Get a life everyone, it was a joke.
He didn't threaten the President, in fact he was sbemoaning the fact that he couldn't use it.
If you interpret his comment correctly you will see that he was inadvertantly conceding that he needs massive help to beat Bush.
I've had visits from the Secret Service to my house for less than this...
Wil, I think it's YOU who need to get a life if you can't tell sarcasm without a tag.. what everyone is pointing to here is the outrageous headlines that would appear if Bush had said the exact same thing.. you know it's true. The liberal press and networks would be saying that Bush made a death threat against Kerry.
Yes, he does need massive help, and apparently he's joking about using the gun to remove Bush from the equation during the debate. Bemoaning the fact that his secret dreams would be to use the gun to kill someone.
If he didn't mean it as I understood it he should have considered the consequences of his visual.
Bush uses tax code books to get his point across of his future plans. Kerry uses a gun...there's something wrong with this picture.
No way.
You don't joke about shooting the CIC in wartime unless you are a treasonous subversive, oh wait, I forgot, he is a treasonous subversive.
In this day and age, that's not smart. Some might even say it's intentional.
That's how it works with Manchurian Candidates.
I would agree. Bad joke. Stupid joke. I get the image of Elmer Fudd here. Kerry is a cartoon.
Jokes about using guns on presidents are not appropriate - from anyone really, but especially from a man who is trying to establish his presidential credentials. I would think that adults could discern the problem.
I agree... It was a joke... nothing more...
This place is scary, isn't it?
That isn't the point that agitates me really. I think it was a clever if offhand thing to say, and harmless. But if Bush had said it -- IT WOULD HAVE OPENED EVERY EVENING NEWS PROGRAM FOR DAYS!! And been spun to seem that Bush is a bullet-blasting lunatic and dangerous gun fanatic! That is what agitates me.