Cheney Booed while throwing first pitch

[Neomega]

Ohhh, it feels so good.

And then FOX actually tried to mute the sound.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

find the video here from crooksandliars.com

http://movies.crooksandliars.com/0411dv_cheney_pitch_300.wmv


story:
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/st...ff/story/0001/20060411/1856673676.htm&sc=1151

 

[VoodooAce]

I started to feel bad for him, then I remembered just who he was....then I was happy. Kind of funny about the sound. If it was a democrat they'd have cranked it and focused in on the crowd, lol.

 

[Red Stranger]

I don't hear boos. It sound just like noise to me.

 

[superisis]

I agree, where are the Boos? You got me all hyped up and everything.

 

[De Lorimier]

They're saying boo-urns.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

They're saying boo-urns.

I didn't hear the booing either, just random crowd noise.

 

[Neomega]

Like I said, FOX turned the audio down. But reporters were there, and heard the boos loud and clear. That is not regular crowd noise, BTW, that is a crowd with it's noise turned down, that is booing loudly.

And you can hear it plainly when he is first announced and walking from the bullpen.

from MSNBC sports AP reporter:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12269994/

(not firefox friendly)

Nevermind... the evil media is making this up to dishearten our troops in Iraq.



from the article:

New York third baseman David Wright said he was thrilled to meet Cheney and shrugged off the booing.

“When you’ve got 50 percent of America that’s Republican, 50 percent that’s Democrat, you’re probably going to get mixed reviews,” Wright said.

I guess David Wright just heard crowd noise too.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Aye, I did think I heard it then, but put it down to crowd noise.

I'm not doubting you, just dissapointed that I can't hear it properly

 

[A'AbarachAmadan]

It is disgusting to boo any vice-President or President. Respect the position even if you don't respect the person.

 

[Che Guava]

It is disgusting to boo any vice-President or President. Respect the position even if you don't respect the person.

Hey, people fought long and hard just for the right to boo people in office!! I say boo on.....

 

[downtown]

my roomate went to the game. There were boos.

 

[LLXerxes]

I don't care if he's Dick Cheney, it's still rude and disrespectful to boo anybody like that. I can understand booing a player, but booing somebody you need to respect (even if he's a total Dick) is wrong.

So after they boo'd him, how many people did he shoot?

 

[Phlegmak]

It is disgusting to boo any vice-President or President. Respect the position even if you don't respect the person.

No way! Boo him.

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

It is disgusting to boo any vice-President or President. Respect the position even if you don't respect the person.

Well, actually no, people shouldn't necessarily respect the position anymore than they would respect an other person in society.

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

I agree, where are the Boos? You got me all hyped up and everything.

Yeah? (char limit)

 

[Chris85]

They weren't saying boo, they were saying Don't Shoot!

 

[Falcon02]

Both "sides" of the media have done it for their candidate.

There's been cases where leading democratic figures have been boo-ed and the like and the more liberal media organizations have tried to make the boos less obvious when broadcasting it after the fact.

Though I'm not sure what is sadder the fact that people boo leaders of the country (Republican or Democrat) in such dis respect, the fact that media organizations on the side of the booed leader try to hide it, or the fact that opposing media likes to tout it so much.

All in all, we have the right to be jerks to each other....

 

[bhsup]

All in all, we have the right to be jerks to each other....

And along with that goes the right to be judged as immature for booing the Vice-President just because you don't like him.

I think it can be safely said that I am certainly no fan of Clinton, but he was our President and I would never, ever have booed him if attending a speech or appearance for him. I probably wouldn't let him come within 10 feet of any female family members, but I'd be polite about telling him to stay the hell away from them.

As A'AbarachAmadan pointed out, the position does indeed deserve respect (or at least polite behavior towards) even if the person doesn't.

 

[Neomega]

As A'AbarachAmadan pointed out, the position does indeed deserve respect (or at least polite behavior towards) even if the person doesn't.

Why? Is he our king? Should we bow before him? Should we not look upon him?

Steal money from me to kill people to make your gut fat with caviar, and I see you in the street, you'll get alot more than a boo from me.

Boo was polite. They should have pegged him with rotten tomatoes and lettuce, then dragged him over to a guillotine.

I didn't like Clinton either, in fact I thought I hated him at the time, but Bush and Cheney have shwon me how incredibly worse, twisted, corrupt and disguisting humans in power can be.

 

[IglooDame]

And along with that goes the right to be judged as immature for booing the Vice-President just because you don't like him.

I think it can be safely said that I am certainly no fan of Clinton, but he was our President and I would never, ever have booed him if attending a speech or appearance for him. I probably wouldn't let him come within 10 feet of any female family members, but I'd be polite about telling him to stay the hell away from them.

As A'AbarachAmadan pointed out, the position does indeed deserve respect (or at least polite behavior towards) even if the person doesn't.

And on the whole I concur, but frankly throwing a pitch at a baseball game is a bit different than a formal government event or speech.