Thou shalt not mock Obama

By Michelle Malkin  •  February 11, 2009 10:52 AM

Imagine the ACLU-led uproar if this suspended trooper had e-mailed photos mocking George Bush and Republicans on his own time and on his own computer:

An Iowa State trooper who was investigated after it was shown that he forwarded an e-mail showing mug shots of people wearing Obama t-shirts has been suspended for 30 days.

Sgt. Rodney Hicok was at home and off-duty when he forwarded the e-mails, said an official with the Iowa Department of Public Safety Bureau and Professional Standards.

The e-mail made disparaging remarks about 15 people in the photos and referred to Obama as having “quite a fan base.”

Hicok was not making a racial statement, the official said, but, rather, a political statement.

In a statement, Hicok said, “I am deeply sorry for my actions … I apologize to anyone this e-mail may have offended, as well as my family, citizens in my community and Iowa taxpayers.”

Hicok ended his statement by saying he guaranteed “nothing like this will ever happen again.”

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  1. #101
    On February 11th, 2009 at 2:06 pm, RabbidSquirrel said:

    Hicok was not making a racial statement, the official said, but, rather, a political statement.

    Hicok should have said “NO IT WASNT POLITICAL, IT WAS RACIAL!”

    problem solved and everyones happy :grin:

  2. #102
    On February 11th, 2009 at 2:51 pm, Bicyea said:

    You NEVER trust your “brothers” in the Union.

    My guess one of these union bothers ratted this guy out.

  3. #103
    On February 11th, 2009 at 3:05 pm, dcbprime said:

    The email itself even got a mention on snopes.com back in January.

    http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/mugshots.asp

    Not sure the details on why forwarding an email from your own computer on your own time brings a guy such attention and even disciplinary action…

    He has to go to DPS training on policies and procedures?????? What a crock!

  4. #104
    On February 11th, 2009 at 3:08 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On February 11th, 2009 at 1:42 pm, undresiege said:Sir or Madame, I will not dignify your name calling.

    I don’t need you to “dignify” my name-calling. I calls it like I sees it. And you are an idiot. And the only thing my soul is angry about is idiots like you.

  5. #105
    On February 11th, 2009 at 3:30 pm, TRM said:

    Relevant image

  6. #106
    On February 11th, 2009 at 3:30 pm, TRM said:
  7. #107
    On February 11th, 2009 at 3:33 pm, wighttrasch said:

    TRM—snort!
    ‘bed wetters’!

  8. #108
    On February 11th, 2009 at 4:22 pm, L.N. Smithee said:

    On February 11th, 2009 at 12:43 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    I saw Jon Stewart totally ripping on the Big O, last night! I couldn’t believe my ears. Finally a leftie is starting to come around to what we already knew. Let the mocking begin!

    I’ll believe it when I see it. Gimme a link. The only difference between Letterman and Olbermann is that Dave admits he’s a clown. Jimmy Kimmel has yet to make his first serious Obama joke.

    It’s stunning the way comedians and cartoonists treat him. There’s no hesitation to make fun of conservative blacks, Jews, Christians, Jesus Christ or even Almighty God, but heaven help (so to speak) the funnyman/woman who takes on either Muslims or Obama.

  9. #109
    On February 11th, 2009 at 4:32 pm, undresiege said:

    I don’t need you to “dignify” my name-calling. I calls it like I sees it. And you are an idiot. And the only thing my soul is angry about is idiots like you.

    Uh, I thought I was a troll that you intend to not feed. Whatever.

    So instead of backing up your ludicrous, weak and lazy assumption that Obama is looked upon by blacks as a modern day MLK, or some type of presidental standard like it’s 40 years ago, you call me an idiot. Good, thanks for the revelation HS. I’ll remember next time what you don’t have to offer. Once again a conservative has complimented a liberal on this board without even knowing it. :) 8)

  10. #110
    On February 11th, 2009 at 4:38 pm, Marc said:

    At ABC, Terry Moran was downright libidinous when he interviewed Obama. After prefacing his question with an editorial about how partisan the Republicans are, Moran asked Obama: “Are you too nice to be president?” Obama chuckled and then bragged that: “Well I’m the one getting on Air Force One”.
    Moran and Obama flirted like two girlfriends just back from a semester of college. Moran even smiled coyly at Obama’s reference to him as “Terry”. Moran seemed enraptured to be in the presence of The One. Moran even asked Obama what it was like to be a nonpartisan president when he (Obama) has to deal with Republicans who won’t be nonpartisan.

  11. #111
    On February 11th, 2009 at 4:46 pm, happyscrapper said:

    I’m not sure I can take much more of the “fawning” press. My spouse tells me to watch other channels besides FOX once in a while to see what the other side is saying. I simply can’t do it! I try, and 5 minutes later, my blood is boiling so much, I have to turn it off. I can only count on Rush and MM and others to tell me what is going on. And when I see videos of some of these “tools” in the msm, I am sickened. There is no longer any pretense at non-biased reporting. They don’t care who knows it. It will be interesting to see how they react to threats of the “fairness” doctrine. This would hurt them big time! And of course, they are losing viewers along with their credibility.

  12. #112
    On February 11th, 2009 at 4:46 pm, Misscheryl said:

    Moran and Obama flirted like two girlfriends just back from a semester of college. Moran even smiled coyly at Obama’s reference to him as “Terry”. Moran seemed enraptured to be in the presence of The One. Moran even asked Obama what it was like to be a nonpartisan president when he (Obama) has to deal with Republicans who won’t be nonpartisan.

    hummmm…ok, maybe it won’t be a white girl.

  13. #113
    On February 11th, 2009 at 4:55 pm, L.N. Smithee said:

    Marc wrote:

    Moran and Obama flirted like two girlfriends just back from a semester of college. Moran even smiled coyly at Obama’s reference to him as “Terry”. Moran seemed enraptured to be in the presence of The One.

    This is not a new phenomenon. Terry has had it bad for Baracko Marx for a long time. Strap on your barf bag and click here for this breathless, moist Moranic report (which I believe is from 2006, because it was before he announced he was running for POTUS).

  14. #114
    On February 11th, 2009 at 5:04 pm, wighttrasch said:

    Obama=Moran’s Cialis.

    …seek medical help if you experience an erection lasting more than four hours…

  15. #115
    On February 11th, 2009 at 11:06 pm, TK-421 said:

    On February 11th, 2009 at 3:05 pm, dcbprime said:
    The email itself even got a mention on snopes.com back in January.

    http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/mugshots.asp

    Not sure the details on why forwarding an email from your own computer on your own time brings a guy such attention and even disciplinary action…

    He has to go to DPS training on policies and procedures?????? What a crock!

    Cause it was about Obama? That man has a cult following, I mean crap, today I seen his face on TIME, no surprise, USA Today, well repeat. But lastly, on the front cover of Spiderman, I mean come on.

  16. #116
    On February 12th, 2009 at 1:58 am, RabbidSquirrel said:

    hummmm…ok, maybe it won’t be a white girl.

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHA

    But then again, Maybe Monica is mad at her daddy this month….

  17. #117
    On February 12th, 2009 at 8:51 am, lgm said:

    Was it his official government email? Some organizations have rules against anything not government business on government email. There was a story a few years ago about someone at NASA who got in trouble for using NASA email to exchange recipes.

  18. #118
    On February 12th, 2009 at 9:32 am, FuriousMob said:

    Wasn’t this a spread of mugshots on the weekly mugshot roundup or yearly one at The Smoking Gun? I think I even forwarded that one in particular to some folks here at work. I suppose I should watch my back now.

  19. #119
    On February 12th, 2009 at 12:10 pm, RogerCfromSD said:

    Every time Obama makes a “I won” reference, he comes off as really immature.

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