Huckabee's "Joke": Can anyone make the same "joke" about the pResident?

[VOX]

Not without landing in the slammer, they can't. And rightly so -- you just don't do this. It's like "joking" about putting a bomb on a plane -- another stunt that would result in arrest. It's simply not done -- to the extent that I'm feeling apprehensive even writing this post.

For Huckabee to call his own remarks "offensive" misses the point entirely. Yes, his words are offensive, but they're also incendiary and sadly, inspirational to any lunatics who might fixate on death-dealing behaviors.

I guarantee you that if anyone -- anyone -- called their local FBI office and said they were going to point a gun at _________, their door would be kicked down in about 10 minutes. And, in such a circumstance, would passing it off as a joke work? Would saying, "Sorry if you found my remarks offensive" be adequate? Not bloody likely.

Huckabee, and by association, the entire Republican Party, is way, way out of bounds on this one. :grr:

[Buzz Clik]

1. Huckabee's aspirations to be a VP just ended.

[peace frog]

8. There goes the fundy wingnut vote

McCain lost a major voting block when Huckabee fucked up royally yesterday. Pity. :evilgrin:

[ColbertWatcher]

2. Quote: "Huckabee, and by association, the entire Republican Party...

..., is way, way out of bounds on this"

True.

And if they don't denounce and renounce his comments, we can safely assume they support his "joke".

[whistle]

3. Actually Vice President Dick Cheney could and would

[patrice]

4. Huckabee was talking to the "Timothy McVeighs" out there in the Republican base. nt

[midnight]

5. Isn't Hucakbee a religious leader?

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. Not unless you want to land in Gitmo! But it's okay if a repub says this.

Who will call them on it? The corprat media? :rofl:

[BlueManDude]

7. Jesse Helms made a comment about Clinton having to "watch his back" when visiting NC

can't quite remember what he said but it was when Clinton was visiting a military base in NC.