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In reply to the discussion: Raise your hand if you enjoyed/cheered when that guy threw a shoe at George W. Bush. [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)And that money isn't going to buy bon-bons for the rich, it's going to by TV ad time so we can get some of these asshole Republicans out of the House and maybe pass a few damn laws. Without Dems in the House, NO kids will get fed if the Boehner Bunch has their way.
This idiot got the toss because she didn't read the room. There were four hecklers at that venue, with cheap tickets paid by their dumbass activist group--but three of them were smart enough to keep their mouths shut. Apparently, they had better intuition than the person who got tossed out.
This isn't about "gushing applause." This is about being invited to a private home to participate in a LBT-centered fundraiser--not being invited to take shit from the cheap seats paid for by short sighted "activists."
You might want to acquaint yourself with the hosts of the party, who were none too pleased at the behavior of the heckler.
First lady Michelle Obama got into a confrontation with a protester Tuesday night after the gay rights activist interrupted her remarks at a fundraiser held in the home of two former Chicagoans, veterinarian Nan Schaffer and tax lawyer Karen Dixon....The Democratic National Committee billed the private fundraiser as a LBT Women's Discussion and Reception with the first lady. LBT means lesbian, bisexual or transgender. Tickets ranged from $500 to $10,000, according to a DNC official.
Schaffer, 59, and Dixon, 48, who are married, previously opened their Washington home for a fundraiser for President Barack Obama in February 2012. Another high-profile lesbian, Laura Ricketts, co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, introduced the president then....Dixon, in an interview Wednesday, said the disruption was "completely inappropriate and unnecessary." "You don't get to play the lesbian card when you're at a fundraiser with the first lady at a lesbian couple's private home," she said.
Dixon said she spoke to Michelle Obama afterward, telling her "I thought that she handled it beautifully."
"She rocked it," Dixon added.