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To: jlallen who wrote (161585)	8/28/2009 3:37:30 PM
From: Skywatcher	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

here are some that should be fired REPUBLICAN NUT CASES IN THE HOUSE!!!!!!!!!! NUMBER ONE Idaho man eyeing governorship says he was joking about hunting Obama Republican Rex Rammell says he sees no need to apologize for the hunting tags comment made in Twin Falls, and he calls on Democrats in Idaho to 'take a deep breath and relax.' Associated Press August 28, 2009 Boise, Idaho An Idaho Republican gubernatorial hopeful said he was only joking when he said he would buy a license to hunt President Obama. Rex Rammell, a long-shot candidate slated to run against incumbent C.L. "Butch" Otter in the May 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. 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 that he saw no reason to apologize because he was joking. "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." He also told the Times-News newspaper in Twin Falls, "I would never support him being assassinated." After Rammell's comment was published in the Times-News, he said one person sent him an e-mail indicating he would ask the FBI for an investigation. Threatening the president can be a felony punishable by five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Debbie Dujanovic Bertram, an FBI spokeswoman in Salt Lake City, said the agency couldn't comment on whether it was investigating or if it had received a complaint. Congresswoman defends 'great white hope' remark Republican Rep. Lynn Jenkins of Kansas says she did not use the phrase with President Obama in mind nor was she aware of its racist connotations. NUMBER TWO Associated Press August 28, 2009 Ottawa, Kan. Click here to find out more! A freshman Kansas congresswoman said Thursday that her remark about fellow Republicans seeking a "great white hope" was not a reference to someone who could challenge President Obama or his political agenda. Rep. Lynn Jenkins said she was instead making a comment about GOP leaders in the House and was trying to reassure Republicans that the party has bright leaders there. She used the phrase during an Aug. 19 forum in Hiawatha, Kan.; someone in the crowd recorded it and gave the video to the Kansas Democratic Party. Both she and an aide said Thursday they apologized if the comment offended anyone. But when she was asked about the remark after a town hall meeting in Ottawa, Jenkins also suggested it had been taken out of context. "Let's remember the context of this situation," she said. "I don't know how the president got injected into this debate." The phrase "great white hope" often is associated with pre-civil-rights-era racism. It is widely believed to have entered usage in the United States when boxer Jack Johnson, who was black, captured the heavyweight title in the early 20th century. Many whites reacted to Johnson's achievement by trying to find a white fighter -- whom they referred to as a "great white hope" -- who could beat him. Jenkins said she wasn't aware that the phrase had a negative connotation.