Republicans at UT - shocking

Figured there would be an over-reaction by the left on this. Her actual message is "don't shoot Obama".

Yes she was a bit naive in her "tempting" preface, but she was addressing those who might be tempted, and not saying it was actually tempting.

Rhetorically, this is not much different to Obama's reaction to Sarkosy calling Netanyahu a liar by only saying that he (Obama) has to work with him everyday.

Obama did not say that he believed Netanyahu was a liar, but if he had premised it with "It tempting to call him a liar, but....."
 
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I would say something very similar in a joking manner and everyone I know would as well. I would never write anything like that for obvious reason, and this gal never will again either after learning the hard way.

But she's 22 at most. She's a nobody. How is this remotely newsworthy or west mall worthy?
 
As one of the resident conservatives on this sight, I do have to say that this is West Mall worthy and the tweet was incredibly dumb I don't care how old she is.
 
This is the liberal version of Faux News. Sorry the young woman has to endure so much crap for a pretty innocent tweet. Anybody who is shocked, concerned, outraged .... whatever wouldn't last twenty minutes in a middle school.

I hope she doesn't lose her joy and energy for politics. We need people who make mistakes when they are 22 to live to lead someday.
 
Someone needs to remind roger that she didn't actually say whqt he tried to imply she said.. I hope he can get his panties unwadded.
I know he likes to get all worked up over things Republicans do and say.
 
As blue as Austin is these days, Ronald Reagan carried Travis County back in the day College Republicans were not such a minority back then.
 
I disagree with 90 percent of what Obama does, but you don't even joke about shooting the President or being tempted to, and it's a stupid thing to joke about even at 22 or however old she is. Having said that, she's not dangerous - just dangerously dumb.

However, to those who don't like dumb people, don't shoot her, as tempting as it may be.
 
Yeah, it's WM worthy; she's a Texas student. But it shouldn't be HuffPo worthy.

And yeah, it's dumb, but it's a joke. Really, much ado about nada here.
 
Kudoi to the GOPs not defending this. I've always found jokes about assassinating a president to be in very poor taste. Coming from a political leader, even a petty one, it is particularly distasteful and a detriment to the remaining shreds of civility in our public discourse.

I agree it should not be a national story, but it is surely appropriate for a UT political board.

To those whose knee jerk reaction is to stand by anyone of the faith (or to accuse their political opponents of doing the same thing to justify their own reflex action), I don't get it. Wrong is wrong. It's a waste of rationalization energy to justify or defend everything said by anyone who shares your party affiliation.

Maybe it's all the time I've spent being a Dem. I'm accustomed to idiots in the party saying things that I disagree with or am embarrassed by; I've also never felt those remarks were my responsibility. I just vote Dem, I sure as hell don't worship Dem.
 
And yeah, it's dumb, but it's a joke. Really, much ado about nada here.

A joke? Mabye. A very poor one, at that.

Much ado about nothing? Wrong. To call the thought of assassinating the US President "tempting", and coming from a student-leader of a GOP organization, lends it import.
 
Roger if it makes you feel any better, I think it was a stupid joke on her part. Nothing funny about assasinating someone. But atleast she acknowledges it was bad form on her part. But the Left don't seem to come under scrunity when they make these comments and really never have to answer for themselves. They have no apology and really do mean it.

"Pierce told ABC News that the comment was a "joke" and that the "whole [shooting incident] was stupid."
 
Looks like Ms. Pierce, the President of the College Republicans at UT, isn't the only person with questionable judgment in that organization (feel free to replace "questionable judgment" with "idiot").Here is what Cassie Wright, the group's VP said:

"Insofar as she's a representative [of the College Republicans], maybe it shouldn't be said, but she's made a positive statement in a way," said Cassie Wright, the group's vice president.

"I don't really see anything wrong with it," Wright added.
 
But given it's a joke, it is much ado about nothing.

As I have already explained, that is incorrect.

To brush off something like this simply by framing it as a "joke" provides a far too easy avenue of escape, one that you seem all to eager to take.

It can be a joke, a bad joke, and also have import. I don't follow, nor do I agree, with your logic that because it is a joke, the consequences are immaterial and irrelevant, i.e., much ado about nothing.

This is a kid who said something stupid. On that we agree. Given that she is President of the College Republicans, and tweeted about how the idea of assassinating the US President is "tempting", it is a something more than "not a big deal". First, don't imply that assassinating the US President is "tempting", which means basically advocating to do it; second, as a leader, try to lead a little bit and not sound like all the crazies on tv.
 
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