VIDEO: This MAN has more guts than almost our entire Congress!

[BigBearJohn]

I actually CRINGED (in a good way) when I heard what this man said to Bush.
Talk about balls. He has canon-sized big brass ones.

From story on Rawstory:

This morning in Charlotte, a Bush PR event on the war on terror went off-script when a man named Harry Taylor took the microphone

http://images1.americanprogress.org/il80web20037/ThinkProgress/2006/taylorbush.320.240.mov

[eleny]

1. He was speaking for all of us

It made me feel great. No cringing here. I just wanted to give W a shove in his smirk.

[monarch]

2. Do you want to test the gas on his small plane? n/t

[BobRossi]

3. First of many.

Shrub is toast.

[fasttense]

4. People are speaking out and trying to hold brush accountable

this is a good sign.

[jean]

5. Mr. Harry Taylor has guts, but he handled himself with such dignity,

with a calm voice and nailed so many points. I hope the video is seen far and wide and gives many others the nerve to speak out.

[theHOMOagenda]

7. Me too...

This is what a real American sounds like.

Could not help but notice chucklenuts trying to turn it into a sitcom.

[jean]

11. The fact Taylor faced down the president himself is so powerful. If people

only can see this and appreciate that it's not only okay, but patriotic to speak out.

The murderer immediately went to his strong suit, breathless giggling. He makes my skin crawl.

[CoffeeCat]

18. LOL! Chucklenuts!! Thanks for the laugh...

...you nailed it!

The man is such an abomination, that you have to laugh---or you start bathing with a plugged-in toaster!

That's exactly what Junior did. This audience member was sincere and dignified, and "chucklenuts" (LOL!) turned it into a night at the Improv.

I just want to smack him and tell him that this isn't fucking funny anymore. We don't think illegally spying on Americans is funny. We don't think poisonous drinking water is funny either. Nothing you do is remotely amusing...it's sick!

Sorry for swearing...sometime with Junior I can't help it.

[The Witch]

40. Thank Mike Malloy for that particular coinage.

gotta love Mike Malloy.

[Cronus Protagonist]

48. Here's a great snapshot of the moment

http://bushspeaks.com/home.asp?did=217

[LSparkle]

6. I nominate him for our next batch of roses .. or whatever

He truly did speak for all of us today.

[MissB]

12. Since it is already almost Easter

Can we send him a bunch of peeps?

He spoke very well today.

[northofdenali]

8. "I would hope that you have the humility and the grace

to be ashamed of yourself"

God, he really laid it on the shrubster. Watch your back, Mr. Taylor. Beautiful.

[Stinky The Clown]

31. That was far and away the best line of it all

And spoken with grace and sincerity. I love that guy!

[helderheid]

9. Error: You've already recommended that thread.

[Swamp Rat]

30. Got your back!

:hi:

[cspanlovr]

10. They're going to show the video on Blitzer next...now 5:11pm

[kentuck]

13. Damn!

If we had a press with balls like Harry...

[dogday]

14. Am happy to cast the 5th recommendation on this

post... Great find, great video, Great Work!!!!

[Lisa]

15. earlier this week, Studs Terkel said that Americans had every right

... in fact, even a responsibility, since the country was "founded on argument", to be able to tell a King that he was out of line!

I'm sure he's applauding Mr. Taylor.

[MasonJar]

16. Halleluyah! A perfect time for dozens of tulips or lilies or roses.

I'm in/ Where shall we send the money?

[rman]

17. How do you think W handled it,

and how do you think that came across to any doubters that might be out there?

[file83]

23. I think W. gave a great ACTING performance....

...too bad he's reading from a fictional script.

[mzmolly]

19. Smells like it was a Rovian set up to me?

Bush got a chance to address every critic. He even defended this mans right to speak and found an occasion to crack a lighthearted joke? I dunno, if Mr. Taylor is "real" I applaud him. However, Bush's composed "humorous" rebuttal was not typical angry/defensive/flustering Bush behavior IMHO.

My guess is that Bush either got the questions in advance or this guy is an other "Gannon-bot."

I guess 6 years of Rove has me skeptical?

:shrug:

K and R BigBearJohn :hi:

[bedpanartist]

20. Bush came out smelling like roses

he came off as an affable good old boy who agrees to disagrees.

The man is genius.

Meanwhile, the news media is soaked with Cynthia McKinney.

The Democrats really are just not devious enough.

[mzmolly]

22. Welcome

:hi:

I realize you've been here a while, but anyone that has less than 100 posts is generally welcomed by me.

[bedpanartist]

24. why thank you, and welcome back

and please do not misconstrue my analogy of Bush as approval of him.

[mzmolly]

35. Nice work.

:hi:

[bedpanartist]

36. r u a union man or woman?

I'd like to talk to some union experts here. My union at work BLOWS, and is totally corrupt. We've been shaping a campaign to take it over, and get into another union that isn't owned by management behind the scenes.

[mzmolly]

37. My step-dad was a member of the local laborers union.

I changed my avatar in support of the many union members who need Democrats to be a voice for them.

[monarch]

43. Yeah, aint it great

Tons of new posters today or people like me with five hundred something who have been her in the first months and haven't found any good news to post.

[blogslut]

26. disagree totally

McKinney's story has fallen off the top of the hour on the news cycle. Her story is coming just before the break now. And I completely disagree that Bush came off smelling anything but lame in his response to that man's question.

If Harry is a plant, he did his job too well. People will remember the word "ASHAMED". The video clips will show a man saying:

"I feel like despite your rhetoric, that compassion and common sense have been left far behind during your administration and I would hope from time to time that you have the humility and the grace to be ashamed of yourself inside yourself..."

Then they will stop tape in the middle of Dubya's rambling answer.

:)

[bedpanartist]

27. I hope you are right

and I'm wrong. I have a dank view of the body politic in all directions.

[mzmolly]

34. You have a good point.

I shall defer to My guess is that Bush got the questions in advance. I expect if Mr. Taylor is genuine, he'll be making the news circuit in the near?

[CJCRANE]

52. What's that famous quote

from the McCarthy era.."have you no shame.."..?

Could be one of those moments..?

[0007]

32. I still don't buy into it!

[blue cat]

38. Rove was telling him to calm down

etc., in his ear.

[The Witch]

39. I agree with you.

The guy was far too polished. His sentences all came to a complete stop. He didn't have a question, and he thanked Bush for allowing him to say it, etc., far too often. It was a dissenting opinion so decked out in praise that it was hard to make out any emotion behind it.

I read the transcript and it read like a script.

[Catamount]

53. I'm right there with you mzmolly! n/t

[Marie26]

It was real.

I'm in North Carolina, & Harry Taylor is a friend of a musician friend of mine. Taylor is well-known locally as a bluegrass musician & he heads up the Folk Music Society. He's a tru-blue Dem, very liberal, & very outspoken against the Bush Administration. Not everything is a Rovian set-up. Go Harry!

[mzmolly]

55. Glad to hear it. I felt that Bush either got the questions in advance

or Harry was a plant? BTW, I realize "not everything is a Rovian set up" - I rarely make that accusation.

Perhaps they ran practice sessions of some sort and threw everything they could at Bush?

:hi:

Here is the folk society you note.

http://www.folksociety.org/

[Marie26]

57. He was oddly coherent

I can see how that'd make people suspicious! :) I'm very proud of my city after that visit. There were massive protests across the street from where Bush was speaking, w/people chanting & marching & cars honking horns. Combined w/Mr. Taylor's brave stance, it feels like everyone rallied to send Bush a message.

[mzmolly]

58. I'd be proud as well. I am always proud to reside in Minnesota -

one of the few perpetually blue states. We even elected Mondale against Reagan in the 80's. ;)

[Marie26]

54. dupe.

[sinkingfeeling]

21. Great stuff. Did you see Smirky's ham acting? Where is it in the

Consititution, Mr. Bush? What Article? What Paragraph says the president can wiretap without a warrant?

[Rabrrrrrr]

25. Beautiful!!

I'm surprised he was allowed into the audience at all - must have lied on the way in.

It's about time someone asked that criminal piece of shit that question.

[roguevalley]

28. he's the American equivalent to the guy in China standing in front

of the tanks. he is my hero.

[Stinky The Clown]

29. The wheels are fully off the wagon, my friends

This guy is perhaps the first one who said what must be on so many people's minds .... and they allowed him to speak. True enough, to have shut him up would have been even worse for them, but geeze. This was great!

A big K and a bigger R

[Meldread]

33. K&R.

He was nervous. You could tell, but he's still an American Hero. What are the Freepers saying about him?

[Elidor]

41. That took a great deal of guts

To stand there in the very heart of the Wingnut sanctum, surrounded by fervent true believers, and calmly repudiate their hero. I couldn't have done half so good a job as that gentleman on my best day. Bravo.

BRAVO!!!
:applause:

[Terran1212]

42. Ever heard McKinney or Kucinich talk?

He has amazing guts but there are people in our Congress who are very brave as well.

[barbtries]

44. that was wonderful

and took a lot of courage. the response was typical and pathetic

[AuntiBush]

45. Finally Seen This on the Tube

CNN/MSNBC - can't recall which. Maybe both throughout the late afternoon.

BigbearJohn, this man was very articulated, reserve, one could feel his compassion. He spoke with his heart breaking. When he sat down , placing hands over his mouth, * continually interrupted him with arrogance while smirking. It showed anyone watching that the man standing-up calmly with great sadness and compassion he had more integrity then the leader of the free world.

Way, way more integrity. A pivotal moment.

[thjay]

46. CNN edited the Pres to make him sound okay

read the transcript. They edited out the first part where W says,

THE PRESIDENT: "I'm going to start off with what you first said, if you don't mind, you said that I tap your phones -- I think that's what you said. You tapped your phone -- I tapped your phones. Yes. No, that's right. Yes, no, let me finish."

yes. No. Yes, no. What the F is he talking about?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/04/20060406-3.html

[laundry_queen]

50. I watched it the very first time they had it on

I think it was the Situation room and they kept that part in. And yes, it made shrub look like an idiot. They must've received a nice little call after that. :eyes:

[Renew Deal]

47. Bush makes an insidious comment.

He says that they have a "difference of opinion on what needs protecting." The issue isn't what to protect, but how.

[Imagevision]

49. Don't be surprised if we see more of these convenient plants for Bush

let's face it, Bush only throws speeches with military as backdrops and questions from the pre-screened.. would it not be sensible to plant someone opposed to Bushco with scrited questions/statements that Bush now seems almost familiar with, Rove would be an ignoramis not to use this ploy.--
especially after Bush is caught lying today major!!

[MadJohnShaft]

51. Amazing!

I wanted: Excuse me Mr President, but with all due respect, it's not a joking matter.

[ecstatic]

56. WTF is EVERYTHING A JOKE to Bushit?

I really couldn't stand the antics Bush carried on with while the man was asking his question. I'm sure he was arrested after the show ended.