This is bad on so many levels — and it certainly should neutralize John McCain’s fake outrage of being compared to George Wallace by Civil Rights hero, Rep. John Lewis:
Al Austin, a longtime, high-level Republican fundraiser from Tampa, today sent to his list of political contacts an e-mail containing a joke that refers to the assassination of Barack Obama…
The joke concerns a group of schoolchildren discussing the definition of “tragedy” as opposed to “great loss” or “accident.” The punch line comes when one child says that if an airplane carrying Obama and his wife, Michelle, “was struck by a ‘friendly fire’ missile and blown to smithereens,” the event might be a tragedy “because it certainly wouldn’t be a great loss, and it probably wouldn’t be an accident either.”
Austin acknowledged sending the e-mail to his list of political contacts but said he forwarded it without fully reading it and didn’t know what it said. That list included at least two reporters.
Austin, a prominent real estate developer long known as one of the state’s leading Republican campaign fundraisers, has served in recent years as finance chairman for both the national and state Republican parties.
On top of everything else, the joke is not funny. More evidence, if any were needed, that conservatives are born without the sense of humor gene.
Get over yourself. The joke is hilarious. You’re allowed to have some fun, now and again, and still vote Democrat.
He “forwarded it without fully reading it.” What? It’s not like it was a long joke, and if he didn’t fully read it, why would he decide it was worth sending to others?
This is as disingenuous as Palin’s claim that she saw the Tina Fey impersonation on SNL but “had the sound turned down.” Yeah, right, I too often watch TV without the sound, especially when someone is doing an impersonation of me.
Here’s a joke for “anon”:
“What’s the difference between “anon” and a stinking corpse with a bullet in his/her head?
Time.”
Ha ha. Yeah, real funny, right?
Forward email to US Secret Service.
Profit!
Sick, sicker, and sickest - McCain, Palin, and this moron.
I think conservatives are born without the morality gene as well.
hey anon… Not funny! Extremely inappropriate to boot. As far as the dude claiming not to have read the whole thing…. who forwards emails to everyone they know without knowing what they’re sending? What a moron, but what do you expect from the GOP?
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Not even well-told: it’s better to stick with the tried-and-true,
“What’s the difference between an accident and a misfortune?”
—”If <political figure> were shot at/fall in a river/choke on Rush Limbo’s minute member, that would be an accident. If <political figure> does that and survives, that would be a misfortune.
Get your offensive political humour RIGHT, mudkips.
The original joke is:
LAUGH BREAK AT BUSH’S EXPENSE
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 15:29:51 EST
Neferteria
Subject: Laugh Break at Bush’s Expense
President George Bush is visiting an elementary school and visits a fourth grade class. They are in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings. The teacher asks the President if he would like to lead the class in the discussion of the word, “tragedy.”
So our illustrious leader asks the class for an example of a “tragedy.” One little boy stands up and offers, “If my best friend, who lives next door, is playing in the street and a car comes along and runs him over, that would be a tragedy.”
“No,” says Bush, “that would be an accident.”
A little girl raises her hand: “If a school bus carrying 50 children drove off a cliff, killing everyone involved, that would be a tragedy.”
“I’m afraid not,” explains the President. “That’s what we would call a GREAT LOSS.” The room goes silent. No other children volunteer.
President Bush searches the room. “Isn’t there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?”
Finally, way in the back of the room, Lil’ Johnny raises his hand. In a quiet voice he says, “If Air Force One, carrying President and Mrs. Bush, was struck by a missile and blown up to smithereens, that would be a tragedy.
“Fantastic,” exclaims Bush, “that’s right. And can you tell me WHY that would be a tragedy?”
“Well,” Lil’ Johnny says, “because it wouldn’t be an accident, and it certainly would be no great loss.”
Still not funny.