From Huffingtonpost.com:
Lauren Pierce, the president of the College Republicans at UT Austin, said on Twitter Wednesday that the idea of assassinating President Barack Obama was “tempting.”
At approximately 2:30 p.m., Pierce posted, “Y’all as tempting as it may be, don’t shoot Obama. We need him to go down in history as the WORST president we’ve EVER had! #2012.”
The tweet came hours after police arrested a man for firing shots at the White House, leaving two bullets in the executive mansion.
Pierce joked that “it must be a slow news day” after ABC News posted a story on her comment:
Pierce told ABC News that the comment was a “joke” and that the “whole [shooting incident] was stupid.” Giggling, she said that an attempted assassination would “only make the situation worse.”
“Insofar as she’s a representative [of the College Republicans], maybe it shouldn’t be said, but she’s made a positive statement in a way,” said Cassie Wright, the group’s vice president.
“I don’t really see anything wrong with it,” Wright added. “It’s just a personal comment, not representative of any group. Just freedom of speech, you know?”
Does Pierce just live in some sort of moral vacuum? I am going to boldly step forward and say we just don’t make jokes about assassinating anyone, especially our leaders. This young woman has a great deal to learn. If she doesn’t stop down from her leadership position, either the local Republicans or the university need to remove her. I would feel the same way if Pierce were a young Democratic campus leader and suggested the same for Bush. Just not done!
These are the words one normally would hear from Al Qaeda terrorist-types who don’t respect our constituiont or our democratic institutions; instead, they want to force their way into power through violent means. The right in this country want to turn us into a third world banana dictatorship where assassination is the normal course of regime change, rather than civilized elections. We must defend our constitution.
It’s SNL type humor for crap sakes, get over it! Sure she’ll learn that there are those who will take any comment, no matter how meaningless, and turn it into a vendetta against her. I’m sure Obama’s Muslim faith, oops, Christian faith, will forgive her.
“The right in this country want to turn us into a third world banana dictatorship where assassination is the normal course of regime change, rather than civilized elections.”
Excuse me, but was it the Right or the Left that went into Libya to help take out Gaddafi? Hmmmmmmm……..seems like Obama had something to do with that as I recall, or at least he’s being given credit for it. BTW, were you referring to Mexico?
@Second Alamo
Do you think SNL humor is always in the best taste? I sure don’t. We don’t joke about assassinating people. It’s a good way to get a swat team in your yard.
SA Do you think it is helpful to take cheap shots at someone’s religion over this. The President has stated time and time again that he is a Christian. He is what he says he is. I personally don’t care what he is but he gets to decide. NOt you.
Why do you care that Qadaffi was taken out? Do you care that Bin Laden or Saddat Houssain were ‘taken out?’ Why protect a killer bastard? One less world idiot to deal with. I feel pretty certain you are old enough to remember those Reagan/Bush years when he surrounced his palace with women and children for protection when we were shelling him.
You think this was just SNL humor, SA? The Secret Service won’t find it amusing. If right wingers think political assassinations are funny, then they should move to a country where assassinations are the norm and not the exception. That’s not how we do things in this country, sir, and you righties need to respect that.
Starry, I’m sure that you’re going to show us how you were so upset when calls for Bush’s assassination were being bandied about. Jokes? How about movies? And threats.
http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=621
I refused to watch that movie while Bush was president, Cargo. I am not big on censorship but it shouldn’t have come out while he was in office. Of course, I don’t feel that Clinton should have stood trial while in office. I don’t think sitting presidents should be the main topics of fiction movies or that they should go to trial for events that happened before being sworn in to office. there should be an automatic law that takes the offense and doesnt allow the statute of limitations to kick in. It distracts.
Jokes are another matter. Political cartoons are another matter. Assassination should not be a topic.
You’ve got an “Occupy-DC”er taking actual shots at the White House, and how hard did they have to dig to find this?
The funniest part is, they said the Occupy-DC’er was “mentally ill”…….redundant much?
Putting aside the deflections to “Occupy-DC”ers, Muslims, and Qadaffi, this student Prez probably is going to learn a lesson when the Secret Service adds her name to a list. Maybe she’ll get cleared as a joker but she’ll probably remain noticed.
She’ll have her first indication when she finds herself on the do-not-fly list.
That’s a lie. The guy was not an Occupy DCer
Sure he was. Thought it was you, but you’re still posting!
Do you all suppose these “occupy” folks will learn any lessons by having arrest records? I mean later in their lives, if they happen to ever try to get jobs.
u r a liar
To my #2 post: The Muslim remark came from the mouth of Obama during an interview where he referred to his Muslim faith. Just thought I’d throw that in since no one ever calls him on anything he states, but heaven forbid Cain pauses for 20 seconds.
To my #3 post: The Right was being accused of what Obama was attempting. Didn’t you trace the quote?
SA, can you document the muslim remark? I have no idea why someone who is one religion would say they were something else. Frankly, I think you are repeating gossip rather than fact.
As for hesitation, do you really think a pause is what is bothering folks about Cain? Is he your first choice? I find that rather hard to believe? I think you would vote for Moon for Republican pres before voting for Herman Cain.
It was nice of Occupy San Diego to hold a moment of silence for the White House Shooter, wasn’t it, Starry? I’m sure you support Occupy San Diego, right?
@Moon-howler
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslimfaith.asp
This interview is why SA made a joke about Obama’s “Muslim faith”.
@cargosquid If Occupy San Diego-ans think political assassinations are acceptable, then they should move to a country where assassinations are the norm and not the exception. That’s not how we do things in this country, and lefties like Starry need to respect that.