Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney during a campaign stop in Virginia Thursday was heckled, if only briefly, by a global warming, er, “climate change” activist.
“It’s part of who we are as Americans to step forward when people need our help and this is one of those times,” Romney said, encouraging his supporters to donate to the Red Cross. “So thank you for the help you’ve provided and thank you for the help you’re going to provide.”
“What about climate change?” an unidentified heckler shouted out. “That’s what caused this storm!”
He was quickly shouted down by chants of “USA!” from the crowd of Romney supporters.
For his part, the former Massachusetts governor did the only thing that should be done when someone interrupts a plea for charity with a politically-charged outburst: Smile and wait for them to be removed.
Follow Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) on Twitter
(H/T: Washington Examiner)
Submitting your tip... please wait!
Comments (113)
Noonien_Soong
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:06pmI would love to see this heckler in remake of a TV show “Who do you Trust” . Most likely this heckler would lose when overwhelming evidence was shown they were wrong.
Report this comment
PATTY HENRY
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:36pmHere’s the Deal: THESE CROOKS have figured out a way to TAX US FOR THE VERY AIR WE BREATH.
That’s what began this whole global warming nonsense in the first place. It’s a major CON. It has these aspects: 1. Franklin Raines bought the patent for the plug that “they” will use to block off plugs in our house so we can’t “overuse” power. 2. Power will go up (Obama’s words) 3. OUR POWER COMPANIES in every city, town, State are the largest “honey pot of money” there is. Small amounts paid in every month BY EVERYONE. There is simply no bigger pile of $ anywhere 4. Power company Presidents go on to be Premieres in Canada (for example) I’ve said this before 5. SO all the “good ol’ boys” have their sticky hands out to join with their fellow con-artists to rip off America. They tried to control the web but that got too big too fast and they are not able to really control it, (I know they are working on that).. But BY TAXING US for our “IMPRINT” and owning the equipment needed to measure this IMPRINT, some of them will be making a fortune. Franklin Raines (former (fired) head of Fannie Mae) went back to Chicago..albeit with a huge golden parachute anyway, this was supposed to be the new “gold rush” time for these con-artists, Obama wants to get “rid” of coal so people will have to use other means…it’s all so sick. We have to get ROMNEY in, UNDERSTAND what is going on and stay alert. BEWARE THE CON.
Report this comment
dwilco77
Nov. 1, 2012 at 7:11pmActually they do not just want to except the fact that God caused this, and notice it hit only Blue States?
Report this comment
The-Monk
Nov. 1, 2012 at 7:35pmI wonder whatever happened to Al’s and Barry’s Chicago Climate Exchange scam.
Report this comment
DarkJello
Nov. 1, 2012 at 7:46pmClimate change, or whatever they call it now, is less real than chupacabras!!
Report this comment
smallcraftadvisory
Nov. 2, 2012 at 5:55amWith all the actual facts that have been revealed about global warming, I can’t believe any intelligent person can believe in this left-wing religious idea. Read http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/ for fresh political commentary.
Report this comment
The_Cabrito_Goat
Nov. 2, 2012 at 6:55amHe’s a heckler, a Jon Stewart acolyte. Simply shout out a one liner and run away, no debate at all.
Oh I forgot, “The debate’s over!!” -Al Gore
Report this comment
Lloyd Drako
Nov. 2, 2012 at 10:19amRomney’s smirk says a lot, but the crowd shouting “USA! USA! USA!” says it all. The rest of the planet may boil away, but American exceptionalism will spare us if we just yell out our patriotism loud enough. Morons.
Report this comment
rickc34
Nov. 2, 2012 at 12:11pmI thought Global Warming was debunked in 1999. No the storm is a warning to the left from God of more to come.
Report this comment
OBUMAURMAMA
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:59pmTypical climate fool. Stupid is as stupid does.
Report this comment
drs1969
Nov. 1, 2012 at 8:58pmDemocrat plant?
Report this comment
70S_KIDS_FIGHTING_SOCIALISM
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:58pmIn electronics classes we learned about solar storms and how the sun has its own weather. Its just so amazing these fools just completely ignore the sun in their False Narrative of Global Warming. If it were true conservatives would be the first top actually get something done. We just refuse to believe lies. I guess it very easy for liberal commies who live by lying to start believing their lies. Plus most of them have damaged their brains abusing drugs.
TEA PARTY UNTOUCHABLES!!!!!!!!!!
Report this comment
wvernon1981
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:15pmThe sun isn’t ignored. There hasn’t been any demonstrable solar effect of the magnitude required to cause warming.
Report this comment
mpoconnor7
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:39pmThe Sun does not radiate energy at the same exact rate all the time, it varies, this is why you have sunspots, which are cooler spots on the surface of the sun. Don’t you think if the sun gets hotter at times, and cooler at other times, that it affects the climate on Earth?
Report this comment
DarkJello
Nov. 1, 2012 at 7:55pm1981:
CO2 emissions are on the rise, but temperature has been stable >1 decade now. Maybe, just maybe, we don’t really understand why our planet cools and then warms up. Maybe we should not trash our economy on the hope that it will improve the temp by 1%.
Even if we are the primary cause, what is the solution? 6 billion deaths? I will wait.
Report this comment
wvernon1981
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:00pmDarkJello,
Here’s one study that attempts to explain the trend:
Reconciling anthropogenic climate change with observed temperature 1998–2008
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/29/11790
Report this comment
drs1969
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:04pmRe: wvernon
Ever heard of volcanoes?
Ever been to one?
That stuff comes from miles below the surface. It’s created by the Earth’s dynamo effect of spining on it’s axis while orbiting the Sun and passing through the varying magnetic field of space. But, don’t take my word for it. A scientist on the gov. dole will tell you it’s your fault for not paying enough taxes. You must attone for your sins.
Report this comment
mjhawkeye
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:57pmIs Thunder42 a plant? Why do so many people write such drivel?
Report this comment
Thunder42
Nov. 2, 2012 at 12:20amNot sure what you mean by “plant”. No one paid me to be here, I stumbled across the website yesterday on a facebook. My opinion is that climate change might be a real issue.
I have kids and I worry about their future. And if you want to call me a simpleton and insult me instead of having a reasoned discussion, you should know my opinion is shared by Richard Muller. In case you don’t know who he is, follow the link. http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0730/Prominent-climate-change-denier-now-admits-he-was-wrong-video
Report this comment
elosogrande
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:57pmWhen you push for everyone to have a college education, you end up with some well educated, but not very intelligent people…LIKE THIS CLIMATE CHANGE DOLT!
Report this comment
wvernon1981
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:16pmIf he was better educated, he’d realize you can’t specifically blame one storm system on climate change.
Report this comment
DOra Glasberg
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:40pmOne storm.
Guess you missed the worst drought in US history in the mid west.
My, my, connecting dots is not a conservative strong point.
Report this comment
2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:53pmDORA: Didn’t your master promise to lower the tides and heal the earth? What happened there? Perhaps he has been too busy on the golf course.
Report this comment
The-Monk
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:56pm@Dora
I feel your pain. I’ve known and counseled many libs that were about to explode with all the pent-up anger they felt for their side and themselves. Don’t worry… after your obvious upcoming mental breakdown we on the right will be here for you. It’s only a matter of time and time is running out for you based on the progression of you posts.
Yep, seen it many times. You’ll be a Republican in no time. Just keep up the hate. You know, just like Darth Vader. He turned and so….. will…… you……. Here’s a nice happy face for you. : )
Just look in the mirror….. you’re toast.
Report this comment
Mudd
Nov. 1, 2012 at 7:00pmRight, one storm that can be linked back to a series of storms and weather occurences that have been happening since the formation of the planet. Everyone complains about the climate change but only fools try to do anything about it.
Report this comment
Watermain
Nov. 1, 2012 at 11:01pm@dora: do you have a strong point? No, the one on your head doesn’t count.
Report this comment
phrogdriver
Nov. 1, 2012 at 11:37pmdora – ever hear of the dust bowl? I usually tell ignorant liberals they should buy a history book. In your case – just buy a book. Any book.
Report this comment
floridareader
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:56pmThose so worried for climate change and who say that CO2 is killing the planet should stop breathing and farting, in order to slow CO2 production.
Report this comment
pissantno.10
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:05pmyes i think thats fair
Report this comment
phunkymunkey
Nov. 1, 2012 at 7:41pmi’d vote for that!
Report this comment
coyote1hell
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:55pmAl Oh-My-God-It’s Hot Gore said..Buh’rack was supposed to lower the Seas, and calm the Winds….he Failed..but he would like a Re-Do, ’cause he’s the Stand Down Clown…
Report this comment
COFemale
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:53pmThen again it could be God just pissed at Bloomberg and other people of NY and NJ. We are not in control and all you climate change wienies need to get that through your thick head.
Then again it could be the Devil pissed at God and did this so everyone would blame God.
Weather happens people. We will have ups and downs in our weather. We have not had massive hurricanes that have hit land. Majority fizzled and stayed out to sea. It is time that other states besides gulf states and Florida get hit by hurricanes. This is just Obama sharing the wealth. It was your time to get the wake up call. Heed it.
Report this comment
Lloyd Drako
Nov. 2, 2012 at 10:28amOr possibly Allah, pissed at the US for supporting Israel, tolerating defamation of the Prophet and killing Muslims with drone strikes?
Report this comment
Sy Kosys
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:48pmRomney should have addressed to the crowd: “I see Al Gore is in the audience…”
Report this comment
reconmarine
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:59pmWhat happened was a hurricane. which season lasts until November 30th getting caught up in an October cold front. Nothing more and nothing less. Stop with Sci-Fi.
Report this comment
DOra Glasberg
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:41pmIt was a hurricane,
Made worse by rising sea levels.
Next!
Report this comment
2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:54pmDORA: Why are the oceans rising? Didn’t your Kenyan master promise to fix that little problem?
Report this comment
The_Cabrito_Goat
Nov. 2, 2012 at 6:53amWhat rising sea levels? How much? Where? Is it global, regional or local? Help
Report this comment
Thunder42
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:46pmIt would be nice if someone actually answered the question in light of what just happened. Hauling the “heckler” away doesn’t make the issue go away. I lost a little respect for Romney there.
Report this comment
COFemale
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:54pmOh please, you never had any to begin with. If this makes you say what you just said. Go vote for Obama and fall what may to your sorry little ass. Don’t waste our time with your fake statements.
Report this comment
2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:57pmWhy argue with a simpleton? I can explain the global warming hoax to my dog but she would just sit there with her tongue hangin out drooling on the floor, much like most liberals.
Report this comment
reconmarine
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:01pmAs soon as Obama comes clean on Libya….Mitt will be happy to answer your leftist global warming question. In the meantime, carry and umbrella and snow boots. The weather for THOUSANDS of years has been so unpredictable.
Report this comment
pissantno.10
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:08pmnaw 2 i bet the dog understands better.
Report this comment
phrogdriver
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:14pmSuppose the guy was yelling “Lepercauns caused the storm.” Should Romney pause to explain that no, in fact, Lepercauns did not cause the storm?
Why waste time arguing religion with a zealot?
Report this comment
The-Monk
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:34pmThunder42 is a newbie troll that hates Glenn. It’s been posting a link that says not to donate to Mercury One.
Ignore him….
Report this comment
DZ-015
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:53pmThundermug: Do you expect Romney to be a climate scientist in addition to being a very successful business executive and governor? Or maybe you’d like him to be a pseudo scientific alarmist and poser like Al Gore. Of course, Al laughed all the way to the bank once people like you bought his drivel.
Report this comment
SCHEXbp
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:27pmThere were 6 storms like this in the 50s clustered within a few years when the At;antic is warm & the Pacific is cool. BTW the 1938 storm is the benchmark for such storms. Still think it was man-made global warming WAY BACK THEN?
Report this comment
Larry E
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:46pmA typical leftist moron! Blame it on someone who has no control over what happened. I thought that Obama was going to bring global cooling, lower the sea levels, and make everything hunky dory. Aside from playing a lot of golf he’s done NOTHING, well that and lie like a rug….
Wonder how much the heckler has contributed to Sandy relief as well.
Report this comment
revelation2012
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:42pmI figure that messing with the ‘weather’ will be about the last straw
HE will NOT be MOCKED
Report this comment
1TrueOne55
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:19pmThere are three “Science” experiments around the globe trying to do just that. But they are hiding behind Global Communications research with minor in Global Climate Change affects in a WarZone. It’s called HAARP in the US AirForce Budget. It uses the 2 – 10 Mhz frequency range to excite/push up on the Ionosphere and then they see how it affects radio transmissions along with weather related data points.
It was highlighted on a Nat/Geo program last week the US Book of Secrets, even Jesse Ventura’s Conspiracy show had an episode dedicated to it.
Report this comment
revelation2012
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:27pmIf Congress doesn’t get their HEADS screwed on right
there will be no Earth for their chidlren and grandchildren
Report this comment
Gonzo
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:40pmI miss the old days, sure weren’t any of these big floods back in Biblical times.
Report this comment
2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:52pmOf course not – Noah didn’t drive a Hummer.
Report this comment
justangry
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:23pmYeah no kidding. Of course I think it was Santorini blowing the heck up that cause the floods all religions in the Mediterranean wrote stories about rather than God telling some dude to build a boat, but… Your point is valid.
Report this comment
phunkymunkey
Nov. 1, 2012 at 7:45pmyeah, well you know, the only reason noah had a flood was because of the massive global footprints being left by all those gas-guzzling prophets jetting around from village to village…
Report this comment
Watermain
Nov. 1, 2012 at 11:04pmNo Red Cross either.
Report this comment
justangry
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:40pmEnjoy global warming. Nuclear winter is going to be a bitch.
Report this comment
revelation2012
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:40pmdisgusting!
Report this comment
2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:38pmAs I recall, Bathhouse Barry, our Kenyan King and self-pronounced god, promised to lower the tides and heal the planet. Apparently, he has failed in his lofty endeavor and as such, the storm is his fault.
Report this comment
justangry
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:38pmOh good lord. Temps are rising, fine. We’re supposed to be in a cooling cycle, I get it, but where do these f**ktard ecofreaks think everyone would go live if half the land mass was covered with glaciers anyway?
Report this comment
kalli
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:35pmGlobal warming-mongers are no less than thugs in stealing money from countries to build their nest eggs. Blubber-**** gore is the worst thug of the century and should be sent packing with a one way ticket. Congress must outlaw these thugs from operating within our borders. Kick ‘em all out with the UN thugs, and let them go stink up some other country.
Report this comment
lexington_green
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:35pmmeanwhile, here is what they are yelling at rallies featuring the first lady:
http://weeklystandard.com/blogs/claim-hail-obama-chants-first-lady-rally_660016.html
Report this comment
BODYBAG
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:33pm“What about climate change?” an unidentified heckler shouted out. “That’s what caused this storm!”
Im a climate wingding. I dont need PROOF. I JUST KNOW thats what caused it.
LOL
Report this comment
justangry
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:42pmTemps are rising. Even the Koch brothers study concluded that. That’s about all we know though. That and the greeny weenies are using it to push their stupid ass unethical agenda.
Report this comment
BODYBAG
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:59pmNature is CYCLICAL. Even BEFORE humans. There have ALWAYS been periods
of cooling and warming. There have been at LEAST 5 different Ice Ages that are
followed by periods of warming —– we’re in one now:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/water_and_ice/ice_age
Charleton Heston hit a bullseye with this one several years ago and sized up
the situation PERFECTLY:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGodDOLvBxw
Report this comment
wvernon1981
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:20pmBody bag, that’s horrible reasoning. We all know and accept that the climate changed in the past and that the forcing factors were not anthropogenic. However, anthropogenic causes are currently the only explanation we know of that best explains the climate observations we’ve made so far. You can’t just appeal to the past, do some hand waving, and say “well, it happened for different reasons in the past, therefore humans aren’t causing it now”.
Report this comment
BODYBAG
Nov. 1, 2012 at 7:33pm@WVERNON1981
Posted on November 1, 2012 at 6:20pm
We all know and accept that the climate changed in the past and that the forcing factors were not anthropogenic. However, anthropogenic causes are currently the only explanation we know of that best explains the climate observations we’ve made so far.
—————————————————————————————–
Hey its Bill [wingnut] Nye the scince guy with today’s $64K vocabulary word ——-
[1] Anthropogenic: Caused or produced by humans.
Your response is as nonsensical as most of your Global Warming comrades grey matter.
Your second statement above COMPLETELY negates your first statement.
Who is “we”?
Say hello to tinfoil hat Al Gore when you go back to the underground bunker.
Report this comment
BODYBAG
Nov. 1, 2012 at 7:46pmThe INCONVENIENT TRUTH is that once upon a time your FRAUD was called “Global Warming”.
Then, when people began to catch on to the scam, Progressives changed the name to “Climate Change” in a re-branding effort —— just like Progressives always do.
Its a cottage industry. Its made Al Gore fabulously wealthy, got him a Nobel Prize, an Academy Award and gave him a cause to champion —- otherwise he would have slid into obscurity. It has also provided a very important PROGRESSIVE vehicle push through radical Agenda 21 regulations.
I fully support business enterprise, but be honest about your motives.
Humans are nothing more than insects on this planet. There is NOTHING the human race will ever do that will effect this planet. We’ll extinguish ourselves and this planet will carry on without us just fine.
Report this comment
drs1969
Nov. 1, 2012 at 9:17pmRe:wvernon
During last Ice Age, the area of NYC was under 1 1/2 mile of ice. We haven’t even reached the warming peak from the last ice age cycle yet. This cycle is around 28,000 yrs. The longer 100,000 yr. cycle coincides w/ our crossing the plane of the Milky Way galaxy.
Report this comment
phrogdriver
Nov. 1, 2012 at 11:42pmwvernon – by your logic I should believe that the fact that the temperature is dropping the lest few weeks has something to do with man-made global cooling. Not a recurrent phenomenon known as “fall”.
Report this comment
revelation2012
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:32pmnot ‘from’ donations TO red cross*
Report this comment
Max jones
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:29pmThe recent weather and the BIG earthquakes we’ve seen lately are all fortold in bible prophecy. There will be more peculiar ‘natural” upheavals.
There is a reason behind it all…….http://theseason.yolasite.com/
Report this comment
revelation2012
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:28pm$11,000,000.00 donations from Red Cross
WHERE IS THE HELP???????
they have nothing – they are cold and hungry
Report this comment
The-Monk
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:35pmAsk some older Military people about the Red Cross.
The Red Cross are mostly thieves.
Report this comment
kaydeebeau
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:44pmI donated to Mercury One and the Tennesse Baptist Disaster Relief fund – we (Tennesse Baptists) have mobilized our Disaster Response unites to NJ, NY and PA.
TN Bapt are expecting to feed 10.000 meals a day – All So Baptist DR unites from around the country are expected to feed 200,000 meals a day. We provide chain saw crews, shower trailers, laundry trailers and mobile kitches – directly serving the people
Report this comment
The-Monk
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:54pmHi Kaydeebeau,
: )
Report this comment
PJL
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:24pmSo every storm is caused by global warming??? Get the H*ll away.
Report this comment
Deeduck
Nov. 1, 2012 at 6:55pmYep, storms are caused by global warming…. and uh, lack of storms is caused by global warming…. Too much snow and rain is caused by global warming…. and apparently the lack thereof as well. High temps are caused by global warming…. and umm, low temps too. Looks like they’ve got all the bases covered in their “science.”
Report this comment
7VIRTUES
Nov. 1, 2012 at 7:17pm@Deeduck, and here I was thinking it was all Bushes fault like everything else.
Report this comment
revelation2012
Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:22pm- – - – - – - – - – BELIEVE OR NOT – - – - – - – - -
Simulated Hurricane Sandy Track at 2 p.m. October 4, 1997
http://www.weca.org/SET/report/node6.html
The Geoengineering of Hurricane Sandy Oct 27 2012 – Class Action Lawsuit
http://aircrap.org/the-geoengineering-of-hurricane-sandy-oct-27-2012/335755/
WILL WE BE ALLOWED TO HAVE OUR 2012 ELECTION
Dear Heavenly Father we are being Manipulated and Abused
– We thank you Father for Micheal and Gabriel -
– - – - – - – - – - – - – -GLORY to GOD – - – - – - – - – - -
Report this comment