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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 06:11 PM

TeamPooka (3,373 posts)

Kelly Keisling, GOP Tennessee Legislator, Mass Emailed Obama 'Staged Assassination' Rumor

sigh...

WASHINGTON -- A Republican member of the Tennessee state legislature emailed constituents Tuesday morning with a rumor circulating in conservative circles that President Barack Obama is planning to stage a fake assassination attempt in an effort to stop the 2012 election from happening.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/31/kelly-keisling-tennessee-obama-rumor_n_1725053.html

They are just bat-shit crazy now.
What are they going to be like in Nov. when they lose again?

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Kelly Keisling, GOP Tennessee Legislator, Mass Emailed Obama 'Staged Assassination' Rumor (Original post)	TeamPooka	Aug 2012	OP
Same old repug crap. They said Clinton was going to	louis-t	Aug 2012	#1
tons of DUers predicted the same thing about *	dionysus	Aug 2012	#8
So I guess we're all full of	louis-t	Aug 2012	#12
i guess sometimes, yeah.	dionysus	Aug 2012	#15
we've certainly got some yahoos down here in tennessee	spanone	Aug 2012	#2
Yeah. Though Nashville is pretty smart until the Legislature is in session..........	socialist_n_TN	Aug 2012	#5
Ugh	47of74	Aug 2012	#3
hate?	TeamPooka	Aug 2012	#4
Attention Michele Bachmann - someone is trying to steal your act!	bullwinkle428	Aug 2012	#6
+1	TeamPooka	Aug 2012	#14
Ruh-roh, that means that someoone is planning	NashvilleLefty	Aug 2012	#7
This is one of those things where I don't know.	Bolo Boffin	Aug 2012	#9
I reported him to the FBI. We all should.	Zoeisright	Aug 2012	#10
I wish I'd thought of that...	TeamPooka	Aug 2012	#13
I recall JFK, RFK, MLK in every moment. This can't happen.	Faygo Kid	Aug 2012	#11
they have no sense of decency	TeamPooka	Aug 2012	#16

Response to TeamPooka (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 06:38 PM

louis-t (12,543 posts)

1. Same old repug crap. They said Clinton was going to

"declare Marshall Law so he can stay in the WH". 'Member that one?

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 12:09 AM

dionysus (22,297 posts)

8. tons of DUers predicted the same thing about *

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 11:59 AM

louis-t (12,543 posts)

12. So I guess we're all full of

shit!

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 11:29 PM

dionysus (22,297 posts)

15. i guess sometimes, yeah.

on DU we've also been on the verge of invading iran since 2004

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 06:55 PM

spanone (72,278 posts)

2. we've certainly got some yahoos down here in tennessee

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 10:09 PM

socialist_n_TN (8,462 posts)

5. Yeah. Though Nashville is pretty smart until the Legislature is in session..........

Then our collective IQ drops about 30 points each.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 08:21 PM

47of74 (6,724 posts)

3. Ugh

What the fuck is in the drinking water down there?

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 08:45 PM

TeamPooka (3,373 posts)

4. hate?

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 10:15 PM

bullwinkle428 (11,407 posts)

6. Attention Michele Bachmann - someone is trying to steal your act!

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Response to bullwinkle428 (Reply #6)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 02:06 PM

TeamPooka (3,373 posts)

14. +1

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Response to TeamPooka (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:02 PM

NashvilleLefty (811 posts)

7. Ruh-roh, that means that someoone is planning

a real assassination attempt, and if it fails they are laying the groundwork that it was a "fake" attempt.

Although much of TN is blue and it really should be a Swing state, there are plenty of extremists here that would actually be stupid enough to try and assassinate the President - just because he's Black. Or at least partially black.

Don't give up on the entire State - but we do have some radicalists here.

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Response to TeamPooka (Original post)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 12:31 AM

Bolo Boffin (22,569 posts)

9. This is one of those things where I don't know.

On the one hand, it's batcrap crazy, all right. Ludicrous poppycock meant to stroke some dollar bills out of a few nutbags' hands.

On the other hand, GOP candidates spreading this around sends a clear signal. Any dumbfuck who might seriously consider taking a shot at President Obama now knows just how they will be viewed. An attempt on President Obama's life will make him more sympathetic to the voting public, so that's one reason no self-respecting right-winger should attempt it. And if they do, then they will be turned into a Yellow Dog Commie Demmy-crat by the right-wing media faster than they could blink.

So which of these thought processes do I think Kelly Keisling is actually capable of?

Janet Moore, one of the recipients of Keisling's email, said she called the lawmaker Tuesday morning to express her disagreement with his decision to send the email. Moore, who lives in an adjoining legislative district in rural Tennessee, told HuffPost that Keisling told her that the rumor was "pretty ridiculous, isn't it?"

When she asked Keisling why he sent the email, if he found it ridiculous, she said that Keisling told her, "I wouldn't put anything past anybody."

Gonna have to go with door #1, Monty.

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Response to TeamPooka (Original post)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 12:35 AM

Zoeisright (7,997 posts)

10. I reported him to the FBI. We all should.

Just for the hell of it.

https://tips.fbi.gov/

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 12:11 PM

TeamPooka (3,373 posts)

13. I wish I'd thought of that...

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 12:37 AM

Faygo Kid (20,252 posts)

11. I recall JFK, RFK, MLK in every moment. This can't happen.

How DARE they fool with something like this. How DARE they.

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Fri Aug 3, 2012, 03:10 AM

TeamPooka (3,373 posts)

16. they have no sense of decency

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