Obama was HECKLED in NewYork and handled it like a pro

[bigdarryl]

This is what you call a masterful politician. Now you compare the way the President handled these people who disagreed with him compared to Papa McCain going off the other day about the DADT with people who were in a disagreement with him. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/23/obama-heckled-by-aids-act_n_736305.html

[pennylane100]

1. He certainly did handle it well.

[Phx_Dem]

2. Heckling is so mature and always gets results! ROLF.

Leave it to the progressives to think heckling will help them.

Obama handled it extremely well. At least there was one adult in the room.

[frylock]

3. those stupid fucking progressives..

hahaha..... they should lobby to get a meeting with obama. he's shown how willing he is to work with those rubes in past, right?

[sweetladybug]

6. He had a great response to the hecklers!

Just look how President Obama handled these people and how McCain handled the people that disagrees with him the other day

[Phx_Dem]

7. It's a free country. If they want to heckle like a bunch of Code Pink losers,

go for it. I'm sure it will make all the difference, aside from making them look like juveniles.

Maybe next time, they'll burn him in effigy.

[frylock]

14. again, if obama would deign to grant progressive groups an audience..

then perhaps they wouldn't have to resort to such "juvenile" tactics, "like a bunch of Code Pink losers."

[smalll]

23. But hippie-punching is so viscerally satisfying.

Not that it will help with Repuke voters; to them, Obama will always be the anti-colonial Kenyan socialist.

But at the same time, hippie-punching feels so good. :shrug:

[Radical Activist]

41. Obama responded to critics. If they can't take it

then they shouldn't dish it out.

[Life Long Dem]

39. Actually.

They were stupid fucking gay progressives.

[Bitwit1234]

4. He is correct. Why heckle President Obama when he and

the Democrats are working toward to increase aid and to pass the bill they want. They should go to the republican functions. But these people are afraid to. The republicans would throw them out and have them locked up. Republicans can not stand DESENT....or should I say """""""descent""""""" that's the way the tea bags spell it.

[louis-t]

13. Or 'dissent'.

Spelling police here.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Except that Mr Post Partisan keeps framing this of all issues

as a Partisan issue. He knows that the protesters are not comparing Parties on this issue, he knows he is being personally called upon for action. He got elected. The message comes to him. Pretending he's the wrong ear for it is not really the best choice. Pretending that activists are not taking this message to Republicans is also dismissive of recent large protests and telephone actions across the country, targeting doddering John McCain, and Obama's favorite Mainers, Snowe and Collins. It has been all over the fucking news. To imply that such things are not going on is false.
So, telling people to take it to the Republicans when they already are, and have been, and never stopped for a moment since this crisis began and St Ronnie the Transformational sat silently in DC is just not connected to the reality and importance of the subject matter.
A pro might have thanked them for speaking out for the least among us with great passion. It really is not the best moment for compare and contrast games with yourself and political rivals.
The President might like to know that those of us active in these issues hold the Republican Party in contempt, specifically Reagan and all of them since. This is why we have been demonstrating against them since he was at Occidental College pulling a toke and being a student. I think he should be taking to the Republicans. I think we have been, long, loud and with props and guest stars. For at least 20 years. Time for the DNC and Obama to get with the program, and join us in going after the conservatives instead of lecturing us and playing patsy cake with them.
The President seems lacking in his knowledge of history on this subject, much of which is centered in the African American community, so he might want to do some remedial work.
I guess you liked his snark better than I did, but then again, I've been protesting the Republicans over AIDS policy as long as I can remember. Taking signs to them is not a fresh idea to me.

[AtomicKitten]

8. He takes it in stride.

[Bluenorthwest]

9. Yep.

"By the end of 2007, an estimated 233,624 blacks with a diagnosis of AIDS had died in the US and 5 dependent areas. In 2006, HIV was the ninth leading cause of death for all blacks and the third leading cause of death for both black men and black women aged 35–44."
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/aa/

[AtomicKitten]

15. heckling

much like what you are doing in your response

Obama Requests More Money For HIV/AIDS, Other Health Programs
link: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/198688.php
Article Date: 24 Aug 2010

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On Friday, President Obama updated his pending fiscal year 2011 HHS budget request to include $400 million more for HIV/AIDS programs, high-risk insurance pools and health worker training, CQ HealthBeat reports. He made the request to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

Obama seeks an additional $30 million for state programs that provide drugs for people living with HIV and $35 million more for HIV/AIDS prevention initiatives and research programs. The administration has been facing criticism from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and other advocacy groups that claim it has not devoted enough money to HIV/AIDS programs.

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© 2010 National Partnership for Women & Families. All rights reserved.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

19. That is the best ever moving jpeg. I will never forget that speech. Excellent!!!

[AtomicKitten]

20. Here's a version in color.

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[young but wise]

25. ........

So after King Canute campaigns on his ocean-defying wonderfulness, NOW he wants us to get all incremental and pragmatic? Somehow, it's kind of a comedown.

Wow, what a quote.:wow:

[vaberella]

28. You're something else. n/t

[AtomicKitten]

30. *

[Cha]

37. You got that right..

[Inuca]

31. Yes, we BEGAN n/t

[SemiCharmedQuark]

32. She lost. Get over it, smalll. Clinton did.

[saltpoint]

34. I think your post is pretty mixed up.

-1.

[vaberella]

10. He did increase funding and it is the Republican's fault. n/t

[Cha]

11. "Obama engaged with the Demonstraters"..

"Obama engaged with the demonstrators, saying, "Apparently you're interested in funding AIDS. . . . We have increased AIDS funding." Then he proceeded with his remarks.

The woman interrupted him again, and Obama replied, "We listened to you, we heard your point. . . . It's a conversation I'm happy to have." The woman stopped shouting, but the men continued displaying the signs.

Later, on the other side of the room, a man shouted out, "Don't ask, don't tell," twice.

The rest of the audience chanted "Obama, Obama" to drown out the demonstrators, and someone tried to pull down the signs. The activists quieted down after Obama spoke to them - and their concerns - directly.

"We need your energy and enthusiasm," Obama said. "This young lady here, she wants an increase in AIDS funding. ... I'm sure we could do more, if we're able to grow this economy again. That young man shouted, 'Don't ask, don't tell.' . . . As president, I said we would reverse it."

Such heckling of Obama at Democratic fundraisers has become routine in recent months. The president was interrupted in April and May - both times at fundraisers for Sen. Barbara Boxer (Calif.) - by people protesting the president's pace on eliminating "don't ask, don't tell." The policy forbids gay men and lesbians from openly serving in the military; the president has urged its repeal, but Congress has resisted any change."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/22/AR2010092205977.html?hpid=topnews

[vaberella]

26. This is not about the President. This is entirely about the Republicans.

I am boggled by the hecklers. I don't get how they don't see what the problems is. Maybe the Dems need to push more on that. YOU WANT AIDS FUNDING----WE NEED TO GET THE ECONOMY RUNNING
YOU WANT TO REPEAL DADT-----YOU NEED TO PROTEST REPUBLICANS (BECAUSE ALL THE DEMS ARE ON BOARD)!

[Arkana]

36. But...but I was told he HATES activists.

Whatever shall I think now?

[no_hypocrisy]

12. You simply don't let hecklers have the last word.

You don't give up your control to them.

[Clio the Leo]

16. Best part? (photo)

The protesters were still there when he was done ... they weren't removed .... 'cause Barack Obama isn't afraid of dissenting opinion.



Unlike....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saD8FuNkm7Q

[Blue_Roses]

22. who's the crazy b***** with the sign

good grief...:eyes:

[bigwillq]

17. Obama does handle his critics well.

I like that. :thumbsup:
I think one would have to be able to handle his/her critics well when they decide to run for office. Some do it better then others. Obama does it well.

[ClassWarrior]

18. Yes he does. Though he promised during the campaign to TALK with his critics, not...

..."handle" them.

I'd rather see him handle "those other folks" who DON'T WANT to talk with him -- no matter how hard he tries -- and instead talk with those of us on the left who do.

NGU.

[bigwillq]

21. Let me know when you get an appointment.

;)

[vaberella]

27. He did speak to his critics. You could read that.

Don't project the words of some posters to the President's actions because you want to feel some sort of justified anger. He politely spoke to them and explained where he stood and what has done. He didn't handle them---unless it was his crowd of supporters who tried to drown out the protesters. He spoke to the protesters and said---"This young lady wanted more AIDS funding---I have done that and when the economy is better we could do more." or to the man he said, "You want to repeal DADT, you need to get at the Repbulican Senators who are blocking it." <----what more could have done and what more would you have him done. I don't see how his actions weren't polite. He actually answered his hecklers while most hecklers don't get anything from anyone.

[DailyGrind51]

29. I am old enough to remember when George McGovern responded to a heckler with, "Kiss my ass!"

Now, THAT is classic!

[saltpoint]

33. Obama is an evolved being, while McCain is kind of

a Farmer McGregor crackpot, ripping through the backyard garden with a pitchfork.

There was no chance in hell that progressives would vote for a McCain-Palin ticket to start with but his behavior during this AZ primary has been even worse than any of us imagined. When things are going good, such as when he won the 2000 New Hampshire primary, McCain can show some positive spirit. But when he's under pressure and things don't seem to be unfolding the way he wants them to, he morphs into a rattlesnake.

Obama's a lot more intelligent, and a lot more grown up.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

35. Obama pretty much does everything well, so that's not surprising.

[Gin]

38. he handled that well....and...off topic...looked handsome in that

suit and tie...great color for him

[DrToast]

40. You know why Obama can handle being heckled and Republicans can't

Because Obama has the truth on his side.

Republicans can't handle being heckled because they're lying through their teeth and they know it.