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Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
6. Well, he would have offered them some jelly beans.
Fri Jun 15, 2012, 03:14 PM
Jun 2012

Right after the Secret Service invited him to join the President in the back room of the White House known as "The Room Where We Have Soft Pillows with Pointy Corners" and they would have tortured him by poking him with those pillows until he cracked!

BeeBee

(1,074 posts)
9. Reagan was heckled by a member of the press corps while he gave a statement at the White House?
Fri Jun 15, 2012, 04:51 PM
Jun 2012

Link please.

BeeBee

(1,074 posts)
11. I can't listen to sound at work, but that appeared to be a campaign rally,
Fri Jun 15, 2012, 05:35 PM
Jun 2012

not a statement at the White House. Also, the heckler appeared to be someone in the crowd, not a member of the White House Press Corps.

Presidents (or other politicians) expect hecklers on the campaign trail or when giving public speeches, but not from the White House Press Corps during a policy statement at the White House.

These examples are nowhere near synonymous.

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