Obama heckled by Occupiers at campaign stop
posted at 4:31 pm on November 22, 2011 by Howard Portnoy
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It just isn’t Barack Obama’s day (or week or month, etc.). The same day a video of a Russian newscaster flipping the president the bird (it is close to Thanksgiving after all) went viral, he was served a side of raspberries at in fundraiser in New Hampshire, by—of all people—Occupy protesters.
As Mediaite observes:
Hey, all you people complaining that the Occupy protesters need to start protesting the White House in addition to the evil banks? You just got your day.
The chant—“Mr. President, over 4,000 peaceful protesters have been arrested”—begins at about the 1:07 cue in the video. It crescendos and continues until the president’s supporters shout down the protesters with the distressingly familiar “O-bam-AH” chant that was so prevalent in 2008 and shortly thereafter.
The fact that the Occupiers came to heckle the president comes as no surprise. Despite his early protestations of support for the Occupy Wall Street movement, the feeling was never mutual. A Fordham University poll conducted toward the end of October showed 73% of OWSers expressing disapproval of the way Obama handled his job and 36% indicating plans to vote for him in 2012.
If nothing else, the noisy reception Obama received today reveals that the Occupiers are equal opportunity boors.
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All smoke, no fire. They’ll still vote for him in the next election.
unclesmrgol on November 22, 2011 at 7:45 PM
Every single one of those retards will vote for him.
Vegi on November 23, 2011 at 12:04 AM
agree with you both…
cmsinaz on November 23, 2011 at 7:13 AM
Hecklers and polls to show O-bam-ah has already started distancing himself from the mob of lice infested, dope smoking, rapists in tents. Expect more of the same until even Nanzi never even heard of them.
Kissmygrits on November 23, 2011 at 8:44 AM
Another story that was a set up (see pepper spray article, too).
Fallon on November 23, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Fallon on November 23, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Totally staged. I just can’t see the secret service allowing the passing of notes. Anthrax anyone?
chewydog on November 23, 2011 at 2:17 PM
Via Moonbattery, it was all a stunt.
Feedie on November 24, 2011 at 8:13 AM