Anti-war protestors interrupt McCain speech

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Security guards remove a Code Pink banner as US Republican presidential candidate Arizona Senator John McCain speaks during the 2008 National Small Business Summit at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington DC. McCain said Tuesday his White House opponent Barack Obama's economic platform would kill jobs and growth, vowing instead to keep big government out of entrepreneurship.
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An anti-war protestor interrupts the speech by Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Tuesday, June 10, 2008, at the NFIB & eBay 2008 National Small Business Summit in Washington.
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A protester is removed from the room as Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during a campaign stop at the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and eBay 2008 National Small Business Summit, Tuesday, June 10, 2008, in Washington.
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Republican White House candidate John McCain puts his hand to his head as he speaks at the National Federation of Independent Business' 2008 Small Business Summit in Washington June 10, 2008. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008
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A protester is removed from the room as Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during a campaign stop at the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and eBay 2008 National Small Business Summit in Washington, Tuesday, June 10, 2008.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/06/10/protests-punctuate-mccain-speech/

Three protestors interrupted John McCain’s speech to the National Federation of Independent Business on three occasions Tuesday morning to protest the war in Iraq.

Similar protests have occurred McCain’s events in the past

The first protestor stood up and started yelling shortly after the expected Republican nominee took the podium. “War is bad for small business! War is bad for small business!” the woman yelled from the left end of the ballroom. As security hauled the protestor out of the room, she shouted, “Imagine the investment in small business!”

Amid boos from the crowd, McCain tried to spin the disturbance to his favor. “One of the things they’re tired of is people yelling at Americans,” he said to applause. “They want us to respect each others’ opinions.”

A few minutes later, another woman in the same area of the ballroom stood up and shouted a similar sentiment. McCain attempted to continue with his prepared remarks.

“Now that I know, that we know who I’ll be facing in the general election,” he said and then put his hand over his face. He laughed with a snort and said, “You can’t make this stuff up.”

The third protestor, an elderly woman, rose a few minutes later and received a chorus of boos from the audience. She, too, was escorted out of the room by security. “I’m running out of funny lines,” McCain mused.

He finished his speech with no further interruptions. As the motorcade carrying McCain pulled away, members of the anti-war group CODEPINK stormed the press bus with their banners.

[Mz Pip]

1. Work on it John

Try to come up with some more funny lines about the war.

[NotThisTime]

2. From the sounds of it the applause was FOR McBush & his policies however.....

I notice all the protesters against McBush are women.... just an observation from this woman....

[EFerrari]

4. This group must be largely Republican so that's no surprise. n/t

[livetohike]

3. Thank you Code Pink for being there

It's unbelievable that 1)McCain actually gets people to come hear him speak and 2)They support him.

[skygazer]

5. Their brief comments wer probably far more interesting than his speech

Nice that he's trying to put together a cache of funny lines to answer protests about war. :eyes:

[Kadie]

6. K&R n/t