Hillary not bitter
Bill not bitter

JFK brought blacks into the dem. party

Bill and Hillary will run every minority away to the GOP

GOP will lead for another 8 years

Where is the grace

Oh yes, Bitter sore loosers.

To Totally neutral:
You say that Bush has done nothing without Congress' approval.
Where have you been???
Have you not heard of his "Executive signings"?
Are you unaware of his appointments while Congress isn't in session?
Have you not heard that he has lied repeatedly to Congress (as well as the American citizens)?

To several others:
Do you really believe that liberal Democrats are the only citizens that are mourning our lost rights?
By Republicans standards, Bush can't even be called a Republican.
Their platform USED to be: smaller government, fiscally conservative, with more personal freedoms, not less.

To me, the only thing more frightening than having Bush in office, is to realize that there are that many ignorant people votering in our country!
If you are going to vote, and I hope you do, please do some research and make your vote an informed one!

Good! Their so called hate-filled ramblings represent the frustration of millions of Americans fed up with a president who DOES NOT and WILL NOT represent the majority of his constituents. Love it.

Bush should be tried for murder, convicted and then executed. He is nothing more than a criminal and should be dealth with accordingly. I am so very sick of looking at his stupid face. I am really counting the days until he is gone.

It's a good thing that as we celebrate Independence Day here in America, we know that our country continues to uphold and respect the freedom of speech guaranteed to its citizens by the founding fathers in the Bill of Rights…

*watches video of guards dragging protesters away

Oh, hmm…okay, well, at least America still has the best hot dogs in the world!

Shame on you CNN! For only showing the Republican and Democratic candidates in your "Election Center".

California has a GREEN PARTY and in that state Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez are running. THIS IS NEWS!

Shame on you for fooling americans into thinking that they only have two choices.

Why not do an analysis on how every hungry person and homeless person in this country could be fed and housed if OBAMA spent his multi millions on it instead of blowing that on an election?

P.S. - I love how there are EXXON MOBILE ads on your election center! I like to know who owns our votes!!

YOU ELECT HIM YOU VOTE FOR HIM NOW DEAL WITH HIM YOU ALL KNOW IS NOT WRIGHT TO BE THE PRESIDENT BUT YOU GUYS VOTE FOR HIM. NOW THIS WILL MAKE AMERICAN PEOPLE THINK MORE THAN 100 TIMES BEFORE THEY CAST VOTE FOR ANYBODY.

AMERICANS ARE PIGS. PERIOD.
OOOPS, my bad… AMERICANS ARE IGNORANT, LAZY, STUPID PIGS.

EAM the dittohead uses at least thirty names on here.Ha ha ha

Regarding Bush and the protesters:

As much as I despise this demented freak of nature, I know that he too loves this country dearly. He can't differentiate the country from the symbols, the constitution from corporatocracy , but I think somewhere in the part of his brain which has not degenerated to reptilian, he may have a vestigial sense of 'us'. That wee little bit was speaking to those new citizens, welcoming them to our beloved shores, presenting the open arms we all spread.

As a welcomer, he represented us all. I don't care what level of retard he is, he was my doorman to greet these new members of our society.

To mar this occasion with protests against the man when he was trying his best to be the greeter for the nation is inexcusable.

Where on Earth has our sense of decency and decorum gone? A republic as old as ours should be able to display a little grace, particularly on occasions such as this.

Is this too difficult a concept for people to grasp? That regardless of what one may think of the messenger, it's the message he's carrying that counts.

From what I've read, Bush responded that the newcomers were experiencing America's free speech firsthand. Then the free speechers were hauled away in handcuffs. Oh, my Sweet Flaming Jesus, what has become of us.

BruceR

Not only should these citizens have been removed for disrupting a presidential speech, but heckling the president while he is giving a 4th of July speech is outright unpatriotic. Protesting would be a good way to exercise freedom of speech, not slandering America's leader from the crowd on independence day.

Someone wrote:
"Bush went to war - who approved it? Congress
Bush signed the Patriot Act.
Who approved it? Congress"

That's right. The Republicans and the Dems are owned by the same corporate interests. Until we get third parties in the arena, we have no hope for a larger debate!

And Actually, Barbara Lee of Oakland did not vote for the war! Don't forget!!!

To all the Bush supporters above:

What is it you are so scared of that you feel Bush is the only answer for? That you are so willing to give up your rights and freedom for? That you are willing to give up our dignity for? That you feel anyone who doesn't think like you is at fault for?

Stop paying your taxes. I haven't paid since this illegal war started! They will notice when they aren't getting money! No money for guns, bombs and murdering people! I give all money I would give to taxes to local charities!

The president did not appear to acknowledge the protesters. Ah yah he did, he said in this country we have freedom of speech,,, You know as any one who said thing aginst him were dragged away by the Secret Police,,,FREE SPEECH what a joke!!

How many thousands of innocent children, woman, old, young, helpless, defenseless, Iraqis people have died so that America might have access to the world's second largest oil reserve?

Who are the people responsible for all this murder?

Those people should not go unpunished!

Bush was not elected to first term. His daddy got him in.

GW is no war criminal, his VP wanted just Iraq for the oil it has. Remember the secret meetings with the oil guys back when ?? How much is gas today from 2001 ???

EPA deliberately witholding the health hazards that are now killing first responders on 9/11.Ignoring warnings about hurricane Katrina,going missing for 5 days before bothering to show up.Abandoning most of them even now.Commiting most military resources for his personal war in Iraq instead of continuing an all-out pursuit of the man that actually killed americans on american soil and spending more than a half a TRILLION dollars on the fallacy of "winning the war on terror".A million american families losing their homes.Oil prices that are destroying business after business and unemployment the highest seen in decades and rising every day.The Midwest drowning in flood water and destroying crops as well as the homes of uncounted more americans while he was on his farwell tour.

The man and his administration have been the greatest tragedy this country has seen since the Civil War.He should be tried and executed,not merely heckled!

To all you people calling these protesters "Obama supporters":

NEWSFLASH!

We all hated Bush long before Obama become the next presidential hopeful. Bush is the worst president this country has ever had, and that FACT has nothing to do with whether or not Obama will win the next election.

The current administration has done more to stifle freedom of speech in America than any of its predecessors. For his illegal wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, for sacrificing the city of New Orleans and for the continuing violation of human rights at home and abroad, George Bush deserves to be heckled at the very least.

Call the President a War Criminal! How very intelligent! Freedom of speech has no bounds, or does it? If the "N" word is used, it is not freedom of speech, it is racist or worse. If you are going to fall back on the the constitution for what you want to say, everybody should have the same freedom; or no one should. Freedom for all; not just for some. Not very original, but it works.

Do you socialist lefties know any facts at all, or do you just spew the same hate that you hear from your friends. I'm sure these professional protesters were planted by code pink and move on just to get attention. NOBAMA - Keep the change!!!!!

To all the people saying these protesters, not "hecklers," need to get a life…you need to learn your history. If Thomas Jefferson were alive today he'd give them his full support.

The freedom of speech we enjoy is not absolute. It must be excercised in the proper place at the proper time. Hecklers are ALWAYS dragged out, no matter who they're heckling, because they choose to try to excersie their freedoms at the wrong time. All that being said, it's about time Bush starts to hear from the people instead of the fat old men, like Rove, who have surrounded him during his administration. Hopefully, history will treat him with fairness, and represent him for what he is. A president who, through personal ego and arrogance, has almost ruined this country. I sincerely hope that once he leaves office, he is prosecuted often and repeatedly, so he can feel some of the misery he has given to the American people. If he ever drives down my street, I will be sure to let him know of my opinion of him….with a raw egg or two….

If you don't like Our President's policies; that were backed by some "turn-coat" DemocRATS, then shut-up and leave this country……..maybe you could move to Iraq, they will welcome you there!

I can't wait until Obama becomes president and I can protest him. Oh wait, I can't, I'll be called racist!!

to all that are mad,upset and bad mouthing The President. Try PARYING for him and out nation.

bush does not dictate to congress he can plead his case but ultimately congress republicans and democrats decide. so lets all share the blame where it's due and while were at it maybe thank them for keeping the other terrorist out of this country. maybe while you think of what to do with all the negative inside you you can count all the hundred of thousands of people saddam didn't get to kill because he was running for his life. and maybe you can say a prayer for all those who died at the hands of people like him it's easy to blame and point fingers when you sit snug and protected in your house hypocrite

Dissent is patriotism. Disrespect is not.

By expressing their "right to free speech" in this manner the hecklers were infringing upon that of President Bush which is why they were removed. I have yet to see a story about how the secret service is stopping public gatherings critical of the President so no one has actually lost their freedom of speech.

Also hecklers have been removed from speeches given by Obama and Clinton since the beginning of this campaign.

I love it when people speak out against what they consider to be injustice. I think it is wonderful. I do, however believe it needs to be done respectfully.

Of course Kool Aid sipping brain washed libs don't see it like that. You want to say what you want when you want how you want and you don't care whose rights you trample in the process.

Wow there are some really negative democRATs on this blog.

I think that our SOCIALIST loving democRATs are leaning more towards COMMUNISM every day. Just look at their policies!!

Worst President Ever (and I don't make that statement lightly) has no business giving a speech at Monticello. It's these Hecklers right to look and sound foolish, but no sympathy for Bush, he deserves every grey hair on his head, counting the days until January 20th, 2009!

1+1=2; bush is the biggest loser in history

i challenge anyone to argue otherwise about these two basic facts of life.

Wish I could have been there to join in with the Hecklers. I can't believe how many on this blog still support Bush. Must be quite a handicapp to be able to see only one color (ROSE) in spite of the Black Pit of Inequity Bush has pulled all Americans into!

If any President deserves to be heckled, it is George W. Bush. What a total hypocrite! He is a disgrace to the presidency and to this country! Bravo to the hecklers! Boo to those brain dead peons who haul away hecklers! The constitution is again being violated by punishing hecklers who are supposed to have free speech rights. It's too bad that more Americans don't have the guts and intelligence to vote for a Presidential candidate who is not a part of the establishment in Washington — like Ralph Nader.

Hey Slider,

If you are so concerned with Iraq, why don't you move over there and do something beside cheerlead for BushCo.

Idiot.

Some of you folks obviously have a political agenda. You make up stuff to make the man look bad. Pathetic. While there is free speech in this country….there are limits. The people who attended the speech had a right to hear the speaker they came to hear. If the protesters wanted to be heard, they should have set up their own speech….out by the dumpsters!

Too bad he wasn't appearing at his sentencing in the Hague for his crimes against America, instead of being at Monticello trying to wrap himself in the flag.

What a sad state of affairs that protesters feel the need to besmirch our patriotic holiday. Just because you disagree with one's policies does not mean that you need to punish the rest of the people with your immature antics.

I am so glad it's one less day of this President's term. I'm so thankful it's one less day of this Vice President's term. I understand the outrage many citizens feel. Some people seize the opportunity to air their feelings directly to those responsible for this current state of affairs and shout out. I understand the outrage many citizens feel when blogging. Thankfully this news article was posted. Much better than filling bandwidth with staged pictures of this President and fluffy pictures of his doing something patriotic with adoring crowds cheering him on.

He should be lucky the salmonella scare has cleared the grocery stores of tomatoes. LOL.

I bet all these people who hate Obama are sore losers all across the board. They couldn't lose well in a game of Monopoly. People, Hillary told so many lies on the campaign trail and was caught in those lies as she told them!! We need Hillary? I'd rather a presidential candidate realize he has miscalculated on certain policies than to tell a flat lie about what you did on a certain day to make you sound more qualified than you are. At least Barack acknowledges that he doesn't know all the answers. I really don't have a problem with Hillary. Aside from the lies I think she would be a good president but don't hate Barack because he beat her!!! Bunch of freakin babies. She lost a month ago!!!!!!!!

PS- You folks that think the president is a war criminal and should be impeached ought to make it happen. The Democratic-Socialist Party controls congress. Wouldn't they have the votes? Oh yeah, lest we forget, they keep mysteriously voting for his war policy!

The worst president in history deserves to be heckled and that's the truth!

How soon people forget that the President, CONGRESS AND THE SENATE all authorized the war. No major attacks here since 9/11/01.

If we aren't so lucky with the next administration, these same lemmings will be begging for Bush to come back.

Modern liberalism is not a "disease." Rather it is perennial adolescence. It looks at the world through utopian lenses and ignores both human nature and thousands of years of history. Yell and scream when you don't like something. Have a tantrum when things don't go your way. Mock your elected leaders when you're in disagreement. Push for state collectivism, but call the president a Nazi or fascist. It would be funny if it wasn't so sad. Hey folks, big surprise here, but your president is not moving out of the country (liberals did threaten to run away when he was elected–twice). He's not going on trial. He's not going to jail. He works within the framework of a constitutional government and has limited power, remember? Congress has much more authority. My suggestion- cover your ears and hold your breath until November. You're really going to be raving mad if McCain is elected.

"The president did not appear to acknowledge the protesters."
He does not appear to acknowledge 99% of the country.

If someone yelled, "you tax-raising, corrupt, anti-American socialist" at an Obama speech, you can bet they'd cart him off too.

Bush has not been a great president, but his failure has been his willingness to weaken his positions in the face of opposition rather than strengthen them. We should send more forces to the Middle East, we should have much lower taxes to avoid recession, etc. Obama will not get elected because the uneducated and emotional people who support him are not numerous enough to send us into anoher Jimmy Carter debacle.

I hope that he and his gang (Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Rove) are brought to justice one day and convicted. They are war criminal and have the blood of 4113 American soldiers and thousands of Iraqi on their dirty hands.

Nice to see the TRUE patriots in our country getting coverage today.

retired man July 4th, 2008 5:32 pm ET

Bush went to war - who approved it? Congress
Bush signed the Patriot Act.
Who approved it? Congress
In the first six years of his administration gas went up a
dollar– what changed in the past 2 years to cause the price of gas to double in that amount of time? Congress

If those of you who believe that the President is a War Criminal - what does that leave the members of Congress who voted to go?

and yea - the lying thing -if that were true - why did some congressmen like Jay Rockerfeller say that there was not enough information to go to war- In other words — if he lied - why did so many people say that the US should not go to war?

Those of you who are claiming that the US is now a terrible plac e-you miss the whole irony of this post - they disrupped a ceremony to bring in New Citizens…. if we are so horrible - why are they having such a problem processing the paperwork for all of the people who want to become Americans?
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QFT

what did we do with the german leaders after WWii for invading countries???? why should this be any different. Iraq and 911 had zero in common except both have costs lives of our young soldiers. when you lie to start a war that does this kind of damage what should you do???

Was it legal for the secret service to hall away the protestors? Weren't the protestors simply exercising their 1st amendment rights? I hope the ACLU jumps all over this one.

Boorish behavior and even more boorish comments. Simple courtesy has vanished in the USA, by all evidence, to be replaced by the demented ranting of a few vocal malcontents. This is disrespectful of the Office of the President, and to have it occur at this solemn ceremony is simply disgraceful.

"Benedict Arnold" = "BUSH"

Moderate away, boys. You can't cover for Obama forever. Sooner or later he's gonna have to swim or sink on his own.

What a travesty that our dear, clueless Commander in Chief should pick such a time and place to demonstrate the jackbooted skills of his thugs in suits? I'm sure a few of the new would-be citizens are wondering if they really left whatever right forsaken countries they may have come from.

How about all who think the invasion of Iraq was a good thing, you put yourselves on the next plane over without delay? Oh yes, Georgie boy liberated Iraq but at what cost…thousands of dead civilians who simply wanted to live their lives, basic services non existant, just because Saddam is gone, it doesn't mean the world is free of dictators.

You who think Obama = an Islamic run government, how would an Islamic ban on free speech be any different than a Bush ban on free speech? In the end the result is the same.

John Adams said " Dare to speak, read and think the truth " . May God bless those who had the spine to stand up and protest.

It is a citizen's right and duty to question the government. It is a citizen's right to bring a president or any other elected offical to task for wrong doing. This president has lied to the American people and to those of you who say Congress authorized the war yes they did but on false information and lies. The one I have always felt bad for was Colin Powell he was made to look like an idiot before the United Nations by telling them we had positive proof of Iraq's WMDs when it was known by the president and his cronie's that that was a lie. I still don't understand why this man(Bush) has not been impeached. Why in the name of justice will Congress impeach a president for lying about an affiar but won't when this president's actions have risen to the level of "high crimes and misdimeaners

I hope these Code Pink Obamists live very long lives to a very old age. I hope that they suffer every debilitating condition know to humankind in that old age and that they die miserable and in pain.

History will show President Bush to be one of the greatest president's ever. The people disrupting the festivities today are morons, clear and simple.

Hey "retired man," you need to bring your brain back online. Bush LIED to Congress and the WORLD to get us into this stupid war. He is a liar, a murderer, and a huge MORON!!! Get a clue. War criminal is too nice a title for G.W. PERIOD. Can't wait 'till this clown is out of office and Barak takes over so he can start to pull America back in the direction it belongs.

G.W. is the WORST president we've ever had and will probably retain that title for centuries.

Obama 08 & 12

I'm sure he is used to being know as the worst President ever, but then again he may not get that either. God Bless America!!!!!!!!!

Bush IS a War Criminal who brought Fascism to our shores. I'm just glad that the American people have had enough of his lies, deceit, cronyism and ineptitude to speak out about his failed Reich. Can't wait to see him out of the White House and in court on charges of Treason, War Profiteering, and Criminal Conduct Unbecoming a President. Good Riddance, Bush, you moron!

okay congress voted to go to war with Afganistan not Iraq. The rise of gas is due to an inflated dollar and increase demand thats not something that has happened over 2 years it takes an entire presidential term to go from surplus to negative and weaken the dollar congress didnt do that…if the President violated the geneva convention terms then he is a war criminal. no one says that America is a terrible place to live be want to preserve what America stands for!!

Mccain or Obama is an improvement over bush…

but Obama can bring a better reflection of America back to the world!

New Dem…we don't need to call those that supported the war from the beginning "war criminals". STUPID may be a more appropriate term!

Congress voted according to what information they were given at the time. So did the Senate, remember Hillary said "If I knew then what I know now"……Why would anyone support a war on such vague information. Her "experience" ….well she had a brain freeze like John McCain.

If you can hardly wait until Bushs is tried as a war criminal, why wait?

Hurry up, do it, do it today!

"Abamanation" - you need to learn more about other countries. Here is a short list of nations for you to start with on your journey. They all have more freedom than the USA AND a higher standard of living:

Canada, Ireland, UK, France, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, Japan, Australia, New Zealand

Start with those. And lose the whole "USA is better than any other country" brainwashing. It's only another trick used by the republicans to keep you down.

Waterboard Bush.

By far the worst president in my lifetime………………Osama Bin Laden killed 4,000 Americans with his terrorist attacks….How does Bush respond,by sending another 4,000 Americans to die in a senseless war…..The GOP is supposed to be against big government yet this administration has taken away all of our civil liberties…..That lady has a right to free speech…..Up until now I was an undecided independent,but recent events have forced me to definitely vote for Barack Obama…..At least he's willing to talk first before sending our troops to fight

Poor, President Bush, he's the victim. Now, he has a very, very slight idea as to how the people of Iraq feel, since he and his Neocons visited the brutalization of their nation !! He might even have thought of paying respect to our fallen soldiers in Iraq, and the many wounded by a visit to Arlington National Cemetery. Instead, he does something he has done so infrequently during his tenure in Office, speak before the people of this nation, not only military bases and Republican functions. All of a sudden, his appearance draws flies, so to speak, and he is surprised and mouths, platitudes. Free speech, than why give the Telecoms immunity !! Mr. President, you are speaking, freely, out of both sides of your mouth !!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.

Show some sense people. It is not just what they were saying that got them booted out, but the fact that they were interrupting a ceremony. If someone had stood up and sang "I wish I was an Oscar Meyer Weener" at the top of their lungs, they too would have been hauled out. These people had a right to speak-out, though there is a time and a place. Suzy is correct that this was a disrespectful statement to those people the ceremony was really for. Thank you for speaking some sanity into the situation.
And Ms. Serrano, and those who likewise commented things like: "… only in America will you be escorted out if you don't agree." I'm afraid you don't know much about the rest of the world. In many countries that would be the end of your road… and the whole thing would be censured out so that no one knew about the event or the person.
The people taken away had a right to express their views, but it should be no surprise or outrage that doing so in this manner got them kicked-out of a formal ceremony. I'm sure they expected no less before doing so.

Liberals are living proof that pubic schools are not the best answer. See the protester, public schooling.

What a disgrace that George Bush would have the arrogant disrespect to show up at the home of a founding father of this country. He should be heckled all the way out of the US. He already has the historical legacy of a traitor of the highest order.

IN RESPONSE TO:

REPUB OF LA: So u want obama to raise your taxes and mess up the best health care in the world, r -u nuts people? As 4 the protesters , they probably never worked hard in their life, everything given to them since day 1-!!!

TO REPUB OF LA:

TURN ON CNBC.

1) LOOK AT THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY
2) LOOK AT THE JOB NUMBERS
3) LOOK AT THE GREENBACK VALUE
4) LOOK AT THE FUTURES INDEX
5) LOOK AT THE NATIONAL DEBT
6) LOOK AT OUR BUDGET DEFICITS

And tell me WHO'S NUTS? Make a NEW argument other than the usual GOP lines of attack that you just used (which have already been proven to be NOTHING but campaign SLOGANS) and tell the American people why they should keep the Status Quo?

We should all be thankful that someone has the nerve to stand up to this war criminal. This president deserves no respect. No respect for him, cheney, helms, or any other bigots.

bush is a liar and anyone who thinks different is an idiot.

Why do people think that Obama somehow put these folks up to this? Bush has been heckled before. This started way before Obama was even on the radar. It's just too bad that they only have enough time to blurt out simplistic phrases. What really needs to be said on the matter could fill a book…

Sounds like the protester was petioning her government for redress. Oops, my error. That was contained in something that is now obsolete under this administration. Just for fun… take out your dictionary and look up the definition of "Fascist".

Bush is planning his exile in Paraguay when his term is over. Just watch and see. His land is perched over a huge fresh water aquifer. The upcoming oil wars will be nothing, compared to the future water wars. He is a corrupt pig.

What a bunch of idiots. This is just as inappropriate as the idiot in Denver yesterday that sang a "black national anthem" instead of our National Anthem.. Inappropriate, selfish, jerks.

Freedom of speech is great, but no matter what they say, who cares anymore. He's out of office in a few months. Give it a rest already.

there is a small typo……'The President was talking part'

you meant "was taking part"

What a shameful way for any American to act in public, regardless of your politics, or what your sentiments are towards the President. Free speech is great. Allow a public dignitary to have his chance at free speech. Then you can politely have yours with a sign and silent march. Which behavior do you think would be most accepted? Which crowd do you think would be "heard" and at least respected for appropriate behavior?
I taught kindergarten, first, and second grade. I would have a difficult time explaining the crowd's behavior to the children. If the behavior isn't appropriate for small children, it's not appropriate for their elders.

Repub of LA, are you serious? Best Health Care in the world? We are number 37 or something according to recent reports. Just look at that video of the old woman dying in the hospital lobby!

You neo-cons need to stop using the "We work hard" argument, everyone works hard in this country, including liberals.

Dont vote for a Texas politician for President…..Lyndon B. Johnson….Vietnam
King George W. Bush Afganistan, Iraq and Iran

Dont vote for a Texas politician for President…..Lyndon B. Johnson….Vietnam
King George W. Bush Afganistan, Iraq and Iran……….

"John C. (Buddy) Schow-Chicago, Il July 4th, 2008 5:18 pm ET

All of the morons that continue to brag about Bush and how we haven't been attacked since 9/11/01 need to consider one thing. NEVER had we been attacked on the scale of 9/11/01 UNTIL Bush became president."
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Ever hear of Pearl Harbor, idiot?

yeah we have free speech. but everyone that is congratulating these immature adults for yelling during a non political speech are crazy. we have free speech, but go start a blog, don't yell during his time, have some respect.

everyone was congratulating bush when he decided to go to war, but oh when were not doing so well the whole country goes against him. compare his term to other presidents. he has had a lot more put onto him than other presidents. for the circumstances things could've been a lot worse. hey, we could've had Saddam with tanks in new york is he sat back and had a beer instead.

Dave…

The only spoiled brats here are neo-conservatives like you, who thump Bibles and outdated political ideas in the name of progress. What strategy has Bush set? Al-Qaeda is operating nearly at the same level they were before, all because Bush and his administration decided to direct focus from Afghanistan to Iraq. Osama Bin Laden, mastermind of the attacks, is still on the run and is probably planning more attacks daily.

Bush is not responsible for our security, the attacks themselves set our high standard of security we have today.

Liberals do have brains, in fact, the majority of intellectuals are liberals, the only ones without brains are Neo-cons.

You "bush-bashers" are hilarious.

You claim that you stand for Free Speech but then attempt to stop anyone you hate from exercising that Right.

Meanwhile, the people from your own Party are putting up a fence at their upcoming convention to keep you from doing the very thing these hecklers tried to do to Bush and the attendees.

You truly are sorry lot.

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We are losing this country to the tyranny of the Bush Administration, who has done more damage than terrorists ever could.

Free speech? Dissent? Our forefathers believed strongly in these. What has happened to those Americans who continue to support this petty dictator?

Will this be printed? Or will the FBI show up at my door? It's a free country, right?

Slider-why don't you tell it to the graves of the 3000 that died on 9-11
that the man responsible for their deaths is running around free, and we invaded a country that had nothing to do with it. You idiot

This is supposed to be America. I can't believe these people are forcefully taken by Secret Service or anyone. We have the RIGHT to protest peacefully. NO ONE in that video was violent in the LEAST. One guy was pulled BACKWARDS off something that he was standing on.

It's like Communist China here more and more; Bush is a criminal and a fascist. Anyone with a brain who is paying attention knows that. He is the worst President in American History. I will rejoice when he is gone forever. Look at the statistics! Most Americans feel the same way!

President Bush in the Mid 1990's on being governor of Texas.

"You don't get everything you want. A dictatorship would be a lot easier."

Well, he is a war criminal. there are so many young men and women who lost their lives in this war that was based on a big fat lie. These young people gave their lives for what? Their gone. Families have been torn apart. There are many disabled, and homeless veterans from this current Iraq war.

Then we have John McCain who doesn't want to give veterans 4 yrs of college after 3 yrs of service. What kind of mess is that? This war was for Oil. It is a shame, Bush and cronies need to be charged as war criminals. No more Republicans. Barack the vote!

"Bravo" retired man, you right.It was not possible for such of men to destroy the great hope named USA.He worked with your Congress.
Why they still need to become Americans?…for their dreams.
Is not enough?
What else?
God bless America!

It is shocking how hate-filled liberals have become. Their zealotry of non-liberals is on par with the views of radical Muslims toward non-Muslims. It is difficult to know which to fear more… those who wish to destroy America from the outside, or those wishing to destroy it from within!

Dissent is fine. Protesting is fine. We should all appreciate those who fought and died to give the citizens of this country the rights and privileges that come with citizenship, especially on this day.

But WHY? WHY?, disrupt the naturalization ceremony for these fine people who believe so much in this country and what it stands for that they came here….LEGALLY…and worked hard to become citizens?
How about a little respect? How would you like it if I came to, let's say, your wedding, or your graduation, or your mother's funeral, and made a jerk of myself?

As I already said, protesting is fine, but take it to appropriate places and events.

While I disagree with such rudeness, it seems that today, our politicians offer the common citizen very few opportunities to really be heard. If they have taken a position, they seem to ignore poll numbers that are in strong disagreement… and they rationalize their positions with explanations that leadership sometimes means moving against the tide.

However, there are majore concerns such as balancing a budget, or the trillions of dollars of money owed to social security and the looming federal pensions and medicare.

Is there no way for our leaders to stop running for office constantly, establishing their legacies, and finding ways to spend tax money back in the areas where the votes are counted?

It is unfortunate that people are not respectful of the president…especially on the 4th of July. But it is even more unfortunate that our politicians often to not tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth to the American citizens. Lacking that level of trust, it is not surprising that people begin to take freedom into their own hands. As the politicians often tell the media, the public is collectively very aware. And has been patient until recently. Now when they begin to speak up, our elected officials should begin to listen or the voices will get louder until they do.

LOOK AT THE WOMAN REAL CLOSE AND YOU WILL SEE WHY SHE WAS HECKLING A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT. THE ONLY ONE GOOD ENOUGH TO SET THESE KIND OF THINGS UP IS NONE OTHER THAN THE ALPHA AND OMEGA OF THE AAs. WHAT A STUPID REMARK. YES IF PRESIDENT BUSH WAS FOOLED ON THE WMDs THAT WIPED OUT WHOLE VILLAGES IN IRAQ. THE WEAPONS OF GAS THAT HUSSAIN USED ON THEM THAT'S WHAT. WHAT DO YOU THINK OUR TROOPS SUFFERED WITH WHEN THEY CAME BACK FROM DESERT STORM. WAR IS HELL. NO ONE EVER EXPECTS IT TO BE ANYTHING ELSE. TAKE IT FROM ME I WAS IN NAM TWICE SERVING MY COUNTRY IN MY 28-YEARS OF PATRIOTIC SERVICE. I AM NOT A HERO. THOSE SOLDIERS THAT FELL AROUND ME AND BESIDE ME WERE THE HEROS. IN THE MEANTIME WE HAD TO LISTEN TO WHAT WAS GOING ON IN AMERICA. WITH ALL THE PEOPLE RUNNING TO CANADA. ONES BURNING THEIR DRAFT CARDS AND THE PRESS KILLING US AS WE TRIED IN VAIN TO WIN A WAR OF HUMANITY. INSTEAD WE WERE JERKED OUT AND LEFT THOUSANDS TO BE SLAUGHTERED. THE SAME WILL HAPPEN IN IRAQ. BECAUSE NO ONE DIDN'T FIND WMDs DOESN'T MEAN A DARN THING. THEY WERE THERE. IT IS A HOT BED FOR TERRORIST. HUSSAIN DID SUPPORT BIN LADEN. A COMMON FACT KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE MILITARY IF YOU HAD ENOUGH RANK TO KNOW. IF YOU PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE STOMACH TO GO AFTER THESE MURDERERS THAT KILLED OUR FELLOW CITIZENS ON 911 THEN GET THE DICKENS OUT OF THIS COUNTRY. LIKE THE SCREAMING WOMAN YOU CAN BET SHE HAS NO ONE IN THE SERVICE. BESIDES I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL THE NON SOLDIERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT IS STILL A ALL VOLUNTEER SERVICE. YOU DON'T WANT TO GO AND ARE COWARDS THEN DON'T JOIN THE HELL UP. IN THE MEANTIME SHUT UP AND VOTE FOR OBAMA. HE'LL SAVE YOU. HE'S GOT THE PLAN FOR A GREAT CHANGE IN AMERICA. THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH HIS PLAN HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOW WHAT IT IS. MAYBE IT'S REZKO FOR SECRETARY OF THE TREASURE AND THE REV. WRIGHT FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. OH DON'T FORGET PLEGHER HE'LL MAKE HIM OVER THE JANITORIAL DEPT. AT THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU KNOW HE'S WHITE. OR I COULD BE WRONG AND REALLY NOT KNOW WHAT HE IS. In the meantime the Americans need to quit yelling about bringing our troops out of the middle east. we need to stay for the sake of America staying a country. Especially the country we love. Don't let people like Obama destroy it.

I don't know about Bush being a fascist or bringing fascism to America. He may well be a war criminal; that remains to be discovered and proved. I think he probably is a war criminal as is Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Rice. What George W. Bush is for sure is a moron, a perfect idiot. And he has caused more harm to this country than any enemy ever did or has.

George Bush is a war criminal and will burn in hell for all the innocent people who have died needlessly on his watch, due to his incompetence and outright evil intent.

He was too busy cutting brush to read a briefing about the upcoming terror attacks. He was too intent on avenging a threat on his dad's life to care that thousands of American soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis would die. And now he's rattling his sabre at Iran.

And only ONE PERSON has the GUTS to call him on it?!

This isn't about Obama, McCain or Clinton. This is about AMERICA.

In other countries around the world, people take to the streets when they're upset with their government. And often these governments listen because they know they serve on the whim of the people. They're afraid of the power of the people. In America, the people are afraid of the government.

Something for us ALL to think about on this Independence Day.

To: SLIDER @ 5:27PM
The survey says: Iraqis, looking back, overwhelmingly preferred life under Hussein. All of the infrastructure (utilities, food supply, etc) was functioning, Christians were free to practice their religion and you didn't live with the constant stress that war creates.

Happy 4th of July America !!!!

Love how the right wing feel they can abuse the 1st Amendment and cry foul play each time any one else speaks up….

So why was so many afraid of letting the president of Iran speak, when so many are willing to let Bush speak ??

Dave, Illinois, so when Americans get attacked in Iraq or some where else it is not attacking America ?? We are by no means any safer then we were in 2000, rather we are more unsafe, a lot more terrorist out there now and a lot more people hate us… Even our allies in Europe are loosing their power.

Spidey, What allies ??, i think the far right wing, like you, are wacked… Just look at the pastors preaching hate and war against the muslim world…

Typical disrespectful scum of the earth. Not the place or the time for such rhetoric.

Bush deserved everything he got and more. And to you that hate Obama so, and want to put the blame on him. First those hecklers were not youths and neither were they Black. Besides this posting is on Bush and how you got over to Obama is beyond me or anyone with good common sense.

No one is going to beg you to vote for Obama, that is your choice.
Go sign up for the armed forces on Monday, and maybe mccain, can make sure you will be the next ones in line to go to war.

Wow, what a bunch of brainless Obama crybabies at this site. Bush did this and Bush did that. And kiddies, do you know how you can tell when NOBAMA is lying? His lips are moving.

"Hmmm? Looks like someone forgot to take out the trash." - The trash gets taken out January 20, 2009. Good riddens to bad rubbish. Hopefully our next President will be admired and not despised by his country and the world at large.

The worst president in our country's history. It will take generations to right his wrongs.

"Those of you who are claiming that the US is now a terrible plac e-you miss the whole irony of this post - they disrupped a ceremony to bring in New Citizens…. if we are so horrible - why are they having such a problem processing the paperwork for all of the people who want to become Americans?"

Its not terrible compared to many places, but its a sad shadow of what this country used to be and what it used to stand for. Lets hope that our path changes soon, as many have said above, our founding fathers would be incredibly disappointed at what we've become. They hoped to evade many of these problems by creating the country and government however did not anticipate that so many liberties would be stripped and that so many areas of government would fail to protect them.

LISTEN UP!

i have a musician friend who recently traveled to UK for a gig.

at the Boston airport, the security / police demanded him to give up on his books, which were not exactly pro-Bush-co, or else.

they said to him, "you can't bring those books into the airplane. you have choices: give them up or you can't board."

he argued fot his constitutional right, but to no avail. he had to give up the books for the trip!

"free speech" my arse, George Fascist War-criminal Moron Bush!

his mom should be ashamed of herself for giving birth to such disgrace to humanity!

you bet he's gonna sue the authorities! stay tuned!

I like the way he tells “his fellow citizens…we believe in free speech in the United States of America” while his goon squad hauls them away.

Wonder how those folks will feel with a muslim president?

Here's the problem… If Obama gets elected, and Dems control the house and senate, WHO are the liberals going to focus their incessant hatred on?

They might actually have to start thinking for a change, instead of relying on the drumbeat of hate.

To hear your two sides -"Democrats" and "Republican" go at each other, at this rate you will all get to enjoy something you know so well from the past.. civil war. Do you forget the pictures of Bill Clinton walking between George and George with big smile on their faces? These guys are family friends, mocking all of you. Hillary in power wouldn't stop the war. You have Obama talking about "service." Folks, you are going to get drafted for the REAL BIG ONE, whether you vote democrat or republican.

If you want to do something about it, DO IT - stop whining on the Internet. Has it done anything in the past 8 years? I think not!

PS: Please don't use depleted uranium ammunition on each other, I'd prefer not to have MORE of your waste filling the air over my country and killing my country(wo)men.

anytime pig bush is heckled is a good day in america; he wasn't even elected in the first place he was shoved in by his supreme court buddies;
then he allowed 9 11 to happen so he could start his failed war'impeach the pig

Limbaugh and his followers should also be in prison for backing the dictator.

to all of you 20 percent bush people…..you are either an Idiot or have just come out of a Coma……or work for the Federal Gov. they are all the same.

McCain will not take the U.S. out of Iraq. Obama will not take the U.S. out of Iraq. Cynthia McKinney will take the U.S. out of Iraq.

Question your allegiance to the two-party system. Vote for REAL change.

Vote GREEN in 2008!

The President may not have "acknowledged" the protesters but he certainly hesitated and appeared a bit off afterward., so he knew they were there. I wish you people in the press would Stop portraying this little man as some kind of stoic hero. He is one of the most undemocratic presidents in recent history, and you in the press have enabled him. It's time to stop, the game is over.

Of course he didn't acknowledge them, he couldn't comprehend what they were saying.

The President was heckled McCain was heckled…. maybe their on to something here………

BARACK THE VOTE PEOPLE……………..

so much for free speech

I am amazed that some people on this forum are blaming Obama for the heckler! Those people need a life!

I Like Them! They look so Sexy!

you bet Bush co have already bought properties in countries without extradition treaties with anyone, those that you can't find even in
a good map.

you better believe that they're all packed and ready to bug out any moment. they ill-gotten money is all squarreled away in some unknown bank accounts of some unknown island nation

they can run, but they won't be able to hide long enough!

IMPEACH BUSH

Freedom of expression absolutely rocks.

all those screaming for impeachment should have been screaming at Nancy Pelosi for the ast 2 years.I think she is the head of the Democratic party that has said "impeachment is off the table"—but you still support her along with all the other weaklings.

retired man.

I agree 100% with you. Great point about Congress.

For the people that think the USA is so bad, there is a very easy fix for that. Pack your s*it and move to another country.

YES PLEASE BRING BUSH AND CREW UP ON CHARGES!

OR HAVE BUSH,CHENEY AND RICE AND ALL OF THEIR BOG OIL AND BIG MONEY WARMONGERING BRETHEREN LEAVE OUR WONDERFUL COUNTRY !

TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT WHEN IT IS DOING WRONG AND FOR NOT HONORING THE WILL OF ITS PEOPLE IS THE MOST PATRIOTIC THING THAT YOU CAN DO!

THESE PEOPLE ARE TRUE PATRIOTS WHO PROTESTED TODAY.

Remember folks, Clinton did NOTHING to stop osama nor hussein during his run!! Now Bush has to clean it all up. I feel sorry for him.

For all of the liberals out there stop shouting and start debating. There is a distinct difference between exercising freedom of speech to protest outside of the presidents speech like many people did, and trying to disrupt a ceremony that from what I can tell the president went out of his way to keep non political.

I'm as mad as the next guy at some of the things bush has done, but guess what he was elected by the people, by a process that is spelled out in the constitution. The congress won't impeach him because they would have to impeach themselves if they did. Every thing the liberals want to impeach him for has been approved by congress, and I believe even St.'s Obama and Clinton (i believe they are spending their time at a cabin walking on water) supported much of what the president has done. Lets review shall we. No Child(Kennedy Clinton too. backed), Iraq(most of current democrats backed, and Obama was too stupid to admit when he's wrong and say that he was wrong on the surge), Patriot act (All backed originally, and even clinton & Obama voted for it in the recent update). So before claiming that Bush has run the counrtry into the ground, or this is some GOP master plan, remember that the DNC has had their hand and most of their upper body stuck in a lot of the stuff that's gone on.

As for some of these posts where are the moderators? Some definately violate the coment policy, but I guess it only applies if you are criticizing Obama that you can't be obscene. But being obscene towards the President is OK.

do you have to refer to it as "heckling?" it's not a joke or childish game: bush is a war criminal. get off your collective butts and do some real reporting.

I'm saddened by this highly polarized discussion. I think I would be happy with either Obama or McCain. The silly noname McSame cannot be logically applied to McCain given his history–he is anything but the same as Bush, even though some of his policy choices are similar. With respect to freedom of speech, these protesters were not following an orderly, logical, or respectable method of dissent. If Obama or McCain had to respond to every heckler the way some of the above comments suggest Bush should have done, they would have no opportunity to discuss their preferred policy. Bush, as faulty as some of his policies have been, had every right to ignore the rude interruption!

Somebody please explain to me why this President isn't impeached! I honestly don't get it. What's worse than lying to his own people and inflicting death and injury on over 100,000 including Iraquis, and grave harm on their families, lost careers, homes, and also so much grief — all because God "told him to."

The person who said the President brought fascism to the United States has obviously never lived under a fascist regime in their entire lives. They have no idea what they are talking about and can't possibly fathom the widespread mayhem in countries where fascism actually does exist. Ask any Italian who lived under Mussolini in Italy or Franco in Spain about the current situation in the United States. If fascism did reign in the U.S., then Pelosi, Reid, Howard Dean, and the like would have been captured, tortured, and murdered like the political opponents of those regimes. The hysterics and over-simplifications of the Left does nothing to further their cause.

Bush is a not only a war criminal, but a terrorist and a torturer. He must be executed for his crimes.

It's a sad day when peolpe have to worry about what they say for fear of being arrested and rposectued under one of GW's incredible "Patriot Act" laws. He's turned back the freedom clock decades. What a loser.

What;s that Big Brother? Oh, sorry. I meant what a lover….

(of torture, illegal detention, and spreading democracy at the point of a spear…)

You Bush-haters are so miserably misguided that you are now ready and eager to vote for an avowed Marxist-socialist. Great thinking! And you talk about the future of our country?

Bush was not alone in going to war with Iraq. He had the approval of the Congress and of every major leader of both parties. They all based their decisions on U.S. intelligence (remember "slam dunk" by Director Tenent?) and the intelligences of most major nations.

You've been watching too much MSM.

Bush will deserve every heckle and jeer he receives for the rest of his lousy life. And the voices calling WAR CRIMINAL will grow louder and louder. Bush is an American disaster as are the idiots who voted for him.

GO MCCAIN !! vote 2008 !

I respect your love for our country BUT what we actually have is a SINKING DOLLAR and a LOSS of the world's respect.

Thanks to the Bush leadership!

Nice…………

Scum suckers at work - ruining a patriotic celebration in an infantile display. And those here who have supported them: wait until you get the half-cast Muslim-born Marxist slickster from the Windy City for president. Will you disrupt him when he sells the country down the river to the Muslims?

I love all the automatons who so self-righteously applauded when Bush made his smarmy remark about "We believe in free speech in this country," EVEN AS the hecklers were being dragged off for their dissenting opinions. You have to be making an *effort* to be that blindly stupid.

Have liberals no shame?

This speech today wasn't about President Bush, the war on terror, or anything else. It was a naturalization ceremony. Here were 76 new Americans receiving their citizenship on the most befitting of days and protestors (Bush-haters, there's really nothing to protest) ruin the most exciting day of their lives.

Bravo!

Lock him up in Gitmo and throw away the key!!!

Retired man –
Very well put. People talk like we are a monarchy. Bush couldn’t have done most of what has happened over the last 8 years without the help of Congress.

Remember that when you’re all doing the happy dance over Bush’s exit while voting the same idiots back into Congress in November.

Watch the video, idiots! This woman was not black. And so what if she was!! Stop the racist comments. It is ignorant and appalling that we still have this kind of talk in the USA - and on July 4th, when we should be showing the best our country has to offer!

It's patriotic to protest…at least the polls tell us so!

Good for the protesters, I wish I could tell him to the face!

I am no fan of President Bush but it disappoints me to see him heckled during an Independence Day speech where many immigrants are becoming US citizens. While the protesters may think they are disrespecting Bush, they are also disrespecting their new fellow citizens with such statements. Bottom line, there is a time and a place for everything and that event was certainly not either.

Thank GOD for the free speech that this admin. tried to stifle!

Thank God this is the last 4th of July for this presidency.

Obama 08/12

I am die hard democrat and I even get enjoyment out of seeing the misery the republicans have brought to this country. I see more and more republicans losing their jobs and I get excited. They deserve it.
However, Bush is a war criminal and the Democrats are no better. They should have brought Bush and Cheney up on charges and have failed over and over to do so. All those people who write in like the democrats are any better..they are not. Where is the Impeachment? The dems decided not to. Where is the war criminal charges…the dems decided not to.

you are waiting to get enough comments so you can 'close' the discussion, aren't you??

condi rice is proud of the 4114 dead troops we have to show for her war.

Basil

I have pointed out why Bush and his cronies are war criminals.. He LIED about WMD's.. That was the SOLE reason to invade Iraq. What about a LIE do you and MOST Bushies not understand?? Clinton's lie about oral sex didn't kill anyone. Bush's lie about WMD's have lead to 4000+ American's dead. Is that enough for YOU to believe Bush should be tried for war crimes?? Oh lets see, he illegally eaves drops on regular American's.. He strongarms the congress with his threats of vetos and backdoor deals to get Haliburton the ONLY contract to rebuild Iraq.

Spidey, Dave and all the morons who support Bush.. The right is far more whacked then the left. The right (white) wing wants EVERYONE in America to do as they say, act like they want and to restrict your freedoms. You are blinded by the lies and misinformation. WAKE UP AMERICA before its too late.. We haven't been attacked since 9/11, but terrorism around the world is UP. Gas is up because of Bush's dealings in Iraq and his ties to big oil. Cheney's net wealth has increased 80 million in the last 5 years.. Bush is lousy and W stands for WEASEL!! Name 1 good thing Bush has done while in office??? I can't think of anything.

We aren't safer.. The attack will happen and Bush knows it. He's waiting to let it happen again, just like 9-11-2001.. He sat and listened to the kids reading a book that day while America was attacked. He should have maned up and left the kids and tended to America, but just like his days as a pilot he made up excuses!!! Bush is a criminal, not Presidential!! BUSH LIED 4000+ have died!!!

We are living in tough times, gas is up, job loss is up and no hope in the mortgage crises, yet we have not suffered another attack in our home land, we can speak freely, and protest freely - America is free thank god to Bush! God bless America and our freedom! Happy Birthday America!

The only freedom of speech that liberals recognize is their own. Everyone else must goose-step to their way of thinking.

Anyone else feel like its time for a revolution? Congress and The President need to go because the LAST thing they care about is American Citizens. The Housing Bill Bail-out is an election year joke. The Iraq War has not benefitted any American Citizen and please dont say its provided more security because it has only cost U.S. Solders lives. There has never been an Iraqi attack on U.S. soil. Everything done in Washington D.C. is done for self-serving or party-serving purposes. These people are so out of touch that they dont care about Gas Prices or Food Prices or anything that normal people have to worry about.

George Washington warned us all about National Parties in his farewell address….. He would be ashamed of President Bush and our Congress.

BTW

Dear Basil- For your information, this Bush-hater noticed you misspelled the word "the" -good try, though.

Generally , I believe that people should be treated respectfully
while making addresses. Let them finish and then let your feelings be known. NOT this "man". AND NOT on this day! He is not deserving of ANYTHING BUT our CONTEMPT.

BEEN TO THE UK, FRANCE, CZCH REPUBLIC, HOLLAND, SPAIN, MEXICO CITY, BRAZIL, CANADA, JAPAN, HONG KONG, SINGAPORE, TAIWAN, CHINA, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA AND PARTS OF THE HIMALAYAS.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

retired man is spot on. Too many on the left forget Bush had help going to war. He made the case they looked it over and agreed in most part it was the right call.

Now when things get hot from the anti-war nuts these democrats become gutless wimps like John Kerry and cry i voted for the war but now i'm against it. If Bush lied so did Clinton. Hillary said she spoke to people that worked for her husband and after that she agreed to vote yes for the war. odd how this stuff gets left out.

Yes such a bad country that people are willing to risk their lives to get into it.

people haved died for this country and people are willing to die to keep it safe and yet some of you hate this country as much as you hate Bush. Like the old saying goes if you hate it then get the hell out. no one is holding a gun to your head in order to keep you here!

Dave in Illinos said:
To bad they aren't shipped over to the Middle East. Then let the spoiled bratts get a taste of real suppression of speech. Bush has set a strategy that resulted in zero attacks