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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[Shooter 2.5]

He was probably invited by Willie Nelson. They were on the stage hugging each other.

[Let's Roll]

Republicans booing Klintoon? I certainly hope so.

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

The 'Toon's old tone is soo 20th Century.

[SuziQ]

Talk about a useful idiot.

He's not even useful!

[bvw]

You are most extremely confused about civiity. It's no help to be polite to a notoriously vile person. It is the boos that were civil -- the cheers that were rude. Do you cheer a rapist? Clap lustily for a man who publically demeans and harasses the small and weak? Smile pleasantly at a man who orders pet cats killed and hung on the owner's porch. If so, friend, you ARE rude and vile.

Civility is not so shallow! Men and women of competing interests and occassioned displeasures can and do live civilly with one another. But not if they pave the way for the vile, the thief, the liar, the corrupt by extending only happy-faced saccharine faux-politeness. By so doing the whole of the city, of the society, is taken down into the muck. Proper rebuke is a necessary part of true civility.

[WaveThatFlag]

Good frend of mine & his brother were carried out of the concert by secret service.

[SuziQ]

So, I intend to go, but I'm taking my "I love George W" sign to show them.

Hah! That's a GREAT idea!

[KLT]

[finnman69]

I want to give a medal to they guy that flipped Semenstain the bird.

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

Well said.

[SuziQ]

Good frend of mine & his brother were carried out of the concert by secret service.

Reverse moshing?

[bvw]

BSunday, the boos and jeers were the best of manners -- it was the cheers awarded the vile that were rude and ill-mannered.

[SerpentDove]

Remember when Hellary said, "I've gotten used to getting booed"?

[TLBSHOW]

Another saw a fellow concertgoer who stood up, booed and gave Clinton the finger

the left hates free speech........

[bvw]

Hooray for that excellent reply, 76!

[SerpentDove]

>>So my .02 is forget about him and move on.<<

I say everytime the rapist traitor appears in public, we heap humiliation on the bastard, just like this crowd did. Without exception. Until he is dead.

That's my two cents.

[bvw]

Good! Too bad the very civil and proper "boos and jeers" didn't happen, "sooner rather than later". (To repeat the liar's own words -- made, as usual, as a false promise.)

[SerpentDove]

"In 1986, on a Sunday morning in June, I sat in the congregation of a large Baptist church in Little Rock. The choir entered, clad in long, bright, flowing robes. I couldn't help but notice Governer William Clinton in the direct center, smiling from ear to ear, and singing "Jesus Saves" at the top of his lungs. No camera could possibly miss him.

I'll never forget that moment."

1986...let's see...I think that was AFTER he raped Juanita Broaddrick, and before his affair with Gennifer Flowers and pulling his pants down in front of Paula Jones and saying "Kiss it."

I think I've got my timeline right.

[Manic_Episode]

I carry tear gas for just such occasions.

[SerpentDove]

"So, I intend to go [to the Dixie Chicks concert], but I'm taking my "I love George W" sign to show them. "

On the back it should say, "Enjoy your farewell tour!"


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