BREAKING: Al Austin, Top GOP Florida official emails "joke" about Killing Obama

[trueblue2007]

Why isn't the SECRET SERVICE getting involved in this stuff??? It is NOT funny. The Secret Service is supposed to PROTECT our candidates!!
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Top Tampa GOP Figure Circulates Joke About Killing Obama
Posted Oct 15, 2008 by William March
Updated Oct 15, 2008 at 05:58 PM


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.



When asked about the e-mail, Austin said it was a mistake and apologized and that he wouldn’t knowingly have circulated it. He said he planned to send an apology and retraction to the same e-mail list.

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.

According to the forwarding history on the e-mail, it had gone through at least two other individuals before being sent to Austin on Tuesday.

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.

http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/top-tampa-gop-figure-circulates-joke-about-killing-obama

[rzemanfl]

1. I posted this yesterday:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4243627&mesg_id=4243627

[geckosfeet]

2. These poeple are ignorant. eom

[The Doctor.]

3. 'I didn't know what the email I sent everyone said...'

Ummmmm..... BULLSHIT?

[Left Is Write]

9. Exactly. This tells us one of two things:

1. Al Austin is a lying liar.

or

2. Al Austin is too stupid to actually read emails that he forwards, thus rendering him too stupid to hold any official office in any capacity.

Neither option looks too good for Al, does it?

[scarletwoman]

4. It's really fascinating how this election has been bringing all these racists out into the light of

day. And they all make the same kinds of idiotic excuses when they are caught.

Did you see this thread? This is what keeps African-Americans from joining the Republican Party

sw

[sandnsea]

6. the Florida teacher, the Oregon cutout hanging,

Kentucky GOP racist remarks. We should make a list. This is outrageous.

[uponit7771]

5. Annnnnnnd all rhe racists show thier true selves

[TooRaLoo]

7. This "joke" sadly has been around for awhile.

I saw someone post it on another forum. She was outraged because other people (repukes) were arguing with her about its implication.

Coming from someone like this (from anyone, really) it really needs to be reported.

[Ilsa]

8. And these people go nuts if a someone says McDone is OLD?

The SS should investigate all this shit. And these people are juvenile in their behavior.

[AndyTiedye]

10. I really fear for our guy now. They have declared open season!

:grr:

[Quantess]

11. They really have.

I'm afraid this is the tip of the iceberg.

[Chulanowa]

12. Austin: "I'm a lying dumbfuck"

That's what I'm getting from him here.

And that's a "joke"? People laugh at that? That's like a Mallard Filmore strip

[Sydnie]

13. Do these guys read anything EVER? Isn't that always their excuse?

ENOUGH dudes.

[Motown_Johnny]

14. this was posted a couple days ago.. My reaction was that McCain's plane was hit by a friendly missle

dumb asses