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Please, everyone - quiet down. I want to be sure I hear the outraged roar of indignant protesters from the GOP . . . <br><br><font style="" color="#8064a2"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"><font style="" face="Verdana">Keely<br>www.keely-prevailingwinds.com<br></font></font></font><br><br><br><br>> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:47:01 -0700<br>> From: thansen@moscow.com<br>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] 'Obama Tags' Called a Joke<br>> <br>> Courtesy of today's (August 28, 2009) Spokesman Review.<br>> <br>> ----------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> ‘Obama tags’ called a joke<br>> <br>> BOISE – An Idaho Republican gubernatorial hopeful insists he was only<br>> joking when he said he’d buy a license to hunt President Barack Obama.<br>> <br>> Rex Rammell, a long-shot candidate slated to run against incumbent Butch<br>> Otter in the May 2010 GOP primary, made the comment at a Republican rally<br>> Tuesday in Twin Falls where talk turned to the state’s planned wolf hunt,<br>> for which hunters must purchase an $11.50 wolf tag. The hunt is due to<br>> begin Tuesday.<br>> <br>> When an audience member shouted a question about “Obama tags,” Rammell<br>> responded, “The Obama tags? We’d buy some of those.”<br>> <br>> Rammell told the Associated Press on Thursday he sees no reason to<br>> apologize because the comment was just a joke.<br>> <br>> “What I would say to all my Democrat Idahoans: Take a deep breath and<br>> relax,” he said. “We’re not going to go out and hunt Obama.”<br>> <br>> Threatening the president can be a felony punishable by five years in<br>> prison and a $250,000 fine<br>> <br>> ----------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Seeya at Farmers' Market, Moscow.<br>> <br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Moscow, Idaho<br>> <br>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<br>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."<br>> <br>> - Unknown<br>> <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br><br /><hr />With Windows Live, you can organize, edit, and share your photos. <a href='http://www.windowslive.com/Desktop/PhotoGallery' target='_new'>Click here.</a></body>
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