Woman Passes Out During Obama’s Speech, President Jokes: ‘Folks Faint All the Time at My Events’
- Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:38pm by
Tiffany Gabbay
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During President Obama’s speech at the Daimler Motors truck plant in Mount Holly, a woman in the crowd fainted. Video has now surfaced from the event and reveals what many might consider a cold reaction to an individual who was clearly unwell and required medical attention.
After an awkward moment in which he seemed to be at a loss for words, Obama announced, “somebody fainted up here,” then fumbled to find the words to ask that someone call a paramedic.
He then quipped, ”folks do that [faint] all the time when I speak,” adding, “you always have to eat before you stand for a long time. That’s a little tip.”
The remark drew laughs from the crowd, save for the woman, of course, who was presumably unconscious and, according to the Charlotte Observer, was wheeled out on a stretcher.
Needless to say, it is difficult to imagine the stricken supporter would have found the Commander in Chief’s dismissive tone humorous had she been alert.
The President didn’t skip a beat however, resuming his remarks as planned:
(h/t:WeaselZippers)
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Comments (107)
libh8er
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:14pmIt probably wasn’t due to overcrowding… Maybe she was just following Meeshells eating advice.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:24pmO makes me want to faint every day but it’s due to his Saul Alinsky, community-organizing, intentional destruction of America ways..
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:24pmShe pulled a Newt! zzzzzzzzzzzzzz…
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:55pmOf course he didn’t know what to say….nobody set the teleprompter to say:
Report Post »Hang on folks, we have a medical situation. We have a woman who has fainted…we need EMS up here. Please everyone, step back so they can get through.
Pretty simple stuff….I know plenty of 10 year olds who could do it.
Infidel49
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:37pmLol, you beat me too it.
Report Post »apollo18
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 9:15pm“To all that shall see these presents, greetings:”
We attended one of the first Beck & O’Reilly events in Tampa ( at USF actually, former employer of Sammi Al Arian), during O‘Reilly’s (sic) discussion, someone down on the floor seating had some kind of medical event. They visibly collapsed and most of us were immediately aware something was going on. Mr. O’Reilly paused and respectfully asked for those proximal to the situation, to allow EMS to access the patient. Hands in front, waiting for EMS to initially assess, treat and transport the patient out of view, presumably to the hospital.
Also, much to the audience’s credit, they maintained a respectful conversational tone throughout what was about a 20 minute interval. Mr. O’Reilly stood quietly until paramedics transported the patient and as they left, wished them well and the patient a prompt recovery.
Mr. O’Reilly, you’re a class act. Thank you.
Report Post »mwhaley
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 10:18pmShe probably could not take the smell of brimstone and sulfur.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 2:47amIt was Miss Fluke….. she pictured Obama with nothing on but a condom
Report Post »LegionOfOne
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 2:58amI’m sure it was nothing serious. I fell asleep listening to him too.
Report Post »CLG 4
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 8:41amDidn’t eat enough peas!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:13pmWanna bet when tthe Government runs out of money to send her welfare check she wont faint…she will get shot looting stores?
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:13pmCult Worship.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 2:51amor a OD of BS
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:11pm…
When this person fainted, Obama was completely at loss for words, without his teleprompter to tell him what to say. He can’t ad-lib or speak off the cuff, at all.
We’ve got to get rid of Obam-uh-uh-uh, in November.
This man is so full of crap. Every time I hear him speak, I just want to puke.
Report Post »Paydert33
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:39pmI think all this was staged. Shyster….. axelrod would do something like this. o-loser hasn’t had anyone faint at his speeches in a long time. The press is right at his side making sure this is on the 6:00 PM and their msm cable news for the evening to try to bring back that old black magic. Losers! Of course, she could have fainted from all the lying hot-air o-loser was spewing.
Report Post »horvath
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 10:59amMaybe she ate a cyanide capsule because she realized obama has destroyed her country.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:10pmEvil… has a strange affect upon some people…
Report Post »ColoradoMaverick
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:10pmOh yes, Obama, the “messiah” is back. Get a life you loser! She probably got sick to her stomach!
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:23pmI can’t wait for the “I wasn’t born in a manger, I was born on planet krypton” jokes to come back.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:10pmThe arrogant hubris of this man is only surpassed by distain for America and what it stands for.
Report Post »An enemy of the state that needs to be soundly defeated this November in a Landslide
drphil69
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:09pmYeah he really “cares” about people… joking about a poor woman without even knowing if she was OK. What if she had dropped dead? (Obviously it would NOT be reported…) Not very funny Mr. O.
Report Post »cuinsong
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:07pmI guess the teleprompter couldn’t help here? I’m surprised he could speak at all without help!
Report Post »This guy is so arrogant his first thought was one of self-adoration and then ascribes it to the audience!
It’s truly amazing that people can’t see thru this fake! How gullible can we be to elect this guy to start with?
One of his songs “Diversity” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_11826046
LeadNotFollow
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:07pm…
The nerve of this man to say “don’t worry about it”, and “they’ll be okay”, then continue his speech.
Is he GOD? How does he know that she will be okay?
This was not the first time. He’s done this before.
George Bush was not the greatest President, but he did show a lot of compassion when things like this would happen at his events.
Report Post »loveoursoldiers
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 7:07pmIt is very odd.. these fainitng women.. and his response is weirder.. as if he knew she was OK.. because she was an actor perhaps?
Report Post »The fainting is back.. .. say it ain’t so!
Elfrida
Posted on March 13, 2012 at 12:25amHe is the most pompous, arrogant man that has presided over this country since I have been alive.
Report Post »He surpasses every Republican candidate in his arrogance. There is no humble cell in this man’s body. He surrounds himself with people of the same make-up.
CatB
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:05pmI don’t faint … I barf … hurl … upchuck … etc.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:03pm.
Report Post »If I had to stand there listening to your BS, I’d passout too. I get Dizzy every time your purple lips go to flapping on my TV. Thank the Lord for remote control……
McNamara
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:35pmThat’s awesome. Purple lips….
Report Post »Infidel49
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:37pmHe is drinking his own cool aid
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:03pmActual Taxpayers pass out every time Barry comes up with a new way to screw them out of more money. president Foodstamp needs to expand his TAKER BASE. And the DEMOCRAT PARTY is here to steal the TAXPAYERS wages.
Report Post »leonardo44
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:03pmHis reaction was not the way a compassionate person would react, shockingly glib and indifferent, seizing the opportunity to make it all about him, wow, what a jerk!
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:59pmShe didn’t faint, she fell asleep like Biden does every time he hears Obama lie.
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:58pmBarry must have been selling bad dope again.
Report Post »arfarb55
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:53pmEgo ain’t a problem for obama!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:06pmNOpe ..he has plenty …
Report Post »klevalt
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:48pmUgh! Please! Not again!!! I don’t think I can handle his ego for the rest of this campaign season!
Report Post »cwrink
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:48pmI wonder how much that woman was paid to have her breath taken away from her. Pleeeze. That is disgusting.
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:48pmI could hurl……………
Report Post »summersmom
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:58pmME TOO! I am so tired of that man ******* me off daily!!!
Report Post »Tired_of_The_Liberal_Spin
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:48pmHow dare that person pass out and take away attention from the chosen one. Besides, do you know how stressful it is to have to pause the teleprompter!!
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:48pm…
Report Post »This man is cold, evil, and heartless.
Did you really expect any compassion from this man, toward anyone ?
Nearly everyone I know, thinks he’s the Anti-Christ.
TOMSERVO
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:47pmOh my god, what a monster! He clearly wanted her to die, right guys?
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:58pmOh my God what an idiot! You’re clearly an idiot right guy?
Report Post »TOMSERVO
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:27pmHow so?
What should he have done? Run down there and started giving CPR? Screamed and panicked at the top of his lungs?
You guys all need to shut the hell up
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:49pmHow about you start by not making it about yourself,? Then telling the crowd to move aside and call on some assistance for the person in distress? He’s surrounded by secret service and law enforcment officials ALL have first aid training….he didn’t even have the quickness on his feet to summon one of them to the scene. His instinct was to think of himself first. And of couse…he used “the folks” again. When he needs votes from ordinary Americans he calls them “the folks”. When he’s addressing liberal elites at $3K a plate dinners in San Franciscio fund raisers…they’re bitter, bible thumping, bigots.
Report Post »TOMSERVO
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 5:57pmHahaha, like you said, “He’s surrounded by secret service and law enforcment officials ALL have first aid training….”
So he should have done something rather than let them take care of it? You just sound pathetic. It takes away from any legitimate criticisms you might have when you whine like a baby about every tiny thing that Obama does.
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:05pmTom.
Report Post »Why should we shut up..?
Let me get this straight the woman passes out ,
Obama goes into a comic routine and gives all his followers
a little chuckle. And WHERE the cold hearted basturds ???
All that was missing was a drummer giving a rim-shot.
Your guys double standard….Is epic..!
AvengerK
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:10pmNo TOMSERVO you shrill idiot…in typical lefty fashion..you’ve got it backwards. It‘s what Obama didn’t do that I have a problem with. I always expect Obama to make it about himself. Heck, in his all-too-familiar professorial fashion he even threw in a lecture to “the folks” while the woman lay prone on the ground. This is familiar stuff from the ditherer in chief. He dithered while his generals asked for troops in Afghanistan, he dithered about OBL before giving the order to take him out..he said he’d “sleep on it” before taking 16 hours to act. No…TOMSERVO..it‘s what Obama didn’t do that’s the problem..a recurring problem.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:17pmAnd speaking of OBL TOMSERVO….Without knowing the operational details by the real heroes who took OBL out. I want to know why Obama ordered OBL killed rather than “capture, kill if necessary”? The intelligence would have been invaluable. I have a suspicion a lot of that decision was political. OBL would either have to be kept at a facility overseas (because while you lefty dolts bleat about “interrogations” Obama preserved Rendition-yes THAT Bush policy- on a long weekend while you idiots were all stoned and drunk). Or he‘d have to be kept at Gitmo which Obama ordered closed in January 2009 and not only remains open today as of March 2012 but Obama’s going to spend $750K of taxpayer money to build his muslim buddies a soccer pitch there. That‘s a funny way to close a facility all you lefties demanded he close isn’t it TOMSERVO? But that’s Barry for you….
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 6:22pmoh and one more thing TOMSERVO…here’s what Secretary Gates thought of how the OBL killing was handled by the Obama adminstration. This is after Joe Plugs Biden spent a week telling everyone about a SEAL team that doesn’t officially exist and Obama went on another publicity tour “spiking the football”.
“Frankly, a week ago Sunday, in the Situation Room, we all agreed that we would not release any operational details from the effort to take out bin Laden. That all fell apart on Monday, the next day.
We are very concerned about the security of our families – of your families and our troops, and also these elite units that are engaged in things like that. And without getting into any details… I would tell you that when I met with the team… they expressed a concern about that, and particularly with respect to their families.”.
Report Post »A month later, Gates, who admitted during his tenure that he wept nightly while writing condolence letters to fallen heroes, retired.
Which brings me back to my point about the ditherer in chief TOMSERVO. It‘s all poltical where Obama’s concerned. It’s all about him.
AvengerK
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:46pmThe narcissist at his vulgar best. The woman clearly needs help, so Barry makes it about himself and throws in a lecture as well. November cannot come soon enough.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 4:44pmYeah, he might want to look into that bad breath. Kissing Mooooochelles butt will do that!
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on March 7, 2012 at 8:25pmThanks Hawk. There’s a thought :(
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