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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: hecklers

hecklers stories: 9 news summaries

House Will Vote Tomorrow on Reprimand of Joe Wilson

Most Dems, some fellow Republicans expected to vote yes on 'You lie' yeller

Sep 14, 09 8:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The House of Representatives will vote tomorrow on a “resolution of disapproval” against Joe Wilson, the South Carolina Republican who shouted “You lie!” at President Obama during his speech last week on health reform. House Majority Whip James Clyburn, also a South Carolinian, will introduce the measure,... More »

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South Carolina • sanctions • health care reform • House Democrats • hecklers • House Republicans • James Clyburn • President Obama • Joe Wilson • You lie • resolution of disapproval

Wilson Enlists Personal Tweeter

Part of a new-media push to take on critics, raise campaign cash

Sep 12, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joe “You Lie” Wilson has hired a new-media strategist, intent on responding to his now-numerous critics, the Hill reports. So far, that strategist’s chief job seems to be to send Twitter messages—Wilson dispatched 15 within 5 hours of hiring him, four shy of his total for all... More »

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Congress • House of Representatives • hecklers • Twitter • social media • Joe Wilson

Republican Rep. Joe Wilson
Heckles Obama: You Lie!

Congressman heckles president on claim about illegal immigrants

Sep 9, 09 8:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The man who yelled “You lie!” in response to President Obama’s claim that his health-reform plan won’t include illegal immigrants was South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson, Politico reports. “There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants. This, too,... More »

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health care reform • speech • hecklers • President Obama • Republicans • Congressional Republicans • Joe Wilson

 Doused, Soused Crowd 
 Taunts Tiger at US Open 

Woods could still pull off victory, but it's a long shot

Jun 21, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tiger Woods still has a shot at victory at the US Open, but it would take a record-tying comeback. And to do that Woods would need incredible focus, because some soused spectators have been working on a distracting new hazard at Bethpage Black: extensive heckling. The rowdy crowd may be... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • US Open • Long Island • hecklers • drunkenness • Bethpage Black • US Open Golf

Models—Human and Auto— Take Bailout Flak at Car Show

Models take the flak for GM, Chrysler missteps

Apr 14, 09 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Crowds hostile about the state of America’s auto industry have made presenting at auto shows a much trickier job than it used to be, the New York Times reports. The eye-candy models at scaled-back exhibits from General Motors and Chrysler are fielding questions during the ongoing New York event... More »

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Chrysler • General Motors • auto industry • hecklers • auto show • auto bailout

 R-Rated Razz 
 Lands Griffin 
 in Hot Water 

CNN red-faced after off-color reply to heckler goes out live

Jan 3, 09 7:21 AM CST
(Newser) - CNN may not be asking Kathy Griffin to host another New Year's Eve special after her ribald reply to a heckler made its way onto live TV, the New York Post reports. "Screw you!" the comedian, who says she thought she was off-air at the time, yelled at... More »

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profanity • CNN • New Year's Eve • comedian • hecklers • Kathy Griffin

Success Drowns Out Rays' Famous Razzer

Tampa's 'happy heckler' straining to be heard during team's first World Serier

Oct 25, 08 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Robert Szasz is one of baseball's most well-known hecklers but his insults can now hardly be heard over the racket at Tropicana Field, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Rays fan, who found fame as "the Happy Heckler" in the days when the team had sparse attendance, is finding... More »

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baseball • hecklers • Tampa Bay Rays • Tropicana Field • 2008 World Series

Heckler Halts Gay Bishop's London Sermon

Episcopal rift over homosexuality roils upcoming conference

Jul 14, 08 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - He was uninvited to the Anglican Church's big, once-a-decade Lambeth Conference next week, but New Hampshire’s gay Episcopal bishop decided cheerfully to go anyway, to be a “constant and friendly reminder” of gays in the sect. Not so cheerful was the heckler who interrupted his sermon in London... More »

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Episcopal Church • Anglican Church • religion • protests • Gene Robinson • Archbishop of Canterbury • bishop • hecklers

Superstitious McCain Knocks on ... Newsroom

Elsewhere on the trail, Giuliani, Obama
tangle with hecklers

Jan 8, 08 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Even as New Hampshire voters queued up, John McCain cut the intensity by relying on some stabilizing superstition. Known to carry a lucky penny, a feather, a compass, and a pouch of sacred stones, the senator—both insurgent candidate and establishment figure—visited the Union Leader offices today, repeating the... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • abortion rights • hecklers

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