Posted on 03/14/2011 6:57:06 PM PDT by kristinn
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's press secretary resigned Monday after remarks he meant as jokes about earthquake-ravaged Japan and former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno became public.
Dan Turner said Barbour never saw the jokes that were included in a daily e-mailed news digest. Turner said they should not be considered a reflection on whether Barbour, a likely candidate to run for the Republican nomination for president, is ready for a wider political scene than Mississippi's.
SNIP
The comments were parenthetical remarks about events from a website listing daily historic events.
About Otis Redding's posthumous gold record for "(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay," Turner wrote "(Not a big hit in Japan right now.")
About Janet Reno's confirmation as the first woman U.S. attorney general, he wrote, "(It took longer to confirm her gender than to confirm her law license.)"
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I like the remark about Uncle Janet.
Jokes? I don’t get them.
The comment re: Reno made me lol.
Comedy isn’t always tasteful and not every attempt at humor is successful. Sometimes, though, especially when you represent a potential Presidential candidate...it’s best not to put your attempts of humor in writing. :)
Nothing to resign over.
“Sittin on the dock of the bay,
Watchin’ my house float away...”
BTW, I didn’t know they ever had determined Reno’s gender.
I posted a wry comment here.
But the moderator marked it FAIL.
I guess it's the non-dem-ones running for POTUS that they DON"T try to completely destroy that they want us to be left with to face Barry in 2012.
I did like the Janet Joke!!
OK, OK...I got one!!
Janet Reno walks passed a lesbian bar with an ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT buffet...........
C'MON...IT COULD HAPPEN!!!
Heh heh.
OK, that was clever, but what an idiot for sending it in an email! I am just amazed that people continue to make these obvious blunders. It must be a career death wish.
Yeah, but think about it. If YOU were a TSA employee, you’d be frantically waving it THROUGH.
Pretty mild jokes.
Now all you need to do is find the person that did it, it is about like the person that said they need to get a country bumpkin to make a west virginia commercial.
Who is this Dan Tucker? Barbour didn’t write those words, didn’t spoke those words, didn’t broadcast or e-mail those words.
I can’t find anything about this “Dan Tucker” except that Dan Emmett (1815-1904) was a prolific songwriter who penned “Dixie” and many other songs, including “Old Dan Tucker,” an old Minstrel song.
Did Barbour get sabotaged?
This was back in 2011.
My have times changed.
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