Republican Family Member says Democrats were using Mr Salty Boxes as a threat to the president

[rbrnmw]

and comparable to the Palin map I need a good response my mind is numb right now

Me: Even if the map had nothing to do with the shootings it was in bad taste

R family member: No worse than the cartoons of Bush being assassinated by Mr Salty there were tons of photoshopped pics of Mr Salty box wishes for the death of President Bush.

[Hannah Bell]

1. what?

[rbrnmw]

2. Yeah I don't know either I don't remember Mr Salty boxes LOL

[scarletwoman]

4. What's a Mr Salty box?

[rbrnmw]

I don't know what the hell-o she is talking about

really I never saw a box depicting Bush's death

[itsrobert]

3. How about a big belly laugh in his face

/

[Contrary1]

5. MR. Salty Box:

Death by pretzels. :rofl:

[rbrnmw]

6. LMAO

:rofl:

[scarletwoman]

7. OMG! Death threats by satire! It's just like waving a loaded gun! (nt)

[SoCalDem]

39. Just more proof that they do not understand humor or irony or satire

They take everything literally...which blows their current "explanations" out of the water.. their rhetoric is deliberate..always was.. always will be..

they hire "experts" to teach them how to use ambiguity & innuendo, so they can try to weasel out of the after-effects of their rhetoric, but they seem to think they are invisible as they do it..like how people pick their noses in their care..forgetting that people can see through the g;ass:)

[itsrobert]

12. That's a Deadly A-Salt weapon

;)

[chollybocker]

31. Ouch.

:thumbsup:

[The Backlash Cometh]

51. Is this a reference of Bush choking on pretzels?

[Raine]

8. Nothing happened to Bush though did it,

he wasn't shot or choked by anyone wraping a pretzel around his neck. Giffords was shot after being targeted with a bulls-eye ... BIG difference, duh.

[rbrnmw]

9. Exactly these folks are really reaching

[Amonester]

10. Sorry to read Family membeR needs serious psy exams.

And perhaps, serious treatments.

Any 'coverage' for that?

Looks urgent.

[rbrnmw]

23. I agree with you

[Amonester]

30. If no coverage, may I suggest...

say, remember who said to criticize the president in a time of war is unpatriotic? So why do u do it over and over now?

Or the like. :evilgrin:

[Hannah Bell]

11. i couldn't find any with a google image search. they must have been so threatening they

were removed from the internets.

[rbrnmw]

13. I don't remember them Did they really exist?

[Contrary1]

22. Yep, they were pretty popular in the 80's...

Still available in some parts of the country I think.

There's even a new version that is far less lethal to preznidents and plain old regular Amurkins...

30% less sodium.

Edit to add this pic. :rofl:





CAUTION

MISTER SALTY IS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE JANUARY 13, 2002, CHOKING OF THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH DURING A TELEVISED FOOTBALL GAME. THIS ATTACK MADE THE PRESIDENT LOOK EXTREMELY SILLY. IN ADDITION, MISTER SALTY IS A SUSPECT IN OTHER TERRORIST ATTACKS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.


The rest of the FBI Wanted Poster: http://www.toadalamode.com/FBI.html

[Hannah Bell]

29. that's a picture of a mr. salty box. there's no editing & no bush on it.

Mr. salties still exist. what's at issue is whether a photoshopped version featuring bush ever did.

[scarletwoman]

15. My guess -- there was ONE cartoon that passed around endlessly on the RW email lists.

Accompanied by furious screeds of righteous outrage.

[Fleshdancer]

20. I still think a DUer would have posted it if that was the case...

There are too many people here who have right-wing family members and/or co-workers who forward these types of emails and they always end up here for the rest of us to mock.

I don't think it happened.

[rbrnmw]

21. Must be because I don't remember this as she is telling it

[Fleshdancer]

14. Umm...WHAT??? hahahahaa!!!!

So I read the thread and saw the picture of a Mr. Salty Box for the first time in my life. Now I recall making fun of the stupid "I done choked on a pertzal and fell" defense for Bush getting a BLACK EYE and I remember speculating whether I should start nicknaming his wife "The Pretzel" but that's about it.

I was on DU when the pretzel thing happened and I've never seen a photoshop of Bush being assassinated by Mr. Salty (holy hell I can't stop laughing at this sentence!) I have a hard time believing that this graphic floated around the intertubes without landing here at least once.

I call bs and recommend you demand a link.

[rbrnmw]

18. That is what I thought too I think its a stretch of the truth

[Fleshdancer]

26. The next time you talk to this person....

Say that you've been so distraught over this horrible revelation and that you need a link to this awful graphic. I'll donate $25 to a charity of your choice if you can do this in person and then look over his/her shoulder while they frantically attempt to hunt down this evil pretzel. :D

[rbrnmw]

27. LOL I'm laughing so hard I am crying

:rofl:

[kath]

16. OMG. Death by Pretzel -- do you share DNA with this person?

My sympathies.

[rbrnmw]

19. No my kids do though it's an in-law

[kath]

24. Bad enough. EEEEEEKKK!!

The mind boggles - equating pretzels to gunsights...

[rbrnmw]

25. yeah and now my dh is taking her side

he says he remembers it too It's his Sister I knew if it were true you guys would know about it

[NNN0LHI]

46. I wouldn't leave my children alone with that imbecile for even short periods of time

Good luck.

Don

[rbrnmw]

48. She lives out of state in New Hampshire

I live in South Carolina we really should swap she would love this cesspool

[JVS]

17. They seem to not get the difference between mockery and threatening.

[rbrnmw]

28. google searched only thing I found was this

[rbrnmw]

32. UPDATE

me: I have asked democratic friends, nobody seems to recall seeing what you are describing do you perhaps have a link handy?

R family: no I don't but I am sure they already scrubbed it. What about the Dan Rather lies he was inciting violence by saying the President was illegitimate. There was also a movie about him being assassinated pulled from the air. Then there were references about Bush deserving what Saddam got. My point is there is plenty of hate coming from your side. The map was a brilliant campaign strategy nothing more nothing less. You guys need to sweep under your own beds.

[Contrary1]

33. "...inciting violence by saying the President was illegitimate." ???

Don't remember that happening either.

As far as the movie goes, you might inform them that it was a couple of guys who live in the UK who wrote and directed that one.

[rbrnmw]

34. I am so aggravated right now. I won't respond until I calm down

She is piece of work :banghead:

[dddem]

38. Not illegitimate

Maybe Illiterate.

[EFerrari]

35. Send her this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x176149

[rbrnmw]

37. thank you

You are my new hero :yourock:

[whathehell]

36. Mr. Salty, Mr.Peanut...

How 'bout Mr. Clean? :wtf:



I sometimes wonder whether I'm living a comedy, a nightmare or a sci-fi flick

where pod people have invaded and replaced regular people with insane ones:wow:

[freeplessinseattle]

40. I don't know, the Pillsbury dough boy is awfully threatening n/t

[rbrnmw]

41. Lol.....

:rofl: :yourock:

[bulloney]

43. Lots of people have died from being poked in the belly, doncha know?

[whathehell]

47. Indeed...How could we overlook him?...n/t

[hootinholler]

54. Not as threatening as the Sta-Puff man.

Ask Ackroyd and Murray.

-Hoot

[bulloney]

42. I hope this is satire because it's off-the-charts stupid, even for Republicans.

If the Mr. Salty story is true, all that was doing was mocking Bush.

Palin's words, actions and website were suggesting violence on people. And it apparently pushed at least one person to take it to the next level last weekend. Six people are dead and several others wounded as a result.

[rbrnmw]

44. it's my sister in law she tries to pull all kinds of

shit out of her ass You should see us at family gatherings.

[Stevenmarc]

45. Republican logic and Pretzels have a lot in common, both are twisted

[DCKit]

49. I prefer:

[janet118]

50. I support the right to bear pretzels!!! - Mr. Salty n/t

[pamela]

52. Prominent democrats? VP candidates?

Comparing the actions of random citizens to the actions of elected officials is absurd. They've been doing this in the media a lot lately..."well, Palin said_____and Bachman said____ but momof2withpoopiediapers on liberals-r-us.com said____, so both sides are guilty."

[Fly by night]

53. Tell him the only way that Mr. Salty would put Bush at risk is ...

... if he eats pretzels while about-to-pass-out drunk again. Tell him that, to be accurate, we would have to hold up two six-packs if we were threatening the pResident (or trying to lure him into a Hague trap.)

Bush's BAC at the time of the "pretzel choking" incident was almost .25, according to the lab that tested his blood after the incident. Not bad for someone who credits Jeebus for sobering him up years before he moved into our White House.