Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
A man dressed in a silver metallic suit, a matching helmet and dark glasses heckled Bill Clinton Monday at his last campaign stop. About seven minutes into the former president's fourth speech of the day, the man stood on a chair on the press riser and shouted that robots wanted Clinton to say he was sorry for statements he made 15 years ago.
"Bill Clinton, I want you to apologize to Sister Souljah. Robots of the world want you to apologize to Sister Souljah. We want you to apologize," the man said as one observer gasped "Oh my God."
A volunteer demanded to know who had let him in and the audience heckled the heckler with boos and screams of "Get out of here!" He then threw dozens of orange, green, hot pink and yellow cards into the air. A woman yanked what appeared to be a microphone out of the man's hands, and he was escorted out of the room without further incident.
The cards read: "Robots are mad at Bill. MR-IFOBCA stands for Mad Robots In Favor Of Bill Clinton Apologizing. Mr. Ifobca says, "Bill Clinton should be ashamed of himself for slandering a Black woman named Sister Souljah," followed by a website address (www.Mr-Ifobca.org ).
(Via TPM)
Update: Video.
Dig the extraordinary disclaimer at the bottom of the Mad Robots' web page.
Posted by: Clownęsthesiologist at December 11, 2007 01:24 PMIf you follow the link to the prankser's homepage, there is an entire page of various pranks he has carried out, including, my favorite, trademarking the phrase "Freedom of Expression." The site itself looks like a promotional site for an anti-depressant. Some interesting stuff.
Posted by: PDub at December 11, 2007 04:00 PMMan that is one crappy-ass robot costume.
Shorter his website: Look at meeeee! I'm freaking out the squares! Dude I'm so radical!
Posted by: M/tch M/lls at December 11, 2007 07:51 PMAnd please not that Machine Girl wouldn't just sit back and whine for an apology. Oh no.
Posted by: M/tch M/lls at December 11, 2007 07:54 PMHoly fuck. My college girlfriend knew this guy and I'm pretty sure I've met him at least once. He and others in their circle pulled these kinds of stunts all the time...which is cool if you're an undergrad, but if you're a professor it just makes you look like a douche. Particularly if your issue is one that was current WHEN you were an undergrad. Peter Pan Syndrome FTW.
Posted by: Ashley at December 12, 2007 01:14 AMCan someone please explain what's going on with that Obama/Antichrist thread?
Posted by: caradoc at December 12, 2007 10:22 AMAn analysis of the genome of James Watson showed that 16 per cent of his genes were likely to have come from a black ancestor of African descent. By contrast, most people of European descent would have no more than 1 per cent.
Posted by: theLadyDothProtestTooMuchMethinks at December 12, 2007 10:26 AMCan someone please explain what's going on with that Obama/Antichrist thread?
Our host linked a long time ago to a livejournal post ridiculing some right-wing Christian site for positing that Obama might be the Antichrist; the vagaries of Google made it so, that his post rose for a while to one of the top hits for "Obama Antichrist" or a similar search; so he ended up attracting a lot of people who were looking for that message. Weirdness ensued.
Posted by: Clownęsthesiologist at December 12, 2007 10:50 AM