VIDEOS: Obama Speech, Plus Interruption by Heckler At Coakley Event in Boston

By GottaLaff

Here is most of President Obama's speech, plus a bonus excerpt of just the segment in which he was heckled. I haven't found the rest of the speech on video yet.

The heckler held up an abortion sign that read, "Jesus loves all babies". Obama asked the crowd to give him chance to talk. But the crowd chanted "Martha" loudly and repeatedly. The man and his young son were escorted out.

RAW VIDEO- Obama Heckled at Maryland Health Care Rally: "Obama, you're a liar!"

By GottaLaff

Buh-bye now:



See what they're learning from Joe "You lie!" Wilson? These are the polite little foot soldiers who the Rushpublic punditiots refer to as "average people who are concerned". Yeah, right:

At a health care rally at a Maryland university, a protester began shouting, prompting boos and President Obama to pause. The man apparently yelled "Obama you're a liar. Obama, your health care kills children. Abortion is murder."

VIDEO: Rep. Joe Wilson (R) At Obama Speech to Congress: 'You Lie!'

By GottaLaff



Thanks to TPM for nailing the culprit:

The member of Congress who yelled that the president was a liar during the speech was Rep. Joe Wilson (R) of South Carolina. Here's his official website.

Philly to IWRC* Palin: "Hey Hockey Mom -- Keep the Puck out of PA"

By GottaLaff

No need to snark this one up. There's already plenty to go around. Suh-nap!

Someone had the bright idea of sending Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to the Irish Pub on Walnut Street in downtown Philly before the debate yesterday.

More than 400 McCain-Palin supporters were in the bar waiting for her; more than 300 McCain-Palin opponents were outside the bar, heckling her on as Philadelphians know how to do.

Sporting a red Phillies jacket, over a white t-shirt that read "Sarahcuda," Palin entered the bar to the protestors chanting "Obama! Obama!"

Some set off flares.

They held up signs: "McSame/Failin';" "Hey Hockey Mom -- keep the puck out of PA;" "Just like Bush in lipstick."

Inside, people were much more welcoming. However...

Her exit from the Irish Pub was met with a harsh wave of boos from the protesters standing on Walnut Street.

As she eased into her motorcade one man yelled, "I can see Alaska from Walnut Street!"

Does a few minutes in that pub give IWRC* her Ireland creds now? Or was her stopover enough?

*"In What Respect, Charlie?"

VIDEO: Hecklers interrupt Obama speech

By GottaLaff

This is the video of what I posted about here:

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As the camera panned to the rafters in the thousands-strong crowd at the university, I couldn't make out what the hecklers - mostly young black men - were saying. Among the signs they held, I spotted a few with the phrases "KKK," "Blacks against Obama" and accusations he supports gay marriage (he doesn't).

Clearly fazed by the disturbance, Obama tried to get the crowd to settle down. He also referred to the protesters as "young people."

"It's no problem for you to put your signs up, but let me finish what I have to say," he said.

As security guards made their way to the rafters to escort the men out, Obama said, "Alright guys, see ya."

"Let's get back to work," he said, as the crowd cheered him on. "Settle down everybody, let's get back to work."

I've been to a lot of Obama rallies, and can't remember any kind of heckling to this degree, and watching on TV Obama seems pretty upset.

But he moved on with his remarks on women and the economy.

"Is Obama off his game?" Oh no! Is he??? .... No.

By GottaLaff

First Obama "plays the race card", and now he's "off his game"! What a disaster! Land sakes alive! He isn't qualified to even think about running for president! This is a deal breaker!!

Yes, I watched this morning as MSNBC aired Obama at a town hall meeting at which he got "heckled". Three African American audience members held up a sign that read, "What About the Black Community, Obama?" and interrupted Obama to ask him pointed questions. Obama tried to calm them down, and proceeded to answer the questions. He didn't have them removed, they stayed until the end, and the audience members who took the banner from them returned it later.

News Anchorette was visibly aquiver, hoping against hope that she had a Real Story on her hands!! She even mentioned how "beautifully" McCain has handled his own hecklers. And lucky her! There was a reporter right there at the event itself! She breathlessly asked for his version, via MSNBC Phone. Know what he said?

Paraphrasing: Nothing.

This was handled calmly and well by Obama, Phone Guy said, it was low key, and there was nothing to report. End of story.

News Anchorette said that, well, since that was it, then she wouldn't make more out of it than was warranted. End of story again. Oh, and News Anchorette never uttered a word about how "beautifully" Obama handled the situation.

That was at about 8 a.m. my time. Fast forward to 1 pm, and what does the chyron on MSNBC say every 5 seconds?

"OBAMA OFF HIS GAME?" and "ON MESSAGE?"

They've had talking head after talking head vulturize, and vulgarize, what is a non-story. Their own reporter said it was a non-story, News Anchorette reluctantly admitted as much, and as a viewer, I can confirm that it is, indeed, a non-story.

Not any more.

Now, is anyone asking, "Is McCain Off His Game???" No, because as everyone now knows, he handles these things "beautifully".

Harold Ford heckled over Fox, FISA, Obama discussion

By GottaLaff

UPDATE: I updated in my original post, too, that Phil Gramm has been officially kicked off the McSurrogate campaign.... per CNN and Rachel Maddow.

Harold Ford got heckled at Netroots Nation (where Cliff is right now):

Former congressman Harold Ford was billed as a sheep amidst the wolves when he was booked for an appearance at the Netroots Nation conference here in Austin. And while for the most part the DLC head and self-described 'centrist' Democrat received a cordial welcome among the progressive audience, there were a scattering of hisses, boos, and the occasionally unruly heckle during his discussion of FISA, Obama and Democratic politics more broadly.

Appearing alongside DailyKos founder Markos Moulitsas - in what has become a series of appearances for the two since they butted heads during a Meet the Press appearance last year - Ford pushed back against the notion that Obama had abandoned the netroots on the FISA fight.

If you have a hard time hearing the video, go here for the transcript.

McCain speech disrupted by hecklers

By GottaLaff

I did manage to catch it live on CNN (MSNBC didn't carry much of the speech at all). It was heckler heaven, meaning, loud, disruptive, prolonged:

[T]he Arizona senator has a busy weekend, including a speech to a Latino conference where he was heckled several times.

Several hecklers disrupted McCain's speech at separate times and were escorted from the room.

A red-headed woman in the middle of the audience, holding a camera aimed at the candidate, stood up when McCain said "I represent Arizona…"

"John you do represent Arizona! And we want a peace candidate!," the woman yelled. "We want a peace candidate! Peace takes courage!”

She was heartily booed and escorted out, but she kept yelling.

"That's a long trip out," McCain said to laughter.

Then he ad-libbed, after she left.

"I’m sure you’ve seen the polls out now about trust and confidence in our government, and the one thing the American people want us to stop doing is yelling at each other," he said. [Laffy Note: He might want to start with himself.]

Five minutes later, two more female protesters jumped up, yelling loudly.

"Your silence is consent to war crimes! War criminal!" one said. Another heckler carried a pink banner that read "McCain=Guerra" — or "McCain=War."

Bi-lingual heckling is indicative of a very smart electorate.

I'll try to dig up a video if I can.