May 17
Off the Cuff
If I didn’t already have a relatively new category called “Mind Boggling,” this would be the story that could inspire it better than anything else.
Mike Huckabee, former presidential candidate and possible vice presidential contender for John McCain, was giving a speech on Friday during which there was a sudden noise from backstage. Huckabee tried to make a joke out of the interruption, and came up with this:
“That was Barack Obama. He just tripped off a chair. He was getting ready to speak and… somebody aimed a gun at him and he…he dove for the floor.”
The speech was being given, naturally, at the NRA. I’m sure they thought it was hilarious.
Huckabee didn’t waste much time issuing a statement of apology:
“During my speech at the NRA, a loud noise backstage, that sounded like a chair falling, distracted the crowd and interrupted my speech. I made an off hand remark that was in no way intended to offend or disparage Sen. Obama. I apologize that my comments were offensive. That was never my intention.”
Even politicians should be expected to have a little good taste. I don’t think that’s too much to ask for.
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May 17th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
You know, this is the first I’ve heard of this incident. I find it not only distasteful but offensive as well. I’m from Chicago. I am White and I live in the suburbs. Not far from here Black and Hispanic school children are losing their lives from gangbangers who use high powered assault weapons. Senator Obama represented mostly whites when he was in the Illinois Statehouse. Still, I have no doubt that he went to church with friends and family members of the deceased. At this point there have been about 30 Chicago Public School children to die by guns. I could go on and on about this. I won’t though. I don’t think that’s funny.
Jude
May 18th, 2008 at 9:35 am
You know what’s absolutely the most mind boggling to me? That statement is 100% representative of the core beliefs and policies of the leadership of the Republican party today. And millions of moderate Republican voters seem blind to that.