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COLLEGE STATION — Our president, navigating through a difficult rookie year, on Friday made his first trip to our state since he got the gig in January. Barack Obama came to College Station to honor George H.W. Bush on the 20th anniversary of the ex-president's "Points of Light" speech that sparked a volunteer effort that has helped countless folks. So nice. A Democratic president and an ex-GOP president ignoring party differences for a day. The event crossed generations. It bridged racial divide. And it reminded us that the folks who really play politics for keeps know there's a time to...

Beer-sodden fans and rain combined for an ugly finish to a long day of golf yesterday, with Tiger Woods and other golfers subjected to drunken heckling as the action at Bethpage Black came to a close. At 6:42 p.m., dozens of drunken spectators at Hole 10 taunted Woods as he prepared to start his third round in the rain. "We're on Long Island, baby, where men are men!" one fan yelled. "Put that umbrella down!" The taunts were mixed with cheers from the majority of the crowd. Woods did not respond to the people who were heckling him but tried...

NEW YORK , June 17 (UPI) -- A New York jury has acquitted a 24-year-old man accused of heckling Laura and Jenna Bush and assailing a wheelchair-bound teenager and her family. The New York Post reported Wednesday a Manhattan Criminal Court jury acquitted Gary Talis Tuesday on assault charges stemming from an April 2008 incident in which Talis allegedly attacked a family following a New York appearance by the wife and daughter of then-U.S. President George W. Bush. The Bushes were in New York to talk about their children's book, "Read All About It." Authorities had accused Talis of shouting...

ABC News' Matt Jaffe reports: Just 48 hours before Election Day, Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden's rally Sunday at Florida State University was disrupted by a raucous group of Republican opponents just outside the event's gates. About 30 supporters of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blared sirens and chanted so loudly that they even got Biden's attention. "Maybe those McCain folks can hear this, they’d be interested back there," Biden said over the din of the protesters just a hundred yards away. "They can hear this, I’ll say it loudly as I can. I thought...

What is political astroturf? When a political movement portrays itself to be grass-roots, and later we find out it was actually planned and coordinated by a political party or candidate. This is usually done in support of the cause or candidate behind the astroturf effort. The Republicans are now being attacked by a new type of fake grass: dirty atstroturf. Democratic activists are infiltrating Republican rallys pretending to be Republican grass-roots supporters. The Democratic activist's goal? Discredit Republican grass-roots supporters. Their tactic has been to yell vile statements about Democratic candidates, hoping it would smear Republican grass-roots supporters. So far,...

"Lets get back to work. Settle down everybody, lets get back to work."

ABC's David Kerley and Sunlen Miller report: For the second time in two months, Senator Obama was heckled by African American protestors during events in Florida. Shortly after starting his remarks before a 7,000 person rally in Coral Gables, Friday, Obama was abruptly interrupted by a group of about 20 African American protestors. The group of mostly men chanted and waved signs reading, "Obama endorsed by the KKK" and "Blacks against Obama." The Democratic nominee – aware of the distraction – stopped his remarks and called out the protestors. "Hey young people out there – it's no problem for you...

They didn’t call him “The Great Communicator” for nothing. These two videos show the difference in the way Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan deal with hecklers. Videos at link. Evaluation: Reagan and Obama: Dealing With Hecklers

Hoo boy...this organization is calling out Obama big time tonight. If you missed it earlier...this is the group of about 25 people who heckled Obama and disrupted his rally in Miami today live on CNN/MSNBC/FOX. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dKYX6AxAvE The link is a scathing attack on Obama and Democrats. Enjoy!

OBAMA: Have you seen gas prices? (chanting) Hold on, guys, hold on. Hold on, guys. Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, everybody. Hey, young people out there, it's no problem for you to put your signs up, but let everybody -- let me -- let me finish what I have to say, all right. Come on, guys. (yelling) All right. (yelling) So you -- so -- see --

SNIP12:37 - Barack Obama says Michelle is like that song "I'm every woman". Haha, she has "to put up with a knuckle head husband who's running for president".12:41 - Wow. A group of people start chanting "Barack Go Home" and hold up signs. It's "BLACKS AGAINST OBAMA". What? What?12:43 - Ok, it was a group of about 10, all African American, who were holding signs that were some how connecting Obama to the KKK and protesting the fact that he is for abortion and gay marriage (he's not really, he's more for "civil partnerships"). Obama says "ok, guys settle down"...

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CORAL GABLES, Florida (AFP) - Around 20 African-Americans heckled Barack Obama at a rally here Friday, screaming chants and holding up placards accusing the White House hopeful of selling out the black community. As the Democrat, who would be the first African-American US president, spoke, the protestors jumped up from their seats in a corner high up in the University of Miami's basketball arena. One of their signs said: "Barack Obama endorsed by KKK (Ku Klux Klan)."

Barack Obama faced heckelers today at his campaign event in Florida. A group of African-American protestors were there and tried to disrupt his remarks. Obama took a question from one of them later. Here is video of the exchange. John McCain has faced numerous incidents of anti-war hecklers at his events. . . .(see video)

Hillary's heckler 0:47 Sen. Hillary Clinton gets heckled by a demonstrator during a speech in front of college Democrats in South Carolina.

HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) – A woman screaming “you’re not a real conservative, sirâ€ù was removed by police from a welcoming reception for likely GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson Wednesday morning. A second protester was also taken from the room.

A member of "Houston 9/11 Truth" asks Fred Thompson about his membership in The Council of Foreign Relations and its backing of "The North American Union." 1) Watch how Thompson deals with her (in the first 1:00 or so)... Thompson answers as the '9/11 Truther' heckles him over her conspiracy-minded question regarding "The North American Union": "Now don’t fuss at me. You asked me a question. Let me answer it." That's how it's done! 2) Then watch as the '9/11 Truther' is escorted out (about 4:00) at the end of the video, screaming about "What do you think about Trade...

HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) – A woman screaming “you’re not a real conservative, sir” was removed by police from a welcoming reception for likely GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson Wednesday morning. A second protester was also taken from the room. Houston police officers escorted the woman — as well as a man — from the hangar at Hobby Airport, where Thompson was shaking hands with a crowd of supporters. They were not arrested. The woman questioned Thompson as he talked to reporters. She asked him why he was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and noted that the organization...

Michael Richards exploded in anger as he performed at a famous L.A. comedy club last Friday, hurling racial epithets that left the crowd gasping, and TMZ has obtained exclusive video of the ugly incident.

LOS ANGELES - Michael Richards stunned a comedy club audience, shouting racial epithets at people who heckled him during a stand-up routine. The 57-year-old actor-comedian, best known for playing Jerry Seinfeld's eccentric neighbor Kramer on the hit TV show "Seinfeld," was performing at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood Friday night when he launched into the verbal rampage, according to video posted on TMZ.com. The tirade apparently began after two black audience members started shouting at him that he wasn't funny. Richards retorted: "Shut up! Fifty years ago we'd have you upside down with a f------ fork up your a--."...

GLENDALE The second day of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign bus tour across Southern California hit another bump Wednesday when scores of nurses held a raucous demonstration outside a campaign stop. About 100 members and supporters of the California Nurses Association and another group that supports a November ballot measure to limit campaign contributions jammed the sidewalk outside a popular bakery in this suburb just north of downtown Los Angeles. As the governor schmoozed briefly with voters and supporters inside, they waved signs proclaiming "Stop Political Corruption" and chanted "No more lies." Just an hour earlier, Schwarzenegger had encountered a much...

A community college student in Massachusetts faces possible disciplinary action for shouting "Remember Chappaquiddick!" during an on-campus speech by Democrat Sen. Edward Kennedy. Paul Trost, 20, a student at Massasoit Community College in Brockton, Mass., says he was upset by an introduction of Kennedy given by Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., in which the congressman noted how the long-time senator overcame hardship in life on his way to success. "Lynch said Kennedy had overcome such adversity to get to the place he was, and that's a bunch of bull," Trost said of the introduction, which occurred in the school's student center...

Hecklers Disrupt Scalia at D.C. Appearance Tuesday February 21, 2006 11:46 PM By ELIZABETH WHITE Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia grew tired of a persistent heckler Tuesday and asked organizers of a legal seminar to do something about the outbursts - gently. ``Don't use force,'' Scalia told American Enterprise Institute workers as they grabbed the young man's arm and nudged him toward the door. The workers then let go and the man walked out. It was unclear what Aaron Yule, 23, of Boston, was asking when Scalia turned to organizers and said, ``Can you,...

Only two hecklers, out of an audience of 5,000, heckled PM Sharon's speech, succeeding in astounding and silencing him for several minutes before guards forcibly ejected them from the audience. Security was very tight at the AIPAC event in Washington. The speakers warranted it; Hilary Clinton, who preceded Sharon, and Sharon himself are both controversial figures. A group of would-be protestors was kept out of the audience because one of them was wearing an orange shirt, the color of the struggle for Gush Katif and northern Shomron. Sharon was in the midst of being warmly received by the audience, when...

Saturday essay: Food for thought Saturday, May 7, 2005 How to talk to Ann Coulter should not include verbal or physical abuse. That also applies to others daring to set foot on college campuses, only to be set upon by those who disagree with them. Blunt-speaking conservatives such as Ms. Coulter, Pat Buchanan, William Kristol, David Horowitz and Richard Pearle recently were targeted for silencing with weapons such as pies, a salad dressing bottle (probably blue cheese, but definitely not chunky style) and a shoe. A streaker was apprehended before...snip Verbal assaults included the usual name-shouting: "fascist," "bigot," and ironically,...

EDITORIAL BOARD Friday, May 06, 2005 Conservative author and gadfly Ann Coulter must have been delighted by the protesters who disrupted her talk at the University of Texas Tuesday night. It added to the sensationalism she thrives on. Coulter expects to provoke controversy when she speaks at a university. The $30,000 she earned for her appearance at the LBJ Library auditorium makes enduring some heckling and rudeness worthwhile. Plus, she gathered a few anecdotes for her next best-selling book and can point once again to the intolerance of the anti-free speech left. But what is good for Coulter and her...

Ann Coulter's Pie Assailants Conservative author survives creamy stage-left attack OCTOBER 22--Meet Phillip Edgar Smith and William Zachary Wolff. The Tucson men, both 24, were arrested last night after throwing cream pies at author Ann Coulter during her speech at the University of Arizona. One pie connected with the conservative commentator's shoulder. Smith, a UA student, and Wolff were charged with criminal damage, a felony, and misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and assault. The felony charge resulted from damage to a backdrop that school officials estimated at $3000. The pie provocateurs were booked into the Pima County Adult Detention...

.........Edwards's trademark smile melted in the floodlights to a stony stare at times as Bush supporters waved posters with messages such as ''Flush the Johns," and he tried to shame them by mentioning that his children were on board the train. Teresa Heinz Kerry, meanwhile, began her remarks by contending that Missouri Democrats would treat Laura Bush better than the local Republicans were treating her. Heinz Kerry, who prides herself on ''speaking my mind," spoke haltingly through catcalls of ''Go home." The foursome tried to plow through the 20-minute stop in Sedalia in relatively good cheer, their second of the...

I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THATFirst it was former Vermont Gov. Howie Dean seemingly planting sick people around him so he could appear to be a healer while on the campaign trail. (Recall that early in the campaign, Dean was often coincidentally close by to aid people who had either fainted or fallen ill at his campaign events.) Now John Kerry's campaign is planting volunteers at his appearances in order to make him appear tougher. At a rally yesterday at which he accepted the endorsement of Maine Gov. John Baldacci, Kerry faced down a heckler in the Portland audience who called...

<p>Could Al Franken's life take an unfunny turn? The liberal comedian may have crossed the line after brawling with hecklers during a Howard Dean rally in New Hampshire.</p> <p>Though accounts of the fracas vary, the beefy comedian essentially bearhugged, then brought down an agitated Lyndon LaRouche supporter who screamed Mr. Dean was "a liar" from the back of the Palace Theatre in Manchester, where the Democratic presidential hopeful took questions.</p>

By Michael Gordon October 24, 2003 The best line by George Bush was not in the prepared text for his historic address to Federal Parliament yesterday. It came when the high jinks of Green senators threatened to poison the atmosphere and demean the occasion."I love free speech," said the good-humoured President, breaking the tension, transforming the mood and winning applause from both sides of the chamber.From a leader so often accused of wooden and unconvincing delivery, it was a PR master stroke, one that defused a potentially embarrassing, even nasty, situation.The President had been warned to expect a cool reception...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Heckled inside and outside Australia's parliament, President Bush on Thursday defended the invasion of Iraq during a symbolic visit to thank Australia for its staunch support in the war on terror. Bush, wrapping up a six-nation Asian tour focused on security and trade, said the allies who had fought alongside each other in two world wars and Vietnam had a "special responsibility throughout the Pacific" to help keep peace. "In the war on terror, once again, we are at each other's side," Bush said, recalling the nightclub bombings in Bali last October that killed 202 people, including...

Canberra, Australia (CNN) -- U.S. President George W. Bush has been heckled by Australian parliamentarians during an address in which he thanked the nation for its support in the war on terror. Bush personally lauded Australian Prime Minister John Howard for his "exceptional courage" in committing Australian troops to the war in Iraq and said Australians were traditionally the "first step forward to fight" in a just cause.

AUSTRALIAN Greens senators Bob Brown and Kerry Nettle were ordered out of Parliament today, after interrupting United States President George W. Bush. But they refused to go and plan to defy a 24-hour ban by attending Chinese President Hu Jintao's address to Parliament tomorrow. Some government MPs tried to physically prevent the Greens senators from approaching Mr Bush after he addressed Parliament. Several Labor MPs protested silently during Mr Bush's speech. Labor backbencher Harry Quick wore a white armband, some Labor MPs wore peace dove badges, and the Greens wore pictures of the Australian prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Senator Brown...

<p>September 5, 2003 -- The father of a soldier killed in the ambush in Iraq that Pvt. Jessica Lynch survived is furious she's getting a $1 million book deal.</p> <p>"I don't have a problem about her writing about her life, but when it involves not only my son, but of the others injured, wounded or killed, why should one person make money over the deaths of other people?" said Randy Kiehl, the father of Army Spc. James Kiehl, who was killed in action.</p>

Jessica Lynch Biography Hits Racks In November'I Am a Soldier, Too' To Be Written by Bragg By Linton WeeksWashington Post Staff WriterTuesday, September 2, 2003; Page C01 "I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story" will go on sale in November at bookstores, discount warehouses, truck stops, gift shops, grocery stores, pharmacies, PXs and just about everywhere else across America. The authorized biography will be written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Bragg and published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House. Sonny Mehta, Knopf's president, will make the official announcement today. "Jessica Lynch has captured the hearts...

Slain Soldier's Father Criticizes Lynch's Book Deal Kiehl Says Lynch Is 'A Profiteer' POSTED: 9:02 AM CDT September 4, 2003 COMFORT, Texas -- The father of a Comfort soldier killed in an ambush in Iraq that former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch survived said that Lynch's million-dollar book deal will taint the memory of the soldiers killed in the ambush. "Pretty severe, isn't it?" Randy Kiehl (pictured, left), the father of Army Spc. James Kiehl, said in an exclusive interview with KSAT 12 News Wednesday from his home in Comfort. "That she makes money off the death of my...

NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Lynch, the former prisoner of war whose capture and rescue from an Iraqi hospital made her a national hero, has agreed to a $1 million book deal with publisher Alfred A. Knopf. "Many folks have written, expressing their support for me and for the thousands of other soldiers who serve their country," Lynch said in a statement issued Tuesday by Knopf. "I feel I owe them all this story, which will be about more than a girl going off to war and fighting alongside her fellow soldiers. It will be a story about growing up...

Come one, come all -- comment on this year's freak show. It began with three sluts on stage in their underwear.

Filed at 9:10 p.m. ET LEMONT, Ill. (AP) -- Davis Love III has had it with obnoxious fans. Heckled mercilessly by some in the gallery who seem to have forgotten that golf is a genteel sport, Love yelled back during Sunday's final round at the Western Open. After blasting out of a tricky spot in the rough on the par-4 17th, Love looked at a fan, glared and started toward him. After telling the fan to be quiet, he headed back to the fairway. ``They're just overstepping their bounds,'' said Love, who finished two strokes behind winner Jerry Kelly. ``They're...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- President Bush, eager to refocus attention on his domestic agenda amid the Mideast crisis, lauded elected officials Monday for heeding his call to bolster police and emergency teams with volunteers. "It makes sense to come to the Volunteer State to talk about the need for our citizens to help each other," Bush said. Bush toured Knoxville's Citizens' Police Academy, a training center for volunteers, saying he considers it a model for what he is trying to create around the nation. "I'm here to explain to the nation the importance of citizens becoming involved with preparedness in...