Uh, Oh... Chatty Crowd Forces Clinton to Cut Speech Short - CBS

[WillyT]

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PHILADELPHIA -- Hillary Clinton was forced to cut her normal stump speech short when a chatty and meddlesome crowd kept her from grasping their attention. Clinton, who was addressing the Philadelphia County Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, spoke for just over five minutes, despite having the press arrive almost two hours beforehand.

The crowd never settled down during her remarks. A spokesman for Clinton denied that she cut the speech short, and told reporters that Clinton was advised by her Pennsylvania team to deliver “a short speech" given the set up of the event.

In previous party dinners, most recently in Butte, Mt., Clinton spoke for almost an hour to a crowd that seemed to be paying attention. The aide said this was a “different type” of J-J Dinner, primarily because people were not seated at tables, and were “milling around” the banquet hall.

Whether or not Clinton’s reception at the dinner had anything to do with her recent attacks on Barack Obama remains unclear. Clinton has never delivered a formal speech in such a short amount of time. The most recent abbreviated speech was back on February 15 when Clinton spoke to a crowd at a Lockheed Martin plant in Akron, Ohio. The speech lasted for just 12 minutes, with the first applause line coming 11 minutes into the speech.

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Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/04/14/politics/fromtheroad/entry4014458.shtml

"He, or she, that troubleth his, or her, own house shall inherit the wind."

:evilgrin:

[Kahuna]

1. tsk tsk tsk.

:applause:

[Joe the Revelator]

2. This is really blowing up on her, people are saying " NO MORE BULLSHIT"

[Kahuna]

13. She's so fake. Her phony outrage is so transparent. It's

disgusting really.

[anonymous171]

Will the debate be broadcast in front of a live audience?

:evilgrin:

[tokenlib]

3. Barack gave his normal stump speech...

He didn't have any problems...

So the message that we can determine from this is?????

[GarbagemanLB]

4. Oh dear, it looks like the voters aren't pleased with Hillary Harding's actions..

[billyoc]

34. Oh, man! That's uncalled for.

:evilgrin:

[my3boyz]

5. She deserves every bit of it! No sympathy at all. nt

[Tatiana]

6. Y'all Pennsylvanians are really doing us proud!

I have to say, I've been both pleasantly surprised and extremely humbled by their reaction to this whole manufactured controversy. Pennsylvanians are obviously very astute people.

[Yael]

Its funny. I called about 40 homes tonight in my area

No one brought up Bitter-gate at all.

Most I talked to were undecideds (as we have primarily identified the Clinton/Obama supporters so far) and the ones that spoke more than 5 minutes all said that ending the war was their motivating factor.

To a one, they are all planning to watch the debate this week.

These folks see through the BS and are focused on the issues.

[dchill]

20. Bitter-gate aside...

GOOD ON YOU!
:hi:

[Yael]

23. I had fun

Had a few snarl, "I don't want to talk", a few politely tell me they are voting for Clinton (but they sounded rather non-plussed, definitely not agitated) but the Obama people were thrilled I called. They were funny. :D There were just a few of them -- most have already been identified and off the call lists.

The unknowns were all also very nice. Most just said, "I'll decide this week" but the ones who did want to talk further all talked about the war. Talked with a few who have family in Iraq. :(

If you have time in your day, jump on the phone to us. You will enjoy talking politics with the people here. They may be undecided, but they definitely have interest in the topic!

[quakerboy]

35. If Obama wins the presidency

I will give up being an elitist.

[quakerboy]

36. dupe

I just want to take this time to say thank you to all my fans. I couldn't have gotten here with my lovely and supportive family. And of course, there are all the little people who have contributed to my success as well. Thank you. Thank you all.

[tishaLA]

24. Let me tell you...I grew up in Philadelphia

and I am here to tell you that my home city invented bitterness. Now, whether they will admit it or not is another thing, but it's pervasive. And, for the record, I love the city for it.

[berni_mccoy]

7. Yep, bitter. And pissed at Hillary for assuming they were idiots.

[grantcart]

8. maybe her earlier reception in the union hall where she was booed has unnerved her

[crankychatter]

9. i want to see it... please, please, oh please

i need to see it

IMAGINE if you will

A World Famous current runner up for the PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES...

Getting DISSED like a BAD LOUNGE ACT AT HAPPY HOUR

please, please OH PLEASE lemme see it

[AllentownJake]

10. Awesome

This is great...that Philly vote and its subburbs out the window....better run up the numbers in the Alabama portion.

[tekisui]

11. Is this separate from when she got booed for calling Obama an elitist

recently?

That one was good, too.

[quantass]

19. Yea it is a different venue....ouch for her!

[Levgreee]

12. stuff like this may finally make her drop out. Despite all shes done,I feel she clamors for approval

[Yael]

14. How long was Obama's speech -- and did they listen?

[tokenlib]

18. He gave his usual stump speech..

maybe a half hour---it didn't seem less.

He didn't look like he was having any problems.

[Yael]

21. I have seen everything from 15 minutes to an hour depending on the venue

What do you consider the length of time for "his usual stump speech"?

Wisconsin was 45 minutes, IIRC, Virginia was an hour and Iowa, 30 minutes.

[Ichingcarpenter]

15. The Party members wouldn't listen to her & they keep talking

Poor Hillary, booed today and then ignored at two separate functions

[ima_sinnic]

16. serves you right, Molehillary, you despicable republican freak

I can't wait for the debate--Obama is so much more brilliant than little Ms wannabe-Rambo.

[SunsetDreams]

17. Maybe they would listen if she wanted to talk issues

[NEDem]

22. this morning she was booed, and later ignored.....

looks like a pattern.

Someone went too far, and she's paying for it today.

[quantass]

26. that's for sure!

[WillyT]

25. LOL !!!

:hi:

[WillyT]

27. Kick !!!

:kick:

[AZBlue]

28. When they'd rather get more shrimp cocktail than hear you speak, you're in trouble.

Buh-bye Hillary!

[Willo]

29. WTG, the people are speaking. Seems Hillary had to cut short her run-on sentence.

[dkf]

30. Wow...they are starting to ignore her.

Interesting.

[thoughtcrime1984]

31. Any videos of this yet, I can't find any....

Will post if I do.

[dailykoff]

32. If she wins PA by 20 points, can we all agree it was rigged?

I mean come on, she started out in third place and she's only gone downhill from there.

[bilgewaterbill]

33. They were all doing shots and wondering aloud when Hillary was going to join them.

:beer:

[TheDonkey]

37. LMAO. Was this when people were shouting at her and booing her

[kevinmc]

38. no doubt an Elitists crowd

Paid for by

[intaglio]

39. "He, or she, that troubleth his, or her, own house ..."

shall inherit the wind." especally if you eat standng up :+

[Zachstar]

40. Haha!!

[K Gardner]

41. Kick