Approximately 400 citizens attended a meeting of the Westford, MA Board of Selectmen on Feb. 20 to speak against a proposed ‘assault weapons’ ban, which was ultimately defeated. The crowd “erupted in applause” and greeted the news with a standing ovation. Robert Jeffries, Vice Chairman of the Board of Selectman and the one who proposed the… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Applause’
NYT Reporter Kantor Lays Into Justice Sotomayor: ‘Homespun Wisdom…Interrupted by Impromptu Applause’
New York Times reporter and Obama biographer Jodi Kantor caught up with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's book tour in Chicago for Monday's edition in "Sotomayor, a Star on the Book-Tour Circuit, Sees a New Niche for a Justice." Kantor promoted the liberal justice as a kind of folk hero "dispensing homespun wisdom." At her… Read more »
Obama Speech in Burma Met With Tepid Applause
This freaky mural welcomed Obama to Burma today. (Twitchy) Obama’s historic speech in Burma today was met with tepid applause. It was a letdown. Irawaddy reported: US President Barack Obama’s speech at Rangoon University on Monday earned mixed reactions, with some of his audience praising his “practical” understanding of Burma’s needs, while others found his… Read more »
Megyn Kelly: Press Room ‘Erupted’ In Laughter And Applause At Obama’s ‘Horses And Bayonets’ Line
Fox News Channel anchor Megyn Kelly revealed that, while she watched the final presidential debate from the press room at Lynn College in Florida on Monday night, the assembled journalists burst into laughter and applause when President Barack Obama landed a rhetorical blow against Mitt Romney. When Romney said that Obama has presided over the… Read more »