quayle's brigade will take and hold the 4 Courts area.

The chair is against the wall.

[louis-t]

27. Who do you plan on shooting, asshole?

Oh, he was just 'joking'. I see, no dog whistle intended, eh? THROW.HIM.IN.JAIL. Sedition is no joke.

[Mendocino]

28. So Joe, how are the kids?

This deadbeat that can't even pay for his children's needs is some kind musket wielding patriot ?

[gwheezie]

29. Why do I hear Elmer Fudd in my head?

Kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit.

[pokerfan]

30. Not to be confused with

the other Joe Walsh, who is still awesome:

[NBachers]

31. Don't forget your three-cornered triangle hat to fit your three-corner triangle head.

Another puke with ED- Election Dysfunction at the Junction.

[lonestarnot]

79. I think you missed a corner on that block.

[BarbaRosa]

32. . . .and then what?

[rockfordfile]

33. Can someone put that right-wing idiot on a island

[nikto]

34. Since Walsh is so dangerous...

We need to send in Seal Team 6 to take him out.


With extreme prejudice.

[Xipe Totec]

35. Is he heading to the bathroom to grab his musket and balls? nt

[JonathanRackham]

37. Is musket a secret code word for his pecker?

He's talking about Grouper Don.

[4lbs]

41. LOL. It reminds me of when Zell Miller lambasted Chris Matthews and talked about duels.

[onecaliberal]

42. Where is the police department? This asshole is inciting voilence.

He's a wimpy little coward who lacks the intestinal fortitude to actually do anything, he wants others to suffer the consequences of his vile hatred.

[ClusterFreak]

43. For half a second there....

...I thought you meant Joe Walsh the rock and roll guitar god... and if it would've been him I would've been soooooo disappointed and disillusioned!!

[oberliner]

76. Joe Walsh: Why I'm Not Voting for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump

"I don't think there's a choice for president, and I don't think it matters who's president," Eagles guitarist says

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/why-joe-walsh-isnt-voting-for-clinton-or-trump-w431168

[LiberalLovinLug]

44. Ha ha ha

It was "tongue-tied in- cheek" Don't you get it?

And when one of his deplorable Twitter followers takes him up on that and shoots up some building he and his peers will go on the offensive again and blast anyone that dares to imply that he's in any way responsible as"politicising" a tragedy.

[ThoughtCriminal]

47. Blunderbuss still misfiring?

Not like he has to aim very carefully at his foot.

[spiderpig]

48. Whatever turns you on, Big Boy.

Yeesh.

[mdbl]

49. Effing moron!

I hate right wing hate radio.

[rpannier]

50. Spent two years in the early nineties working with gang kids

That was pretty much their answer to everything irresponsible they would say
"I was playing"
My answer, "Find a new way to play."

On an unrelated note, 'Has the deadbeat paid up?'

[benld74]

52. Wow Joe! 30k twits follow you?

[catbyte]

53. That never was?

[3catwoman3]

55. IMO, Joe Walsh should be referred to...

...as one term congressman Joe Walsh, rather than former congressman, just to point out how short his time in congress really was.

One of the Republicam offices used to be right next to my hair salon. Somehow, whenever I would leave the salon, I would swear I'd feel a hair in my mouth, and would have to spit it out on the sidewalk in front of that office door.

[eyewall]

56. The statement "You in?" is a call to violence

Nothing tongue in cheek about it. This should be taken seriously by the Secret Service. Walsh should be forced to retract his statement in a very public manner.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

57. He and his dickweed club aren't thinking of taking up arms against the government.

That's too big a thought.
No, their brain stops at "Pick up guns".

They're already loaded--for libruls, feminists and brown people.

[lastlib]

58. Well, so much for the "law-abiding gun owner" thing..........

Inciting violence isn't exactly abiding by the law. (BTW, neither is not paying your child-support, Joe! you pathetic shitstain.)

[Adrahil]

59. He won't do shit....

And will soon say he was speaking metaphorically.

[Nitram]

60. Go ahead, Joe, grab you're musket.

We'll be there with our pitchforks to tar and feather you and ride you on a trail out of town.

[Javaman]

62. And then what joe? make sweet sweet love to it?

what a dumb fuck.

[Blue Owl]

63. Go for it, Fuckshot

n/t

[Grins]

64. "I’m grabbing my musket..."

"...if Trump loses, I’m grabbing my musket..."

Hey! I know you're a Republican, but keep it clean. Pervert.

[Kablooie]

65. THE INACCURACY OF MUSKETS

A musket is not an accurate weapon. That’s a well known fact. But, why is it inaccurate and what can we learn from its shortcoming we can apply to studies of the Revolutionary War battlefield.

There are innumerable variables concerning the musket. To keep this analysis simple most of the variables will be ignored (things such as temperature, humidity, elevation above sea level, variances in quality of the gunpowder, uniformity of the roundball itself, the size of the ball vs. size of the interior of the barrel, etc.).

The best target rifle in the world is not accurate if it has poor sights. The Brown Bess, Charleville and other muskets of the period have no sights at all. The Brown Bess does have a bayonet lug to secure the bayonet. The bayonet lug is not an ideal sight but it is on the top of the barrel; so we will consider that a front sight.

Another major problem with accuracy is the soldier himself. To fire at leisure on the target range is one thing. To face an enemy very likely within 100 yards, and perhaps much closer, would be a very different situation. The concussion of the soldier firing on the side of our soldier would certainly interfere with his shooting skills. And, those skills may have been minimal in the first place as live fire practice was not a continuous drill.

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So go grab your musket, old man, and be done with you.

[olddad56]

69. He was probably drunk at the time and meant he was grabbing the muscatel wine

[Frank Cannon]

72. HA! That's the first thing I thought.

That guy's really been hitting the bottle since The Eagles broke up.

[ronnie624]

70. Wingnuts always think they have a god-given right to "take back" the country from the majority.

Strange birds.

[BumRushDaShow]

71. He can join this crew

[brooklynite]

73. Do you want to bet that Joe Walsh has no clue how to load a fire a musket?

[armed_and_liberal]

75. It was a misprint, He said he would grab his Muscatel

The asshole will need a whole case of it

[tonyt53]

78. Or maybe "muskrat". Mean little suckers. They'd chew a person to shreds.

[lonestarnot]

80. Or moose scat. Rat bastard.

[vkkv]

82. One of biggest IDIOTS in Congrss EVER! No brain! No morals! LOSER !!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

83. If Trump Loses, I'm Grabbing My Moscato ...

[JoePhilly]

84. He'd end up shoooting himself.

[tledford]

85. Who? eom