John Quinn, Berea Obama heckler & registered Republican, worked for Bloomberg
Thu, Aug 7, 2008
Judith Czelusniak, a spokeswoman for Bloomberg News, confirmed today that Mr. Quinn was on assignment for her company. “He was hired for that assignment, and there are no more assignments scheduled,” she said.
I’ve got a call in to Ms. Czelusniak to find out how this joker got hired. More from the story.
Malcolm Wiley, a spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service, said today that the agency took no action because “this guy was a credentialed member of the press. He has every right to his freedom of speech.” If Mr. Quinn had threatened or advanced toward Mr. Obama, the situation would have been handled differently, Mr. Wiley said.
George T. Richard, a spokesman for Baldwin-Wallace College, said that the Obama campaign handled the press-credential checking for the event and that the Secret Service had carefully searched members of the media, as well as others, as they entered the gymnasium where Senator Obama spoke.
Whatever, dude. The security was not that good for press. It was a different standard than for the general public. No metal detectors other than a wand.
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Tags: barack obama, berea, bw, heckler, john quinn
August 7th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Guess what. I would have done the same thing at a town hall meeting no matter who was speaking. Since when is a US citizen a security risk for pointing out that the pledge was not said. So I am a security risk to Obama if I am at one of his town halls and I ask (like John Quinn did) to say the pledge. Didn’t Obama give him permission? It doesn’t matter where he works. He is john Q public, like he said. I don’t care if he shovels s**t for a living.
He’s a REAL MAN. You, on the other hand, didnt have the balls to respect the flag or your country. Why didn’t you do it? You are either a coward or you do not respect this country. You are ascared of wittle teeny tiny Bawy Obama.
Here’s my address:
5917 Harding St.
Oscoda, MI 48750
I am a registered nurse and a proud US citizen.
Come to my house and film yourself harrassing me for knowing that I have every right to do what this man did. OMG. It’s even worse than that. I would ACT upon my beliefs. You have permission to chastise me on film because I have the F’d up idea that I want to the pledge of allegience. I DARE YOU! That would be aproximately 1/2 mile north of the Kmart on highway 23. PLEASE. Put it all over you tube. BRING IT ON.
August 7th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
You need to start handing out blood pressure meds, Tim.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:29 am
I don’t think the photographer in question was a “security risk”, however, he was there to do a job. His job was to take photographs, not heckle the speaker (regardless of who the speaker may be).
Infidel granny really does need to take a pill and practice deep breathing. I certainly have the right to speak my mind and demand that infidelgranny, obama, or anybody else recite the pledge before using the toilet, but that does not make my demand reasonable.
August 8th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Bawk. Bawk. Bawk. Nothing to say for yourself?
August 8th, 2008 at 10:16 am
Gee, I wonder if say Joe Klein shouted out to McCain to sing the national anthem “a Capella” Time magazine would just shrug. That guy should be banned for life from any traditional press work.
Infidel Granny
.5 mile north of K Mart? That’s the stupid part of town, right?
August 8th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Shalom Granny,
Credentials first: I’m a decorated (Navy expeditionary medal for Gulf War, Part I — the Iranian Campaign, 1979) veteran who served our country for 11 years.
You do know that the Pledge of Allegiance comes from a 19th century contest promoted by a breakfast cereal manufacturer in order to boost sales of his brother’s faltering American flag company right?
I didn’t risk my life for, nor did I take an oath to protect, our flag. I did do so for the Constitution of the United States of America.
American flag pins, giving speeches in front of dozens of American flags and other nonsense are the purview of pseudo-patriot like John Quinn.
B’shalom,
Jeff Hess
B’shalom,
August 10th, 2008 at 6:35 am
just in case anyone is interested, i can explain a little bit about how things work at bloomberg news, where i worked for more than 10 years. they have very few staff photographers, only 2 or 3 as of a few years ago. instead they hire freelancers when they want visual coverage of an event. i imagine this guy is based around where the event is and is on bloomberg’s list, and thats how he got the job. as the flack’s response makes pretty clear, hes sure to be off their list forever now.
August 10th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Well said Jeff Hess.
Granny, what’s your phone number?
October 30th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Nurse Laurie Rev…
How many of us non Republican photographers are you inviting over?
I hear you republican nurses are hot for real men.