The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
World’s Strongest Poodle
“Poodle Holds Up BART Train”–headline, KCBS-TV website (San Francisco), Sept. 23
Help Wanted
“Police Looking for Late-Night Shooter”–headline, Huntsville (Ala.) Times, Sept. 23
Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive
President Obama “was heckled multiple times during his speech at a Democratic fundraiser in one of the country’s most Democratic cities,” Politico reports from New York:
Obama showed a flash of irritation after he was forced repeatedly off his prepared remarks. “We listened to you, we heard your point,” he told the “young lady” who continued shouting at him about AIDS funding. “This is not the time or the place to do what you’re talking about.”
It turns out Obama is in favor of heckling, provided it is at Republican events:
The president pointed out that this week Senate Republicans blocked Democrats’ attempt to begin debating a bill that would have moved toward repealing the policy.
“And as a consequence some of those signs should be going up at the other folks’ event. Folks should be hollering at the other folks’ event,” he said, “because the choice in November could not be clearer.”
Where has Obama been? “Folks” have been “hollering” at Republican events for years. During President Bush’s 2004 convention speech, he was interrupted at least twice by hecklers–who, like the Obama hecklers, were from the political left.
Candidate Obama made vague promises about restoring civility to American politics. Instead, President Obama has succeeded only in spreading his side’s incivility around.
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