At Gun Range, Santorum Aims At Target And Is Urged To "Pretend It's Obama"

[Julian Englis]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Rick Santorum was at a gun range in Lousiana Friday in advance of Saturday's primaries, which he is expected to win. Politico's Juana Summers was with Santorum reported on an odd attempt at a joke.

She tweeted:

Santorum is shooting a 1911 Colt. Range master says "Well, it's not your first rodeo.". Someone here says "pretend its Obama."



As Santorum had headphones on and was standing far from supporters, he likely didn't hear woman say "pretend its Obama" as he shot.


Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/at-gun-range-santorum-aims-at-target-is

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Keeping it classy, Louisiana G.O.P.

[HughBeaumont]

1. Wow, that is FUCKED up.

How they can talk so casually of assassination, that is. Guess that's just how the modern GOP works and speaks volumes of who has taken it over.

[RedEarth]

2. She's as clever as the woman who created the racist bumper sticker

[rfranklin]

5. She is the reporter not the person who said it...

Unless she's using one of those journalistic devices a la The New Yorker Talk of the Town.

[RedEarth]

14. I'm referring to the woman who yelled out "pretend it's Obama"

not the Politico reporter, Juana Summers...

...this is from the OP and the link in the OP...


As Santorum had headphones on and was standing far from supporters, he likely didn't hear woman say "pretend its Obama" as he shot.


NBC's Andrew Rafferty, also reported it was unlikely Santorum heard the line. He tweeted:


Woman watching Santorum at shooting range in LA yells "Pretend it's Obama" (there is 0 chance Santorum heard it)


http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/at-gun-range-santorum-aims-at-target-is

[limpyhobbler]

3. disgusting but typical

[bluedigger]

4. You can't fix "Stupid"...

[RoccoR5955]

22. Sure you can... Lock her up and throw away the key!

I think Louisiana has a law that if she is imprisoned, she wouldn't be able to vote either, and it would serve her right.

[bluedigger]

23. Stupid abhors a vacuum.

It would come right back.

[raouldukelives]

6. This is why conservative humor doesn't translate well to TV.

Or any venue for that matter. Aside from obscure airwaves and dingy message boards. Where the slimy underbelly of humanity can huddle together and chuckle at the humor of killing & misery.

[cheapdate]

31. Excellent point.

[onehandle]

7. Not the first threat against Obama at a gun range. Not the last. nt

[FiveGoodMen]

8. Isn't joking about killing the President an actual crime in and of itself?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

12. Not when said president is black! Were it "Dumbya" or any other president, best believe

the SS would be all over it.

[jpak]

9. Gun Freak Porn

yup

[MidwestTransplant]

10. I wonder what the SS guys with him thought if they heard it.

[Paper Roses]

11. Geeze, you've got to be kiidding.

I guess I'm too old to believe stuff like this really happens.
I think we're back to the 1950's.
I was proud through the years thinking that we have progressed as a society.
I think we are now heading back into the sewer.

Makes me sick.

[marshall gaines]

13. mccain

let that had been mccain/palin and Obama at the range, OBAMA WOULD BE IN JAIL NOW. SAME IF IT HAD BEEN BUSH THE IDIOT YOUNGER as the PROPOSED TARGET. I love this political season, we truly get to see the hypocrites on all social levels in action.

[Blue Owl]

15. To a freeper with a gun, everything's a target

n/t

[Kingofalldems]

16. Gun grabbers!

I want my guns!

Obama is a Muslin.

[TheCowsCameHome]

17. What was he doing there anyway?

Oh, that's right - pandering to the kooks, as usual.

[Paladin]

18. And Yet Our Resident DU Gun Enthusiasts Get All Huffy.......

....when we don't agree with their goofy notion that free-and-easy access to all manner of guns is somehow a liberal concept. (No, I'm not making it up---this is one of their perennial sales lines.)

[dmr]

21. I don't think any liberal on DU would say what that woman said. n/t

[felix_numinous]

19. Republicans are the sociopathic party. We need to say it.

They are white supremacist, lying, cheating, ignorant and greedy people and I am tired of people being too timid to call them out.

Rachel Maddow is held in high esteem for calling a liar a liar. But no one is allowed to call out the most destructive groups of people there are in this country---we have to STOP being afraid of confronting them, because it takes a lot to make these people feel the burn of shame, but they have to be driven out of all the places of power and influence or this country will get worse.

I have had it with these people. Truth will set us free.

[sakabatou]

20. That "Pretend-it's-Obama" woman makes me ill

[Jamaal510]

24. Just for that, the next time I'm out on the baseball field

I'm going to pretend that every ball I hit is a Republican!

[Systematic Chaos]

25. I fucking LOVE your signature pic!

Henry Rollins is one of my heroes from back during my emotionally troubled late teens and 20s. Recordings of his speaking gigs helped keep me sane.

[BlueMidwest]

26. That is disgusting

I heard on NPR that the secret service are looking into it.

[DinahMoeHum]

27. Hey, "lady", the Secret Service would like a word with you. . .

[bluestateguy]

28. Typical song and dance: the Secret Service will "look into it"

And we know how this always works. A couple of guys in suits and dark glasses will interview the old bag, make a very stern warning and then leave her be. No arrest, no accountability.

[fightthegoodfightnow]

29. Santorum and Palin Take Sick Turns

Really sad.......has he not heard of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords?

Guns are used to silence political speech.

[GETPLANING]

30. To his credit, Santorum denounced the comment

But it says a lot about today's Republican voters.

[tiny elvis]

32. lee harvey oswald called attention to himself at a gun range (in louisiana?)

with a similar remark about kennedy
never mind classy
i would settle for not dangerous

[Julian Englis]

33. A cheap lesson for all of us on how not to act. Let the opponents show the world they are jerks.