Posted on 05/28/2009 12:37:44 PM PDT by xtinct
A reporter for a small newspaper was forcibly removed from a press area near Air Force One shortly before President Barack Obama arrived at Los Angeles International Airport to depart California early Thursday.
Airport security officers carried the woman away by the feet and arms as she protested her removal.
She later identified herself as Brenda Lee, a writer for the Georgia Informer in Macon and said she has White House press credentials. The newspaper's Web site says it is monthly publication a Brenda Lee column is posted on it.
Calls to the newspaper and the White House press office were not immediately returned.
Lee said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press that she wanted to hand Obama a letter urging him "to take a stand for traditional marriage."
She said she asked a Secret Service agent to give the president her letter, but he refused and referred her to a White House staffer. Lee said she refused to give the staffer the letter.
"I said, 'I'll take my chances if (the president) comes by here,'" said Lee, who identified herself as a Roman Catholic priestess who lives in Anaheim, Calif. "He became annoyed that I wouldn't give him the letter."
Lee, who was wearing what she described as a cassock, said she protested when she was asked to leave.
"I said, 'Why are you bothering me?' They escorted me outside the gate," she said
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Wow, he’s nuts over her!
Roman Catholic ‘priestess’?? .... and not a shred of dignitas or gravitas.
This saddens me. They are all potential Republican voters who have been had by the Democrats. She could very well be a Republican, I don't know, but there are millions like her who are conservative but go and dutifully flip the lever for Democrats.
My first thought, too. Possibly funded by the same source as them Westboro loons.
She’s from Macon Georgia, nuff said...
Great photography but, why has this been made public? Seems a security risk.
The guy on the right looks like Rahm Emanuel and the one on the left is Jesse Jackson.
Sofa King Funny!
A nun with no humility.
I’m a bit surprised by this. Usually, these self-so-called “roman catholic priestesses” are lesbians.
...and, of course, most are from the Peach State!
She’s a Roman Catholic priestess, too, don’t forget. That’s ... interesting.
If it was staged to look like an insane protester, they would have never used a black woman.
Brenda Lee is coming on strong !
Maybe the Anaheim Catholic church isn’t affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church.
Fascinating pictures- placeholder
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