"I won't be smiling because you're wearing me out"

[blogslut]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/02/obamas-run-in-with-a-pers_n_94694.html

Obama's Run-In With A Persistent Photo-Seeker

Barack Obama was confronted by a pretty persistent photo-seeker in Philadelphia Wednesday. Turns out the guy was an eBay reseller, but watch an irked Obama handle the pesky Pennsylvanian:

<snip>

Obama: "Yea well whatever. Just take it. I won't be smiling. Because you're wearing me out. ....No no, you've been really rude about it. Just take a shot."

Obama and the man did not take a shot, the man was still arguing and the secret service stepped in (non confrontationally), just putting a hand between him and Obama.

Secret service: That's it.

Man: No I'm good. All I want is a picture that's it.

I love how Obama handles a jerk. Even when he's pissed, he's still classy.

The video is in the link I posted.

[Seeker30]

1. Yes, Obama is a god

[blogslut]

2. That's it?

That's all you got?

Do better next time. Your game is tired.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. I imagine this story must really piss off...

...intellectually dishonest, somewhat mentally disturbed drama queens.

[ossman]

4. cough Seeker30 cough

[sniffa]

15. *snort*

I don't even know whom you're responding to but I agree.

:rofl:

[ClassWarrior]

7. Are gods smooth? If you're going to use an analogy, use one appropo to the thread...

...i.e., "Yes, Obama is Mel Torme."

:rofl:

NGU.

[Neshanic]

63. My Saviour is a smoooooth guy. Mel Torme! Haaaa!

Soon he's gonna be seen with a Scotch glass with ice, and a heater hanging from his pie hole.

[EmilyAnne]

8. I don't think so. When gods have to handle a jerk or get pissed, they usually don't act so classy.

You know? They wipe people out with floods and turn them into pillars of salt and burn their whole city up. Not classy.

[Danger Mouse]

10. everytime i read one of your posts i feel a mysterious wave of nausea...

[MadBadger]

18. And you have the audacity to call somebody else a troll?

[Forkboy]

21. You should start another thread about how girlie he is.

[anonymous171]

35. That was you wasn't it?

My bet was on jlake, but I think he lives somewhere more south.

[Forkboy]

46. Kick for seeker!

:)

[Moochy]

53. Kick Seeker?

Sounds like a plan...

[dionysus]

61. damn they still let you play here?

[Not the Only One]

65. Jealous much?

We're all very sorry that you feel intimidated by the fact that Obama is polished and charming.

[Alter Ego]

68. No one said that, but okay

believe whatever you wish.

[Kadie]

5. That must be what this pic is about,

I found it earlier but didn't see a story with it...


Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., talks with a man right, as a member of U.S. Secret Service pulls him away during a walk through the Italian market section of Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 2, 2008.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

[blogslut]

6. That's the one

Dude's lucky he got off so easy.

[ossman]

9. what the fuck is this guy doing so close? Is it me? Doesnt look like a rope line.

Where is the vulcan death grip.

[blogslut]

11. The Secret Service did their job

They made the man back down.

I've been paying attention. He's got some regular, very attentive men and women protecting him.

[WinkyDink]

83. No, no, they didn't. How did that guy CLAMP ONTO Obama's ARM??

[Life Long Dem]

13. First off he best take his hand off Obama. He was holding back Obama.

This in itself gives me my right to defend myself against his assault on me - if that were me.

[ossman]

14. Withing striking distance is kinda scary in my opinion.

[Life Long Dem]

17. Yeah, the guy is grabbing him by the arm. Sounds crazy to me.

Try that with Reagan, or Bush.

[EnviroBat]

59. I agree. Acting like a real nervous uppity shit too.

[Cha]

22. Whoa! That's quite a shot,

Alex!

[EnviroBat]

58. You know, it creeps me out a little when a jackass like this guy

can get close and touchy-feely with the senator. This is a volatile time, and a volatile election, and that fucker would have made me nervous. I think the secret service should have been a little more persuasive with this uppity prick.

[Life Long Dem]

12. I would have punched the guy out. But I'm not running for President.

[Justitia]

16. This person stalked him event to event. He NEVER should have gotten this close.

He was very aggressive in the candidate's personal space.

NONE of the three candidates - Obama, Clinton OR McCain - should have someone stalking them from event to event and then be able to act so aggressively in their personal space.

Personal security is not a joke.

[H2O Man]

19. I agree. n/t

[blogslut]

23. Who is joking?

You don't think I hold my breath every time I see him among those massive crowds, or when I see an incident like this?

Look, I was just posting about how I think Obama handled this man very well. I'm sorry if you think I was joking.

[Justitia]

25. No, no, no - that wasn't aimed at you! I meant in general & w/the media.

They kept calling this guy a "voter" on TV and trying to paint it like Obama just blew this guy off.

They should have called him an "aggressive stalker".

I'm sorry if I wasn't clear, that last stmt (of my original post) was a generality.

[blogslut]

27. It's all good

I apologize for the misunderstanding. I don't know how I feel about this subject. Whereas the topic of his security is damned serious, I worry that too much attention to it projects bad vibes.

:(

[Justitia]

29. I understand where you are coming from & feel the exact same way. Bad mojo.

I got freaked out by the video of that incident today.

I DO NOT feel like the candidate was sufficiently protected in this particular instance.

I don't like drawing attention to these things either....

[redqueen]

75. Agreed.

I hope this incident provides enough impetus for them to tighten up the security around him considerably.

[apocalypsehow]

20. I wonder what name that prick posts under at Hillary44 & DU GD: P?

Or if he's already been tombstoned from here with several of the other HRC boosters whose disturbing posting behavior he emulates in real life?

:shrug:

[H2O Man]

24. Right.

Obama handled him well. I think that security might have done a better job of removing the guy from the scene. The level of fear and hatred in America is such that I would prefer that people who behave like him not get that close to any of the candidates.

[blogslut]

26. You'll get no argument from me

It's got to be a logistical/security nightmare for his security contingent. We've got a candidate that wants to be accessible yet we want him protected. When I watch Obama's appearances, I actually watch his SS agents more than I do the Senator.

Many is the time, I've yelled at my monitor "Enough! Get him out of there! That crowd is going to swallow him whole!"

Sigh.

[H2O Man]

28. Exactly.

There are reports of security concerns for both of the democratic candidates, which is largely because of the climate of hate .... the Southern Poverty Law Center statistics show that the number of "hate groups" is increasing dramatically in the past couple of years. Both the extreme right wing and some careless democrats push crap about Obama being Islamic, or the old teror stories about Hillary, and that fuels the unstable and potentially explosive people on the fringes.

The fellow today had no sense of boundries. Security should have removed him.

[blogslut]

30. Well, let's hope he was taken aside later

and charged, or at least had the ever loving shit scared out of him.

At lest the jerk didn't get his damned Ebay photo.

[ecstatic]

31. I wish he'd stalk McCain like that. Can you imagine

how McCain might explode after a while?

[Symarip]

32. The best quote from Obama

"You're wearin' me thin, brother".

[Name removed]

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[blogslut]

34. What?

Are you being sarcastic or just being a creep?

[JorgeTheGood]

37. are you calling me a creep ???

[blogslut]

38. I'm trying to figure out your post above

Rude to white people? Is that sarcasm. because if you're serious....

[JorgeTheGood]

40. And I'm trying to figure out why

you think everyone that doesn't support Obama is a creep and openly (and very foolishly IMHO) imply someone is a creep.

Are you suggesting that dissenting opinion is not allowed in an Obama-worship thread ?

[blogslut]

41. The creep was in reference to this statement by you:

"Geeesh ... is he friggin' rude to white people or what?"

I want you to justify that statement or tell me you were being sarcastic.

[Catherine Vincent]

42. I think he was being sarcastic.

Right?

[Name removed]

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[blogslut]

44. Okay

Let your reply stand for all of DU to see.

Enjoy your glory.

I'm sorry I asked if you were a creep. Now I know exactly what you are.

[Name removed]

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[Blue_Roses]

69. wtf

:wtf:

Look...you're white sheet is showing...

[LowerManhattanite]

74. Whoa.

There you are.




And there's the line, about five miles behind you.


Damn.

[Moochy]

78. That cretin needs to be tombstoned

Yes I alerted it, racist filth needs to be purged from DU.

[Catherine Vincent]

45. Oh my, I thought you were being sarcastic. You were serious!

:wow:

[Name removed]

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[BumRushDaShow]

62. Before I put you ignore, I'll note that your persistent scotoma

has blinded you to the fact that Obama's mother is white, therefore making him half-white and negating any need for him to pander to nor put down either race. Having had an asian stepfather as a child and spending early formative years in an asian country further widens his worldly view. Which again underscores how Clinton shills continue to appear like idiots regarding the true source of the "race card" because they won't look in the mirror at their own desperate selves. Sorry, the old tried and true drive-by stereotypes don't work in his case. He doesn't fit your caricature-negro setup.

The silliness of your false outrage makes you look like a clown whose act didn't go over with the audience. Time for you to slink away now.

Ciao!

[my2sense]

71. Clinton Is NOT the FIRST BLACK PREZ - OK?

Let me speak for all the AA about the First Black Prez thing - that title is officially rescinded.

You seem to imply that black folk are to talk to white folk in a certain way. ummmm...I wonder why one would think this way?

[LowerManhattanite]

84. Using “my own private tombstone” on this one now...

Carving I-G-N-O-R-E into it.

[olkaz]

64. Wow, that's a pretty low hurdle

You make a ridiculous post like you did, and you're going to get called things. It's not about being anti-Obama, it's about being purposefully inflammatory.

And honestly, that type of thing puts you in "creep" territory.

[Moochy]

73. Racist Creep

[Catherine Vincent]

39. (deleted)

[Name removed]

57. Deleted message

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[siligut]

60. Most blacks and whites want this country back on track.

Perhaps if you think Obama is unjustly discourteous to whites, you could find an example. Though, I think you would be hard put, unless of course your selective perception is working overtime, as I suspect Bubba and Cooter’s is.

In the OP situation, Obama showed grace and courtesy to a man who was basically stalking him. This is not a black and white issue to most people. Most people just want this country back on track.

[Catherine Vincent]

36. Damn!

Obama's got men stalking him too?

[zulchzulu]

47. Barack needs a personal taser for asshats like that

The Secret Service let him get too close. Somebody needs a talking to.

[cliffordu]

56. No kidding. That moron was too close to Obama....

[unapatriciated]

72. That Asshat was an American Citizen.

I guess we can all get " a personal taser" and use them on any jerk we don't like, oh I forgot the cops are already doing that. This is a non-issue and both camps are making too big a deal out of it. I think too many Duer's are attending Rove's on-line class of political spin tactics,

[TheDoorbellRang]

80. There's part of this we didn't get, I think

There's a point where Obama says something to him about when Obama was trying to talk to some kids...and doesn't finish the remark. But it sounds like this guy had butted in earlier, so run-in #1 here was perhaps run-in #2.

[unapatriciated]

85. We still don't taser people for being jerks...

If we did we have an energy shortage that even Glen Beck couldn't deny.

Obama took the pic so as not to create an issue....so why are some making this into an issue?

[TheDoorbellRang]

86. I don't agree with tasering every idiot encountered

But I am very nervous about possibly unstable people getting close enough to do Obama harm. Color me paranoid.

[unapatriciated]

89. If Obama or the secret service thought this guy was unstable..

He would have not got that close. He was a jerk and Obama gave him what he wanted to make him go away. Do you not trust Obama's judgment? If they had tasered the guy or ruffed him up it may have very well sunk his candidacy.
I think he handled it very well- calm and without making a big deal out of it.. Time to let this non-issue die.

[kwenu]

48. He's so much better than me. I'd have said snap the picture then I'd have given him the finger.

[Catherine Vincent]

49. Bush would do something like that.

Not Obama.

[kwenu]

50. Must be a Texas thing.

[Thrill]

54. I saw the video of this. And that was a wacko

Also he was really really close to Obama a couple times. How did he get that close on the street?

[lumberjack_jeff]

55. Is anything too trivial?

I mean honestly.

This is the most superficial nominating process in my lifetime.

[MediaBabe]

66. He's not fit for president - poor widdle guy.

As I see it, this dealing with Americans is just too tiring for the O man. Imagine if he were elected and had to deal with the whole world. What's he going to do when the phone rings at 3AM - whine "This better be important because I'm tired and I'm NOT smiling."?

[Voltaire]

67. Your Post is my nominee for Most Childish of the Day

carry on smartly!

[MediaBabe]

77. The day is still young

And I've a lot of well practised competition for that title.

[Texas Hill Country]

70. I thought it made Obama look like a total asshole... all he had to do was take a pic.

[WinkyDink]

82. All Mark David Chapman wanted was an autograph. First.

[tokenlib]

76. The creep rudely interrupted Barack and some youngsters...

This story is getting reported inaccurately and unfairly. I though Barack was being a bit of a jerk at first--then I heard the whole story. That badgering guy was a belligerent ass.

[redqueen]

79. Spread it around... the M$M spin is obviously meant to deceive. (nt)

[WinkyDink]

81. Wow! That guy got closer than Hinckley-close! Obama was NOT PROTECTED AT ALL.

[easy_b94]

88. Yeah I would have been yelling at my SS after that encounter

[JorgeTheGood]

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