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May 16, 2008

Huckabee Jokes About Obama Getting Shot At

@ 4:32 pm by Andy Barr

During a speech to the National Rifle Association convention in Louisville, Kentucky Friday, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee joked to the audience that an offstage noise was Barack Obama avoiding gunfire.

"That was Barack Obama, he just tripped off a chair, he's getting ready to speak," Huckabee said. "Somebody aimed a gun at him and he dove for the floor."

The line was met with laughter.

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He better watch out for the clintons may well vince foster him, nobody else would

Comment by rich — May 16, 2008 @ 4:39 pm
…wow…
i'm speachless…

Comment by bostonmurray — May 16, 2008 @ 4:42 pm
Christian message of love from Reverend Huckabee. No wonder Mrs. Obama has not found much to be proud of as an African American. The abuse we have asked African Americans to put up with in this country is UNGODLY.

Comment by susan hoffman — May 16, 2008 @ 4:45 pm
Huckabee proved that he is a racist and a bigot by his immature and uneducated comments.

Comment by Brian — May 16, 2008 @ 4:45 pm
To think this guy was a serious contender for Presidency is scary. Mike go back to Church you idiot.

Comment by John — May 16, 2008 @ 4:45 pm
Huckanazi…you can't criticize Huckabee for making jokes about Obama if you are going to call him names and say he should be hanged. (It's hanged, not hung.)

Comment by DeepForestGreen — May 16, 2008 @ 4:46 pm
#2 and #3 please…how short sighted are you? the joke was aimed at obama's insult about crazies with guns and bibles.

Comment by Adam — May 16, 2008 @ 4:47 pm
Is that a white hood sticking out of the Huckster's back pocket?

Comment by Lee — May 16, 2008 @ 4:47 pm
Oh boo-hoo! Here come the PC liberal PANSIES decrying what an offense this comment is!

Grow a pair, people! I am MUCH more concerned about what OBAMA would do to this country than what anyone will do to him.

I am sure HE's safe. It's AMERICA I am worried about!

Comment by Patriot — May 16, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
Lighten Up liberals and democrats. Quit getting your undies in a bundle about every comment ever made by every human being. You people are such whiny cry babies. This society is doomed to be run by a bunch of dead pans. Now all the babies will demand an apology. I hope Huckabee tells you all to pound sand.

Comment by Lighten Up — May 16, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
who cares!

Comment by Robert NYC — May 16, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
I'm sure the quote is not a true representation of the Reverend since it is not being looked at in its entirety.

Comment by none — May 16, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
Wow everyone is so hyper-sensitive today. Can we just accept the fact that Huckabee was making a joke. Do you really think he was suggesting Barack Obama be assassinated? Lets grow up children.

Comment by jim — May 16, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
Huckabee can forget being VP

Comment by JoeBlow — May 16, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
Comments like this are reasons why people like Huckabee shouldnt be president. He is just as ignorant and divisive as the people who vote for him.

Comment by Gabriel — May 16, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
No different than all of the libs who want Bush shot. How many times have we heard hints at violence against Bush from the left. Even the number 2 post wants to commit murder…

Comment by Dave — May 16, 2008 @ 4:49 pm
Well y'all, I reckon that this is what passes as good ole fashioned, back woods, red neck humor. Yuk Yuk. But not nearly as funny as your name Governor. I am sure your (yuk yuk) family is damn proud of you.

Comment by Michael — May 16, 2008 @ 4:49 pm
Eh…not so funny. Now here's something funny: some idiots believe the earth is 6,000 years old. That's something to laugh at!

Comment by Terry — May 16, 2008 @ 4:49 pm
These comments were classless and loaded with innuendo and I don't approve. This is still America (or what's left of it) and this jackass still has the right to say idiotic things to a large group of idiots.

Comment by whatthehuck? — May 16, 2008 @ 4:50 pm
huckabee is a douche and a half

Comment by dinglemeister — May 16, 2008 @ 4:50 pm
What the hell has happened to freedom of speech? Why can't Huckabee say what he wants? Obama has, Clinton has. . .are these two idiots untouchable?

Comment by Kenn — May 16, 2008 @ 4:50 pm
Egads! A southern white male joking about someone shooting at St. Barack? What is the world coming to…besides a slow news day?

Comment by Black — May 16, 2008 @ 4:50 pm
lighten up people. Sheesh.

Comment by JL Thompson — May 16, 2008 @ 4:51 pm
Is Barack not a normal human being? Must everyone be careful before kidding about a black man? Why must every comment be considered racist, rather than just not funny?

Comment by Allyn in Houston — May 16, 2008 @ 4:53 pm
I just love this country. Where else can a group of Americans be referred to as a "bunch of idiots" yet H. Clinton is referred to as a "Senator" LOLOLOL

Comment by NRARules — May 16, 2008 @ 4:54 pm
Huckster, that Prankster.
For a preacher, he seems to conveniently know little about other faiths (Don't Mormons consider Jesus and Satan as brothers?)and now he jokes about taking a shot at Osama.

If you want to know why the Republicans don't have a respectable presidential nominee, you can thank Ol' Huckster for his knee capping cheap shots on Romney. No doubt, he'll be just as helpful to McCain. As a conservative, I could care less if McCain wins. He'll have to do it without my vote.

Comment by Craig Livingstone, Red Wing, uSA — May 16, 2008 @ 4:54 pm
Considering how Sen. Paul Wellstone, Sen. Mel Carnahan and JFK Jr. all died under suspicious circumstances, I believe that Obama is in real danger from these rightwing lunatics.

Comment by Martin Evans — May 16, 2008 @ 4:54 pm
Wow that has to be one of the most misleading headlines I've ever seen. "Huckabee Jokes about Obama Getting Shot at?" Nowhere in the quotation does Huckabee say anything about anyone getting shot at– only that someone "aimed a gun at him." Sheesh. That's a pretty desperate stretch for an attention grab.

Comment by Tyler — May 16, 2008 @ 4:55 pm
"The line was met with laughter."
How depressing.
I was surprised by the racist "man on the street" quotes from the West Virginia primary. I guess I should not have been.
The more things change, the more they stay the same

Comment by Captain Jack — May 16, 2008 @ 4:55 pm
Just like Charlton Heston before him, Hickabee apparently knows this audience well. He knew that the gun nuts would enjoy a joke about someone getting shot at. This is what the NRA is all about. But they DO NOT represent the average law-abiding gun-owner in this country. So, NRA, pull your gun from Heston's dead cold hands and go home and point it at each other.

Comment by RussinBR — May 16, 2008 @ 4:56 pm
all republicans are racists and bigots and should move out of north america. Communism should be given a chance to be implemented here, that way we would all have health care and homes and jobs and happiness.

Comment by liberal — May 16, 2008 @ 4:56 pm
Seems like the joke was that Obama was AFRAID of getting shot at and made the noise while tripping over a chair. Not quite the same as a joke about "Obama getting shot at" or "avoiding gunfire", but stating it accurately would not have made for as inflammatory of a headline, either, I guess. Depends whether you want to be a reporter or a comedy writer.

Comment by MartinMandy — May 16, 2008 @ 4:57 pm
If another adult was to state a similar comment in public, I have no doubt that he/she would be detained, removed and interrogated by law enforcement. This kind of comment is beyond any civil, professional human being, let alone, a politcal figure who is making a public speech! How and why are such comments taken as a joke?

Comment by ScottH — May 16, 2008 @ 4:57 pm
I'm surprised there was even anyone around to hear him speak. How long has it been since anyone even cared what Huckabee said? The fact he thinks it's unusual for someone to take cover when being targeted just shows how out of touch he is.

Comment by uh-huh — May 16, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
Next thing you know he'll be blaming the USA for spreading AIDS and crack in the minority communities…..ooops….sorry…that position has been appropriated already. Back to your regularly sheduled broadcast….

Comment by MD Dem — May 16, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
You idiots it was a Hillary Clinton sniper fire + NRA meeting joke.

Comment by Mike — May 16, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
What happened to free speech is that we're exercising it in criticizing and/or making fun of Huckleberry. Apparently the conservatives can't take criticism either. I find it hilarious that, given our somewhat violent past and the tragic ends many African American leaders have me, the conservatives leap to the defense of the hillbilly, and don't even acknowledge that it is a tad bit offensive. That being said, I think he just botched a joke. Just make fun of him with better jokes and call him "Huckleberry"

Comment by uhh.. — May 16, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
Huckabee was commenting about Obama's fear of guns and not dvocating that Obama be shot.

Comment by Jason — May 16, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
Oh Huck! You just made me regard my vote for you a little more.

Comment by phillipsb — May 16, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
Ease up people…just a joke. Not racist, not vicious and not particularly funny. But a joke none the less.

Comment by Russell — May 16, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
Incidently, I AM an NRA member and I WILL be voting for Obama in November. We aren't all idiots.

Comment by uh-huh — May 16, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
If a normal citizen made that joke about Huckabee, we'd be investigated by the Secret Service. I think Huckabee needs to get treated the exact same way.

Comment by moderate — May 16, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
Why would his first thought be to make a joke about Obama getting shot at? It's not that I really care about the 'joke' itself, but why is the most foremost thought that idea? It says a lot about what the crazy NRA-Evangelical nutjob crowd things is funny…and I'm a gun-owner…

Comment by NSR — May 16, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
Look, it was a poor joke. But if we Dems are going to say that our candidate can't be held to account for every slip of the tongue or poorly worded comment, then we have to extend the same courtesy to the GOP. Huckabee, for all his shortcomings, is not a vindictive man.

Comment by Louisville Lip — May 16, 2008 @ 5:02 pm
I guess the reporter thought this was “shocking”, but it didn’t sound like that big of a deal to me. I wonder why she isn’t as shocked when somebody gets shot by a criminal and cannot defend themselves because the government has prevented them from owning a gun. Personally, that seems a bit more shocking than a bad joke, and it happens every day.

Comment by Let it go Libs — May 16, 2008 @ 5:03 pm
I think it is interesting that the author said, in the headline,and implied, in the narrative that Huckabee said that someone was shooting at Obama. That's not what the quote said. The quote implies that Obama is afraid of guns and nothing is said about a gun being fired.

Comment by Gene — May 16, 2008 @ 5:03 pm
But it was stupid Russell. It was a very stupid thing to say, especially what he said and where he said it. Huckabee just lost my respect and we'll all get to see him lampooned on the late nite talk shows now for being such a stupendous idiot (something I never thought I would say about him).

Comment by fletch — May 16, 2008 @ 5:05 pm
Sad! It just wasn't funny.

It was just about as funny as Ann Coulter.

Comment by Monster-D — May 16, 2008 @ 5:05 pm
Aww, good for Mike he's getting attention again. And don't worry apologists, he won't get anywhere near the "liberal pansy crying blah blah blah" reaction you're secretly hoping for, since that would require public interest in him.

Comment by Lol — May 16, 2008 @ 5:06 pm
Gee, I don't remember this much disgust when Spike Lee said that Charley Heston should be shot with a .44 Magnum! You libs have some unequal standards.

Comment by Palerider — May 16, 2008 @ 5:08 pm
It's the sign of a good liberal when you can be offended by anything, anywhere, anytime by anyone not a liberal. If they are a liberal and say something outrageous…THEN its free speach.

Comment by MD Dem — May 16, 2008 @ 5:08 pm
For those who say, "It's just a joke. Lighten up.":

What would you be saying if Obama had made the same joke about George Bush?

I don't think you would regard it as funny.

Comment by Neal — May 16, 2008 @ 5:09 pm
You couldn't make this joke about George Bush because George isn't scared of guns. The joke was funny because Obama's policies reflect someone who would panic if there was a gun in the room.

This false outrage over this comment is laughable at best.

Comment by Jason — May 16, 2008 @ 5:10 pm
Ah yes, a White Southern Good 'Ol Boy…

I guess it was just a matter of time until he went after the black man…

Looks like his image is as much of a shame as many of us thought all along…

Comment by Rob — May 16, 2008 @ 5:10 pm
Would you of the speech police (Susan, Brian) explain to me how this is racist? As far as jokes go, I think it's a quite lacking on the humor scale, but racist? How long after people like you get into power before the jack-booted thugs can come lock you up for something you say?

Comment by Dean — May 16, 2008 @ 5:13 pm
When I find myself in times of trouble Huckabee comes to me speaking words of wisdom…Duhhhhh!

Comment by Dan — May 16, 2008 @ 5:14 pm
What an incredibly stupid thing to say.
Beyond belief.

Comment by Susa — May 16, 2008 @ 5:14 pm
US DEBT IS 9,353,722,759,823.35 EACH CITIZEN OF THE US OWES 30,768.72

The US is borrowing $665 billion annually from foreign lenders to finance the gap between payments to and receipts from the rest of the world, an amount equivalent to $5,500 per American household.

oil is close to 200 a barrel with no energy policy

No nuclear
no drilling

If we solve the energy crisis we solve all

no money for chavez no money for Iran no oil from iraq do you think we would be worried about the iraqi people without oil? what war?

money for the poor health care and Infrastructureinfacture.

An all you intellectuals are worried what some idiots Joke Wake up!
No problems
no

our polticians fiddle while the US burns.

Comment by HARRY — May 16, 2008 @ 5:17 pm
I'm a lifetime member of the NRA; I'm disappointed, and disgusted, that an association I contribute to, and am a member of, would misrepresent me so thoroughly as Huckabee and the NRA did with this incident.

Comment by gb/nyc — May 16, 2008 @ 5:21 pm
What Huck forgot to say was that the gun was aimed by Reverend Wright.

Comment by CallMeIshmael — May 16, 2008 @ 5:23 pm
NRA, Republicans, Gun Joke. I would have said, "That was Obama diving for cover, he thought Cheney was in the house!" Baawaaaaa! Oh, I crack myself up. Get over it all you whiners.

Comment by Rafo — May 16, 2008 @ 5:23 pm
Is Obama a Islamic terrorist plant? is he the newest terrorist secret weapon? is Osama Ben Laden is trying to get a mole in the White House?

Comment by jeff — May 16, 2008 @ 5:25 pm
Neal, I would be laughing my butt off. Bush would laugh at it, too! Presidents need a sense of humor or all the late night talk shows are in trouble. McCain/Rafo 2008!!

Comment by Rafo — May 16, 2008 @ 5:26 pm
Why is every negative comment about a black person deemed racist? If/when Obama gets the Democrat nomination, I gotta say it will be hard to run against him–everything anyone says can and will be used against him to characterize him as a "racist and a bigot."

Comment by Jason — May 16, 2008 @ 5:27 pm
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Comment by Huckanazi — May 16, 2008 @ 5:27 pm
"I am sure HE's safe. It's AMERICA I am worried about!"–Patriot

To Patriot:
Thank you, for keeping everyone on track…Obama could be blue-skinned and eat bugs, and until he starts speaking about some real issues, I withhold MY valuable endorsement…

Comment by Sick and tired... — May 16, 2008 @ 5:28 pm
Fake Christians, and he wonders why he did not win?

Comment by Oh No Not Again — May 16, 2008 @ 5:29 pm
Huckleberry Clown… another reason John McCain will likely lose in November.

Comment by JJ — May 16, 2008 @ 5:31 pm
"Is Obama a Islamic terrorist plant? is he the newest terrorist secret weapon? is Osama Ben Laden is trying to get a mole in the White House?"

We already have a Saudi/Israeli mole in the white house. He's the guy who tricked into a war based on lies in Iraq.

Comment by Art — May 16, 2008 @ 5:34 pm
Huckabee should talk. He has a really nasty family. His obease son hung and stabbed a dog to death and was caught on a airplane with a loaded gun.

Comment by Steve — May 16, 2008 @ 5:35 pm
Hmmm -

Richard Pryor makes the same joke 30 years ago - they laughed.

Eddie Murphie makes the same joke 15 years ago - they laughed. (and bought the video to laugh again at home) . . .

Mike Huckabee makes the joke today and the whole world is on him . . . May I suggest you get a better tan and maybe the joke would have gone over better????

Or am I stating the obvious?

Gawds bless the media (bless or suffer!)

- Alex Wolf
New York City

Comment by Alex Wolf — May 16, 2008 @ 5:37 pm
So it's not Christian to tell a joke? He didn't say "Hussein is black (well half-way) let's shoot at him!" He said Hussein hit the floor because someone was pointing a gun at him.
I thought it was funny! Hussein is a terrorist loveing fascist just like his brothers of the weather underground that he so proudly associates with.

Comment by cca — May 16, 2008 @ 5:38 pm
What is wrong with what he said? It was funny. Can't anyone take a joke anymore? That's another thing I can't stand about liberals, they have no sense of humor.

Comment by Mrs. P — May 16, 2008 @ 5:38 pm
Why is this such a big deal!? Yesterday Bush's comment (that wasn't even aimed at Obama, but at Democrats stance that talking to terrorists is gonna make a difference) and now this? Huckabee didn't say anything about someone killing Obama or shooting at Obama. He simply joked that he tripped over a chair because someone aimed a gun at him (ridiculing his stance on gun ownership which is taking guns away from us). That is in no way a racist or harmful comment. If he had said it about Hillary everyone would be like "OH Huckabee hates women OOHH NOO!! EVIL EVIL!!" I'm so sick of the Democrats getting all upset over little comments that are blown way out of proportion. They will be the end of this country.

Comment by JT — May 16, 2008 @ 5:42 pm
Mike has a point you know. Afterall, those NRA people are just bitter nimrods who cling to their guns and religion. They're so bitter they might just go postal - at their own event.

Comment by They tried to make me vote f'Obama, but I said, "no, No, NO!" — May 16, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
This is not a big deal, good grief. If anything this proves how sensitive the media is. There probably was not a more sincere and compassionate person in the race than Huckabee. And he is certainly no racist.

Comment by chukmaty — May 16, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
Would someone please duct tape this idiot's mouth closed? I'm a conservative, but Huckabee is a joke. He's an insult to the G.O.P. and to Christians (whom he pretends to lead) everywhere.

Stop giving this embarrassing clown a microphone, people.

Comment by Chris — May 16, 2008 @ 5:46 pm
"We already have a Saudi/Israeli mole in the white house. He's the guy who tricked into a war based on lies in Iraq."

Art you dummy the CIA served up the lies about Iraq and the director George Tenet of the CIA was a Democrat.

Comment by jeff — May 16, 2008 @ 5:46 pm
Just a bunch of busybodies -usually some guilt ridden white person- running around trying to protect someone else's FEELINGS. It's like that group of white folks that went nuts to get Speedy Gonzales taken off cartoons so that Mexicans would not be offended. Turns out Mexicans protested to get Speedy back on the air. I am an Obama supporter, and he probably would have thought the joke funny. Eddie Murphy made a simiar joke about the first black presidential candidate years ago, and Jessie Jackson thought it was very funny.

Comment by JL Thompson — May 16, 2008 @ 5:49 pm
Chris - yes Huckabee is a joke but whenever the liberals attack him he's our lovable family GOP joke and we defend him!

Comment by jeff — May 16, 2008 @ 5:50 pm
Please be specific in your reporting. He didn't joke about Obama getting shot at; he joked about Obama having a gun pointed at him.

A fine distinction, maybe, but it's the difference between a murder allusion and an anecdote. This joke might be mildly offensive, but, in the context of an NRA meeting, is also mildly funny. Give him a break. If you'd seen this on the Daily Show, with Stewart saying it, you wouldn't give it a second thought.

And what liberal here hasn't made a joke about Bush actually getting shot. (Or Cheney, for that matter…) It's not like this is new, unique, or really even that offensive in the context or our current political climate. I can think of other politicians who have said crazier things (see also: Howard Dean) and meant them.

Comment by Jon — May 16, 2008 @ 5:53 pm
Well what do we know about republicans.

Their leaders don't join the military.
Their leaders complain about gays…. and have their affairs with young boys.
Their leaders Sleep with prostitutes and lobbyists.
and
Their preachers are not real Christians.

Comment by SDindependent — May 16, 2008 @ 6:01 pm
There isn't anything "funny" about (former Rev.) Mike Huckabee's comment. He would never say anything like that about Hillary, so why is it okay for him to say such a thing against Barack? Huckabee, has essentially sold his former-Christian soul for political power.

Comment by Jamie — May 16, 2008 @ 6:03 pm
#8 you are crazy!! Whatever the joke was about it is not funny at all! Someone getting shot under any circumstances is not something to joke about. Especially someone who is going to be the next president of the US! Between Huckabee's joke today, McCain's Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran and hundreds of things GW has said shows how trully classless they are. And #84, you are crazy too, like pointing a gun at him is so much better! you mentioned people say GW should be shot, as much as you'd think people want to say that considering all the death he has been responsible for, American and not, I don't know of any former Presidential Candidate saying something so rude! We are talking about Mike Huckabee who will likely be the next Repub presidential nominee in 2012. we aren't talking about people posting on this site. And people joke about Cheney shooting people because Cheney shoots people!

Comment by Mac — May 16, 2008 @ 6:04 pm
As an avid Second Ammendment advocate, I find nothing amusing in asinine comments like Gov. Huckabee. People being shot at is unfunny. I have had it happen to me twice.
It is one thing to mock someone "a car backfired and he dove for cover", but something completely reprehensible to do what Mike Huckabee did.
I would never vote for Barack Obama, because he is a socialist and I will never be a member of the NRA because they never do get their act together. Harlan Carter would never have put up with garbage like this and no hunter, gun owner nor Second Ammendment advocate finds Gov. Huckabee amusing at all.

Comment by Lame Cherry — May 16, 2008 @ 6:07 pm
Democrats are anti American Marxist and friends of terrorist, just look how paranoid Obama is trying to cover up the fact that he is a weak terrorist appeaser.

Comment by jeff — May 16, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
He can't help but try to be funny, even when it's grossly inappropriate. I hope that the people pushing him for VP soon recognize this.

He is unfit to represent the party and certainly unfit to represent the country.

Comment by Not Surprised — May 16, 2008 @ 6:19 pm
I don't find the comment amusing at all, enlightening, perhaps. I thought he was better than that.
Now I see to comment about about it is to be labeled a 'whiny liberal or democrat' according to the Republican's who know everything and don't require a second party to lead.
One party system is enough for them, never mind a dissenting voice, or someone who thinks or acts differently.

So when George Bush makes Israel's 60th Birthday celebration a Republican campaign stop, we are not allowed to complain because we are just whining.

I can not wait until November, when all these intolerant, bigots, who use God as an accessory to their own hatreds, are voted out for good.

What do Republican's and Kim Jong Il have in common?
If you don't agree with them, you are deemed mentally ill and need re-education.

Is funny because most liberals and democrats are able to disagree and argue the facts, not drag out the Bible or wrap the argument in the flag and end it there.

It is a much higher calling to question your leaders than to blindly follow them.

The only funny thing about the comment is the way it exposes the blind followers and their way of thinking.

I hear noose jokes are a guaranteed laugh, too.

Shame on you Mr. Huckabee, I had a much higher opinion of you before this matter.

Comment by Rickster In Gulfport — May 16, 2008 @ 6:20 pm
What the hell does that comment even mean? I don't get it…is that the famous Huckabee humor?

Comment by Digger — May 16, 2008 @ 6:20 pm
Democrats want this Obama who hates America to be our president, time for a civil war let's get rid of the Democrat scourge on our country.

Comment by jeff — May 16, 2008 @ 6:23 pm
Funny? No. But come on libs use your brains for once, it clearly was a stab at HRC's "dodging sniper fire" story as well as his obvious fear of law abiding gun owning Americans. No where did he insinuate someone was actually trying to shoot him.

Comment by prob — May 16, 2008 @ 6:24 pm
“The line was met with laughter.”

This statement is FALSE.

The line was met with silence.

Comment by MSJ — May 16, 2008 @ 6:25 pm
This guy should be removed from office. If not removed he should never be voted into any position that is in the public view again.

Comment by Jennifer — May 16, 2008 @ 6:28 pm
Hey "Patriot." You should be more concerned with the damage the great Bush has already done to this country in terms of our economy, national security, and disregard for our Constitution.

Comment by American — May 16, 2008 @ 6:28 pm
Anyone who believes that this was an acceptable thing for Mike Huckabee to say probably wasn't alive the last time a President was assassinated. Those of us who do remember those days understand that there are certain things that responsible leaders cannot say, and this is one of them. Of course he was joking, but the point is that there could be some crazy person out there who doesn't think so, and scary as it is, that's the world we live in. Regardless of one's own political views, one would do well to recognize this fact and thus would find the former governor's comments shocking and dangerous.

Comment by Mike — May 16, 2008 @ 6:29 pm
The comment was not that Obama getting shot would be funny. The comment was not that Obama being afraid of guns was funny. The comment was that Obama ducking to avoid a gun that was AIMED at him was would be funny.

I'm missing the humor. Was he saying that someone would be a better President if they did NOT try and avoid a gun that was aimed at him?

It was, after all, just a joke - a pretty stupid one but still just a joke.

It certainly wasn't racist. It was just an off the cuff attempt at being quick witted. Huckabee actually is pretty funny most of the time. This time he wasn't. All comedians tell jokes that bomb sometimes. Let's move on.

Comment by Joe — May 16, 2008 @ 6:29 pm
Wow Rickster, in your claim to be able to argue facts intelligently, you claim that republicans are bigots, facists and autocrats.

Thank you for raising the bar, I'm convinced of your superior intelect.

Comment by Dean — May 16, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
OMG!!!! Did he really say that?!!?!?!

OMG!!!!! What a scamp!!!!

I can't believe he actually said that!!!

We shouldn't even have to vote after that. As gravely as he has been maligned and offended, King Obama should be crowned now.

ooh ooh ooh.

(I really can't believe someone would say something as dastardly as that!!!!!!)

Comment by CerpherJoe — May 16, 2008 @ 6:38 pm
Ladies and Gentlemen. I give you "President" Huckabee. What else would you expect from the Christiban's candidate?

Comment by Kenn — May 16, 2008 @ 6:53 pm
What abuse are African Americans recieving today? Billions of dollars in entitlements,equal oppurtunity? Is that the abuse you are talking about? Or this is the "continued guilt for the past syndrome" the country is supposed to feel for the rest of enternity?

Huck was joking in front of a pro-gun crowd. Dems are fair game, get over it for gosh sakes.

Comment by Phil — May 16, 2008 @ 6:55 pm
awww pastors have a sense of humor also if we loose our sense of humor whats left,dont be such haters huck is agood person let ye whom hath no sin throw the first stone!

Comment by mike murphy — May 16, 2008 @ 6:56 pm
For all of you talking points liberals spouting off as turncoat conservatives, rant on. Pretending to sit on the high-horse of moral high ground, you mock yourselves. I will spare you all "what I am" in favor of addressing the issue. The footage I saw was neither racist, nor worthy of investigation. The reporting I saw was racist and warrants investigation. When the only comments posted are little more than mindless comments and name calling, you move your post to societies spam-killer. Oh wait, I accidentally used the "k" word. We probably shouldn't be able to say that about spam, save alone do it.

Comment by Terry — May 16, 2008 @ 6:57 pm
I can't get over the huge number of racists commenting here.

Now, not to burst anyone's bubble, but I'm referring to the comments that called Huckabee's remark racist. You people see race in absolutely everything. It doesn't get any more racist than that.

That, or you're Hillary supporters out there trying to keep the race baiting alive.

Comment by Amazed — May 16, 2008 @ 7:10 pm
Mike. So - Obama is the President, is he? I guess I missed the election. Or did we all just decide to crown him without all of that silly voting nonsense.

Comment by Amazed — May 16, 2008 @ 7:13 pm
when you work for Satan you don't know that you work for Satan you just leave a trail of destruction in your path and then blame it all on Republicans.

Comment by jeff — May 16, 2008 @ 7:31 pm
See what happens when this matter gets ongoing. Mr. Ninja is a perfect case in point of the difficulty around comments and conduct like this. Nothing good comes from it for the reason that it was WRONG.

Comment by Jennifer — May 16, 2008 @ 7:38 pm
This so called joke by Mike Huckabee (a Minister of the Gospel no less) is appalling and should be condemned by every decent American and here is why. If you put this joke in the context of the history of how violence has been perpetrated onto millions of African Americans (slavery and post slavery), this becomes offensive and should be abhored. The fact that this statement was made at a National Rifle Association event no less-you know, the people who say "guns don't kill people, people kill people" underscores my point. Sadly there are hateful and evil individuals in this country that have or are entertaining the idea of doing unfathomable harm to Mr. Obama. These "innocent jokes" only throw fuel on the flames of such intentions. By calling it just a joke and saying people should get over it only dismisses racist attitudes or gun violence and is not constructive to healing and uniting us as Americans. It was just 40 years ago that Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King were Assassinated. Everyday I pray for my brother in Christ Barack Obama and his family and now I will pray that my other brother in Christ (Mike Huckabee) will no longer mascaraed as an agent of intolerance and hate mongering but return to his calling as a Sheeperd and allow his actions speak as a "light in the world" to exemplify his Savior and not spew the comments or thoughts of his Savior's enemy.

Comment by VOR — May 16, 2008 @ 7:42 pm
Haha Huckabee's a friggin comedian. It's funny to joke about assassinations. It's even funnier when it comes from a family values toting preacher. The true joke is Huckabee as a politician and a Christian.

Comment by Cristian — May 16, 2008 @ 7:43 pm
Reminds me of the line he used when he suggested Mitt Romney "should just go sit in a bathtub and slit his wrists." The Unknown Comic was a lot funnier when he had a bag over his head! Go zap a squirrel in your popcorn popper, Revered Huckabee. Hopefully, you just shot yourself in the foot for your VP chances.

Vote for McCains VP - McCain/Romney 08′

Comment by I Huckedup — May 16, 2008 @ 7:47 pm
I'm sick of all politicians, left and right and middle; what's wrong with America has nothing to do with politics: that will ALWAYS be corrupt and untrustworthy.

It's up to us as citizens to make this country strong again, not the elite. Whenever the politicians go on vacation the country heaves a sigh of relief and things improve.

Comment by Jill — May 16, 2008 @ 8:11 pm
While there is sure to be some hypersensitivity at anything negative or unflattering said about Barack Obama, we can not allow ourselves to be oppressed by the pressure from the advocates of political correctness. Nor can we allow the race baiter's to run roughshod over us.

Barack Obama is a political/public figure. He is and should be subject to the same license that is given to comedians, satirists and everyday citizens directed towards any person of like status.

Just consider all of the cartoons and caricatures that have been aimed at other national figures.

I am an American who is Black (I hate the term African-American) and I feel that if Black people are going to play in the big leagues, then it is time to develop a thicker skin. Barack Obama aspires to the nation's highest office. He and all of his supporters (and I do support Obama) should not only accept humor, both with and without class, but expect it. Not everything is racism.

Huckabee's comment was stupid and ill conceived, but I am not ready to call this man a racist.

Comment by Calvin Sims — May 16, 2008 @ 8:23 pm
The more things change, the more they stay the same…you can always count on "them"

sad

Comment by mcsame! — May 16, 2008 @ 8:29 pm
#116 Sadly, you made my point (#112). But I HOPE you find a healthy outlet or help for your obvious troubled soul (or maybe you think you are being funny which means you are more lost than than you comment would suggest). It's not to late to evolve to your higher selve. From your fellow Human Being.

VOR

Comment by VOR — May 16, 2008 @ 8:30 pm
Obama is proud that he hates America and want to change all of us who are stuck in the past with our sentimental love America feelings. Love America is old fashion vote for Obama he will bring the new hate America feelings that we need to change to. Vote for Change! Vote Obama 2008!

Comment by jeff — May 16, 2008 @ 8:35 pm
ROFLMAO!! I thought it was funny. It is no secret that Obamma is the real racist.

Comment by MARK — May 16, 2008 @ 8:50 pm
"ROFLMAO!! I thought it was funny. It is no secret that Obamma is the real racist."

Obviously it is a secret #122, either that or the American populace is finally so dumbed-down they are incapable of comprehending that someone who is 50% White, and 50% Black, but who calls himself 100% Black is a RACIST! And is being racist against WHITE PEOPLE!

But these idiots are lining-up to vote for him, and against themselves. A nation commits suicide! But this is by design, because the elites who control the federal reserve and BOTH political parties HATE what this country once actually stood-for, and the men who spent their blood and fortunes to found it.

Comment by Bob — May 16, 2008 @ 8:58 pm
I believe obamas wife michele started the rumor
about her husband getting shot pumping gas during a interview. she might be the one to do it and then she will really have something to be proud about for the first time in her life as a whatever. Rev. Huckabee is a kinder person then Rev. Wright.

Comment by marry poppins — May 16, 2008 @ 9:18 pm
Assassination is no laughing matter. Why would anyone,in their right mind, make a joke about a poitical candidate, much less a politician, being gunned down in public. Remember Governor Wallace? It's amazing how he changed his tune after he was confined to a wheelchair due to a fail attempt on his life. I'm sure he no longer thought that the threat of being shot to death was a minor, laughsble matter. I'm sure the Iraquis don't think gunfire is something to joke about either. Maybe Mr. Huckabee needs to go someplace where the sound of gunfire is close by, rel and he feels his life is in danger. Then maybe he will stop making stupid jokes. Baby, it's time you took an "informational, fact-finding tour" of Iraq. See ya!

Comment by Jennifer Cook — May 16, 2008 @ 9:38 pm
First of all, Huck didn't say ANYTHING about Barack "getting shot at"… Go back and review the video. All he said was, "Somebody aimed a gun at him and he dove for the floor." Didn't say anything about shooting.

Probably not exactly the quip Huckabee wished he'd made, in hindsight, but so what? It was a gun crowd — well, it was THE gun crowd — and Huck came off with a lame wisecrack. Why would anyone, except a bunch of thin-skinned liberal jellyfish, be offended? I mean, where is the insult? Is it insulting to suggest that Obummer would dive for the floor if somebody pointed a gun at him? Sounds like a rational reaction to me. Or is it insulting to quip that Barack fell off of his chair? Why are you foaming, hate-filled libs so itchy to pull the trigger on Huckabee? There's nothing here of consequence, it's a non-story.

If you angry "progressive" losers want to roast somebody for making allusions to a possible assassination attempt on Obummer, you can start with his wife, Michele. She was the first one to sensationally (and unnecessarily) conjure up the gruesome image in our minds.

Comment by Charles Miller — May 16, 2008 @ 9:42 pm
You go Bob and Mark. I couldn't say it any better. I am so fed up with all of these self rightious left leaning, politically correct (when it is convenient for them) people in this country. They are taking this once proud and patriotic nation down day by day, piece by piece. If Obama is elected score one for the Jihadists. God help us all

Comment by Buffy — May 16, 2008 @ 9:49 pm
Huckabee made a bad joke, and that should not come as a surprise anybody. As a Dem, I do have to admit that I don't have a sense of humor about things like this, but than I didn't think Hee Haw was funny either. It's been known for a long time that the Republican Party is not where the intelligent people in this country go to live. I'm so sick of the good ol' boy influence they have had on America over the past eight years. What disturbs me the most, is that they don't even know what they've done because they aren't smart enough to see it. It's no surprise either, that the rest of the world now sees us as a bunch of nose picking, ass scratching idiots.

Comment by Homer — May 16, 2008 @ 9:49 pm
Slow news day huh? there were people checking out gun exhibits everywhere, Huckabee was trying to say that obama was jittery of us "Gun toting, religion clinging" folks.

Comment by PWConservative — May 16, 2008 @ 10:07 pm
#123

It is true that Barak Obama is half black and half white.

Consequently he calls him self black. Which he does not call him self 100% black. And in addition… . Judging by your commentary would you recognize Barak as a white person? With his facial features and the texture of his hair. I don’t think that you would. So thus he calls himself and identifies himself with his more dominant gene (the stronger) a black person It’s just merely biology, sociology and physiology. So get off of it and go get some help for your hate.

Comment by estelle — May 16, 2008 @ 10:11 pm
View the video at Hotair. There was NO laughter. Adding this editorial lie does not help press your case.

Comment by D. Woolwine — May 16, 2008 @ 10:13 pm
It is low and tasteless to ever make a joke like in any forum. Would it be OK if someone made a joke about your right-wing children getting shot at a NRA conference? Would the crowd be laughing then? No. It shows how low classless he is, and why this appropriately was denied a leadership role in this country. Leaders work to inspire and motivate and not act offensive and perverse.

Comment by gibralter_2 — May 16, 2008 @ 10:23 pm
relax…it was joke. Plus, Huckabee already appologized.

Comment by Chris — May 16, 2008 @ 10:25 pm
Hey ANTI-WHITE RACIST #131 wtf is this? "So thus he calls himself and identifies himself with his more dominant gene (the stronger) a black person It’s just merely biology, sociology and physiology."

I would let this BIGOTED, ANTI-WHITE RACIST statement stand alone by itself as to why YOU and Obama should be shot for being the REAL RACISTS, but I will actually go on to answer your question…

I would have been perfectly satisfied if Obama had been MAN ENOUGH to address the issue of race in the classy way Tiger Woods does, by saying I'm multiracial, and anything further earns "no comment." Then I read his RACIST, Anti-White book, Dreams from my RACIST, Alcoholic, Wife-Leaving, Corrupted Government Official Father.

Obama's mother was a CONFUSED, deluded, self-loathing WHORE, just as are the mindless minions who worship this NARCISSIST, with his messiah complex.

The bottom-line is this…Obama is now using the once-loathed one-drop rule because it now BENEFITS him in the brain-washed world of the far left. It is time to PERMANENTLY BAN both political parties, have another civil war, and issues some comeuppances to worthless human beings like Obama, his wife and children, among others.

The U.S. can not take much more of this unconstitutional garbage from these idiots and their followers. It is time for massive revolt a la the French Revolution.

Comment by Bob — May 16, 2008 @ 10:29 pm
I agree with Gibralter. If you think it matters whether he said "shot" or "point a gun" insert your childs name in place of Obama and see if makes a difference. The reference is not appropriate not matter the exact words. This joke is unacceptable in any place of public delivery. Though you may hear it routinely at a hate filled KKK convention.

Comment by jay_gull — May 16, 2008 @ 10:35 pm
Huckabee's jest was about what Obama did when a gun was aimed at him, he tripped and dove to the floor. A gun toating NRA grandmother would have shot the offender!

Comment by ron — May 16, 2008 @ 10:40 pm
The thing about Mike is … Mike is an idiot. (I'm saying this as a proud NRA member.)

Comment by GuyInCT — May 16, 2008 @ 10:41 pm
Sometimes the tongue gets in the way of the brain and is mightier than the sword. Mike just proved it. But, even Obama makes tongue slips such as the 57 states one. Let's move on, or move-on-dot-org…..

Comment by Photonjohn — May 16, 2008 @ 10:42 pm
Actually, the more I think about it, the more I realize that it wasn't a joke, it was a comment. No one laughed because it wasn't intended to be funny.

Comment by Homer — May 16, 2008 @ 10:44 pm
All Republicans are hypocritical asses and love tobacco.

Comment by Justice — May 16, 2008 @ 10:45 pm
#136 Jay, IDIOTS like you are the reason why the U.S. should be dismantled and reformed, no matter what the cost. You are simply brain-washed MORONS, whose thoughts are not your own, but have been spoon-fed into your brains by the oligopoly which is the mainstream media.

You mention "hate-filled KKK conventions" because you have been PROGRAMMED to utter such inane phrases. Are you even aware, that each and every year, Black-on-Black violence results in MORE deaths, over 4,000, than were Black victims of KKK lynchings from 1866 to 1966, which number approximately 3,300 according to the Tuskegee Institute?

One modern Black-on-Black year > 100 years of so-called White "racism"!

Get some damn perspective and stop merely repeating things you've heard. A nation of brain-washed idiots can not long survive, and we are learning this painful lesson.

Oh and p.s. every single year 45,000 White women are raped by Black men in the U.S. and the media says NOTHING about it in this Anti-White racist hell America has become. Source, the FBI official government statistics.

Now be a MAN, and denounce that form of RACISM, if you dare, COWARD!

Comment by Bob — May 16, 2008 @ 10:48 pm
Everyone is in such a dither, my God, calm down, take a chill pill. what Huckabee said was unseamly but its not quite the end of the world as the blogs make it out to be. I think people should be more worried about a presidential contender's wife and her outlook upon the American landscape. Not to mention the fact that that same condender's spiritual guru plays fast and loose with the country in which he can say anything he wants-except when Obama is listening.

Comment by lee woodmansee — May 16, 2008 @ 10:58 pm
Hey Bob #121,

You seem very filled with hate asking for another civil war. Imagine that.Hmm…the past. A re-match, maybe… two out of three. How about a war tournament. Sorry, but most americans left and right, are going the other direction, the sentiment is toward peace, hope and value for individual life, not destruction of it as your war reference suggests. Obama is asking to make a way, a chance, a plan for a better progressive future.

Comment by jay_gull — May 16, 2008 @ 11:01 pm
I'm so glad Huckabee didn't make any racist comment. What fallout that would have been.

Funny comment.

Comment by Mark — May 16, 2008 @ 11:02 pm
To #133, you are right. "Do unto others as you would have done unto you" is a very simple yet deep and powerful concept that we all should aspire to live by. Just think, if we did live by it people would think about what they say before they speak or act. Karma is the result of fortunate (positive) or unfortunate (negative) consequence of what we emit into the universe by our thoughts, words and/or actions. I'm glad to see that Mr. Huckabee apologized.

Comment by Lifted Up — May 16, 2008 @ 11:11 pm
Why would he even "joke" like that? He's already been called a racist. And to say something like that is crazy.

I'm white and I think that was going to far!

Comment by Ashley — May 16, 2008 @ 11:15 pm
142. Hey Bob What' s up?
If you didn' t notice this forum is about about Obama' s not to foolishly spouting illogical and personal feelings of hate. Every one of your references ignores issues and are microscopic to the main issues. It sounds like something that comes from misguided imitation of a statistion. But don' t bog us done with that nonsense. The issue up for commentary is the NRA joke. I can refer you if have a larger problem. It sort of sounds like it.

Comment by jay_gull — May 16, 2008 @ 11:21 pm
Bob, #116/121/149, I was going to say that I bet you hate Jews , too, but you hate everybody and most of all, yourself

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