Massachusetts Sheriff Jokes That President Obama Should Be Shot

[alp227]

Source: Think Progress

At a Massachusetts Republican Party St. Patrick’s Day breakfast Sunday, Plymouth County Sheriff Joseph D. McDonald, Jr. (R) joked that the nation would be better off if President Obama were assassinated.

Blue Mass Group reports that the Boston Globe noted the stunning comment Sunday:

McDonald offered a joke about Barack Obama being visited in a dream by three past presidents, who offered advice on how to improve the country. Lincoln’s advice: “Go to the theater.”

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/03/18/1738531/massachusetts-sheriff-jokes-that-president-obama-should-be-shot/

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And the Boston Globe SCRUBBED the shooting Obama joke from the article!

[chillfactor]

1. sounds like the secret service..

need to pay the sherrif a visit.....

[Purveyor]

4. Indeed he will get a visit and no doubt wear it as another 'badge of honor'... eom

[southernyankeebelle]

27. You would think law informant would be happy that the president is trying to have some gun control.

What a prick. I hope they demote him, or have a recall or not vote him back in.

[Robb]

2. 1) Oldest joke on the planet.

2) Any public figure stupid enough to tell it deserves everything that comes their way.

[slackmaster]

3. There are some subjects that not even professional comedians should attempt to joke about

That's one of them.

[B Stieg]

5. Sure this guy doesn't work for LAPD?

Sounds like he'd fit right in, oh, perhaps in Rampart Division.

[timdog44]

18. I think he came from

Steubenville.

[BlueJazz]

19. or Stupidville.

[Cha]

6. No fuckhead mcdonald.. President Obama is the will of the

People. Something assholes like yourself don't respect.

Will he be fired?

[loli phabay]

10. probuably not, no but he may lose his next election depends on his county electorate.

[Brigid]

39. I would hope so. But I wouldn't count on it.

After all, Crazy Sheriff Joe is still in office.

[Lionessa]

7. Granted, it shouldn't have been said at a public venue, and

being the sheriff and all, he should be more politic. HOWEVER, I remember being reminded that if GWB was shot then Chaney would be pres often enough, that I have no doubt I must've said, "GWB should be shot" numerous times.

[AndyTiedye]

13. Most Of Us Wanted GWB and Deadeye Dick Impeached and Sent to the Hague

[Lionessa]

14. I agree and did and do, but I think that I mouthed off about him being shot often.

Just being honest here. If it's okay for me to mouth off... I'm not a public official at a public event, granted, but it is a sort of semi-normal, not at all serious comment that our culture uses against our enemies often in our small lives, not public ones, I cede that part.

[jmowreader]

20. And most of us wanted Deadeye Dick to be impeached FIRST!

Impeach Bush first, and Cheney would have been president.

[SCVDem]

8. Finally, a use for Donald Trump!

"You're FIRED!

And you're an asshole!

[chuckstevens]

9. God Dammit, I'm Tired of This!

Why are people like this a-hole not being arrested? No more allowing this as just a joke! And the kicker is that if anyone has said this about Bush or Cheney THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED! President Obama should NOT be treated as a lesser president!

[freshwest]

11. Right again. What's with this? I don't want the President martyred.

[Initech]

15. I know! We should start arresting these morons left and right.

They are deliberately and blatantly threatening the Chief Executive of the USA. That should be considered an act of treason. But for some reason it isn't.

[Nye Bevan]

51. Should these DUers have been arrested?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5423626

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1506299&mesg_id=1506351

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5314645

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2640803&mesg_id=2670820

[defacto7]

33. Somehow, they think they can get away with it.

Why is that? Not how do they get away with it, but why do they think they can? Have they thought this through, or is there a reason they think they will be untouchable?

[xtraxritical]

38. It was not a direct threat, it was plainly an attempt at humor and I will not forfeit my first

amendment rights to free speech because I did not like this morans humor. Many posters here do not think beyond their political correctness. (edit for spelling, "forfeit&quot

[Nye Bevan]

52. Really? Were these DUers arrested?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5423626

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1506299&mesg_id=1506351

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5314645

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2640803&mesg_id=2670820

[marble falls]

12. Nope. No racism here.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

16. And of course we all know that since this was a Republican event,....

....that means everyone in the audience laughed.

And OF COURSE since this was a Republican event they are all shocked to discover when what goes on in there becomes public. They consider themselves the "members only" party.

[secondvariety]

17. Another

Sheriff Joe...

The worst part about this is the scrubbing by the Boston Globe. It should have been the headline.

[Dawson Leery]

21. He needs to lose his job, immediately!

[JohnnyRingo]

22. Told about every president since Ford

At least that's when I think I heard it, but for all I know it could go back to 1870.

It's only funny the first time, so I hope he didn't get a big laugh out of it. I'd hate to think his friends are as stale and stupid as his jokes.

[jmowreader]

23. Twelve years ago, they took jokes against the president seriously...

A Muslim, a Baptist, and a Catholic walk into a bar.

The Catholic says, "I heard President Bush is giving a speech here this week. I wonder if he'll be using an interpreter."

The Baptist says, "Yeah, to translate it into English."

They have a few more drinks and the Baptist says, "I wonder if they'll show it on a wide screen television. They call him the 'Big Picture President' you know."

The Catholic answers, "I doubt it. His 'big picture' could fit on the head of a pin."

After few more drinks, the Baptist comments, "Maybe someone should shove that pin up his ass."

The Catholic responds, "He'd squeal louder if they shoved a jalapeno pepper up his ass."

The Baptist says, "Yeah, a jalapeno. Talk about a Burning Bush!"

With that, an FBI agent arrests the Catholic and the Baptist for threatening bodily harm to the Sole Commander in Chief of the United States, and takes them both into custody.

The bartender looks at the Muslim and says, "Wow! Can you believe that?"

The Muslim replies, "That's nothing. John Poindexter was convicted of lying to Congress, obstruction of justice, and destroying Federal evidence about the criminal conspiracy to sell arms to Iran, and Bush just appointed him Director of the Pentagon's Total Information Awareness Office."

On March 9, 2001, Richard Humphreys of Portland, Ore., was in a Watertown, S.D., bar and told the above joke. On December 6, 2002, that joke got Mr. Humphreys a 37-month sentence in federal penitentiary for "threatening to kill or harm the President."

[snagglepuss]

36. This posts needs a thread of its own. I didn't know about this travesty and I'm sure

many others missed this "tidbit".

[City Lights]

24. Republicanism is a disease.

Maybe someday there will be a cure.

[OneAngryDemocrat]

25. The Plymouth County Sherrif's Department is SCRUBBING their FB page

A simple, "Joseph McDonald needs to resign" post gets your post removed and gets banned from future posts.

https://www.facebook.com/ThePlymouthCountySheriffsDepartment

[Webster Green]

28. I just posted one.

A couple others were still up.

Keep 'em busy.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

31. .

[alp227]

34. Looks like Plymouth county is a conservative region in MA

As that county/area (Brockton is county seat) voted for Scott Brown over Elizabeth Warren

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Massachusetts,_2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_County,_Massachusetts

Sheriff Joseph McDonald=Arpaio meets Howie Carr?

[nonoyes]

35. Yes, Plymouth County and Cape Cod

generally considered the most conservative areas of the state when it comes to voting.

Generally the Southeastern portion of the state, and then much of Worcester County and a few other isolated small towns sprinkled here and there around the state.

Here is a map of the Obama/Romney votes, town by town, from last November.

[nolabear]

26. Fire his sorry butt, NOW.

And take away any hope he has of ever owning a firearm again, EVER.

[firenewt]

45. Joe McDonald for president -

Then someone can assassinate his sorry ass.

[nolabear]

46. No, not that. But he really should be fired!

[Webster Green]

29. Nothing will come of it.

He's a Republicon and a cop.

Either of those qualifications puts a person above the law.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

30. Some SPLC background on 'Constitutional Sheriffs' movement

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2012/winter/resurrection

[olddots]

32. How can anyone be so stupid

to think in this day and age nobody has a recording device ?

[Iggo]

37. Yay, Cops!

They're the best!

[Zoeisright]

40. Report that fucker to the FBI.

https://tips.fbi.gov/

[Nye Bevan]

50. "Hello FBI? Some guy said that Abraham Lincoln's ghost visited Obama in a dream,

and suggested that he visit the theater!"

Yep. I'm sure they'll put their best men right on it.

[valerief]

41. He should be fired, at the very least. nt

[judesedit]

42. People, can you please put some sane people in these positions. Stop watching FAUX Noise so you know

what's really going on, please.

[VA_Jill]

43. Mr McDonald

that knock you hear at the door is probably the Secret Service. Words and actions have consequences....or didn't you know that?

[Politicalboi]

44. I think Mr. McDonald should be working at one

He needs a new job.

[Gore1FL]

47. I'm pretty sure this joke was first used during the Andrew Johnson administration

I'm pretty sure I've heard it used for every president in my lifetime.

Old joke.
Stupid joke.
Nothing to see here.

[apocalypsehow]

48. Not cool, even as a "joke."

[Nye Bevan]

49. Oh please. Arrest a guy for saying that Lincoln's ghost visited Obama in a dream,

and told him to go to the theater? What a stupid waste of the Secret Service's time. And anyway, that joke was told about Bush here on DU, on more than one occasion. Should the DUers who posted this have been arrested?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5423626

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1506299&mesg_id=1506351

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5314645

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2640803&mesg_id=2670820

[RobinA]

54. Anybody

opining that any President should be shot is at best an idiot. For one, do any of these people actually remember what it was like when a President WAS assassinated. And I hated Bush.

[Nye Bevan]

55. He did not "opine that Obama should be shot". He said that Abraham Lincoln's ghost visited Obama

in a dream, and suggested that he go to the theater.

Really, the sputtering faux outrage in this thread is beyond ridiculous.

[southshore]

53. The good news....

The good news is that Sheriffs in Massachusetts really don't do law enforcement. They do court security and run the jail.

Second, this guy is just a dumbass. When he was elected, he appointed a landscaper with no police experience to be his second in command. The professional deputies in the department basically ate him for lunch, and he was fired on some BS rules violation.

Of course, he keeps getting re elected, so Plymouth County is getting the government they are asking for.

[Doctor_J]

57. Had he done this in 2001-2008, he would have been locked up

See reply #23.

that imbalance is a major problem in the country right now.

[Nye Bevan]

58. Yep. These poor DUers are still rotting in prison.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5423626

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1506299&mesg_id=1506351

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5314645

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2640803&mesg_id=2670820