Elizabeth Warren Heckled By Tea Party Supporter "you're a socialist whore"

[Swede]

Moments into a speech before volunteers here Wednesday evening, Elizabeth Warren was interrupted by a Tea Party supporter who hurled a gender-based epithet at the Senate candidate. The man, who said he'd been unemployed since February 2010, objected to Warren's expressed affiliation with the frustrations of Occupy Wall Street, and argued that the Tea Party has been protesting Wall Street excess for longer than the nascent global movement.

The crowd tried to shout the man down, but Warren told her supporters to let him speak. "No, no, it's alright. Let me say two things," she said. "I'm very sorry that you've been out of work. I'm also very sorry that the recent jobs bill that would've brought 22,000 jobs to Massachusetts did not pass in the Senate."

Speaking in a packed VFW hall, Warren went on to address his question about her association with Occupy Wall Street. "I've been protesting what's been going on on Wall Street for a very long time," she said, but added that the movement has its own independent agenda and will proceed along its own course.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/03/elizabeth-warren-heckler_n_1073755.html

[tanyev]

1. "Warren told her supporters to let him speak"

Trying to remember when a GOP politician did the same. Can't think of any.

[badhair77]

2. She is so classy, and so smart.

When you're unemployed for a long time it's frustrating and it wears at your dignity. For him to lose his composure, he essentially humiliated himself publicly and then didn't know what to do so he ran out. I admire that she understood what was happening and didn't feel threatened by it. It shows her confidence in her beliefs and knowledge, and her anger is in the right place. People want to take care of their families and at some point they get desperate. It sounds as if he reached that point. I feel sorry for him also. We need this woman in Washington.

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[sibelian]

4. Wise Elizabeth...

I like her.

[zazen]

5. I wanna t-shirt: "Just another socialist whore." n/t

[murray hill farm]

7. OMG! I love that!

I want that T shirt too!.

[gratuitous]

6. Compare and contrast . . .

Warren's response to ill-informed overwrought person with legitimate complaint but wrong target for righteous anger with any Republican response to overwrought person with legitimate complaint and perfect target for righteous anger.

Does anyone see any difference? If you do, the odds are quite good that you don't draw a paycheck from a major media outlet, which will do its level best to ignore this story.