Obama Confronted at Pep Rally By Disgruntled Unemployed Worker (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, March 19, 2010, 7:40 PM
It’s the economy, stupid.
An unemployed Ohio woman confronted Barack Obama after his health care pitch. She lost her job in the insurance industry this year and blamed Obama for it.
Unemployed worker Ingrid Martin says the leftist bloggers are now attacking her for confronting Obama during his dog and pony show.
Could you even imagine if this would have happened to Bush?… Do you think it would have made a few headlines? This actually happened on Wednesday but for some reason the corrupt media ignored it.
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kansas commented:
One can not challenge Obi Won.
Jean commented:
She will make a great poster child for HC opponents in November 2010.
William commented:
Great way to go into the weekend….
ogee commented:
Wow. Spoken like a True American. She looks devastated to have lost her career due to bozo’s government takeover plan. We could use her to speak at the TEA PARTY tomorrow and April 15.
ogee commented:
I’m sending this viral. Will you help send it viral too?
aintbuyingit commented:
The only thing Obama is concerned with is total power and CONtrol. That is why he has been obsessed with “healthcare” from the very beginning. Its all about transforming America into a socialist country. ENSLAVING THE MASSES into one giant welfare state. He has instituted his faith as the state religion, SOCIAL JUSTICE, which of course is a tenet of socialism. Those who want everything handed to them think its wonderful.
deathstar commented:
Its funny that democrat ads touting michael bennet, the pro obama care “hero”, are on gateway pundit. Good to see liberal advertising dollars going to a conservative website. Also, every time I see his smarmy face I am reminded to vote against every dem I can here in CO.
Ginger commented:
May he burn in hell sooooooooon!
Floradora commented:
She’s a whitey. He could care less if she lost her job. It’s a benefit, in his opinion.
Opus #6 commented:
Americans ROCK! I love this lady’s gumption. Obama and the Dems had better watch out…
Moright commented:
Where is the outrage? The media and papers have largely moved on from unemployment. Nothing in today WSJ or NYT, that I could see. Are we now France? Is 10% unemployment the norm? Or is that going to look good once Obamacare in play. Where is the outrage?
Dell commented:
The build-up of anger just may result in the greatest turnaround of political power in D.C. in this countries history. Control of the House – which will take 41 seats – is now very much a possibility. And the change of ten Senate seats isn’t out of the realm of possibility any more.
With Congress sporting an approval rating of 18% – and still dropping – something major is in the wind. Let’s hope it happens in time to put a stop to the Socialist State juggernaut.
AuntieMadder commented:
OT: Did anyone else catch Michelle Bachman on C-Span speaking to Congress a little while ago? She was speaking about the massive govt take-overs of industries since Obamao took office and how the passing of this health care reform bill will bring the total of nationalized industry to about 40%. She really tells it like it is. I’ve got to say that as much as I adore Palin, I’m beginning to think even more of Bachmann. Should she ever throw her hat into the ring for a run at the presidency, she’d have my support.
She was followed by Steve King and Rep Foxx (whose first name I don’t recall), both also giving speeches worth listening to.
BHG commented:
How gauche – the real face of an insurance company employee intrudes on Obamaland.
We love you Ingrid!
Neo commented:
Does anybody, except Democrats, believe that they can displace the insurance companies and their employees won’t become unemployed ?
Victor Erimita commented:
Dissent is no longer the highest form of patriotism. Any questions or complaints, or noncompliance of any sort, will be savagely attacked by the left wing fascist cult on the blogosphere. The media will never do anything to call their rigid worldview into question, so of course no one should be the slightest bit astonished by their ignoring this incident. There is no point in even getting mad about it any longer. The MSM must be destroyed, as an influential force in the mainstream of America, as Andrew Breitbart reminds us daily.
Developing new forums for opinion, already well under way, must only be the beginning of the measures that must be taken to take back the country from the Regressive revolutionaries. We must take back the schools and universities and other bedrock American institutions too. We have been far too long asleep. Now that the population has become alarmed over the Regressive takeover, we must mount our own Long March back into the institutions they stole from under our noses and expose them for what they are, where they are. It’s getting late.
Andrew commented:
Joe the Plumber, all over again. Get ready…
Embarrassed Republican commented:
Most of these comments make me embarrassed to be registered as a republican. You make comments about this woman as if she is the only American. You make comments against “Dems” as if your ignorant ass is more American than the Democrats in OUR country. many of us disagree on how the country should be run, but we are all American. You make racist comments about Mr Obama OUR President as if all Democrats are black, African American or a minority. This Ohio woman lost her job because the business owner who is probably a republican like most of the negative commenters here, made a business decision based on Fear of the future. That is no way to run a business and it’s more than likely an excuse to feed an employee. But of course she blames Obama and so do you. The entire healthcare system needs to be over hauled! Should the US government just go on throwing good money after bad just so that no one ever loses a job? Should the government just put everyone on the payroll regardless of if the system is working or not? You are a bunch of ignorant worker bees following the misinformation being fed to us by the “higher ups” who are so afraid of change that they would sacrifice this country to suit themselves and their jobs. They don’t care about our jobs either. They don’t care about our businesses. They proved it with the sick banking and real estate practices of the recent past. They continue to take millions of dollars in bonuses each without any consideration for the rest of the country including other business owners. It’s a sickness that needs to be cured. They are completely without character. They are ruining this great nation.
Auntie Em commented:
She was the wrong color. I bet she reminded him of his mother. He’ll have nightmares for a week!
Concern Troll commented:
“Hello, my fellow Republicans! I am a Republican, too, just like you! However, I must say that I am ashamed of you! We must get behind our masterful president, who has only our Best Interests at heart! He is much more intelligent than we are, so we ought to do as he asks us! After all, we are not the president, are we? We must stop being the ignorant Workers Bees, I say!”
Your Name here commented:
Embarrassed Republican says: Most of these comments make me embarrassed to be registered as a republican.
You may be honest about being a registered Republican (though I have my doubts), but when was the last time you VOTED Republican? You don’t sound much like a Republican to me. You sound like someone who has completely bought the talking points of the left.
I can’t believe they graduated you from Spew Democrat Talking Points on Right-Leaning Blogs School. You clearly were not ready.
Saint commented:
Well, its not like she can prove she’s not lying, and that’s what Obama would reasonably assume, since the left does it all the time. Still, between things like this and the tea-party protests, he’s probably in tears now that he’s had a dose of reality…you know, showing him more than adoring fans.
Like a movie character who discovers his glossy world is fake, and the real cops don’t drive Ferraris.
Left Coast Conservative commented:
Glad that she spoke up. Her comments about the state of the job market and the insurance industry echo what I’m hearing in our left coast state. Small business owners are unable to create reliable forecasts because of the potential changes at the national level as well as changes at the state level. (See the State of OR, measure 66 & 67 for an example) The changes are not value neutral – they have consequences and they will effect both the employer and the employee.
The concern voiced by Embarassed is spoken like a true troll – without merit. I’ve heard this before – generally from people who don’t have an understanding of business and who believe that most business owners are making money hand over fist and are all about the money.
When we start hearing from business owners instead of the tiresome talking points from those with a political ax to grind, we’ll have better information and a chance to craft real reform – not takeover.
Moright commented:
Business climate is one of paralysis -companies are afraid to make commitments because they have no idea what’s next. Many families are behaving similarly -how can you plan for anything with Congress changing the rules of the game?
New Overlord commented:
So called “Embarrassed Republican” sounds like a troll. Everything you said is just a Democrat talking point. Everything.
AuntieMadder commented:
Concern Troll
March 19th, 2010 | 10:37 pm | #23
“Hello, my fellow Republicans! I am a Republican, too, just like you! However, I must say that I am ashamed of you! We must get behind our masterful president, who has only our Best Interests at heart! He is much more intelligent than we are, so we ought to do as he asks us! After all, we are not the president, are we? We must stop being the ignorant Workers Bees, I say!”
LOL! And I was just going to call Embarrassed Republican a troll and an idiot and tell him to go have a romantic evening with himself. Now I’m ashamed of my lack of creativity.
Invisibleguy commented:
What happens at the end of the clip? Ms. Martin looks surprised then reaches down for her purse, seemingly prompted by Obama, and hands him something. It starts at about the 1:56 mark. Did she give him her business card?
nick b commented:
“Could you even imagine if this would have happened to Bush?”
No, because George W Bush would never have engaged her in conversation in the first place. His rallies were all very carefully scripted and stocked with supporters.
Guy commented:
nickb says ….
“George W Bush would never have engaged her in conversation in the first place. His rallies were all very carefully scripted and stocked with supporters….”
Oh really Nick? And you have proof of that I suppose? I hate to tell you this, but no President in history has ever filtered the crowds in their public appearances more thoroughly than Obama. And yes, that woman was right … the primary reason Obama noticed her and showed interest in her was because he considered her a security breach, and he wanted to know how she got in.
And to “Embarrassed Republican” ….
Yeah, you’re a Republican, and I’m Gandhi. I’d love to know how many people this administration has on the payroll hammering out garbage comments like yours. The very fact that you try to make this a republican vs democrat issue reveals your affiliation and your agenda. It demonstrates the total lack of understanding the Obama administration, and liberals in general, have for this movement. This isn’t about black vs white, or republican vs democrat, it’s about freedom vs tyranny, conservatism vs socialism, fairness and honesty vs greed and corruption.
You SHOULD be embarrassed … you’re the one feeding us a bunch of crap from the “higher ups”. Why don’t you take your talking points and your hatred for business owners somewhere else….
BuddyPC commented:
nick b
March 19th, 2010 | 11:27 pm | #31
“Could you even imagine if this would have happened to Bush?”
No, because George W Bush would never have engaged her in conversation in the first place. His rallies were all very carefully scripted and stocked with supporters.
Bush: “Let him speak.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehQk_fU1APg
Miss him and that 4% unemployment, sustained 3-4% annual economic growth, windfall public revenue yet?
Pawn commented:
If the O and his handlers don’t like this kind of breach of truth then he better stay away from NASA/KSC. Those boys down there will make this lady look like a librarian.
Andreas K. commented:
Embarrassed Republican, obvious troll is obvious. You’re fielding “racist comments” as argument, but I’ve not yet seen one racist comment on this site. The ones bringing in Obama’s “race” (aka the color of his skin, which isn’t actual “race” anyway, since Obama and Bush are both homo sapiens, and thus from the very same race, just like every other human on this planet; you screaming about racism would have some merit if there were human races other than homo sapiens still around, but they’re not) are ALWAYS Obama’s supporters. Always. They always have to bring it in. Always. Shows clearly who the true racists are.
You’re as much a registered Republican as I am an American citizen.
“They are ruining this great nation.”
If with “they” you mean the Democrats you’re dead on.
Because, hey, you wannabe Republican, here’s an idea for you:
Come to Europe. Here you can see Obama’s “smart” ideas at work. Here you can see people flocking to private insurance, because nationalized health care is utter crap and might even get you killed (like in the UK, where the NHS has waiting lists for cancer surgery, and where we don’t have the best survival rates in breast cancer.) Here you can see people starting to oppose uncontrolled immigration and “amnesties” towards illegal immigrats, people taking it to the streets, angrily shouting “We want our country back!” Here you can see working people being taxed to death by corrupt, overbearing governments that piss on democracy. Here you can see the death of freedom and liberty brought upon the people by the corrupt governments and the EU in the name of some “greater good” or “European idea”.
Let me guess, you’ve been in Europe, but as a tourist. Tourists only see our sights, our folklore, and that’s it. Tourists never see the ugly side of our welfare states. Rising national debts. Rising deficits. Rising crime rates. Rising violence in the streets.
That’s what the US is heading towards under Obama and the Democrats.
Andreas K. commented:
BTW, the German national debt is ~1.7 billion Euros. And growing.
Does anyone really think that spending like crazy for decades is going to work on the long run? Sooner or later these debts will be due. How is Germany going to pay? How is Austria going to pay (our national debt will hit 75% of our GDP in 2012)? How is the US going to pay?
Look at the US deficit and national debt and then tell me where that money is going to come from.
Oh yes. The “rich”. Take from the rich, give to the poor, right? Which, ultimately, creates a society of poor people. Everybody will be poor, because eventually you will run out of “rich” people to tax.
The money will become worth less and less. In Europe we see it with the Euro. Oh yes, the great Euro. Greece is bankrupt. Spain, Portugal, Italy, they will follow eventually.
Before the Euro a regular hambuger at McDonald’s cost 10 Schillings here in Austria. Today the same hambuger costs 1 Euro. 1 Euro is, roughly, 13.67 Schillings. That’s an increase of 33%.
And the funny thing is, the Euro is pretty much unreal. It’s not backed up by anything other than the EU. And the EU has no actual economy, nor anything else that would really back up currency. Nothing like the US and the Dollar, or Austria and the Schilling, or Japan and the Yen. Nope, it’s pretty much an imaginary currency invented by some nuts in Brussels (who nobody elected.)
The same politicians who pointed fingers at the companies out there and screamed murder at capitalism are destroying more money every month than GM would manage to destroy in ten years. But the same people claim to know how to run the economy. Yes, I’m totally going to believe that. Yep.
If a company would be run like any government… that company would be out of business within 24 hours.
And since when is spending what you don’t have “smart”?
Andreas K. commented:
Hold it. It’s not billion, it’s 1.7 trillion Euros. Trillion.
We count differently in German. We count “Million, Milliarde, Billion”. Million is your million, Milliarde is your billion and our Billion is your trillion.
Why? No idea. It’s stupid. Which, again, proves that German as language sucks.
And, just FYI, the German budget for 2010 is roughly 320 billion Euros (that’s additional debt worth ~80 billion Euros.) One third of that gets pumped into the German welfare state and even that is not enough.
mueller commented:
Embarrassed Republican
Whoooboy!
That’s some cartoon you have running in your head.
Here’s something you may noy have thought of…….what if we aren’t republicans. What if we are all conservatives. I personally have classic Liberal tendancies. Bit that’s just me.
scituate_tgr commented:
DellNo Gravatar said: The build-up of anger just may result in the greatest turnaround of political power in D.C. in this countries history. Control of the House – which will take 41 seats – is now very much a possibility. And the change of ten Senate seats isn’t out of the realm of possibility any more.
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Except for the amnesty bill which will add 15-20M new dem voters to the roles (replacing the independents) and of course the hijacked census which will redistrict republicans out of contention. Other than that, “just may result” is a strong possibility.
Chisum commented:
nick b,
Of course you have an explanation for this:
Obama Musters Federal Employees Against The People
Looks like Obama fancies himself as having a regular army there, what with all those Federal workers and promises of more to come. Good thing Bush never did this. They’d be calling for his arrest.
http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2010/03/obama-musters-federal-employees-against-the-people.html
Chisum commented:
Speaking of federal employees….
Boring from within
The Obama administration has tapped Nawar Shora, legal director of the Arab-American Anti-Defamation Committee (ADC), to serve as a senior adviser for the TSA’s office of civil rights and civil liberties.
[..]
The Washington Post, in what I would describe as a celebratory article, is very clear about what Shora’s role will be at TSA. It states (under his picture in an article appearing today) that Shora “is used to fighting for the civil rights of Muslims and Arabs, but now he will do so as a federal government official.” Shora is equally clear, saying “it is about time I cross over to the government and start working within the system.”
But TSA is not a civil rights organization; it is (or should be) an organization dedicated to promoting safety and thwarting terrorism. Shora’s appointment is more evidence that TSA is not sufficiently dedicated to that purpose. Shora’s mission in life is not promoting safety and thwarting terrorism; it is promoting the interests of Arab-Americans by, for example, making sure they are treated the same way other Americans are.
Unfortunately, the two interests are not always consistent. I would argue that they were not consistent, for example, at Fort Hood when it came to dealing with the Arab-American officer who murdered Americans. Lives were lost because we were overly solicitous of that Arab-Americans civil rights, as conceived by ADC. Lives might well be lost to the extent we similarly are overly solicitous of the civil rights of Arab-American airline passengers.
We will need to keep a close eye on the Obama administration TSA.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/03/025876.php
truth teller commented:
Everyone protest this morning at 11:00 AM in front of Carnahan’s office 8764 Manchester!!!
Be seen…
Be heard…
Rise up! Revolt!
Mahdi Al-Dajjal commented:
One of the previous comments had it exaclty right… She’s white and unemployed and B. Hussein Obama could care less.
Just ask Al Sharpton who recently paid a lengthy visit to the White House so he and Obama could strategize together in the Oval Office about the finer points of a Jobs Bill and how best to use federal monies to get unemployed people working again. And we all know how much old Al cares for white folk!
Nahanni commented:
Unemployed worker Ingrid Martin says the leftist bloggers are now attacking her for confronting Obama during his dog and pony show.
Those leftist bloggers will soon find out that they have outlived their usefulness to their Obamamessiah. They will find that once they have they become greater enemies to their messiah then all us “reich whingers”. Ernst Rohm learned that one the hard way, so will all those lefty bloggers.
J commented:
The zealous crazies on the left will now work overtime to destroy this woman any way they can.
DaveL commented:
Embarrassed Republican
Why do you feel it necessary to lie about your party affiliation. Do you suppose claiming to be a Republican makes you sound more intelligent?
Moright commented:
Unemployment for Blacks is at a 25 year high, and the rate for young black men is running 3x the rate for general population.
Fresh article from abroad:
http://www.smh.com.au/world/not-the-president-of-blacks-20100320-qn7t.html
I don’t think Ingrid’s ethnicity is of concern to Obama. He equally ignores the jobless rate for whites and blacks in pursuit of his agenda. He cares not.
noislamocommie commented:
Non-Stop Liar needed somebody to jump out on the tracks for some truth. Good for her…but she will merely be an appetizer. Americans will not go for a dictatorship………NEVER!!!!!!!!
Oh yeah….some movement expected on the usurper vs. Kerchner case on Monday.
bg commented:
++
Chisum @ 7:19 am #41
New World Order of Islam
Wright, Obama, Farrakhan, Gaddafi
[The following year, in January 1996, Farrakhan returned from another trip to Libya. It was the same month in which Barack Obama became an Illinois State Senator. By then, Obama had been attending Rev. Wright's church for ten years, the latter five as a committed member. The New York Times reported:
Louis Farrakhan, head of the Nation of Islam, visited Libya this week to meet Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and discussed how to "unify, mobilize and organize" American Muslims for elections in the United States this year.
Colonel Qaddafi, the Libyan leader, quoted by the state press agency, said: "Our confrontation with America used to be like confronting a fortress from outside. Today we have found an opening to enter the fortress and to confront it from within."]
It’s the Ideology!
[.] This list reads like a Who’s Who of leading Islamists in the United States, all of whom share the ideological framework of political Islam
and the Muslim Brotherhood. [.]
[.] So in America, we’re looking for regime change in Washington. And the only regime change that we can look forward to in the near future is to get the Democrats in the White House and put the Republicans, as Malcolm would say, ‘in the dog house’….”
[..]
Abdul-Malik also makes no bones about discussing how the election of President Obama is a step forward in the project of Islamization and the long term goal of Islamist domination which falls right in lock-step with that of the Muslim Brotherhood as revealed in their manifesto.]
Islamic Infiltration, Part 1
Islamic Infiltration, Part 2
much more here..
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Reality Check commented:
It figures that Ingrid worked for an over inflated HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY and that cluster-faux news couldn’t wait to interview her as an unemployed poster child to fuel the attitude of the under-informed tea party bigots. President Obama did ask her for her input. What was her response? Again nothing but a lot of flatulation. Sounds like a typical Republican in Washington. Should be T party like in Teed off at anything that you can’t ever comprehend because of lack of vision or most likely, you just don’t ‘get it’ . Pass the bill, close the donut hole for seniors on medicare Rx, keep kids on their parents insurance until they’re 26, don’t cancel anyone for pre-existing conditions, bring down the deficit long term, ‘optional’ payment to physicians for LIFE panels concerning end of life options when most needed. Sounds good to me . PASS THE BILL !!!!! Help the patients and the doctors. Sorry Ingrid,insurance companies have gummed up the system for too long.
KWirky commented:
Good video. I wish the national unemployment average was our unemployment average. In my Florida county where I live unemployment is at 15.4%. We need real help with jobs first. Our community hospital doesn’t turn anyone away but more and more doctors are not accepting Medicare and Medicaid and can you blame them? They are the worst insurance payers. It takes 8 months sometimes to get reimbursed by the government. How are they going to run a bigger health care plan when they have such a bad track record? All smoke and mirrors just to gain control.