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Originally Posted by Von Tonner
This has got to be the most stupid, distasteful, irresponsible comment I have ever read. Is this moron oblivious of America's history of assasinations. Here you have the first serious black presidential contender and you come out with a remark like that. Yes, Mr Moron, float out the idea to all the gun packing crazies out there. What is equally sad is the enjoining laughter from the audience. If Bush, McCain and other Republican leaders do not come out and strongly repudiate him for this ill conceived attempt at humor, then one can only sadly reflect on how far down the road the Republican Party has travelled in trashing its own standards of sanity and pride.
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I did not like "Huck" earlier in the political season, & this incident does nothing to improve my opinion of him. It's unfortunate we need to state the obvious truth that there is nothing funny about political assassination, regardless of whether or not you agree with someone's policies.
Not sure how we can jump from this incident to generalizing about the Republican party as a whole - after all, if you're concerned about tasteless jokes I suppose we can find instances where pundits on BOTH the left & right have stepped over the line. Wouldn't you agree?