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Elizabeth Warren Faces Down Tea Party Heckler
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Drekkan85
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I was quite impressed. Nearly as good as the scene of Barney Frank shutting down the protester that somehow compared a mix-race President and a homosexual Jew to Hitler with a calm "I must answer your question with a question - on what planet do you spend most of your time"?
I also liked at the end the inability of the heckler to open a door.
I also liked at the end the inability of the heckler to open a door.
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Elizabeth Warren is full of win. I must admit, as much of a pacifist and non-confrontational sort as I tend to be, if a strange man walked into my speaking engagement and called me a derogatory term for a female, I would have probably lobbed him one. She handled that in a really classy manner. I'm impressed. Hecklers, no matter what side they're on, stink 
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Good question. Whether he is or is not a Tea Partier is unconfirmed. It seems like people are speculating that he is a Tea Partier because, in response to Warren saying that she had been protesting what's been going on at Wall Street, he said something alone the lines of 'So has the Tea Party...' Though I think you're right to say that he is most certainly a birther.
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No, of course not. One wouldn't expect you to notice such things (unless it were an evil librul).
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MachZer0
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It's either there or it isn't. At the mark in the video where you claim he said it, there are multiple, indistinguishable voices, with only one unintelligible word spoken that I could attribute to the heckler. He not only cannot be seriously referred to as a Tea Partier, he can't accurately be called a heckler. He calmly requested to ask a question, and calmly asked it at which point he was the one who was heckled, and drowned out by the crowd. Ms Warren did noting to provide him the safety and confidence to have a discourse. She's supposed to represent even people who disagree with her. She seemed to fail her responsibilities in my view.
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The birthers I know are tea drinkers.
Regardless, Mrs. Warren has class and the tea drinkers are worried about that seat in Mass.
Regardless, Mrs. Warren has class and the tea drinkers are worried about that seat in Mass.
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Okay, first of all, the man didn't just 'calmly request to ask a question.' He interrupted Warren at the beginning of her talk and then called her a "< staff edit > " (were those words distinguishable enough for you?) So if "to heckle" means "to interrupt a public speaker with derisive comments", then that man is a heckler. Second, the man was asked to sit down and remain quiet by someone in the crowd. Warren repudiated this suggestion, addressed the man's initial concerns, and then allowed him further time to speak. It was after he called her a "< staff edit > " and made a birther comment that Warren gave up. So Warren did provide him with the safety and confidence to have a civil discourse, and the man took that opportunity to heckle her. Despite being rudely interrupted Warren was more than accommodating.
If it were me I would have said 'There will be an opportunity for questions toward the end.' But the man didn't want to wait until the end of Warren's talk because he had no interest in what Warren had to say. He was there for one reason: to heckle her and then to leave.
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So the words "< staff edit > " were not distinguishable to your ears? Then you should turn the volume up, or is it a case of ideological deafness that suddenly afflicts you? The issue here Mach seems to be that you will not give Warren the respect she deserves whereas you are willing to give this guy a free pass.
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RedDead1981
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I heard it, no trouble at all. There was a bit of commotion at the time but it didn't really obscure his words. And no, he doesn't wear a shirt saying "I'm with the Tea Party! <===." So can we 100% positive? No. But it's a fair assumption given that he sounded exactly like a million other tea drinkers we've heard before.
It's hard to hear anything with your head stuffed.... in the ground.
It's hard to hear anything with your head stuffed.... in the ground.
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The more I see of Warren, the more I like her.
I wonder how many more posts before we hear claims that the man was a Democratic operative hired by Soros to fake a scene to try to paint the TP in a bad light?
I wonder how many more posts before we hear claims that the man was a Democratic operative hired by Soros to fake a scene to try to paint the TP in a bad light?
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He sounded like a birther? I am afraid you heard wrong because there was nothing which indicated he was a birther.
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Holy melodrama batman! The guy asked his questions; Mr Warren said her bit. He left.
She IS supposed to represent people who disagree with her but is she supposed to sit there and say "Well gone sarn it, fella! You just may be right. Forget about me doing my job for the last 30 years, you not having a job for 3 months DOES make your a qualified economist!"
She respectfully listenned and responded to someone who disagreed with her, I think she absolutely fulfilled her duty.
What would you have had her do?
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