Have you seen Mike Huckabee remind us why he is a sad pathetic joke who should never try to tell one? (Especially if he is going to attempt improv.)
For those who can't watch video, Huckabee was addressing the NRA convention today when his address was interrupted by a loud noise. He tried to make a joke, saying "[T]hat was Barack Obama. He just tripped off a chair. He's getting ready to speak and somebody aimed a gun at him and he -- he dove for the floor."
What the fuck? That is the sort of thing that a kid would get expelled from school and sent to see a shrink for saying.
But it was a joke, you see.
Well, listen up, Huckleberry. Lemme asplain this and I am going to type r.e.a.l.l.y. s.l.o.w. so you can follow and I only have to say it once.
First of all, Huckster, stick with jokes that start "a Priest, a Rabbi and a duck walked into a bar..."
Second, no one is obligated to say "Oh, well, okay then. Never mind," and just let it slide every time some stupid mother fucker says some stupid, hateful, bigoted thing - in "joke" format.
The problem isn't now, and has never been, that the people who are offended need to get a sense of humor. The problem is that stupid, bigoted, hateful "jokes" are not funny. And any joke that implies an assassination attempt on a candidate that has received secret service protection since early in the primary season is so far from funny that words fail me.
And this is what the republicans have to offer. They can slander. They can imply cowardice and they can scream "appeaser!" That's it.
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Okay. I understand that Huck has apologized.
To which I say "so?"
Let me put it this way - I have a four year old granddaughter. Even she understands that even the most heartfelt apologies are not get out of jail free cards.
So shut up and go away now. This is the sort of thing that should hound him off the public stage that he might molest decent people no more.
