Lauren Pierce, President Of College Republicans At Texas University: Obama Assassination 'Tempting'

[Faygo Kid]

Source: Huffington Post

Lauren Pierce, the president of the College Republicans at UT Austin, said on Twitter Wednesday that the idea of assassinating President Barack Obama was "tempting."

At approximately 2:30 p.m., Pierce posted, "Y'all as tempting as it may be, don't shoot Obama. We need him to go down in history as the WORST president we've EVER had! #2012."

The tweet came hours after police arrested a man for firing shots at the White House, leaving two bullets in the executive mansion. . .

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/16/obama-assassination-lauren-pierce_n_1098280.html

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Congrats on that wonderful "Young Rethuglican" heading up the dittoheads at UT Austin. She's on the left. Ironically.

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[peacebird]

2. Has the tweet been forwarded to the secret service yet?

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

3. She needs to be on the TERRORIST NO-FLY LIST n/t

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[Firebrand Gary]

5. She is an ass.

What an ignorant statement!

[Faygo Kid]

6. She needs to resign. Now.

Or become a highly paid commentator at Fox News. One or the other, or both.

[jerseyjack]

8. She ain't gonna be a Fox comentator. She too damm ugly.

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. Better button your yap, sweetie.

That kind of talk could draw some attention from the Feds.

[PSPS]

9. Geez. Another influx of HuffPo posts in LBN.

I still think Huffington Post should be disallowed as a valid LBN source. It's nothing more than a sensationalistic tabloid.

[kestrel91316]

10. Resign. NOW.

[Hoyt]

11. Today's Young Right Wingers are a sick bunch.

[mvd]

12. It wasn't a threat IMO, but that is nothing to joke about!

There are REAL nuts out there reading it. The anger Repukes have for Obama is just unprecedented and awful. Some of it has to be racist hate, IMO.

[BiggJawn]

13. College Rethuglicans or Future Trophy Wives of Murrika?

The one on the right looks about Newtie's speed. Maybe she ought to put him on speed-dial for when Calista gets sick...

[Volaris]

14. "We need him to go down in history as the WORST president we've EVER had!"

(and we REALLY need that to happen, so that as to remove that honor from President Obama's immediate predecessor, DON'T WE?????)

They just CANNOT stop projecting, can they?

[wordpix]

15. article has her tweeted apology with a reply button. I'm tempted, myself

[Little Tich]

16. It's in very bad taste to express positive views on killing a democratically elected leader,

especially the one of your own country. It falls under hate speech, and while not against US law, it's can lead to tragic consequences. Look at the assassination of Israel's PM Rabin in 1995 as a warning example.

[freshwest]

19. RW stochastic terrorism technique at work. Just joking folks! Bang!

[BadGimp]

17. re: WORST president we've EVER had! #2012

Denial is not just a river in Egypt it seems..

[Dawson Leery]

20. LOL!

:thumbsup:

[Dawson Leery]

18. There is a reason why they are called "Kennedy Killers".

This attitude is common among the VAST majority of right wing circles.

[47of74]

21. More Terrorist Extremist Amerikans in action

[canetoad]

22. Here's what is more worrying

That this person is elevated to the position of President of the College Republicans at her University.

Lauren Pierce (and I include the name because I bet she googles herself) is how old? Early 20s maybe? She has involved herself in politics but seems determined to display youthful foolishness in public for all to see. Is this the future leadership of the Republican Party?

[Zorro]

23. 40-odd years ago, on campuses across the country,

the Young Republicans and Young Americans for Freedom were hateful fucking idiots.

Nothing's changed.

[CBHagman]

27. I would like to believe that future employers, canetoad...

...will view this as evidence of poor moral character and bad judgment on Lauren Pierce's part. But nowadays some people make very tidy sums being hatemongers.

Anyway, I post the following without comment:

Lauren Pierce
@laurenepierce Austin, TX
UT student, proud Zionist, President of UT College Republicans (@texascr) and intern for @TexasAFP & @TeamDewhurst. Staunch believer in American Exceptionalism

Apparently tweets are loading slowly. Such a surprise. :eyes:

[Tsiyu]

29. Zionist? LOL

"They-ow shalt nawt keeyull, y'all, less it's temptin' er such."

What violent-minded buffoons are Texas Republicans!

:crazy:

[COLGATE4]

34. She's only a "Zionist" because she's most likely a proud

Dispensationalist who believes that Israel belonging to the Jews is a necessary precondition to the Rapture (at which point all Jews but 144,000 will be killed and the remainder can convert to Xianity or also be killed. With friends like these, Israel doesn't need any enemies.

[canetoad]

31. Well CB, can't argue with that

Young Lauren Pierce seems to have the world on a string and the key to sucess at her fingertips; and every other fucking ill-considered, self-aggrandizing cliche that a young, republican, zionist, exceptionalist could have.

I hope her career success exceeds or at least, equates to, her wisdom.

[Tom Ripley]

39. It worked for Lee Atwater and Karl Rove

unfortunately

[alp227]

24. Be prepared for her to roll out the libertarian card once the Secret Service questions her

How entitled do those right wingers (who despise social security and those other so called entitlements) feel that they're willing to put everyone else at risk for their freedoms?

[Ter]

26. I don't think they'll question her

She worded it to sound like she opposes it. If she left it at "tempting" she may or may not have gotten a visit. However, she went on to say don't do it. Still a supremely stupid thing to say, and she should resign.

[47of74]

25. I just thought of a proper way for the UT folks to handle this

They should tell her that she has two choices;

A) Explusion
B) Have her meet one-on-one with all the survivors of the Tucson shootings and the families of those who lost loved ones. Starting with the family of Christina Green. If she has even the tiniest sliver of human decency within her maybe she'll realize that these violence jokes aren't so fucking funny after all.

[CBHagman]

28. I like your option.

Someone above mentioned that at least Pierce said she was against violence...but she brought it up in her posting -- not exactly the spirit of peace or even of rational debate on the issues.

[red dog 1]

33. I Like It Too!

[wordpix]

36. she can meet with Gabby Giffords, too

[area51]

30. Interesting last name.

Isn't that Barbara Bush's (Sr.) maiden name? :shrug:

[jxnmsdemguy65]

42. That was my reaction too... yes it is the same name...

I guess she fancies herself 'connected' to the Bush Fascist Crime Family because she shares a name with the Most Offensive First Lady Ever... Barbara Pierce Bush... and her granddaughter of the same name...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Bush

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Pierce_Bush

This bitch really needs to be called out of this in some way... ppl in Austin... please get to work on this!

[red dog 1]

32. Typical Young Repug Tea-bagger.......She should be arrested & prosecuted!

[Javaman]

35. vapid insighter of violence.

they really don't reread what they write, do they?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

37. Begetting racism and ignorance, the young Repugs are a sight to behold.

:puke:

[No Elephants]

38. During the Bush years, ,Rethugs told me over and over how I had to have respect for the office, no

matter what I thought of the fool.

Guess the rules changed?

[newspeak]

44. oh, I don't know

I'd say her man, little boots might be ahead of Obama. He's the one who actually got that ball rolling with his tax cuts while creating two wars, deregulation and creating homeland security when we actually had intelligence in place to stop an attack. He's the one while cutting taxes, especially for the rich and infamous, increased the deficit by approx. 82%. Oh, wait she must have been impressed with little boots accent, cowboy boots, hat and the pig farm.

[47of74]

45. All the rules changed at 12:00 pm on January 20, 2009

[librechik]

40. yeah, y'all n/t

[HighLowRoller87]

41. I'm sick of this.....

I really am sick of these ASSHOLES. :grr: As tempting as it may be?! AS TEMPTING AS IT MAY BE?!? The bitch is practically inciting violence and covering it up with her "keep him alive so he can be the worse President" smoke screen.

Somebody PLEASE tie her tubes we do NOT need her spawn roaming this planet. In fact that just may help her when she screws the next "Moral,Family Values, No Gays settlin' down" Republican.

[leftynyc]

43. Press release on their Facebook page

Texas College Republicans respond on Facebook:

TCR Press Release

AUSTIN, TX – This afternoon news broke regarding a tweet made by Texas College Republican’s Secretary Lauren Pierce that made light of what might have been an assassination attempt at the White House.

“We would like to assure all of our supporters that neither TCR, nor any of the affiliated chapters, condone the comments made by Ms. Pierce from her personal Twitter account. This issue will be handled with the utmost of care. TCR has always prided itself on being an organization of principle, strong leadership, and integrity; and it is unfortunate that Ms. Pierce’s comments have affected TCR in this manner.

TCR respects the sanctity of human life, and although we may disagree politically with President Obama, our organization respects President Obama and the position he holds as our Chief Executive and Commander-in-Chief. Our organization also realizes that calls for violence are the never the solution for any disagreement, political or otherwise.

TCR is now calling for the official resignation of Ms. Pierce from both her position as Secretary of the Texas College Republicans, and as the President of the University of Texas College Republicans.”

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Texas College Republicans is the statewide federation of over 30 College Republicans chapters in Texas. A branch of the College Republican National Committee and auxiliary of the Republican Party of Texas, TCR works to grow the influence of the Republican Party on campuses, campaign for conservative candidates at all levels of government, and develop leaders for future party service

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[panzerfaust]

46. She is more of a danger than the poor fool who DID shoot

at the White House - whilst the president was in Australia!