Rammell’d Buy ‘Obama Tags’

After an audience member shouted a question about “Obama tags” during a discussion on wolves, Rammell responded, “The Obama tags? We’d buy some of those.” Rammell, a veterinarian and former elk rancher from Idaho Falls, said his comment was a joke and he would never seriously talk about President Obama that way, although he doesn’t support anything Obama’s done as president. “I was just being sarcastic. That was just a joke,” Rammell said. “I would never support him being assassinated. “She kind of caught me off guard, to be honest with you”/ Jared S. Hopkins , Twin Falls Times-News. More here .

Question: Are ‘Obama tags’ something that a gubernatorial candidate — albeit a long-shot one — should joke about at a public forum?