# Idaho Republican says he was joking about Obama hunting tags **URL:** \ **Category:** PolitiSUCK\ **Created:** [August 28, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/idaho-republican-says-he-was-joking-about-obama-hunting-tags/72764 "2009-08-28T12:50:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/idaho-republican-says-he-was-joking-about-obama-hunting-tags/72764/1 "2009-08-28T12:50:38Z")
> **[Idaho Republican says he was joking about Obama hunting tags](https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2009/08/idaho_republican_says_he_was_j.html)** > > BOISE -- An Idaho Republican gubernatorial hopeful insists he was only joking when he said he'd buy a license to hunt President Barack Obama. Rex Rammell, slated to run against incumbent C.L. "Butch" Otter in the May 2010 GOP primary,... > **by The Associated Press Thursday August 27, 2009, 3:22 PM** > BOISE – An Idaho Republican gubernatorial hopeful insists he was only joking when he said he’d buy a license to hunt President Barack Obama. > Rex Rammell, slated to run against incumbent C.L. “Butch” Otter in the May 2010 GOP primary, made the comment at a Republican rally Tuesday in Twin Falls where talk turned to the state’s planned wolf hunt, for which hunters must purchase an $11.50 wolf tag. > When an audience member shouted about “Obama tags,” Rammell responded, “The Obama tags? We’d buy some of those.” > Rammell told The Associated Press Thursday he was just being sarcastic and sees no reason to apologize. > One person sent him an e-mail indicating he would ask the FBI for investigation, Rammell said. > Threatening the president can be a felony punishable by five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. > Rammell says, "I’m probably safe. I’m not the one that started the whole thing. What I would say to all my Democrat Idahoans, ‘Take a deep breath and relax. We’re not going to go out and hunt Obama.’ " > The former elk rancher and unsuccessful 2008 U.S. Senate candidate gained exposure in 2006 when the state ordered domestic elk be shot after they escaped from his ranch near Rexburg in Eastern Idaho. > – _The Associated Press_ ---
**Author:** ![glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/idaho-republican-says-he-was-joking-about-obama-hunting-tags/72764/2 "2009-08-28T12:55:50Z")
ORLY? I THOT HE WAZ SRS LOL ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/idaho-republican-says-he-was-joking-about-obama-hunting-tags/72764/3 "2009-08-28T12:58:47Z")
Wait, there is a tag I can buy to hunt Obama? How much did NYS up the fee on that license? ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/idaho-republican-says-he-was-joking-about-obama-hunting-tags/72764/4 "2009-08-28T13:03:50Z")
I applied for mine and still haven’t got it. NYS takes forever@! ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/idaho-republican-says-he-was-joking-about-obama-hunting-tags/72764/5 "2009-08-28T13:11:22Z")
Lame that anyone took him serious. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/idaho-republican-says-he-was-joking-about-obama-hunting-tags/72764/6 "2009-08-28T14:25:22Z")
Dick Cheney has already applied for one. ---
**Author:** ![Cavi\_Mike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cavi_mike/32/5217_2.png) [@Cavi\_Mike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cavi_Mike)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/idaho-republican-says-he-was-joking-about-obama-hunting-tags/72764/7 "2009-08-28T14:50:46Z")
> [@glitch](#): > > ORLY? I THOT HE WAZ SRS LOL LMAO ---
**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/idaho-republican-says-he-was-joking-about-obama-hunting-tags/72764/8 "2009-08-28T18:42:06Z")
On a side note Sean Hannity really needs to get off the air.