I'm beginning to wonder if that story of Huckabee looking to run in 2012 and isn't whole-heartedly campaigning might have some validity. Either that or the guy is not really filled with too much wisdom:
During a speech before the National Rifle Association convention Friday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — who has endorsed presumptive GOP nominee John McCain — joked that an unexpected offstage noise was Democrat Barack Obama looking to avoid a gunman.Why would he even joke about this when so many blacks have expressed this fear? Love of brother alone should have made him guard his mouth.“That was Barack Obama, he just tripped off a chair, he's getting ready to speak,” said the former Arkansas governor, to audience laughter. “Somebody aimed a gun at him and he dove for the floor.”
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"Why would he even joke about this when so many blacks have expressed this fear?"
um... because he's a moronic, pasty white republican idiot. i'm surprised that you had to ask.
"because he's a moronic, pasty white republican idiot. i'm surprised that you had to ask."
The reason I asked is because he's a Christian and this is supposed to matter.
Brian Horan, you're my hero this morning.
"The reason I asked is because he's a Christian and this is supposed to matter."
in that case, keep asking. think he will answer?
by the way, it's not just blacks who have voiced that concern. also, guarding his mouth isn't really the problem, it's that he thinks that it's acceptable to even consider the thought that's the problem.
I think the "joke" was in very poor taste-- maybe a thought popped into Huckabee's mind and he decided to run with it-- or perhaps the joke was actually prepared beforehand and he thought it would go over well with a "gun-loving" NRA crowd. Either way, a joke like this doesn't reflect a whole lot of discernment/wisdom on the part of Huckabee. The assassination of a presidential candidate is just too serious to joke about.
The only thing one can say in defense of a remark like this is that people sometimes say very stupid things when they're trying to be funny-- we all have thoughts pass through our minds that we wouldn't broadcast to the world, and most of the time we censor ourselves, but in this case, it seems Huckabee's internal censor was off-duty.
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