Posted on 01/31/2008 4:27:59 PM PST by PRePublic
Bill Clinton takes on heckler January 31, 2008 Posted: 02:00 PM ET
Watch Bill Clinton take on a heckler Thursday. (CNN) – Bill Clinton engaged with a heckler head on Thursday at a Denver campaign stop.
The former president had just begun his speech when a man began to shout about 9/11 conspiracies.
As security attempted to escort him out, Clinton stopped his speech, saying, "What are you screaming about? Let him talk."
"Are you one of those it-was-an-inside-job guys? Let me tell you something… I let you be rude and interrupt me, scream at the top of your lungs. 9/11 was not an inside job; it was an Osama bin Laden job with 19 people from Saudi Arabia," Clinton continued. "They murdered 3000 Americans and others foreigners, including over 200 other Muslims. And we look like idiots, folks, denying that the people who murdered our fellow citizens did it when they are continuing to murder all around the world. So we heard from you: you go away."
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/01/31/sot.clinton.hecklers.cspan
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/01/31/bill-clinton-takes-on-heckler/
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Broken clock... twice a day...
Bravo Slick Willie, Bravo
The only thing Clinton ever said, that I agree with.
Good for Bill. I agree 100%.
I saw that. Wonder if the guy was wearing tinfoil.
It’s amazing that there are actually folks here in America that think 9/11 was an inside job.
what will Rosie do now?
The heckler should be thankful that Bill is still not President. He might already be in prison or being audited by the IRS.
Another Clinton plant?
yawn... a scripted heckler....
QUICK!!! Somebody capture this moment for posterity!
Bill Clinton actually made it through a complete thought without needlessly or purposely lying or making it about himself!
I’m not wearing a tinfoil hat but... does this always happen when Clinton is in trouble and has to save face?
Good grief! I actually support something that Bill C said!
“it was an Osama bin Laden job “
Didn’t Clinton fail to take action on Osama while being consumed with the blowout from putting his cigar in Monica’s humidor?
Wow, Bill Clinton said something that made sense. He said something that was true. Just Wow!
Bingo!!!!!!
This campaign’s Sistah Souljah moment...
LOL
It was probably Michael Rivero. He was a big tinfoiler that the building was wired with explosives to fall on trigger all nice and smooth (in their tinfoil eyes).
I’m still waiting for Billary! to take responsibility for the fact that OBL was still alive. Waiting.....waiting.....waiting....
'Member when Bill visited Omaha Beach for the Normany Invasion anniversary?
You know...!! How Bill was down there on Omaha Beach in France, and he was walking contemplatively on the beach? And cameras "unknown" to him were filming? And passing some small stones, he bent down, and in a touching gesture arranged the stones in the wet sand into the shape of the CROSS...?
See how it made him seem solem, and patriotic, and religious? All at the same time?
Well, it was SCRIPTED.
Same thing during the Monica Mess --the bibles he carried from Church got bigger and biggger; it was almost like he wanted to put "spin around rims" on them.
Anyone here falling for this....?! Shame on you....
...don’t taze me bill...
The heckler should have asked: "Why didn't you get Bin Laden when you had the chances?"
See how Hillary was EMBATTLED? How she was the UNDERDOG?
It's amazing the way these tigers never change their stripes, you know.....?
SAME PLAYBOOK..!!!
“Good for Bill. I agree 100%.”
Member of Hillary’s campaign team?
Another plant.
WOW, that must've been something to see, a heckler head. Wonder how it was able to function w/o a body?
Guess I've been reading too much of the headlines comments on Best of the Web Today...
At the 35 second mark, look at the guy just to the right of Clinton (he eventually holds up a Hillary sign in front of his face). He looks like he’s wearing a Ralph Nader mask.
yep!
It always seems if the heckler is of no use or represent a fringe that a candidate (or a candidate's husband) wants to immunize themselves from, a friendly media seem to have no interest in finding out the name, occupation, affiliation etc. of the heckler.
Then again it could be an actual heckler and not a plant and Bill at the ready to prove his, and Hillary's, pro-America credentials. Then again Bill needs to keep as much light away from his pre-9/11 incompetency. Either way, I in no way will give Bill Clinton credit for an obvious point.
And,had he taken OBL on one of the 3 times he was offered him this exchange, quite possibly, may never had taken place because the towers would still be standing.
I think so. In fact, I just posted it.
Damn! It creeps me out if I have to agree with the Sink Emperor.
Ironically, At times when these yahoos made noise, the Dems didn’t much mind the “Inside jobbers” stirring up the pot.
At this time when Bill is in need of looking more mainstream, he takes on the yahoo “inside jobber” head-on.
Calculated or not, ya still gotta say, Bill did it quite nicely.
The cross on the beach...
The Bibles at church...
The false tears at Ron Brown’s funeral...
Just BillyJeff Bling.
Stunned beyond speech that I agree with Billy.
All those “journalists” and “reporters” there and none of them were interested in identifying who this guy is?
Didn't Hillary say almost the exact same thing a few weeks ago to the "Iron My Shirts" heckler?
The Stain® and his hideous bride run a much tighter ship than that ... nobody gets inside the ropes by accident.
Member of the 9/11 was an inside job team?
Bingo
exactly-who is this guy? -what group?
The stain trying to look patriotic?
telling the “guards” to let him speak?
Another plant- to get Bubba off the front pages -
for what he really is -a redneck racist-
attacking a demonrat blackman.
Did he have Leaves growing out of his Head?
Pray for W and Our Troops
My thoughts exactly.
Democrats love to see Bill Clinton get fired up. The problem is when the target is a protected class. Can’t attack Obama, can’t attack the press... So along comes a cutout to let ol’ Bill rail against something we can ALL get behind: 911 conspiracy nuts.
I concur.
Well, if it was a real heckler, it still tells us something. It would mean the "truthers" have now reached Cindy Sheehan status and are no longer useful.
Too bad his wife regrets supporting the WOT, and that she wants to control the military that is stopping murderous thugs.
Bill needs to talk to Hillary to explain to her that she was right when she voted to support the war, that the request to go to war was based on their attacking us and their continuing plans to attack us.
He needs to get her to publicly acknowledge that she supports the WOT, instead of running away from it.
Yes, Bill, and how many times could you have taken steps to prevent 9/11, to accept Bin Laden’s head on a platter when you were offered it? No, you were too busy having oral sex with anyone who would give it to you, toO busy getting a buzz while discussing our military engagements on the phone with little ladies under OUR (not yours, OUR!) DESK!!, too spaced out on sex and maybe STD’s as well, to be rational enough to make solid military decisions unless they suited your purposes to take the legal heat off YOU! It’s always been about YOU! Now it’s all about HILLARY! Bill better watch his back with that one, I think.
Didn’t this happen at least once before, in 2007? Surely the Clintons are above planing wingnuts in their audiences?
But, but what about Midnight Basketball??
ML/NJ
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