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Obama and The Heckler

By The Daily Dish

Aug 7 2008, 5:40 AM ET

Interesting footage from Ohio. A disturbed man insists on reciting the Pledge Of Allegiance in the middle of a speech on energy. What's striking to me is the level of paranoia and what can only be called patriotism-as-neurosis from the dude. Actually, neurotic patriotism is not a bad description for some elements on the degenerate right. But Obama handles it almost perfectly. Check it out:

Photographer insists on Pledge of Allegiance before Obama rally


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