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Birther arrested after interrupting Pallone reading Constitution on House floor

by: Rosi Efthim

Thu Jan 06, 2011 at 06:52:18 PM EST



We posted earlier that Rep. Frank Pallone was interrupted as he read aloud part of the Constitution this morning on the House floor. Capitol Police arrested 48-year-old Theresa Cao of New York; she was charged with unlawful conduct, disruption of Congress, was processed and released.

Via Dave Weigel at Slate, we find out Cao is a pretty well-knows birther activist and supporter of Lt. Col. Terry Lakin, an Army doctor who was court-martialed for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan because he doubts President Obama's legitimacy.

Here's the lady's blog, Got Heaven's Bailout?, which looks like a lot of mosque-destroying, Saul Alinsky-hating, anti-Muslim religious mumbo-jumbo to me. She was yelling about Jesus when she was remove from the Gallery. And, via AP, here's Cao's disruption of Pallone's Constitution section (FYI - Pallone told TPM the section readings were assigned on a first come, first serve basis):

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...and a dollar short.

But shortly after this happened, Pallone did tweet that it was someone in the crowd, not another member of Congress.

Her crazy beliefs aside, this heckler isn't very smart.  Does she really think that the majority of Americans will become sympathetic to her cause based on her embarrassing actions?  

I always thought one's opinions could gain respect, or compromises could be worked out, when there is respect on both sides of an issue.  Or maybe I am the naive one...

At least it wasn't a member of Congress interrupting the person speaking...


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Not all opinions can gain respect or compromises worked out.

It doesn't matter that the woman is stupid and loudmouthed.  Even if she were silent, I would not respect her opinion.  Certainly, no compromise can be forthcoming.

One either believes that Pres. Obama was born in Hawaii or born in Kenya.  How do you compromise on that?

Same goes for women's choice.  Either a woman has the right to chose an abortion (or not to) or she doesn't.  Of course, this is a far more complicated issue, and a subject for a different debate.


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facts like place of birth should never be debated. there should just be an answer.  there are no opinions involved in that.

as far as a woman's right to choose is concerned, why can't there be a difference of opinion?  I respect that some people want to "protect life."  I would never support the mother of my child having an abortion, but I wouldn't stop another woman from choosing to do so.

I am in favor of people disagreeing with one another.  That's what makes our society so great.  I just can't stand getting personal and unprofessional.


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