Posted on 09/17/2009 3:38:38 PM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out
A heckler was escorted by uniformed officers from President Obama’s speech to students at the University of Maryland College Park on Thursday after he briefly interrupted the president’s defense of his health care program.
The young man, wearing a grey polo shirt and a beret, began yelling from his second-row seat at the university’s cavernous basketball arena.
“Obama you’re a liar. Obama, your health care kills children. Abortion is murder,” he yelled.
As the man was being escorted out, another man in the crowd grabbed his beret and tossed it, earning himself a police escort out of the arena.
The heckler drew immediate boos from those seated around him and then from a boisterous and supportive crowd, who gave the president repeated ovations. Some threw cups or crumpled paper bags at the hecker. Mr. Obama briefly paused from his remarks to ask, “What’s going on?” But he quickly resumed his prepared remarks.
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The crowd roared as three uniformed officers led the man from his seat, up the arena steps, and out Gate 125.
The speech came during a sustained public relations blitz by Mr. Obama designed both to sell his plan to the American public and to put pressure on Congress to pass it.
The White House estimated the crowd at 15,000.
As part of that effort, the White House on Thursday tried to emphasize the bipartisan nature of his approach, even though the proposals being considered by a number of House and Senate committees have so far failed to attract a single Republican vote.
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I forgot his name for a minute, so I just searched famlis.com for republican turncoat and he's the top result.
What the heckler said TOTALLY sounds like a democrat in disguise.
A Dem plant. Beret? I don’t think so.
Good point. A bit incoherant for a real conservative.
“The White House estimated the crowd at 15,000.”
Sure. *SNORT*
Funny how a planted audience of 15,000 gets coverage and the MILLIONS that showed up last weekend on his DOORSTEP are basically ignored! Grrrrrr!
Bipartisanship is working against Barry - both parties are all wee-weed up against him.
What is familis.com?
Agreed. Obama's "bump" last week was primarily due to the controversy over Wilson's outburst.
There are plenty of people willing to risk a disorderly conduct charge, when they already have a criminal record. You can expect more of this.
famlis.com - a search engine but not lib like google.
HATE CRIME!!!!!!
I thought his name was spelled Sphincter?
Expect more ordinary people to become emboldened.
I do not think a Democrat (even in disguise) would say a thing like that.
I do not think a Democrat (even in disguise) would say a thing like that.
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"Mother mother, mother....Obamacare is killing all of us..."
[... Mr. Obama briefly paused from his remarks to ask, “What’s going on?” ...]
Really? ... R E A L L Y ? ? ?
The guy is sitting in the SECOND ROW and Obama didn’t know what was going on?
Can you spell S_T_A_G_E_D_?
That heckler was obviously a racist.
/Jimmuh Carter
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