One of the Florida GOP's top fundraisers mass-forwards an email joke whose punchline involves Obama's plane getting blown up.
--Michael Crowley
Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008 2:34 PM with 7 comment(s)
I thought this was kind of funny
St. Peter was sitting at his desk in front of the pearly gates when he
noticed a black man walking toward him. Peter rose to greet the new arrival.
"Welcome to Heaven. Your name, please?"
"Barack Obama"
"Well, Mr. Obama, tell me a little about yourself."
"I was the first black president of the United States."
St. Peter was flabbergasted. "You're kidding. America was finally able to
shake off the old prejudices and elect a black man to the presidency? When
did THIS happen?"
Obama glanced at his watch and said, "Oh, about 15 minutes ago."
The link didn't have the actual joke, so I can't judge how bad it is, but the punchline seemed idiotic and worse, sick.
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The first thing, the very first thing Obama needs to do upon taking office is triple the budget and staff of the Secret Service. Otherwise Joe Biden becomes POTUS before the cherry blossoms bloom in Washington in 2009.
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yard, that fear is why it took me nearly a year to persuade my mother in Iowa to caucus for Obama. (And frankly, I don't think I ever made the sale. She was bouncing between Obama and Richardson right up until Richardson asked his supporters to back Obama.) Anyway, she is still quite haunted by the assassinations of JFK, MLK, and RFK, and the fear that his success would lead to his murder kept my mom from backing Obama for a long time.
But Obama called McCain 'erratic,' so it's a wash.
Good news is that it won't be hard to find people who will take a bullet for Obama.
Is it any doubt who all of the secret service will be voting for? "Hmmm, I can spend 4 years of nights lying awake at night and 4 years of days with one hand on my Uzi... OR... I could spend the next 4 years carrying a defibrillator behind McCain"