A heckler sitting in the press section interrupted Barack Obama's opening remarks at a town hall meeting in Berea, Ohio, and forced the candidate to lead the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance. The audience of several thousands groaned with the heckling, but Obama waved them back and said then led the groupin reciting the pledge.
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August 05, 2008
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More bullshit chicanery to distract from the issues at hand. That's all the right's got, and that's why they are where they are.
Posted by: pdxatheist | August 05, 2008 at 04:49 PM
If I get a chance to ask Obama or McCain something I want to know where they get their hair cut.
Anyone else with great ideas? Maybe we can form a KeyQuestionsforPresident group.
(sarcasm)
Posted by: Ivanv | August 05, 2008 at 05:15 PM
"Forced" - Secret Service must have done a takedown for the gun in the room, eh?
Posted by: MKSinSA | August 05, 2008 at 07:37 PM
The best way to counteract that kind of innuendo is to face it with the truth. Obama did the right thing. He may not always do the right thing, but getting something right once in a while is a damn sight better than what we've had for the last 8 years.
McCain would have launched an ad hominem counter-attack.
Posted by: Richard Tretler | August 05, 2008 at 08:08 PM
This clown Obama DOESN'T care nor understands the traditions of modern society...he is a black liberationist, and screw the old, in with the new....he is a dangerous person!!
Posted by: peter | August 05, 2008 at 08:08 PM
one more thing....anyone who thinks his vote is for change, is going to be in for a shock...obama has NOTHING to offer AT ALL..his record in the political arena is dismal and uneventful....
chairman mao was popular once...and look what happened..
Posted by: peter | August 05, 2008 at 08:10 PM
Many people write fearful or angry responses.
Another example of the dumbing down of our electorate.
Posted by: Ivanv | August 05, 2008 at 08:44 PM
I am from Chicago and have met Obama on a number of occasions and lies that get ciruclated under the radar screen are a joke! He is a nice centrist man. "Black liberationist" what laugh! I am white trader who makes more money than 99.9% of the people in the little towns that these papers circulate in. I would not vote for a communist type! Nor is he an elitist...he just paid off his student loans with the proceeds from his popular book. Cmon... Mccain is worth 100mil from his second wife. Wise up middle america....mccain means more wars of questionable origin. TIME FOR CHANGE!
Posted by: centrist | August 05, 2008 at 09:51 PM
PS. The only reason im even on this site is because of the accurate coverage of the wars offered by McClatchy. They wised up to the "wmd" and Saddam/911 link lies long before the big coastal paper like the NYT and Wapost!
Posted by: centrist | August 05, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Peter is an Idiot. McSame has never done anything administrative in his life. Obama is a leader and is what this country needs now. McCain graduated in the last 1% of his class at Annapolis and it shows. He was 894 of 899. What a jerk. Peter must have been 899. Elect Obama 2008
Posted by: Tom | August 05, 2008 at 10:27 PM