Huckabee jokes at NRA conference about someone trying to shoot Obama; Update: Painfully awkward video added; Update: Huckabee apologizes
posted at 3:59 pm on May 16, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Stupid, and doubtless to receive plenty of attention since it’s useful to so many groups. The left will use it as a Larger Truth about the NRA; the media will use it to find some racial subtext that isn’t actually there; and righteous conservative bloggers will use it to gently suggest that perhaps Huck isn’t VP material.
Way to help gun owners shed those stereotypes of being reckless and/or deranged, though.
During a speech before the National Rifle Association convention Friday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee — who has endorsed presumptive GOP nominee John McCain — joked that an unexpected offstage noise was Democrat Barack Obama looking to avoid a gunman.
“That was Barack Obama, he just tripped off a chair, he’s getting ready to speak,” said the former Arkansas governor, to audience laughter. “Somebody aimed a gun at him and he dove for the floor.”
Melodramatic exit question from the comments to the CNN post: “Is this a man of God?”
Update: Headlines comments imported.
Update: Well, this makes things nice and easy for Russert, at least.
Update: It comes at around the halfway point. The silence is excruciating. Click the image to watch.
Update: Huck makes amends:
“I made an off hand remark that was in no way intended to offend or disparage Sen. Obama,” the statement said. “I apologize that my comments were offensive. That was never my intention.”
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At the NRA convention, no less.
Thanks, Huck!
Slublog on May 16, 2008 at 3:22 PM
I think that should end the “Huck for VP” movement
Thank you Jesus!
funky chicken on May 16, 2008 at 3:25 PM
Asshat.
Limerick on May 16, 2008 at 3:26 PM
Ghastly. What a loser. Try to engage more than one brain cell at a time, Huck.
Fortunately, Obama won’t mind. Just file it away under ‘Crazy Things Pastors Say’.
Spirit of 1776 on May 16, 2008 at 3:30 PM
Huck’s a real funny guy. Of course, now he’ll have to apologize 2 or 3 times in the national spotlight, to gain a little more face time and some more speaking engagements.
a capella on May 16, 2008 at 3:33 PM
someone just dropped out of VP contention.
lorien1973 on May 16, 2008 at 3:34 PM
Well that ought to dissapoint, what, like 3 people?
Zetterson on May 16, 2008 at 3:36 PM
Meanwhile adding to the myth that all gun owners spend their time waving them around at family and friends. Fabulous.
Tanya on May 16, 2008 at 3:41 PM
But it makes squirrels a hell of a lot more frightened…
Darksean on May 16, 2008 at 3:41 PM
Could someone please shut the dumbass up?
amerpundit on May 16, 2008 at 3:42 PM
LOL
funky chicken on May 16, 2008 at 3:44 PM
:O
For all the fluff about who’s saying “mean” things about other people that line just floored me…
On the bright side (as others have already commented)
VP chance >poof
Skywise on May 16, 2008 at 3:46 PM
He was probably just trying to make a joke about Obama fearing guns and not understanding guns, and he phrased it very inartfully.
He should have said something along the lines of, Somebody walked past him with their vintage whatever rifle and he dove for the floor when he saw it”. Or better yet, he should have stuck to his scripted comments. :-)
DaveS on May 16, 2008 at 3:48 PM
Heh
Zetterson on May 16, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Hey, one more reason I’m looking at the Republican Party with disgust.
Great.
MadisonConservative on May 16, 2008 at 4:02 PM
Are the Huck apologists on break ??
redrock on May 16, 2008 at 4:02 PM
Yeah, where are the Huck apologists? 800 tedious comments or bust, kids!
Allahpundit on May 16, 2008 at 4:03 PM
Huckabee wants to be a leader… odd that he doesn’t know how one would act in public.
What a jackass.
Skeptic on May 16, 2008 at 4:04 PM
And with one joke, he torpedoes his VP viability.
Can’t blame this one on anyone else buddy.
Hawkins1701 on May 16, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Bible studies to commence in 4,3,2,1…..
redrock on May 16, 2008 at 4:05 PM
I thought Huckabee’s campaign was all about him liking the Messiah?
its vintage duh on May 16, 2008 at 4:05 PM
This should prove to all that there is a God after all.
Bambi on May 16, 2008 at 4:06 PM
The good news is we won’t be looking at his name on the ballot in November!
I always knew his juvenile humor would catch up with him.
ctmom on May 16, 2008 at 4:07 PM
The biggest problem with this is that he totally let slip the vast right wing conspiracy to assassinate Obama. I suspect Huck will have a “fatal heart attack” by the end of the week, if you know what I mean.
/SARCASM. Please nobody send the police on me.
jimmy the notable on May 16, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Thank God he’s from Arkansas and not the Great State of Tennessee. Can we send Fred! over there to beat his a@@? How ’bout Jackie and Dunlap?
robblefarian on May 16, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Proving once again that NONE of the Republican candidates that stayed in the race much past ‘Super Tuesday’ should be considered for the position of Dog-Catcher in ‘Shelbyville’, much less as for President of the United States.
LegendHasIt on May 16, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Surely some bitter, gun-toting, zealot is planning it.
Kafir on May 16, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Populist? Go, weasel.
mymanpotsandpans on May 16, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Just a dumb thing for Huckabee to say.
SoulGlo on May 16, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Eddie Murphy said almost the exact same thing about Jesse Jackson. I guess being held accountable matters who you are…or what you look like.
fossten on May 16, 2008 at 4:15 PM
I was trying for the life of me to figure out why Huckabee wasn’t going to challenge Mark Pryor (no Republican is for that matter). I assumed he had a lock on a Veep spot, apparently not. The thing is that I really like Huckabee, he is from a state that we could take (assuming that Clinton will actually draw Democrats in at the end). Huckabee was ideal. Well, he may have just ended it, it was a dumb comment, certainly not something that he can’t recover from, but pretty bad. Well, Obama can recover from an endorsement from Hamas, being chums with Ayers, and his preacher being a maniacal racist. Maybe Huckabee could pull this off.
However, I am thinking that it will be someone else, preferably from Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, or Virginia. I like Charlie Crist. Oh well, we need a Republican President to combat the oncoming 50 seat majority by the Democrats in the House, and 4 seat majority in the Senate (the Senate looks more positive, we will lose Va, NH, Or, and NM, but we will take La). No time for gloom and doom. We need to find a way to turn Iraq around in the mind of the nation (I think that drawing the number of troops down in half would be a good start).
Remember, businessmen support the GOP in numbers, we have 4 of the 20 richest men in the country giving big to the Republicans, and the Dems have 0. The people who create most wealth in the US support those who don’t want to destroy it. (Surprise!)
We have a fighting chance, the Democrats are clearly wrong most of the time, we just need to find a way to prove we are right, a few populist views might be a good start (like our bizarre policy of not punishing illegals and those who employ them).
OK I am truly sorry for ranting, but I don’t have a blog and I have a lot to say.
Canerican on May 16, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Gee, ya think?
AZCoyote on May 16, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Where’s Redpill? I’m eager to find out how he thinks this joke imapcts God’s grand plan to land Huckabee in the Whitehouse.
Zetterson on May 16, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Not to mention feeding the “Obama assassination” theorists.
As if we haven’t already seen many a moonbats willingness to take out Bush.
The Ugly American on May 16, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Talk about shit for brains. All it does is run out of his mouth.
cjs1943 on May 16, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Hey, give the guy a break. It’s hard for a attention whore to get media love past the dropping out of the race thing, he had to dig deep and get slimey but any coverage is good coverage once you’re a nobody again.
Buzzy on May 16, 2008 at 4:17 PM
3 words…
Arrr Kannnn Saaawwwww
Hyuck, hyuck, hyuck.
Yer reeeeelll Fuuuunnnnnyyyy.
Effing dumb a$$.
babylonandon on May 16, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Only problem with that is that even before he went into politics, his verbal ability was part of his profession.
This, IMO, is the real problem:
I would also like to point out that most of the evangelicals on this board (including Bryan) were not on board for Huck, so to speak :-), until registration opened at a crucial time during the primaries and the Huckabees jumped into the arena.
INC on May 16, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Ladies and gentlemen: the next President of the United States of Red Pill…
sulla on May 16, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Har. He’ll be along, I’m sure.
Remember, though, Huck’s presidency is only half the prophesy. The other half is that I’ll personally be so moved by this miracle political ascendance that I’ll convert to Christianity. Can’t wait.
Allahpundit on May 16, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Judging by the context I think he was just being sarcastic and I thought it was funny. I’m thinking this is just more manufactured outrage because people don’t like Huck.
Darth Executor on May 16, 2008 at 4:19 PM
I hope for his sake he was quoted inaccurately - just an additional word or two might have softened the remarks somewhat. I’m sad to admit that I suspect that’s more or less exactly what he said. Anyway, there’s no good excuse for bringing up the subject.
As for the VP talk, for a brief moment it seemed to some like a good idea, but I don’t think it was ever more than a campfire story for a certain brand of hard right conservatives to scare each other with.
CK MacLeod on May 16, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Huck just ended his VP hope for us.
Thank you Jesus!
maverick muse on May 16, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Yeah, I never understood that part. Somehow Huckabee getting into office is going to make you believe there is a God?
amerpundit on May 16, 2008 at 4:21 PM
I’m so glad you didn’t ban him. I am trembling in anticipation of reading his spin on this!
RushBaby on May 16, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Seriously, what is the problem with these people (like Schmuck). Is it so hard to remember that you are in a public forum and that EVERYTHING you say and do will be held against you? Is it so hard to remember that, in this case, you are representing gun rights advocates and need to put the cause first?
Nosferightu on May 16, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Ha Ha Ubama is a coward and a terrorist appeaser.
What no video AP?
SaintOlaf on May 16, 2008 at 4:23 PM
They seem to drop off every day about this time and show up later in the evening. My guess is commuting.
Oldnuke on May 16, 2008 at 4:24 PM
It’s about time he had his Macaca moment.
Now he can just go away.
ChrisM on May 16, 2008 at 4:25 PM
If Huck wins, Allah, go Mormon. Imagine the thread volume arguing over whether RedPill gets credit…
sulla on May 16, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Do some politicians ever learn anything? At least he didn’t say that Obama and Romney and his brother the Devil, who was sitting next to him, all dove for the floor. I guess that’s something anyway.
MB4 on May 16, 2008 at 4:26 PM
robblefarian on May 16, 2008 at 4:11 PM
I’d be either surprised or disappointed if the NRA doesn’t eventually make a statement to ostracize Huck from THEIR lobby. Geez, who needs a millstone around their neck when the flood waters are rising?
maverick muse on May 16, 2008 at 4:26 PM
And the spin begins. What Huckabee said was okay, because it communicated a higher truth.
Like, wow, man. Groovy.
Slublog on May 16, 2008 at 4:27 PM
Do you feel a tingle up your leg too? :-)
Oldnuke on May 16, 2008 at 4:27 PM
I blame the bro of christ.
ninjapirate on May 16, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Hahaha! Ah that is beautiful.
Zetterson on May 16, 2008 at 4:28 PM
This man is a cull!
PappaMac on May 16, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Did Mike Huckabee just(GASP!) call Mubarak Ubama a coward?
Get a rope.
SaintOlaf on May 16, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Totally inappropriate.
My collie says:
If you find the perfect church, don’t join. You’ll ruin it.
My collie says:
CyberCipher on May 16, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Itch down trigger finger.
RushBaby on May 16, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Ahhh for some reason CNN videos don’t work on my computer! Must. Find. Youtube. Link.
Please somebody help. I simply must see Huck’s painfully awkward moment.
Zetterson on May 16, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Wasn’t st o the one who had the vision about huck?
Bambi on May 16, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Just watch the vid. Lord almighty…
Shoulda thrown a chair at him.
MadisonConservative on May 16, 2008 at 4:32 PM
No, that was Red Pill. St O just tells us all that we are destined for the lake of fire and that America deserves to be destroyed.
phronesis on May 16, 2008 at 4:35 PM
Then he stuck his hand under his armpit and made fart sounds for the amusement of all.
Akzed on May 16, 2008 at 4:35 PM
Agh just saw the video. So bad.
RushBaby on May 16, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Hey Folks, I got a million of ‘em.
Cicero43 on May 16, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Actually, it sounded more like he accused Obama of having common sense. What else is someone going to do when a gun is pointed at them?
Stupid joke.
Slublog on May 16, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Well I just checked over at dailykos and guess what their very top thread is about.
Hint: It is not them fighting over Obama v. Clinton.
MB4 on May 16, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Slublog on May 16, 2008 at 4:27 PM
The MSM decided with Diane Sawyer that we are not to take a politician’s gaff the wrong way by assuming “bad” intentions (BHO sweetie). Watch for Huckabee to confess his own progressive liberalism in order to experience MSM compassion since only liberals have the monopoly on truly good intentions.
maverick muse on May 16, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Hussein walks into a bar, and says “Ouch.”
Akzed on May 16, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Not funny at all. Plus everyone knows that Obama would stop a bullet ala Neo….
JVelez on May 16, 2008 at 4:38 PM
The Huck Pharisees are sleeping. They were up late last night in the SSM thread.
baldilocks on May 16, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Gee. Thanks, Huckster. Thanks a *lot.*
I do not feel free to say what I’d like to say about Mike Huckabee, because I actually care how gun owners come off in public, unlike Ol’ Lonesome Rhodes.
I do, however, have no compunctions about saying I *dearly* hope the Secret Service pays him a visit that leaves the Huckster crapping his shorts, because he damn well deserves it.
Well-Armed Lamb on May 16, 2008 at 4:38 PM
not my president
disco on May 16, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Actually he’s accusing Dems of being paranoid idiots who think all gun owners are psychos waiting to explode. I’m sure the daily kos appreciates the apologetics though (and I’m not just singling you out, this applies to just about everybody here).
Darth Executor on May 16, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Oh he’s around alright.
RushBaby on May 16, 2008 at 4:39 PM
That’s Huck…the poor fool…
right2bright on May 16, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Shameful and disgusting.
Huckabee once again says something to make Conservatives, Christians and Gun Owners look bad.
Can the RNC get a restraining order against him?
EJDolbow on May 16, 2008 at 4:40 PM
And Huck cries, “Don’t taze me, bro!”
maverick muse on May 16, 2008 at 4:41 PM
eh….
stupid, clumsy joke. I’m not even sure what it means. But I still think Huck is OK in my book, all things considered.
ChenZhen on May 16, 2008 at 4:42 PM
Yes. Because ducking a bullet would be a cowardly thing to do. To quote the beloved Ronald Reagan, “Honey, I forgot to be a coward”.
amerpundit on May 16, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Really? You got that from his few words? Sounds to me like he was just making a stupid joke on the fly about guns at the conference of an organization all about responsible gun ownership.
Slublog on May 16, 2008 at 4:44 PM
One of the things required of somebody who wants to lead is that he knows what is acceptable speech and what is not acceptable speech.
You have to say what you mean and mean what you say. Why do you think George Bush speaks so slowly when in public (He is much more fluid in private)? It is to avoid this sort of stupidity.
This is unacceptable to everybody but those blinded by the light from the halo above Huck’s head.
EJDolbow on May 16, 2008 at 4:44 PM
oh, come on…i dislike huckabee with a burning passion, but this is such an non issue. omg, he talked about a person who happens to be partially black, it must be tehh racist!!! give me a break. lame joke, but get real.
therightwinger on May 16, 2008 at 4:44 PM
The Huckabee macaca moment…
I think that Huckabee is simply tone deaf and in love with the sound of his own voice. He has this attitude of what’s-not-to-like-about-me that is a real turnoff.
The best kind of humor is self-deprecating. Huckabee spends his efforts of juvenile, not even sly, humor at the expense of others.
For a person appealing to the NRA with the “we want less government”, I have to wonder about his desire to intrude on our eating and smoking habits, among other issues.
onlineanalyst on May 16, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Are you filling in for RedPill?
right2bright on May 16, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Yes, and that’s what the stupid joke was about: mocking dems (with Obama as their rep) for their paranoia. Do you seriously think the joke was about Obama dodging bullets instead of being a man and catching them with his teeth like Sledge Hammer?
Darth Executor on May 16, 2008 at 4:46 PM
No one here said it was racist. Just stupid.
Slublog on May 16, 2008 at 4:46 PM
Idiot.
peacenprosperity on May 16, 2008 at 4:46 PM
therightwinger on May 16, 2008 at 4:44 PM
We’re just enjoying Friday afternoon with a fun non issue that will bite Huck in the butt. It usually takes a contortionist to be able to accomplish that on his own.
maverick muse on May 16, 2008 at 4:46 PM
There. Fixed that for you. No need to thank me. Just bein’ neighborly.
My collie says:
Oh, yeah, sure, that’s right. We’re all just having a cultural misunderstanding here. /sarcasm off
No. Sorry. I don’t think so. It’s more likely that bitter, Bible totin’, gun slinging, clingers are now going to share some of their antipathy with Mikie.
CyberCipher on May 16, 2008 at 4:47 PM
Please. It was a cheap, easy joke about people taking a shot at someone who might take away their guns. I.e. Obama wouldn’t be welcome at an NRA meeting.
Allahpundit on May 16, 2008 at 4:47 PM
Does not everyone here know that we are not allowed,under any circumstances, to insult the wonderful character of the almighty Hussein?
We are NOT allowed to talk about his islamism, his just racism against the evil white devils, his beautiful and fair communism, his virtue of being blackmailed by terrorists, his compassionate traits such as cowardice and moral relativity regarding the truth, his al qaeda connections(which make him better fit to end terrorism), his attempts to islamize kenya, or his cocaine and cigarette addictions….
Wait a second….according to internal polling, this is actually how we will defeat him.
Nevermind.
Game on baby!
SaintOlaf on May 16, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Yep you’re right. Lame joke is all it was. Sort of like macaca was a lame joke. How’d that work out. By the way I’m agreeing with you, it was just a lame joke he didn’t mean anything by it. But the consequences may be considerable for whatever reasons. Words have meaning especially for someone running for public office, and they stick around a long time.
Oldnuke on May 16, 2008 at 4:48 PM
It has nothing to do with racism. He’s joking about someone aiming a gun at a Senator/presidential candidate. It was a stupid “joke”.
amerpundit on May 16, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Yes, we need more PC in our society, there isn’t enough already.
Yes, and we all know how well respected Bush is when it comes to his speeches.
“This is unacceptable to everybody who hates Huck’s guts and wants to see him dead! Neener neener neener!”
Look mom, I can discredit people on the Internet with stupidass one-liners too!
Darth Executor on May 16, 2008 at 4:49 PM
That has nothing to do with this. If someone “joked” about Huckabee getting shot, you’d be up in arms.
Allahpundit on May 16, 2008 at 4:50 PM
I would hope that whomever invited this moron to speak at the NRA is out of a job.
.
Official Notice: If you want to embarr@ss your organization or company, invite this clown to speak at your function.
.
Question: He’s not going to be allowed to speak at the GOP convention, is he???
AZCON on May 16, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Meh
- The Cat
MirCat on May 16, 2008 at 4:52 PM
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