why? b/c of this:
In a hostile room, with the attention of the national media focused on him, here's what Harry Taylor stood up and said to the President of the United States:
HARRY TAYLOR: You never stop talking about freedom, and I appreciate that. But while I listen to you talk about freedom, I see you assert your right to tap my telephone, to arrest me and hold me without charges, to try to preclude me from breathing clean air and drinking clean water and eating safe food. If I were a woman, you'd like to restrict my opportunity to make a choice and decision about whether I can abort a pregnancy on my own behalf. You are�
PRESIDENT BUSH: I'm not your favorite guy. Go ahead. (Laughter and applause.) Go on, what's your question?
HARRY TAYLOR: Okay, I don't have a question. What I wanted to say to you is that I�in my lifetime, I have never felt more ashamed of, nor more frightened by my leadership in Washington, including the presidency, by the Senate, and�
AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Booo!
PRESIDENT BUSH: No, wait a sec�let him speak.
HARRY TAYLOR: And I would hope�I feel like despite your rhetoric, that compassion and common sense have been left far behind during your administration, and I would hope from time to time that you have the humility and the grace to be ashamed of yourself inside yourself. And I also want to say I really appreciate the courtesy of allowing me to speak what I'm saying to you right now. That is part of what this country is about.
boo-yah grandma Harry Taylor
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