Another example of how the hatred towards Bush is coming from the mainstream of the Democratic party:
New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi is in hot water for making remarks about "putting a bullet between the president's eyes" a day after promising that fellow democrats would “murder” republicans.
According to WNBC, Hevesi, a democrat, was speaking at the Queens College commencement at the time of the remarks, along with U.S. Senator Charles “Chuck” Schumer.
A member of the audience, reports that Hevesi, referring to Schumer, said the Senator would "put a bullet between the President's eyes if he could get away with it.
"There were a fair number of gasps…It slightly seemed that he caught himself and then said, 'Well, he's a really tough guy' or something along those lines -- trying to put the remark in context."
Shortly after Thursday's event, Hevesi issued an apology, claiming that “he was merely trying to convey that Sen. Charles Schumer has strength and courage to stand up to the president.”
Hevesi’s comments came only a day after he was nominated to run for a second term at the state democratic convention Wednesday in Buffalo. In accepting the nomination he said “We’re going to murder the Republicans.”
As Comptroller, Hevesi is the state’s chief fiscal officer, charged with auditing government operations, managing the State's assets and overseeing the fiscal affairs of local governments, including New York City.
To the guy's credit, he apologized almost immediately after saying it. However, what does it say when the chief fiscal officer for one of the largest states in the nation can so casually joke about shooting the president?
Furthermore, Hevesi admits that he was saying that Schumer would shoot Bush as a way to compliment Schumer. Is the democratic party, at least in New York, so out of the mainstream that they now think wanting to assassinate a president is a GOOD thing?
