Wisconsin GOP Chairman "We need to execute Obama"

[Crossroads Inc.]

Huffingtonpost.com

Reince Priebus, Chairman of the Wisconsin GOP, referred to the "execution" of Obama three separate times during a recent media conference call.

"Feingold had mentioned that he thought that it would be good if we captured Obama in the battlefield setting and that he suffered the quote-unquote ultimate punishment there," Priebus told reporters while attempting to explain that Sen. Feingold (D-Wis.) was "out of the mainstream" because of his opposition to using capital punishment -- even on Osama bin Laden -- as a tool of the American criminal justice system.

"I find this point that he's made to be completely disgusting. I think it's offensive to the people of Wisconsin, I hope he has an explanation as to why he thinks Obama ought not to be executed and why he thinks we ought to bring Osama bin Laden to the United States that he should be captured alive and actually have a trial," Priebus said later.

Probed by reporters on how Republican Senate candidate Ron Johnson would feel on these issues, Priebus surmised that he would also favor the execution of "Obama."

"My guess is he would believe that Obama should be executed and he oughta be treated as a war criminal," Priebus explained.

A reporter from WisPolitics later pointed out his use of Obama instead of Osama.

"You mean Osama bin Laden I take it," the reporter said.

To be "fair" it seems it was a monstrous freudian slip. Not once, not twice, but Three times. The fact that a GOP member unknowing says "Obama" three times over when referring to someone he thinks should be executed for WarCrimes has got to be more then a subconscious slip of the tongue.

[Broomstick]

Priebus also doesn't seem to understand that there are states such as Wisconsin that do not have the death penalty and the majority there like it that way. In other words, for Wisconsin Feingold's opposition to the death penalty IS mainstream.

And, oh yeah, what the OP said.

[Patrick Degan]

Methinks the Secret Service just might be starting a file labeled "Priebus, Reince"...

[Broomstick]

If not actually paying him a visit...

[JME2]

If not actually paying him a visit...

Oh, that would make my week. Dumbfuck idiot.

[ShadowDragon8685]

If not actually paying him a visit...

Oh, that would make my week. Dumbfuck idiot.

It would, and he is, but if that happened then they might as well load up the GOP's propaganda ammunition themselves, seeing as they're hand-delivering it anyway. Seriously, if the Secret Service paid him a visit, dollars to doughnuts that the talking heads and propaganda arms would be screeching blue murder about abuse of power and harassing political rivals.

[Simon_Jester]

Fine.

Seriously, fine.

One big point of the great "You know you live in a shithole" test is when political figures can hold themselves above the law because law enforcement is afraid to touch them. We are dangerously close to that line, both among public officials and among private citizens with high political profiles (especially on the right). That is not a good place for us to stand, so I am prepared to accept the consequences if the Republicans squawk about the Secret Service paying Republican politicoes a visit when they threaten the president, because I don't want to wind up in a country where they are free to do so.

[Crossroads Inc.]

Both Shadow and Simon are correct on this...

The Secret Service, and by extent Obama, will not dare lift a finger against this guy specifically because they are petrified at the Right Wing back lash if they did so. Indeed it would happen, indeed faux news would blast "Tyrant Obama harresses poltician! Infringes on Free speech!" etc etc.

And because they are indeed petrified because of this, it only furthers people Priebus notion that they are either above the law.... Or correct. Because if people like this can hounestly get away with threatening the life of a sitting President without even a peep, it shows that Obama has no stomach to move aginst others who might take his words seriouslly.

[Liberty]

Both Shadow and Simon are correct on this...

The Secret Service, and by extent Obama, will not dare lift a finger against this guy specifically because they are petrified at the Right Wing back lash if they did so. Indeed it would happen, indeed faux news would blast "Tyrant Obama harresses poltician! Infringes on Free speech!" etc etc.

And because they are indeed petrified because of this, it only furthers people Priebus notion that they are either above the law.... Or correct. Because if people like this can hounestly get away with threatening the life of a sitting President without even a peep, it shows that Obama has no stomach to move aginst others who might take his words seriouslly.

Couldn't you still chalk it up to a slip of the tongue, though? I mean, Obama and Osama are fairly similar. Even if it was an intentional slip, wouldn't you have to prove that to warrant acting?

Edit: I just noted that the OP left off the end of the article. Here it is:

A reporter from WisPolitics later pointed out his use of Obama instead of Osama.

"You mean Osama bin Laden I take it," the reporter said.

"Uh, right," responded Priebus.

So he indicates that it was a slip of the tongue.

Besides, several of the statements don't make sense to be referring to Obama, especially because of the context of replying to another politician who is against the death penalty for Osama bin Ladin (apparently).

[Sarevok]

We are not allowed to say such things on a net forum like sdn. Yet a politician can flount the law in the open in front of the media ? They should go after him if only to make an example that all are equal before law regardless of wealth, power and influential connections.

[ShadowDragon8685]

We are not allowed to say such things on a net forum like sdn. Yet a politician can flount the law in the open in front of the media ? They should go after him if only to make an example that all are equal before law regardless of wealth, power and influential connections.

Yes. They should.

I happen to agree with Simon_Jester. This guy should be spit-roasted, but because they don't dare offend the GOP, he'll get spit-polished instead.

[Phantasee]

He's running against Obama's party, so in one corner of his mind Obama is the "enemy". At the same time he's talking about Osama, who has a name almost identical to the President's. The context makes it clear he's talking about bin Laden, so it's very clearly a slip of the tongue, where he's confusing a political enemy with an actual one, when they have practically the same name.

I wouldn't read too much into it, unless he makes it a habit.

[Thanas]

Indeed.

Heck, Biden has been making pretty crazy slips of the tongue as well as Hillary.

[Count Chocula]

Ted Kennedy made the same "Osama-Obama" slip in 2008. There' an old aphorism that goes something like "never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be explained by stupidity that I think applies here. Looking for a GOP psyops plot here is moronic.

[ShadowDragon8685]

Ted Kennedy made the same "Osama-Obama" slip in 2008. There' an old aphorism that goes something like "never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be explained by stupidity that I think applies here. Looking for a GOP psyops plot here is moronic.

We're not looking for a GOP Psyops plot.

We're pointing out the gigantic old pissing elephant strutting around the room and urinating all over everyone: that these shitheaded fuckers are so out-of-control that they can actually harbor "someone should kill Obama" so close to their hearts that when the topic of executing an unambiguous villain comes up, they transpose the President's name with him.

[Phantasee]

That's...not the most likely explanation for what happened. See my post up there? It's just a slip of the tongue and unless this guy makes a habit of it I don't see why we need to give a fuck about him.

Christ, there's so many of these douchebags running, do we really need a thread for every last mistake each of them makes? Let's stick with the real crazies from places that matter, like Paladino in NY. Who gives a fuck about Wisconsin?

[Thanas]

Indeed. Shadowdragonnumbers, unless you have real evidence proving that the guy is a bigot besides a slip of the tongue (heck, I misspoke and called Obama Osama a few times as well) then I'd advise you not to continue this line of argument.

[Flagg]

Indeed. Shadowdragonnumbers, unless you have real evidence proving that the guy is a bigot besides a slip of the tongue (heck, I misspoke and called Obama Osama a few times as well) then I'd advise you not to continue this line of argument.

Dude, he did it like a bunch of times in a row. Even if he's not a bigot, he still seems to associate the 2 in his head which is just as bad. If it were just once or even twice it would be one thing, but it was 3 times in the span of minutes.

[Thanas]

Chalk it up to Stress and a slip of the tongue. Heck, I have heard plenty of speeches where the guy who gave it misspoke a word for the entire duration of the speech. The entire context meanwhile suggests he meant Osama.


Flagg, if you want to continue this, bring up something new.

[Marcus Aurelius]

Dude, he did it like a bunch of times in a row. Even if he's not a bigot, he still seems to associate the 2 in his head which is just as bad.

Like Phant wrote, they are both his enemies in some way, so he really does associate them in that fashion. However, that is not a crime. What matters is that he clearly did not mean that Obama should be executed.