* gets heckled at NAACP Convention - pics

[Kadie]

U.S. President George W. Bush speaks at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) annual convention in Washington July 20, 2006. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES)


President Bush gestures to NAACP Chairman Julian Bond, left, as a heckler yells from the audience as Bush made remarks, Thursday, July 20, 2006, at the NAACP Annual Convention in Washington. It was Bush's first time speaking to the group since taking office, after rejecting the civil rights group's invitations for five straight years. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)


Protesters yell out to President Bush during his speech at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Convention, before being escorted away, Thursday, July 20, 2006 in Washington. For five years in a row, Bush has declined invitations to address the annual NAACP convention. This year, with the Senate poised to renew the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Bush said yes. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)


Two hecklers (C) shout at U.S. President George W. Bush during his remarks at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) annual convention July 20, 2006. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)


Audience members try to stop two hecklers (C) shouting at U.S. President George W. Bush during his remarks at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) annual convention July 20, 2006.

[Swamp Rat]

1. Here ya go:

[Lochloosa]

4. oh nevermind....

:rofl:

[Swamp Rat]

13. One never knows what the Chimperor will say next

:D



"George Bush hates black People." - Kanye West

[CottonBear]

28. Oh shit! I never saw that coming. LOL!

You made me laugh out loud and spit coffee onto my computer screen. Damn you Swamp Rat! ;)

[Blue_In_AK]

38. Oh, my God.

:rofl:

[Kadie]

49. ...

:spray:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[KingFlorez]

50. Good lord

I can't believe you came up with that one, LOL

[HeeBGBz]

90. Man, I'll never eat another Cheeto as long as I live

Buhwahahahahahaha1

[AspenRose]

2. Bwahahahaha. What did you expect, bunnypants?

eom

[snappyturtle]

3. Do you know what the hecklers were saying? nt

[Kadie]

24. Not yet. Haven't found anything.

Only that he was heckled, but not what was said.

[bigluckyfeet]

111. One Protestor said

"Stop being a Stepin Fetchit for Dick Cheney!" one shouted in a reference
to a black actor known for stereotypical portrayals of black minstrel
characters.

[Bonobo]

5. I don't see audience members trying to stop them... I see security guards.

[MADem]

12. They may have been "shussshhhing"

It is traditional for the audience to listen quietly, even if they disagree.

That's why I found this surprising--I might be wrong, but I think this is a first. Of course, if he'd bothered to show up for the last five invites, he might have gotten a better reception.

[formercia]

73. Audience members usually don't wear earpieces

unless they are undercover.The negroes spot them pretty quickly.:evilgrin:

[Ian David]

6. I want to know what the hecklers said! That's the REAL story! n/t

[BuhByeChimp]

11. I'd like to know as well.

Either way, I disaprove of them doing that.

[Ian David]

Why? It's the only time Der Chimpenfuhrer hears dissenting voices. n/t

[BuhByeChimp]

21. If I invited someone to my house as a guest.....

I would treat them civily, even if I disagreed with them.

[Ian David]

23. There is THAT way of looking at it, sure...

But Bush doesn't allow for a civil way to confront him with disagreement.

The only way to disagree with him is to engage in heckling.

Or, you can stand ten miles away inside a concrete underground bunker in the "free speech zone."

[grace0418]

36. Amen. Fuck politeness. Fuck civility (at least when it comes to Bu$hCo).

All it gets you is a "free speech zone" and a swiftboating in the media. Liberals need to forget what they learned about treating others with respect in the case of Bu$hCo. You treat them with respect and they walk all over you. Civil, rational debate and respect for other opinions were thrown out a long time ago by the GOP. We need to MAKE them listen now.

[maxrandb]

71. Yep! Deal with pricks the "Chicago Way"

Sean Connery in the Untouchables talking about Al Capone. "He sends one of your's to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago Way".

[malaise]

76. Correct

Love your Impeach Bush :D -both of them.

[grace0418]

82. Thanks!

:hi:

[driver8]

109. Exactly! Why treat him with respect? He doesn't respect

anyone else or the office of the Presidency.

Fuck Him...he deserves all of the heckling that he gets and more!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

29. i'd invite him then heckle him. n/t

[CatWoman]

41. and then have my neighbor's dog piss on his leg

[SlavesandBulldozers]

61. exactly! n/t

[LostinVA]

53. Hahahahahahaha

[Jensen]

65. You bet.!!!

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[blonndee]

31. But your guest at your house would be engaging

you in a conversation, which goes at least two ways, depending on the number of people involved. Bush was there to lecture for political purposes, and doesn't give a flying fig about the people he was addressing. A couple of attendees chose to communicate with him in the only way possible, since he's not exactly inviting THEM to "his" house.

[elehhhhna]

32. Bush ain't a guest. He's OUR employee. Big difference.

[LostinVA]

54. Bingo n/t

[sendero]

33. We've been listening..

... to uncivil things being said about us "liberals" for 20 years now and we don't feel like being civil any more. Fuck that bullshit.

[Joanne98]

107. That's how I feel.

[Quantess]

110. me three! n/t

[goclark]

34. My people were being extremely polite IMO

I can't even imagine how difficult it was to listen to him without storming the stage!


Polite! When he has killed our people in the waters of NO!

He has earned no respect if he dares to cross our paths.

He was coming for votes ~ not respect~

[Ian David]

42. I heckled Bush once...

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[goclark]

68. Good for you!

[AspenRose]

44. Preeeeeach it goclark

:D

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[BuhByeChimp]

81. Yes I do.

I'm glad you are helping support me in my beliefs!

Thanks!

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[goclark]

93. That is definately a SHE and I am sure he had some plants

in the crowd.

[ariesgem]

96. Sorry, I was speaking of the poster, not the women in the pic.

[goclark]

100. Got it ~

[goclark]

115. Got it :)

[Sydnie]

51. I heckle him everytime I invite him into my house and

even when I don't. If he appears on my tv, as my guest in my livingroom, I yell what ever I want at him.

Honestly, have you never had a cross word with someone that you invited into your home? No close friends that you call them on their bullshit, ever?

I have. Many times. Will most likely do it again too. And, I can still set a formal table. Go Figure!

[EC]

62. If I invited someone to my house as a guest (even)

I would expect to be able to say what I PLEASE IN MY OWN HOME....

[ariesgem]

79. *ush abandoned NOLA and allowed hundreds of black people to drown!

They're still finding bodies rotting in the rubble. What the hell has he has he done to earn the respect of the NAACP?

[BuhByeChimp]

83. I said nothing of respect.

I think all people deserve respect and some people lose that respect which I can agree bush did.

However, I didn't say anything about respect in my post, I said I would treat him civily, which I would.

[titoresque]

108. Would you treat Hitler the same?

how about Ted Bundy? Perhaps you would embrace Jack the Ripper?

[cigsandcoffee]

98. White people drowned too.

They shouldn't be forgotten or glossed over. I don't know why Katrina was made in to a racial issue, because that was a storm which didn't care what color the people it killed were.

[LanternWaste]

89. heckling or being caged in a chain link fence? Tough choice

When by voicing dissaproval for an elected official is possible in only two ways-- heckling or being caged up in a chain link fence called a "free speech zone", I know what choice I'm making.

Also, I believe your analogy is invalid. I think it should have gone more like this, "If I invited people over to my house as guests, I'd hope they'd treat each other civilly, even if they disagreed with each other".

[Javaman]

92. I think the days of being civil are long past gone...nt

[AbbyR]

102. I've thought about this...

Exactly how polite could/would I be to Bush if I should happen to meet him?
I really don't know. I am not sure I could be polite, but I would sure try, because I would love to get him in an interview situation and start asking him questions and just see how he would answer. I'm afraid my questions might go beyond the polite.

And watching the mess with the German chancellor yesterday - what would I do if Bush had come up behind me? And, as a regular citizen, if I had not known who it was and just elbowed him in the stomach, would that be assault or self-defense? Would I land in jail if I didn't know? Just rambling and wondering....

[LostinVA]

43. Oh boy n/t

[The Stranger]

86. I don't disapprove of people exercising their rights trying to inform the

imbecile in chief who endeavors to otherwise stay permanently uninformed.

[me b zola]

88. Did you also disaprove when bush*s limo was egged @ his inaugural?

Just curious.

[tblue37]

112. Read Anita Garcia's post--it's on the greatest page.

She was there with the LA delegations, and she gives a detaield description of the response to his speech--including the protests.

Apparently they also referred to COndi (who was there with Bush) as his "House Negro."

[movie_girl99]

7. i'd love to hear what they wetre yelling n/t

[MADem]

8. Is this a first for the convention??? I've never remembered this happening

to previous Presidential speakers....(the heckling, not the Cheeto business!).

[napi21]

9. Anybody hear what hey were yelling?

I'm actually surprised there weren't more than two, but I haven't heard what they were yelling to or at him!

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Those don't look like audience members trying to stop them.

They look like security - the one on the left is definitely wired, the one on the right looks like he could be, but it might just be the glasses behind his ear.

But since they're both in suits, and both quite large, it makes me think that there were security planted in the audience.

And the news calls it "members of the audience".

My ass they are.

[Benhurst]

14. I think you're right. Bush would never address a group of

American citizens without his goon squad.

[shanti]

15. or secret service

that's what i'm thinking...

[lpbk2713]

40. Rove probably specified only black SS agents

at this event. It wouldn't look good to have white guys jump on the hecklers at an NAACP convention.

[Rabrrrrrr]

52. And to make them pretend to be audience members,

so that the Junta can come back and say, "See - even your own people felt that heckling was bad; clearly, this president has the support of the African community".

[warrens]

18. My guess is Secret Service

I hope someone got that on tape for the news tonight. That fucking Chimp just pisses me off more everyday.

My caption above would have been, "I didn't know you nigras could afford suits. You look right nice in them, too, for a bunch of jungle bunnies."

[hootinholler]

60. My guess is

SS impersonators. I doubt that the SS would do that, but who's to be sure these days.

There are other instances of GOP operatives impersonating SS.

-Hoot

[liberal N proud]

20. Look like SS to me

[CatWoman]

16. yes. exactly WHAT did he expect?

[underpants]

56. Really! Strom and George and Lester warned us this would happen with them

But did we listin? NOOOOOOO

[Hubert Flottz]

17. Reality Bites

Maybe they're from Miami Dade?

[LibDemAlways]

19. I don't see a single audience member trying to

stop the hecklers. Those two big black men wearing matching suits are obviously security, probably SS. Who the hell do the corporate whores think they're fooling with that caption?

[ThomWV]

22. Throwing black men out of an NAACP meeing while a white man speaks?

Let me see if I got this right.

We have an association of black persons at which black persons were evicted for speaking truth to power to a white person.

One has to wonder about such an orginization.

[Ian David]

25. The real problem was that Bush tried to give the guy a massage earlier.n/t

[LostinVA]

57. At least he didn't try to rub someone's head...

[cigsandcoffee]

101. I'm sorry, but they were being rude.

Bush was an invited speaker. You don't invite people to address your organization and then tolerate heckling. Skin color is utterly irrelevant.

[Flying Dream Blues]

116. I really doubt those were NAACP guys, just SS who could "blend."

So typical of the * administration, nothing is as it appears.

[MamaBear]

26. Hecklers good!

Hecklers good! Bushbot bad!

Sorry. Times have gotten so Orwellian ...

I applaud the brave MEN who had the stuff to stand up to the pointed ear pissypants who, uh, what the hell does he do, anyway?

[Sequoia]

27. "I'm the decider"

Geez, he looks mad. Jerk.

[magellan]

30. Did audience members really try to stop the two hecklers?

The guys paying attention to them look like security to me. Everyone else is sorta hanging in their seats, listening. One guy in the front appears to be smiling a bit.

[datadiva]

35. Audience members my ass!

Can you say black Secret Service. You have to know he doesn't go anywhere without them.

[CottonBear]

37. Someone shouted " 'Bout time you showed up!"

according to an MSNBC reporter.

See this DU post: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1682643&mesg_id=1682971

[Tinksrival]

39. Who dares to interupt!

Lord Pissypants

[Scout1071]

45. "Audience members try to stop two hecklers...."

Do most "audience members" wear ear pieces? Sloppy, sloppy reporting......as usual.

[12345]

58. they were black, therefore they must be from the audience,

not secret service...

[LostinVA]

66. Did you forget the Sarcasm icon???

[fearthem]

46. That's one courageous man, and I thank, applaud him!!!!!!

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[lpbk2713]

69. Four courageous men?

:shrug:

[blonndee]

72. LOL nt

[gatorboy]

55. I'm pretty pissed that they hauled him off.

This wasn't some pre-arranged Bush speech. That man should have every right to stand there and let Bush have it. We don't work for him, ya know!

[rumpel]

59. See the ear piece? Someone make AP correct their caption!

...misleading reporting, again

[LeftHander]

63. Not audience members...look behind their ears...

Tell tale SS ear pieces....

[AngryAmish]

64. for a Republican the finest meal possible is a freshly roasted baby

[goclark]

67. Do you see that punk trying to push Julian Bond away!

Bond was trying to help his sorry ass.

What a jerk ~ trying to be so cool and in control.

Maybe it was best that he kept Julian Bond out of it, shows how much command he does not have of his audience.

[geardaddy]

70. Yeah, he looks like he's saying,

"Wait, I can handle this myself... Go get him boys!"

[goclark]

118. If they had rushed the stage...oh never mind nt

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[blonndee]

75. Civilized, huh?

As opposed to what?

[Neecy]

77. civilized?

What's civilized about letting American citizens die in the streets of an American city?

What's civilized about disenfranchising hundreds of thousands of African-Americans so you can steal the presidency not once but twice?

I see ONE asshole who isn't 'civilized', and that was the one addressing the crowd.

[goclark]

85. Make it plain Neecy ~ my eyes see only one idiot in a

group of dedicated people that work 24/7 for the CIVIL RIGHTS of all of us.

The NAACP will stand tall and fight battles that we don't even learn about ~ he is the uncivil one and they have a RIGHT to say whatever they want to him.

[Neecy]

104. Amen.

[Fleshdancer]

80. what an asshole, racist thing to say

:eyes:

[Kadie]

84. wtf?

[alfredo]

87. It's Huey Freeman from Boondocks!!

[Fleshdancer]

91. Is it?

Because that's the first thing that popped in my head when I saw the pic too but I wasn't sure.

[goclark]

95. Huey is a cartoon character as far as I know

It does look like a very intelligent young man.


Maybe he will become a Political Leader ~ I like his guts.

[Fleshdancer]

97. d'oh! I was thinking about the creator of Boondocks....

but I don't know what his name is.

[goclark]

99. Arron McGruder ~ genius!

Enjoy!!!

http://www.theboondockstv.com/

[alfredo]

105. You decide.

[The Gunslinger]

103. I like how the call them "hecklers"

"Audience members try to stop two hecklers"

It looks like those audience members are listening to them. Security might be trying to stop them , but the audience isn't.

It's freaking amazing that the Decider has the assistance of every media outlet to promote his agenda, and his approval is at %37.

[samsingh]

106. kick on major news item today

[ContraBass Black]

113. I love how the people shouting are young, but those trying to silence them

Are not.


Why are there deleted posts in this thread?

[goclark]

114. Don't worry about it ~ the old timers were working behind

the scenes and let the young ones do the shouting.

I am delighted when young adults get it and have the guts to speak TRUTH to POWER in their own way.

Trust me, I am African American and have attended many NAACP meetings. Those older members are sharp as a tack and worked the Civil Rights Movement in the 60's. Don't play them cheap.

[Flying Dream Blues]

117. He got way less protest than he deserved from that audience.

What a monumental a**hole. His gall and nerve have no bounds. No accountability, just "telling then how it is" and putting the blame elsewhere while "want(ing) to help people." Not these, people, necessarily, but that's another speech. MF.