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Obama Heckled at Manhattan Fundraiser
- Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:50am by
Meredith Jessup
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During a fundraising appearance Wednesday evening in New York, President Barack Obama was interrupted multiple times by gay rights activists protesting Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and AIDS funding.
“What’s coming up, I want us to talk about what’s at stake in this election. Because the people that potentially will take over if we don’t focus on this election, I promise you, will cut AIDS funding. So this is not the time or the place to do what you’re talking about.”
The audience of 550 paid $100 per person to see the president. Obama later spoke to a VIP reception where tickets cost $2,500 each, and spoke at a 125-person dinner, which featured Barbara Streisand and cost $15,200 a plate.
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Comments (168)
bobojake
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 3:35amWe will Take The Magnificent Churchill Statue Back and give you a free one-way ticket obama to whereever you want to go.
Report Post »bobojake
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 3:32amGet used to it obama , we want NO part of your foney obama POVERTY FIRST LEFT WING RADICIAL PLANS. If that what you want , take moooooochelllle and your kids and go to cuber and set up you feiled government plan because the MAJORITY of AMERICANS want NO PART OF IT. See you on Nov2 obama-lyin-itis.
Report Post »Dan in P.A.
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 3:23amIts not about the money its about control of us GOD BLESS AMERICA and keep us free
Report Post »knikhusky
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 2:56amHmm… I attended the Glenn Beck event in Anchorage on 9/11. A whole bunch of nonsense was stirred up about the ticket prices. Mr. Beck donated his speaking fee to SOWF. I doubt the President is doing the same. “The audience of 550 paid $100 per person to see the president. Obama later spoke to a VIP reception where tickets cost $2,500 each, and spoke at a 125-person dinner, which featured Barbara Streisand and cost $15,200 a plate.”
Report Post »Randyrocker
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 2:43amObama’s been spooked ever since Larry Sinclair claimed he received ******** from Obama in Chicago, Larry Sinclair fled once Obama became the President, and no one knows how Donald Young a young homosexual church member of Reverend Wright’s church was murdered, or the reasons why? It could be surmised through good guess, that what he knew and what he might’ve had to say, could have been the cause of his death. One things for sure Larry Sinclair who received cocaine from Barack Obama was certainly scared enough to go into hiding. Obama‘s frightened of a past that he’s kept secret and still wants it to be that way. Although some unresolved background history did make it to the light of day, even though the left wing media tried to cover for him. There is a lot more to Obama’s background than meets the eye.
BMartin1776
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 2:38amAren’t those who heckle him the ones who fell for the whole hopey changey thing? The animals are turning on their own!
56 men, our Founding Fathers, had the guts to stand up and do what’s right, what about you? http://www.savingtherepublic.com
Report Post »traderdan
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 2:18amSo people give Beck a hard time about selling photo albums and promoting gold when Obama charges 100.00 to 15k just to hear his speaches, who’s taking advantage of who?
By the way I believe people in the Beck camp are pro capitalism if I‘m not mistaken so isn’t it only natural for them to try and make money for themselves? Is this not part of the American dream?
It‘s not like we can’t decide for ourselves on what we buy or don’t buy …… unless of course we’re Homer Simpson… DOH!
Report Post »sullinsea
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 2:12amAs I recall, the prior Bush Administration, for better or worse, greatly increased spending on AIDS.
http://www.nysun.com/national/bush-signs-bill-to-triple-aids-funding/82912/
Even Jim Wallis, President Obama’s collectivist, so-called “social justice” advocate spiritual/political advisor is forced to admit the truth – that the Bush Administration responded compassionately to the needs of those suffering from AIDS worldwide. How can the President say what he said to the hecklers???
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/21/my-take-george-w-bush-led-on-aids-will-obama/
Report Post »Vince Vega
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:58am“the people that potentially will take over if we don’t focus on this election, I promise you, will cut AIDS funding”? Oh that’s right….I forgot that they put that in small print with an asterisk in the “Pledge to America”…..not that I don’t have a “show me” attitude about the Pledge thing, but please come up with something a little more original than that!
Report Post »NotaLemming
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:49amMr. Obama. I invite you to stand with us. Stand with us, the American people in TheBlaze, the purifying nature of fire and light. Stand with us in the Flame of Truth. But be sure to bring your own personal fire department sir. YOU will need them. We The People will be fine though as we are protected by the truth.
Report Post »Sunnyr
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:48amYou gotta feel sorry for the fools who still believe in this Charlatan. Sad.
Come on, November!
Report Post »AnAppealToGod
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:47amIt‘s BUSH’s FAULT!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:31amGet used to it, Barry.
Report Post »Star Spankled
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:29amOh , Now he’s the all seeing Obama , he can see into the future .
It’s sad to see someone bring down the office of The President Of The United States as much as he has .
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:27amAmerican citizens you are being enslaved by the government. This statement includes all Americans. This is not about race, creed , or religion, or your political veiws or sexual orientation. This means ALL Americans. Please inform yourself. Do not take my word for it, and do not take any news source as the whole truth. There is enough information out there that you all should be able to investigate and make a determination on your own without ever using mainstream media. NOW for mainstream media……you know who you are……….you should be ashamed of yourselves. You have the information, and you exploit it to serve your own liberal views, but you all dont realize this administration as it is right now dont care about your views either. It is about his views and the crowd around him. you are being used and even more pathetically with your dishonest reporting you are allowing millions of Americans to also become slaves to what will become a destructive and depressive government entity that will strip all of our rights from us and our children and generations to come
PLEASE I BEG YOU…CITIZENS OF AMERICA STAND UP, EDUCATE YOURSELVES, YOUR CHILDREN, AND YOUR FELLOW MAN.
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY ALL AMERICANS CAN GROW, PROSPER , BECOME CHARITABLE, AND LOVING.
joseph Fawcett
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:26amI wonder if this is a trick, or too good to be true. Obama in trouble with the gays!!
Report Post »wingedwolf
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 7:53amLOL, he has never been great with the gays. The ONLY thing he didn’t lie about during his campaign is that he is against giving gays the right to marry. I thought that was said just to try to bamboozle the conservatives, but it appears he really is against gay rights….like all muslims.
Report Post »DMD
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:23amHas to be those dam tea baggers
Report Post »Quack Addict
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 5:06amNeal and Bob are now choking on their decision to vote Obama into office. Hollywood made Obama a star. Have you ever seen a Hollywood town? The front looks good but behind it there is no substance. Only sticks holding it up. They are only now figuring that out.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:21amSorry, AIDS victims, he’s just not that into you. Barry is like the guy who will say anything to get a girl to sleep with him and then when she does he won’t even call her.
BTW: The Prancing Prince of Illinois could end DADT with the stroke of a pen.
Report Post »Wildblue3
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:15amCan‘t wait 40 days from now when Obama’s power is cut off at the KNEES. I am a little worried though about keeping this… involvement, this fire alive till 2012. I’d hate to see Obama pull a Clinto and salvage his train wreck. Worse yet would be if Hilary ran.. ~shivers~
Report Post »TruthLover
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:54amGood point – maybe it would be smart to let them have this mid-term and let them all flounder uncontrollably for 2 more years. Clinton ended up looking like a freaking savior once the Rep Congress fixed things up and we had a surplus! While I don’t WANT BO to fail, per se, I don’t want him to look good because Conservatives saved his butt either.
Report Post »flamedone1968
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 3:24amWe still have to worry about his Zars… what damage are they doing and how to get rid of them… may only be through impeachment as they are presidential appointees‘ with no oversight and direct connection to Federal Funds… This guy is set up in a dictatorship.
Report Post »roninshaman
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 4:28amI don’t think BO can two-step like Clinton. Clinton is a politician. BO is a true believer and that is what makes him so dangerous.
Report Post »flagbearer
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 10:46amWildblue3, we have to realize that it is going to take more than one election to achieve our goals. Our tea party chapter had a state representative, who we’re hoping will run to be senator, come to our group and speak this past Monday. He pointed out that it will take at LEAST three elections to reverse our course: 2010, 2012, AND 2014. We MUST keep the momentum and involvement. We MUST register more conservatives to vote. I am amazed at how many average Americans, who lean to the right, still don’t understand what is at stake, and when I engage them, they come out with the most asinine statements and candidates to support, i.e. Hillary Clinton–because she is a woman. So, while many are finally awakened, even more people are not, and so many say that they don’t think that one person (themselves) will make a difference–that the whole system is corrupt and there’s nothing they can do. (defeatist attitude) We cannot ease up in our efforts and must find better and broader avenues to get the word out. Once people see the Tea Party making a difference, their attitude may change, but we MUST get them involved. We must also find financial means to support the movement. Are there any conservative movie stars willing to host our own fund raising dinners?
Report Post »SGTTAZ67
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:47amMy ddep concern is that we win in Nov, but have too samll a majority to do anyhting. We have 2 uears of gridlock, the 2nd dip of the recession hits next year, and come 2012 Obama says, see the republicans policies failed, and he gets re-elected.
Report Post »mzmaj7
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:15amAgain with the fear mongering, Mr. President.
Report Post »Grandfather Z
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 6:35amcorrection: fear mongering “pretender”
Report Post »kcmdad
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:10amI might be wrong, but didn’t Bush provide more HIV-AIDs funding than any other Pres. And what is with the comment “at a time when the budget is going down”.
Report Post »Catherine A.
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:30amYou are correct, KCMDAD.
grandmaof5
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 7:00amLies, lies, lies – if their lips are moving they are lying! I can’t believe they got that many people to pay, must have stacked the dinner with Citibank, GM and union bosses.
postscript
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 8:19am“at a time when the budget is going down”.
I found the following information on WIKIPEDIA…
The 2010 Budget proposed by President Barack Obama projects significant debt increases.[8][9] The debt is projected to nearly double to $20 trillion by 2015, but is expected to increase to nearly 100% of GDP by 2020 and remain at that level thereafter.
Report Post »RobR
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:04amEver since his fervent followers woke up and realized he can only walk on water when it’s frozen in Winter like the rest of us mere mortals, it‘s been all down hill for the self proclaimed ’ chosen one ‘.
Report Post »AMERICANCITIZEN
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:03amPresident Obama,
Report Post »George Bush was a republican and he gave more to AIDS/Africa than any other president ever.
Stop spinning!
Neither party wants to create legistlation for the gay community. The only difference is the Democrats lie about supporting gay rights, but really they do not. They just want the voting block.
November is coming
Congress you are fired!
God Bless America
joseph Fawcett
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:28amI agree, God Bless American, we are sorry and we want to return to Your foundation!
tepartyblog.info
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 2:29amThe people the dems have to vote for are all lying to their constituents. Their voters don’t care as long someone tells them what they want to hear. The days of an easy ride in Washington are over.
Report Post »truthfully
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 4:57pmWoo hooo ya !!!!!!
carol m
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:58amWow, the people that put him in office and upset with him. Yep Obama you keep doing what you are doing and we will win in a landslide. Obviously he didn’t increase AIDS funding like he spoke or this would have never happened. OH, right didn’t he increase AIDS funding for Africa lol. What a tool
Report Post »chazman
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:07amHey Carol, the Demorats won in a landslide because the Republicans did the same thing: reneged on their promises. And this November the Republicans are expected to win in a landslide. So what. It’s a vicious circle with American politics and we have to put an end to it!
texigan
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:33amSad but true Chazman… There isn‘t a nickel’s worth of difference in the republicans and the dimocrats… And now, the republicans have made us a new “pledge” with more BS promises they will not keep… Let’s vote out ALL of the incumbents and elect some folks that will represent the people instead of doing what losers like pelosi and reid tell them to do…
ron the veteran
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:33ammaybe all those aids having people can go to africa and get free aids meds there. we can hope.
Report Post »vic138
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:57amNobama!!! Love it!!!!
AnAppealToGod
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 1:49amForget Stewart’s comment about Beck being his money maker.
Bush is practically Obama’s get out of jail free card.
tepartyblog.info
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 2:26amOh no, I hope we don’t loose the aids vote. I am sure the TEA party movement is dead with out them. Has government research ever cured anything?
PostProgressiveAmerican
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 2:54amI am glad to see the liberal special interest groups upset…a good sign for conservatives. The bigger take-away from this is the focus on the election…conservatives should heed his advice.
Although many of us feel strongly about specific issues like abortion and gay marriage, these can be very emotionally charged and divisive issues; we must remain focused on the big picture and the larger goals that we all share: limited Federal Government, lower taxes, restoration of States Rights and Individual Liberty. Once these are secure and the corrupt political hacks are removed from office, then we can have real debates on the specific social issues of concern.
Stay focused, stay wary.
winterhawka7ac
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 6:55amTotally. This hack should be in jail. He has no business in my Whitehouse. He is a criminal.
Break.on.Through
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 7:16amAm I wrong? At the end of the clip did Obama actually go into the audience and talk to the protesters? He probably should have used George W’s tactics and had them thrown out.
DrammyCoke
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 7:45amThe “messiah” has spoken!!!
thunder4570
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 7:47amThis is a taste of things to come! the radicals will come out of the woodwork and demand spending more money than we have! I wish we could solve all the worlds problems, but we cant afford to spend any more money!!! we are broke, period! I guess thats a hard concept to follow and most people dont want to admit it but putting your head in the sand isnt going to change those facts.
independentvoteril
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 8:02amLet’s see the government is telling us what we can do and eat and all the empty lefties are concerned about is GAY RIGHTS.. Does common sense tell them ALL THEIR RIGHTS are being taken?? while they complain about one right the government has taken away 100+ what a bunch of moron’s
MikeyG_CT
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 8:24amTypical Obama deflection. He‘ll get to it when feels it’s right form to do do. Several months will go by, if he is still there. Gay rights aren‘t too high on Obama’s agenda.
Report Post »southsik
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 9:14amI am tellin ya. He just cannot stand anything shy of silence while he speaks. I pray he looses it when this happens again. The guy thinks he is GOD.
edward56
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 11:00amChange We Can Believe In
When did it change?
Those who once opposed intolerance can no longer tolerate the opposition
When did it change?
Those who once protested for openness, now only hide behind the doors of privilege and power
When did it change?
Those who once spoke of brotherly love; unconditional regard, now only regard hatred of dissent
When did it change?
Those whose hands once formed peace signs, now only hold or accommodate the club of intimidation
When did it change?
Those who once called for balance, have now been swallowed up in bias
When did it change?
Those who once called and clamored for the truth, now obediently purchase and promote the party’s lie
When did it change?
Those who once raged against the machine have now become its’ grinding gears of conformity
When did it change?
Those who once pledged love for this nation and her God, now proudly and loudly denounce them both
When did it change?
Those who once would not settle for anything less than breathing the sweet air off courage and victory, are now content to only lap up the excrements of appeasement and defeat
When did it change?
Those who once benefited from our quality of life; our “Dream,” are now dedicated to dismantling it
When did it change?
When did the patriot become the profane and the profane become the ideal
When did it change?
Edward N. Middleton copyright 7/27/10
Report Post »Bytor
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:38pmName just 1 illness that Government has cured … name just 1 !!!
Government CANNOT cure ANYTHING!!! .. they can only suck you dry!
1600 Palin Avenue
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 12:46pmSpin based on lies. From the Los Angeles Times, 5-31-07: “President Bush said Wednesday that he would ask Congress to increase U.S. support for the global fight against HIV/AIDS to $30 billion over five years from the current commitment of $15 billion.” Obama can’t even cite the facts. If he did, he’d lose his evil-conservative theme.
Muslim in Chief
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 2:07pmI bet the O’****** never saw this one coming. I mean him being heckled since he is the chosen one. Wasn’t it just a few short years ago he was Americas little darling, the savoir?
But true to form, the first thing he does is blame someone else…..
coreenk
Posted on September 23, 2010 at 5:05pmhow soon BHO forgets that GW sent more money to Africa to combat aids than any other president in history, also if the gays are so worried about their rights then why don’t they attack the Westboro church since their protest at military funirals are directed at the gays in America.
poverty.sucks
Posted on September 26, 2010 at 8:54pmCouldn’t fill 650 seating capacity. Failed to sell last remaing 200 seats even for as low as $50 each, included photo with the president. In Manhattan of all places.