[Vision2020] 'Obama Tags' Called a Joke

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of today's (August 28, 2009) Spokesman Review.

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‘Obama tags’ called a joke

BOISE – An Idaho Republican gubernatorial hopeful insists he was only
joking when he said he’d buy a license to hunt President Barack Obama.

Rex Rammell, a long-shot candidate slated to run against incumbent Butch
Otter in the May 2010 GOP primary, made the comment at a Republican rally
Tuesday in Twin Falls where talk turned to the state’s planned wolf hunt,
for which hunters must purchase an $11.50 wolf tag. The hunt is due to
begin Tuesday.

When an audience member shouted a question about “Obama tags,” Rammell
responded, “The Obama tags? We’d buy some of those.”

Rammell told the Associated Press on Thursday he sees no reason to
apologize because the comment was just a joke.

“What I would say to all my Democrat Idahoans: Take a deep breath and
relax,” he said. “We’re not going to go out and hunt Obama.”

Threatening the president can be a felony punishable by five years in
prison and a $250,000 fine

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Seeya at Farmers' Market, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

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