Lee Sheriff makes national political news
Oct 7, 2008 09:44 AM EDT
Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott is making news on a national scale. On Monday, he was among several supporters introducing Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin in Estero. The sheriff stole the spotlight when he referred to Barack Obama with his full name, "Barack Hussein Obama." Scott turned a lot of heads for standing in front of the crowd in full uniform saying this:
"Ladies and gentlemen, there's three types of people in our country today. There's people that make things happen, there's people that watch things happen and there are people that wonder what happened. On November 4th, let's leave Barack Hussein Obama wondering what happened... And we will make something happen with that tag team, Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin, the next Vice President/President of the United States. Thank you, thank you for honoring me with this today."
The sheriff's use of Barack Obama's middle name immediately became the talk of national news, wondering if it was intentional and if he was trying to say Obama was Muslim. Palin's spokesperson rushed to send out a press release about Scott saying quote, "we do not condone this inappropriate rhetoric, which distracts from the real questions of judgment, character, and experience that voters will base their decisions on this November".
Mike Scott is up for re-election in November.
Oct 7, 2008 09:44 AM EDT
Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott is making news on a national scale. On Monday, he was among several supporters introducing Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin in Estero. The sheriff stole the spotlight when he referred to Barack Obama with his full name, "Barack Hussein Obama." Scott turned a lot of heads for standing in front of the crowd in full uniform saying this:
"Ladies and gentlemen, there's three types of people in our country today. There's people that make things happen, there's people that watch things happen and there are people that wonder what happened. On November 4th, let's leave Barack Hussein Obama wondering what happened... And we will make something happen with that tag team, Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin, the next Vice President/President of the United States. Thank you, thank you for honoring me with this today."
The sheriff's use of Barack Obama's middle name immediately became the talk of national news, wondering if it was intentional and if he was trying to say Obama was Muslim. Palin's spokesperson rushed to send out a press release about Scott saying quote, "we do not condone this inappropriate rhetoric, which distracts from the real questions of judgment, character, and experience that voters will base their decisions on this November".
Mike Scott is up for re-election in November.