Yesterday I read heckler Sturtz said she had not planned to heckle - looks like that was not true...

[Tx4obama]

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Update at 8:50 p.m.: Get Equal’s Heather Cronk confirmed to BuzzFeed that the activist organization planned the heckling. The activist was identified to the pool reporter by Cronk as Ellen Sturtz.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/michelle-obama-heckled-for-presidents-inaction-on-proposed-l

Hmm.

[morningfog]

1. This is all bread and circus bullshit. A silly distraction from issues that matter.

[DevonRex]

4. Sad thing is that the actual issue the heckler was 'supposedly'

heckling about is worthy of discussion. The principle is one we all agree on and it is important. We may differ on how to attain it.

[Change has come]

2. Hmm indeed!

This is really important to you. You should start a few more threads.

[Tx4obama]

8. I've posted another thread. So, that you won't have to go looking for it I've posted link below

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022954919

[NYC_SKP]

3. It's ridiculous that it gets this much attention. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Remember when Obama hadn't planned to speak in favor of equality but Biden jumped the

gun and so he did speak out? Yeah, me too.

[Tx4obama]

6. But Obama has stated his position on 'this' issue...

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The heckling happened a bit after 6 p.m. under a white tent in the backyard of the residence of Karen Dixon and Nan Schaffer in Northwest DC. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, also was in attendance at the event, which benefits the DNC.

The incident came hours after White House press secretary Jay Carney reiterated the president’s focus being on legislation, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, that would ban most private employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, and not the proposed executive order.

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http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/michelle-obama-heckled-for-presidents-inaction-on-proposed-l

[Cha]

7. Well, as has been stated in various ways.. there were better ways to

go about this..

Just posted this on GetEqual's FB page (re: Michelle Obama heckler)

"It's also worth pointing out that executive orders, or the sort Ms Sturtz was demanding , do not have the force of standing law. As soon as the political winds change and there's another right winger in the Oval Office, any excecutive order can simply be undone by another executive order. Instead of putting so much energy into pushing for what amount to little more than stop-gap measure, why not focus your energies toward actually changing the law?"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022950725

thanks Tx

[patrice]

9. Seems interesting that GE wouldn't know that. What WAS the point?

Feels like someone is trying to take ownership of that particular issue; I wonder who.