"Joke" About Killing Obama Circulated By Top GOP Figure

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Al Austin, a veteran, high-level Republican fundraiser from Tampa, today sent an email to his list of his political contacts containing a joke that refers to the assassination of Barack Obama.

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The joke concerns a group of school children discussing the definition of "tragedy," as opposed to "great loss" or "accident." The punch line comes when one child says that if an airplane carrying Obama and his wife, Michelle, "was struck by a 'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens," the event might be a tragedy, "because it certainly wouldn’t be a great loss, and it probably wouldn’t be an accident either."

Austin acknowledged sending the email to his list of political contacts.

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Austin, a prominent real estate developer long known as one of the state’s leading Republican campaign fundraisers, has served in recent years as finance chairman for both the national and state Republican parties.

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[mendeleev 68]

This is too outrageous for words. Not surprising, given how challenged the GOP is for civility, common decency, or most any other American value.

Hope the Secret Service follows all this closely. Should anything happen to Obama, these guys should be detailed and charged as accessories due to their incitement.

[Emancipation 2]

I got this one the other day...

One sunny day in March, 2009, an old man approached the White House from

across Pennsylvania Avenue where he'd been sitting on a park bench. He

spoke

to the Marine standing guard and said, 'I would like to go in and meet with

President Barack Obama.'

The Marine replied, 'Sir, Mr. Obama is not President and doesn't reside

here.'

The old man said, 'Okay,' and walked away.

The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the

same Marine, 'I would like to go in and meet with President Barack

Obama'.

The Marine again told the man, 'Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Obama is not

President and doesn't reside here.? The man thanked him and again walked

away.

The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very

same Marine, saying 'I would like to go in and meet with President Barack

Obama'.

The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and

said, 'Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to

speak

to Mr. Obama. I've told you already several times that Mr. Obama is not the

President and doesn't reside here. Don't you understand?'

The old man answered, 'Oh, I understand you fine.. I just love hearing your

answer!'

The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, 'See you tomorrow,

sir.'

[Ban Hammer 13,681]

all are recycled clinton jokes.

[britty 1]

yawn. Anything more interesting to get outraged about?

[HAL 9000 96]

yawn. Anything more interesting to get outraged about?

Where's the outrage?

[natty bumppo 297]

all are recycled clinton jokes.

amazing that ppl don't remember these old saws ...

[Emancipation 2]

all are recycled clinton jokes.

amazing that ppl don't remember these old saws ...

Some of us didn't live in the US and were blessed with oodles of lame forwards

[natty bumppo 297]

all are recycled clinton jokes.

amazing that ppl don't remember these old saws ...

Some of us didn't live in the US and were blessed with oodles of lame forwards

even my brazilian wife heard this one ....

[Ban Hammer 13,681]

all are recycled clinton jokes.

amazing that ppl don't remember these old saws ...

Some of us didn't live in the US and were blessed with oodles of lame forwards

see what happens when you live in the backwoods land of eh?

[Sofiyya 1,687]

all are recycled clinton jokes.

They're also recycled Bush jokes circulated by angry, ill-mannered, and uncivil liberal Dims.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

What's to say here - obviously its in bad taste and pretty poor form for someone in elected office.