Ex-Prez Blames Republicans for Boos

NewsMax.com ^ | 4/11/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

Ex-President Bill Clinton blamed Republicans for the boos he got Wednesday night at a birthday concert for country singer Willie Nelson at New York's Beacon Theater.

"The place went wild when [Clinton] was announced," reports Friday's New York Post Page Six. "There was loud booing and yelling."

Several callers to WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg Show who attended the event described the scene afterward. One quoted the ex-prez as complaining, "I see the Republicans are here tonight."

Another saw a fellow concertgoer who stood up, booed and gave Clinton the finger - prompting security to escort him out of the hall.

The Post confirmed Clinton's Republican comment, adding that he "seemed angered" at his reception.

The remark riled the crowd so much, said the paper, that when Nelson returned to the stage, he asked if everyone was all right.

The concert was taped for a Memorial Day airing on the USA network. "No way will they include the Clinton booing in the broadcast," predicted Malzberg.

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[sauropod]

Awwwww....

Can't ya just feel the love?

[kcvl]

I can...ROFLOL

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I find it interesting that Clinton got such a "rousing" recpeption in NYC, ostensibly the heart of Clinton country. Wonder if Beezlebubba will be introducing Willie at his Texas gigs any time soon?

[Corin Stormhands]

One quoted the ex-prez as complaining, "I see the Republicans are here tonight."

Well, at least he understands country music a little better than the Blixie Chicks.

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[UCFRoadWarrior]

I bet Clinton really loathes the military now

The "Clinton Legacy", or what was left of it, was hanging on with the toppled Saddam statue

[rj45mis]

Hey...do ya think those people are finally on to him now?

[bedolido]

lol... Mr Bill is boooooed. Talk about a useful idiot.

[Mr. Mojo]

Another saw a fellow concertgoer who stood up, booed and gave Clinton the finger - prompting security to escort him out of the hall.

Geez, a mere flipping of the bird gets one the boot?

[MP5]

Clinton blames the Republicans for _______ (just fill in the blank)

[twigs]

gave Clinton the finger - prompting security to escort him out of the hall

An abrogation of his first-amendment rights? If the roles were reversed, Clinton would certainly whine about it!

[Cincinatus]

Talk about a useful idiot.

What's "useful" about him?

[familyofman]

Keep in mind the axiom - what goes round, comes round. If you feel it's fine & dandy to boo a former POTUS you don't like (maybe even applaud the booing) don't be so two-faced to complain when it happens to a former POTUS you happen to like & admire. Civility is dead & I mourn it's passing.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Did Bubba learn this type of rationalization from Michael Moore, or was it the other way around?

[LuvBush]

Hm..allowed North Korea to get nukes and bin Laden to roam free....gee, why do they hate him so?

[putupon]

adding that he "seemed angered" at his reception.

Deeply Angered?

[cicero's_son]

Another saw a fellow concertgoer who stood up, booed and gave Clinton the finger - prompting security to escort him out of the hall.

Amazing. That someone would feel comfortable doing this to an ex-President of the United States says everything about what Clinton's legacy really is.

Can you even imagine someone doing this to Bush Sr., Reagan, Ford, or Carter? Yet with Clinton, it seems almost par for the course.

He's a pig, a lowlife, and a criminal. Of course he gets the bird!

[Mr. Mojo]

And don't forget the selling of nuclear secrets to the Chinese for campaign funds.

[new cruelty]

bill's Legacy is gaining momentum

[Vaduz]

When did the clintons know of civility??

[Mr. Mojo]

Can you even imagine someone doing this [flipping the bird] to Bush Sr., Reagan, Ford, or Carter?

Perhaps the latter.

[TonyRo76]

Well, at least he understands country music a little better than the Blixie Chicks.

Lol! Exactly. That's what jumped out at me immediately—did Bubbafoon actually expect a warm, fuzzy reception from Willie Nelson fans???

Maybe he should go appear in front of a Hurl Jam, R.A.T.M. or J-Lo crowd. That's his constituency, after all.

[samtheman]

Only Baghdad Bob is in deeper denial.

[TonyRo76]

X42 was Deeply Angered.

Dasshole was Deeply Saddened.

[Steel Eye]

Tell that to the tolerant, unprejudiced liberals who booed the Boy Scouts at the Democrat National Convention. Or the ones who spit on the honor guard at the New York State convention.

[tang-soo]

"I see the Republicans are here tonight."

Damn straight!

[Sunshine Sister]

I wonder what happened to freedom of speech? It's okay to burn the flag, but it's not okay to show your disdain for a lying, cheating, impeached SOB? What's this country coming to anyway?

[Robe]

Another saw a fellow concertgoer who stood up, booed and gave Clinton the finger - prompting security to escort him out of the hall.

Good thing he didn't moon him.. never know what ole Bill would've done...(:^)

[GB]

This debunks the conventional wisdom that the U.S. people still have this residual love for Clinton. They don't. They were ready for him to GO in 2001. They elected him twice because of his immense political skills and because we had two weak candidates and Ross Perot screwing up the works, and once he was in there they backed him and they didn't want him impeached or tossed out of office based on the charges that he faced. But IMHO, the U.S. people aside from the far left fringe were tired of him and ready for him to be gone in 2001, and wish he would shut up now.

I don't think the name "Clinton" carries any weight now except with the media, the far left fringe and folks who will never vote for a conservative anyway. That's why ... and I know there are folks here who disagree with me and who see her eeeeevill hand in everything and are worried about her being behind every corner ... I've never been more convinced of anything in my life as I am of the fact that Hillary Clinton has ZERO chance of ever being elected president of the United States.

[countrydummy]

TOOOOO Funny and so long overdue!

[CalvaryJohn]

I love it, I love it, I LOVE it!!!!!

[FrankR]

"The 'Clinton Legacy', or what was left of it, was hanging on with the toppled Saddam statue "

Come to think of it...that statue sort of resembled clinton, at that.

[Black Bart]

Clinton should limit his appearances to Madonna and Dixie Chicks concerts. That's where his supporters will be found.

[hapy]

what will it take to make the clintons go away!?!

The sight of him makes me ill

[cyncooper]

Keep in mind the axiom - what goes round, comes round. If you feel it's fine & dandy to boo a former POTUS you don't like (maybe even applaud the booing) don't be so two-faced to complain when it happens to a former POTUS you happen to like & admire. Civility is dead & I mourn it's passing.

Nonsense.

I think it is fine and dandy to boo someone who is as low as a person can be and sows seeds of hate and dissension wherever he goes. Lying about his tenure, and undermining the current administration at every opportunity.

If someone were to boo a POTUS, former or current, who is honorable, decent, kind and wise, then I will determine the booer is deserving of my scorn.

[NC Conservative]

The Post confirmed Clinton's Republican comment, adding that he "seemed angered" at his reception.

Well when algore defended the dixie chicks he said one should not be afraid to voice their opinion.

[JohnnyZ]

It WAS a Willie Nelson crowd. Even in NYC that's likely to be more 'Pub. Willie just recorded Beer For My Horses with Toby Keith!

[Kevin Curry]

Civility is dead & I mourn it's passing.

Clinton himself killed it. Throughout his administration he, with the able assistance of Cruella de Hill(ary), divided and set people against one another with zeal and glee--turned it into an art form.

[bankwalker]

Another saw a fellow concertgoer who stood up, booed and gave Clinton the finger - prompting security to escort him out of the hall.

I wonder if he got sent to jail for this.

[right wing]

Such great news! Clinton's paranoid, so this incident will definitely make him think twice before appearing in front of an audience that isn't full of socialists or commies. Oh, happy day!

[mabelkitty]

Actually, he gets booed everywhere now.

Bet Hillary was pissed about that union-led, first responder 9/11 parade yesterday in New York.

Chickens coming home to roost, indeed.

[GB]

I've gotten flamed here and actually been called a Clinton lover/apologist because my .02 is that Clinton is irrelevant and we assign him relevance by continually getting our knickers wadded every time he opens his fool mouth. Let him blabber, nobody but the media and the left fringe are listening, and I think it's been proven in this war that the American people do a better job of separating the wheat from the chaff in those areas than we give them credit for.

I really think that there are a lot of people who post here who still have this dream that somehow, some way, right will finally win out and Bubba will wear the orange jumpsuit he so richly deserves.

It will never happen. The best we can hope for is that he gets his ultimate judgment from a higher authority than the U.S. legal system.

So my .02 is forget about him and move on. He beat up on us for eight years through a combination of his immense political skills and some mistakes our side made, but he's gone and isn't coming back, and neither are Hillary or Chelsea. Again, let's move on.

[bankwalker]

at a birthday concert for country singer Willie Nelson

I'd love to know who the hell invited him and why.

[gov_bean_ counter]

For this reason, all his public appearances while President were carefully scripted and the crowds screened. The smoke and mirrors Presidency of William Jefferson Clinton.

[seams2me]

Perhaps this crowd considers Clinton to be one of the "bad guys" referred to in the song Toby Keith wrote and co-performed with Willie: Beer for My Horses.

In part, the lyrics say:

there's too many gangsters doing dirty deeds
too much corruption and crime in the streets
It's time the long arm of the law put a few more in the ground
Send 'em all to their maker, and he'll settle 'em down
****
Get all the rope in Texas, find tall oak tree
round up all of them bad boys, hang 'em high in the street
for all the people to see

Justice is the one thing you should always find, you gotta saddle up your boys, you gotta draw a hard line..

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Maybe Bill hasn't heard the song? LOL Apparently the CROWD has!

[miss marmelstein]

Oh please. As a New Yorker, I can tell you civility's been dead since El Morrocco closed. Glad that for once it was focused in the right direction.

[Kevin Curry]

Bubba will wear the orange jumpsuit he so richly deserves.

Few peple believe this will happen. But he will wear jeers and boos at his public appearances. We can clothe him richly with those. And make no mistake about it it: the boos and jeers sting his megalomaniac ago.

[BSunday]

Civility is dead & I mourn it's passing.

Excellent way of putting it into perspective. I have often thought on people I like being booed or whatever, and thought, "Don't people have any manners anymore?"

[mountaineer]

Here's the NY Daily News piece on the booing incident:

Bill Clinton heard a round of boos when he made a surprise appearance at Willie Nelson's 70th birthday concert at the Beacon on Wednesday. The former President acknowledged the backlash by joking, "I want to thank the vast majority of you for the reception." He also spoke to "the few angry, weird Republicans in the house — thank you for being here to prove Willie Nelson's [broad] appeal."