‘He Rebuked Me’: President Obama‘s ’Heckler’ Speaks Out
- Posted on June 15, 2012 at 8:59pm by
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Daily Caller White House correspondent Neil Munro (Source: The Daily Caller)
The Daily Caller‘s Neil Munro made national headlines today after President Obama publicly reprimanded him for asking a question in the middle of his speech on the administration’s new immigration policy.
(Related: Obama Raises His Voice, Scolds Reporter During Immigration Speech (With Video))
Munro did an interview with The Daily Caller, his employer, and described how the incident played out, and why he apparently interrupted the President of the United States as he was giving an address.
“I shouldn’t be the story. The important thing is the president’s policy today, which could have a significant impact on American workers,” Munro said. I asked a question about that. Admittedly, it was in the middle of his speech. I thought he was ending his speech – his statement – but then I asked a question at the end and he turned his back on the reporters and walked away.”
Munro went on, “Timing these things is a little awkward. He speaks very well, very smoothly — very nice delivery. It’s hard to know when he’s about to end. I thought he was going to end today. I asked my question too early. He rebuked me. Fair enough.”
Sometimes, Munro explained, the president does allow questions following his speeches in the Rose Garden. For example, Obama took a question when he spoke about Trayvon Martin in Mach. This time, he did not as he quickly turned his back on reporters following his speech.
“You can see the president at press conferences naming people who are to ask a question,” Munro said. “Other reporters sit around quietly not asking questions, not shouting questions because it risks their access to White House off the record comments and future chances of asking questions, but this is a very important issue. There’s no reason we should sit around and wait for another day for an answer on this important question.”
Watch Munro’s interview with The Daily Caller here:
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Comments (78)
Stiggs
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 6:10amMethinks we just saw a Joe Wilson Part 2.
Report Post »Thank you for speaking up for Americans.
MittensKittens
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 6:48amNo one has respect for this POS in the office of the president…that’s why he was interrupted. It’s like po-dunk trailer trash invaded our sacred space. He and his family are a cancer that needs to be cut out.
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 6:55amKings don’t need to talk with commoners. Kings have kill lists to eliminate serfs they don’t like.
Report Post »Does this sound like we should change his official title to King Obama the First, Ruler of Heaven and Earth, Defender of the (Communist) Faith, Beer Summit Queen and Emperor of the Gays!
Has a certain ring to it doesn’t it?
G-WHIZ
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 10:18amI thought I heard HE-The-One finnished the speach and left with no qusestion-session after. He was just there to read the telleprompter…not answer questions…the answers would not be pre-chosen for the “random” question session after.
Report Post »mecanic
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 10:46ami just wish obummer would try to talk to me like that. vote his sorry-EVIL-ASS-out 2012-help SAVE AMERICA. he is a LIAR and THIEF trying to takeover AMERICA and steal it from us. BE PREPAIRED FOR NOVEMBER. GOD BLESS AMERICA and REAL AMERICANS. curse obummer to hell, where he belongs. GOD SAVE US.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 10:58amI wish he threw a shoe at Dear Leader
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 12:56pmHell, he could have sent Jarrett or one of his ya’hoos to read
Report Post »this BS from the teleprompter..
db321
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 1:00pmNeil – point taken. You thought Obama was finished. You apologized.
We still have two problems. One is Racism and the other is breaking the Constitution.
Neil, the Media is making you out to be a Racist – I would like to know what punishment the Liberals think you should receive.
Obama, broke the Law. He went around Congress and Signed an Executive Order that rips the Constitution to shreds. What should his punishment be.
My guess Neil, your punishment by the Liberal might be the Death Penalty and Obama’s punishment will be Praise, Honor and Glory from the left. I’m starting to get how this game is played.
Report Post »Laken
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 2:17pmSomething We Can ALL DO!! Support Conservative Ted Cruz For The U.S. Senate!! Run-Off Election Is On July 24th!! We NEED HIM In Washington Speaking For WE THE PEOPLE!!
Go To His Site And Sign His Petition…STOP Obama’s Amnesty Floodgates
http://www.tedcruz.org/
Then Check Out His Home Page
Report Post »http://www.tedcruz.org/home/
oinia
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 10:29pm@historyguy48
Guys like you are the reason there’s still hope for this once great land of ours.
One thing the Emperor cannot withstand is mockery. Mock the proud, naked Emperor, ridicule his Effeminate Majesty, revile his Imperial Impotence in the face of all rational, decent, common sense. He has no power against the mockery he KNOWS he has abundantly earned by violating both his oath of office and the will of the people. Without the oath and the consent of the governed, his Reign is illegitimate and illicit. He has annulled his own authority.
Report Post »dublinthewagons
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 4:05amThe spoiled boy child shows his hinnie again. A good spanking is long overdue.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 7:19ambarry, barry, barry….it is not good to tell your EMPLOYER to shut up and sit down !
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 1:09pmI guess if you aren‘t a O’MEDIA Reporter you are considered
Report Post »as a HECKLER when you ask the Almighty a question…….
O’Blamer has forgotten who he works for..Fire him in November..
Grannie4news
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 12:57amI wish more reporters cared enough to ask the tough questions. Good job, Neil!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 1:17amWhen did the Presidency become so Imperial… that only Ceasar was allowed to speak?
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 8:21amExactly.
Munro is just now being used as a tool to divert attention away from Obama’s executive overreach a la the Limbaugh/Fluke issue (I know far more people who know what Limbaugh said about Fluke rather than what Fluke stated in that hearing).
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 11:00am“tough questions” not allowed
Report Post »EBL
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 11:28pmSeparated at Birth: Martin Bashir and …?
Report Post »EP46
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 7:19amReporter DARES ask question of his employee (yep, obama works FOR Neil) ……..Bashir shows mock video of blowing up Romney’s bus ???
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 11:20pmDon’t remember outrage, talk of DECORUM orcalling RACISTS when this happened? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfZ3kaKZoIw&feature=youtu.be
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 8:14amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJHzjIDAIVw&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL04DA41CA4B71EF1E not sure why, but wrong video…
Report Post »discus02
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:53pmThe ******** in chief is worried more about illegals then Real Americans!
Report Post »HKS
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 7:00amTheir the only new votes on the table.
Report Post »ONE-IFBYLAND
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:51pmThis whole administration is one big JOKE! From the White House to the Justice Dept. to the Dept of Homeland Security to the EPA, you name it, they are all a bunch of schoolyard bullies. They demand to get their way and when they feel threatened, they begin calling anybody in their way names…racist, tea baggers, nazis, etc. They don’t care about the rules (laws), THEY WANT THEIR WAY AND THEY’RE GONNA GET IT! It would be just plain sad if it wasn’t for the fact that they are dangerous and they are putting our country in extreme DANGER. Buckle up folks, it’s going to be a very bumpy ride until November!
Report Post »valkor1958
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:42pmNewsflash!!!! His birth certificate shows his real name as Caligula!!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 2:56amYup… sleeping with a Horse… and Fluking Senators!
Report Post »BlesstheJews
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:28pmHow dare you speak to the king that way!
Report Post »Gamaliel
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:26pmWhy isn’t the dictator impeached?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 3:06amReid keeps his… girlies in togas… confined to their Vegas style rooms!
Report Post »Snaker
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:08pmYu vil geep ihr munt schzut, und not schzpeek unlez schzpoken to!
Ya! Und YU…? YU vil be zent zu ze Eastern fdont, nicht partizipatin in mein
parties mit Jezzica oder Jorge Klooney; und yu vil haf to be eatin vatever
Michelle zez yu mus be essin!
Das ist der vay it be verkin while Ich bin ihr Dictator! Heil!
Keep asking, Munro…! Great to see some one has some testicular fortitude!
Report Post »AmeriWoman
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:01pmWhy are we allowing this man to do this to our country?? WHY?? Where are our support? The Congress and the Senate?? They are there to protect America(ns) they are bound by law to do so, even against an anti American President! Why aren’t they stepping up and fighting for us? Without a doubt he continues to go against the rule of law, and when our representatives stand by and watch…. America has to fight back. There has to be honorable people who will grow the ***** needed to stand up nd challenge him and his whole clan. What will happen to our country before we get him out of office? A lame duck Obama is going to be very dangerous.
Report Post »DeathRattle
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:58pmObama believes his BS, that is what makes him so dangerous and such a ticking time bomb. The Emperor’s (king Obama’s) new clothes is so infinitely suited to describe Obama, Hans had to have had him in mind in 1837. Once a man such as Obama begins to believe his own lies, even the term sociopath is too good for him. http://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html
God forgive us, this man does not speak for all of us.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:46pmSo when Ron Paul supporters booed Romney’s kid it was rude. When the OWS people do a sound off at a political persons rally that is rude, but this guy is a patriot?
Report Post »gobnait
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:01pmWhy was it fine for liberal pundits to mock and belittle Bush relentlessly and you condemn Munro for merely asking an ill-timed question? I detect the stench of leftists‘ desperation at Obama’s declining and glomming onto anything to strike back. You couldn’t be any more transparent. Get off your sanctimonious high horse.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:27pmNo, I said in a earlier post I am sure it was done to Bush also. Also commented that I think it disrespects the office.
My comments were pointed mainly at the blindly biased Blaze forum warriors. I am Ron Paul supporter, no where near left, which if you have read anything I post you could tell that easily.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 2:59am“This guy”… was an Invited & Screened… Reporter!
Report Post »buyundbuy
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:40pmAlways ascertain that your questions are submitted one whole business week beforehand so that it will be scripted on to the teleprompter with the corresponding reply.
Otherwise…expect the IRS to audit your tax returns for the past 100 years.
Report Post »Don’t drive any car as the brakes will fail unexpedtedly.
Forget using the elevator or the lift.
Skip the stairs.
Check your CO gauge.
nobull14
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:37pmIn the famous last word of Edi Amin Da Da My people love me ?. Oblamo has a lot in common with this guy.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:31pmHe will be one of the first introduced to re-education camps,,,,
Report Post »EP46
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 7:25amYea but he can go proudly…with his head high……..or in his hands if the King chops it off….
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:24pmObama is a very insecure person; it shows all the time. We are an insecure nation because of our insecure ‘leader.’ Idiocy voted him in and intelligence will vote him out.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:42pmSo if Romney is interrupted none stop from now on you are ok with it? That is what the left is going to do. This idiot has opened up a door he shouldnt have. No matter how the president is and how you feel about him you should respect the office even if the president doesnt.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:55pm@Mutiny
“Respect the office” is some BS that the left came up with for obvious reasons. Of course Paulbots are very similar to liberals so I’m not surprised that they would adopt some of their sound bites.
I’ll respect the office when the person who holds that office shows some respect for it.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:23pmThe office of the president, I respect. I have none for the current occupant. He is vile. And so are all lefties. They shall be defeated.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:30pmI dont want this type of behavior from anyone. I didnt like it when Bush was shouted down, I wouldnt like it if Romney was speaking and he was shouted down.
QP you are a perfect example of a hypocrite. When Ron Paul supporters booed at the end of Romney’s son speech you called it rude. Now a guy interrupts the president mid speech and you think its ok. Wow, hypocrite at its best.
Report Post »littleQueenie
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:23pmObaba needs to be rebuked, and sent back where he came from.
Report Post »(Kenya).
JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:18pmIf this were an O’Reilly poll I would vote Mr. Munro a Patriot. This is what true journalism looks like.
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:24pmRight on. He stood up and has a pair. It was funny to see Obama lose it like a whiny little loser it made him look small.
Report Post »Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:17pmObama can stuff it. He deserves no respect because he gives nobody else any. Interrupt him at will if you want. He will answer when he wants and turn his back when he feels like it. I‘d feel proud if he rebuked me because I’d know I’d gotten his goat.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 10:31amKing-O’ will have E.Holder and the IRS “interrupt” your life for “just words”. BillKlinton had a commoner immediately jailled for saying “you suck”, in the open-public sidewalk, from behind the designated barrier, on a nice sunny day.
Report Post »right
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:15pmThe King has spoken. How dare you question him. He is KING!!!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:34pmMessiah to the Liberals, God and provider to the government teat suckers and Great Leader of the mentally challenged.
Report Post »PeachyinGA
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:36pmNarcissistic – Dictator – Arrogant – fill in the blank
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:11pmI admire Neil Monro for having the balls to stand up for ALL of us and speak out. God Bless Him
Report Post »Altair
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 11:37amI agree… put a damper on Obama’s uppitiness.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:09pmHe’s very smooth? HE WAS READING! We he speaks off-the-cuff, he stinks on ice!
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 9:07pmDon’t feel alone – he rebukes the rest of us every moment he is still on office – Novemeber can’t come soon enough
Report Post »SFsuper49er
Posted on June 15, 2012 at 10:51pmI‘m with you but don’t bet your chips to early because if something major happens look for them to be held off… I put nothing past this one…
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