Colo. State Sen. Schultheis Compares Obama to 9/11

[DearAbby]

Sen. Schultheis defends 'Let's roll' comment in regard to Obama


State Sen. David Schultheis said he didn't intend a recent Twitter post which accuses the President Barack Obama of "flying the U.S. plane right into the ground at full speed" and ends with "Let's roll" as a reference to Flight 93.

"Let's roll," were reportedly the final words of passenger Todd Beamer before his hijacked plane crashed into a Pennsylvania field during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Passengers aboard the flight tried to regain control of the plane and crashed before reaching the hijacker's intended target.

The Twitter post called a "tweet" stirred both ire and some support for the Colorado Springs Republican, whose standard eschewal of the politically correct have earned him criticism in the past.

Schultheis, who sent the tweet Tuesday, said he was angry about President's fiscal policies, but didn't mean to compare him to the Sept. 11 hijackers. The senator's reputation for strong speech gave readers the wrong idea, he said.

"'Let's roll.' It's a comment people use all the time any more. 'Let's get going. Let's move on. Let's make major changes,'" Schultheis said. "I can see it now. But, you're busy doing jillions of things during the day. You sometimes don't analyze every single word."

His message garnered angry responses from posters on the liberal blog ColoradoPols.com, which first noted the tweet. It also appeared on the national Talking Points Memo blog.

State Senate President Brandon Shaffer, D-Longmont, today demanded Schultheis retract his statement calling it "appalling."

Schultheis wrote, "Don't for a second think Obama wants what is best for U.S. He is flying the U.S. plane right into the ground at full speed. Let's roll."

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[DearAbby]

1. Whats with the Terrorist Meme here?

It seems like an organized strategy of the GOP.

[JHB]

6. Like with Clinton, they're pulling the old "Where there's smoke..." routine...

...and like with Clinton, most if not all of the "smoke" they point to is actually the clouds of steam rising off of vast mountains of purest bullshit.

Or perhaps "elephant dung" would be the better word, considering the source.

[Electric Monk]

10. Projection. They know GWB LIHOP and are trying to deflect.

re: 9/11, gotta ask "Who benefitted?"

[Robb]

2. Schultheis has had quite a year

...only a few months since "Sen. Schultheis thinks that unborn babies should not be protected from HIV/AIDS because their mothers are whores anyway.".

FWIW, he's now "protected" his tweets. :D

[Robb]

5. Found the money quote:

"What I'm hoping is that yes, that person may have AIDS, have it seriously as a baby and when they grow up, but the mother will begin to feel guilt as a result of that. The family will see the negative consequences of that promiscuity and it may make a number of people over the coming years ... begin to realize that there are negative consequences and maybe they should adjust their behavior. We can't keep people from being raped. We can't keep people from shooting each other. We can't keep people from jumping off bridges. People drink and drive, and they crash and kill people. Poor behavior has its consequences."

[JHB]

3. Everyone is entitled to their jackass wrong opinion...

...just as we're entitled to hoist this idiot by his own petard.

[DearAbby]

4. according to post #2 he has a career of being an idiot.

[Bleacher Creature]

7. Maybe I'm being naive, but didn't there used to be limits to this crap?

I know that the right has been taken over by crazies these days, but at what point is it enough? Isn't this the kind of thing that would have resulted in this guy being forced to resign 10 years ago?

[niyad]

8. alas, colorado has its share of batshit crazy--davey boy isn't even the worst of them.

[Robb]

11. Sad but true. nt

[niyad]

9. well, I know what my first call will be tomorrow--and before coffee, even