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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 03:59 PM
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What do you think would happen if Obama were harassed at one of his town meetings by a birther?
What if some unhinged birther was somehow called on at one of Obama's town hall meetings and started spewing their nonsense? What do you think Obama's response would be?
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:01 PM
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1. Don't know about Obama but I know what the Secret Service would do...
Edited on Mon Aug-03-09 04:01 PM by eleny
Drag them out.
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:02 PM
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2. At a healthcare townhall, someone asked him "I heard that the new healthcare bill has a gov't off.
go to everyone's house and ask them how to they want to die."

If he can handle that, he can handle what I'm sure he's expecting any day now-a birther.
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:05 PM
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4. I saw that, it was the AARP town hall. He handled it beautifully. nt
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Phx_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:13 PM
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8. I didn't know that, but I just pulled the YouTube video so
I'll watch it now. I'm not surprised it handled well, he always does.
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:16 PM
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9. It was a question that came in on the phone line - a woman asked
about the govt sending people to the homes of senior citizens asking how they want to die.

It was sad because this older woman really believed it and was scared.
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YOY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:03 PM
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3. I want someone to say he "hates white people"
And for the president to slowly say that his mother and his grandparents whom he loved very dearly were white...and are they suggesting they he hates his mother and grandparents?
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:05 PM
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5. The individual would soon learn that the Secret Service
takes their jobs very seriously. I remember going to a Kerry for Pres. rally in '04 and I had a cheap throw away type camera. The SS agent at the door checked it every way possible and I made a stupid remark. I said, "Man, I'm not smart enough to remake that thing into a bomb." The guy glared at me and finally handed me the camera after checking it out more.
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ShadowLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 05:26 PM
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13. Agreed, the secret service probably wouldn't let a nut like that in
My brother has seen secret service agents pull people out of the room where a president was going to make a speech in a few hours just for holding up a sign that said something bad about that president (I believe this was at an event for president Clinton, a few years into his first term).
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:10 PM
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6. If I was close enough, I would give the harasser a "birthmark"
I've always wanted to be on Utube.
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rvablue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:12 PM
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7. Laugh at them. Like most people are. n/t
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:17 PM
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10. He'd brush it off.
:-)
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dave29 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 05:15 PM
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11. Beams would shoot out of his eyes and the person would melt on the spot
which would shut everyone up, real fast.
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 05:17 PM
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12. He would know exactly what to say...with humor
I can't imagine what he'd say because I'm nowhere near as calm, cool, and collected. lol
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:09 PM
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17. Yep - he's been dealing with it for over a year.
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Politicalboi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 05:37 PM
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14. Why not say
"So What" It worked for Dick.
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Jakes Progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 05:48 PM
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15. He would wipe the floor with them.
This was always his strength.

I think it would be good if they did. Let's see the crazed drooler go up against our calm and eloquent president.
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ksoze Donating Member (635 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:08 PM
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16. Have guys in white coats with butterfly nets standing by at all meetings
as soon as one of the loons starts his tirade, they should run out net him and drag him off. A few days in a padded room should remind them that this is the big leagues.
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:16 PM
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18. Stay tuned. He's hitting the road this week.
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PatSeg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:45 PM
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19. I can see him now
He'd briefly put his head down, shake it side to side for a bit while quietly laughing. Then head up and smiling, he'd make a perfect joke.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 07:14 PM
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20. I'd love for that to happen..
and with all this crap that's already happened at town hall meetings.. nothing should surprise the president or any other politicians.

He would give the explaination of why Hawai'i doesn't give out the orignal BC and that his BC is posted on whitehouse.gov..something like that, anyway.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 07:17 PM
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21. He'd say something clever/funny and the audience would boo the birther down. n/t
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windbreeze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 08:35 PM
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22. I don't know...but...
with the way they rage around...I would hope they are all searched before entering the venue...wb
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PopSixSquish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 08:39 PM
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23. The Birther Would be Introduced to One of These Gentlemen






Note the fact that their hands are in front of them, not crossed, not folded.



In particular, the bald headed gentleman to the President's right would be very interested in speaking to the "birther" as he is SAIC on the protection detail and basically the guy whose going to "put the President in the car and get him the fuck out of there"
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