Meet Brenda Lee. By trade, she is a "reporter." Except this Georgia Informer reporter also has her own world view of things, something reporters are told they should not share with anyone. Let alone the president. Ms. Lee must disagree, because she tried to hand deliver a letter to President Obama — while aboard Air Force One — urging him "to take a stand for traditional marriage." The Secret Service promptly DRAGGED HER ASS OFF THE PLANE. NBC Los Angeles:
She said she asked a Secret Service agent to give the president her letter, but he refused and referred her to a White House staffer. Lee said she refused to give the staffer the letter.
"I said, 'I'll take my chances if (the president) comes by here,'" said Lee, who identified herself as a Roman Catholic priestess who lives in Anaheim, Calif. "He became annoyed that I wouldn't give him the letter."
Lee, who was wearing what she described as a cassock, said she protested when she was asked to leave.
"I said, 'Why are you bothering me?' They escorted me outside the gate," she said.
She said security officers allowed her to return when she promised she would not yell or wave, but then other officers arrived and told her to leave.
"I said, 'I'm not leaving,'" she said. "They tried to drag me out."
Two officers then picked her up and carried her out. An Associated Press photographer photographed the incident.
"I was afraid you could see under my clothes," she said, her voice choking up.
Lee, who said this was the second presidential event she has covered, was later released.
Luckily, Obama was 10 minutes away from arriving at Air Force One by helicopter, because it will be a terrible day when somebody forces the president to actually defend his position on separate but equal marriage.
UPDATE: And there's video!
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Well that's an interesting picture.
Is she being dragged off the plane for her letter or is this Air Force One "first class" treatment for preferred passengers???
should've dragged her by ankles only.
bat
sh_t
crazy
So the question remains:
Will the President take a stand for traditional marriage?
Aw, the United States, land of the free, home of the brave but you must have money, political standing and influence. Otherwise you are S.O.L., see?
A Catholic Priestess?
haha lots of hilarious news on the page today
Everyone knows Obama doesn't give a crap one way or another…
@ask ena: The only thing Obama is thinking about now is moving to the center and getting reelected in 2112.
Christ, she was never on Air Force One. Get your headline straight. Never-the-less… she was a whack job….
@Thom Freeheart: Yeah right, He can try to get re-elected, but if he continues to dis us, I'm hoping we won't stand behind him. If by the 2012 he hasn't acknowledged with with giving us what he promised us, and if he gets nominated again, I just won't vote. And I think we should all do the same.
I know this woman personally for many years and although I do not agree with some of her views, she has ALWAYS been very respectful, well-spoken, and patient beyond description. I can not imagine how such a confrontation could have escalated to the point that she needed to be man-handled in the way the photo shows. Knowing her as I do, I suspect some one at the secret service needs a lesson in discretion and interpersonal communication skills.
BTW she wasn't dragged off the plane, just the tarmac outside the plane.
Back in 1989 or so Condoleeza Rice was pushed to the ground by a secret service agent when she tried to push past security because they did not know who she was (at that time she was not part of the Bush 1 administration).
This igmoramus was clearly under the impression she had "clout" with the president and they acted appropriately. She HAD to have read and understand the rules of her being there. And that does appear to be an arab-like scarf around her neck as well.
I stand by them dragging her ass off. Presidential security is not to be taken lightly.
Speaking of carrying people away…
I met an elderly Polish lady in DC who told me this tale of when she met Condoleeza Rice at a reception around 2002. Condoleeza asked the Polish lady when she arrived in the US. The Polish lady said she arrived the same year that Martin Luther King was assassinated, and asked Rice what year that was. This Polish lady told me that Ms Rice couldn't say what year MLK was assassinated, became very embarrassed and flustered, and had the Polish lady ESCORTED OUT of the reception!
@InExile: He already did. In the campaign. Told us he thinks marriage should be between a man and a woman. But civil unions are, you know, okay if the states decide to allow them.
Is anyone else pissed off at that a black guy would say that separate but equal is fine for the gays?
Was she going to a funeral in that hideous black dress and Payless pumps, for, cough, cough, "traditional marriage," whatever that is in 2009 or mourning the fact that even though "straights" have the right, few are taking advantage of it anymore.
Throw her in jail for being a paid kook of some "church."
What's this "opposite marriage" that y'all and Carrie Prejean keep talking about? Is that like when you really hate someone, you "opposite marry" them and then you never have to see them again?
She actually looks like a scene out of the exorcist…how ironic.
Caption:
I just wants me some skrimps!!!
She looks like David Unger when the restaurant did not have dessert.
GODDAMN IT, QUEERTY, you fuckers are irresponsible. She was never on the airplane.
You idiots are so fact-challenged so often that it makes it hard to take anything you post seriously. And don't even start me talkin' on grammar, spelling and proper lexical usage.
I appreciate what you're trying to do in terms of providing items of interest, but whoever is responsible for editorial standards needs to develop some….QUICK. Ultimately, you are going to become the blog equivalent of Perez Hilton.
@Sam: I thought that was just the outcome of regular ol' marriage. Laypersons call it divorce, don't they? I heard somewhere that it's the inevitable outcome of all marriages. Or something.
why do they even allow these "nuts" to get on board in the first place
If you go over to Joe My God's blog he has posted exerpts from this woman's 'writings' and they are, without exeption, bone-chillingly hilarious. A self-proclaimed Catholic priestess, she claims that she has spoken with God and she is a superior to the Pope or any of the other existing religious figure…compares herself to Biblical saints.
People like this make our case for us. We don't need to do anything but hope that this story gets as much attention as possible. Would most Americans rather be in agreement with the multitude of sensible people who have spoken on our behalf (the current president not withstanding) or Crazy-Woman-On-Tarmac?
We need to keep this out there…
Well, this is depressing.
The headline is totallly misleading not to mention incorrect. She wasn't ON the plane. The content of the letter has zilch to do with the situation.
Naw, I can't imagine why why an agitated woman insisting on handing the President a letter – which surely could not have anthrax in it – would be removed from the scene. Why, it boggles the imagination!
Teh great gazoogle could be consulted to find out that the woman in question is an extreme whacko. She's beyond Time Cube bizarre.
What's most depressing though, is the "waaah! We didn't get our magic pony on Jan. 21!" whining.
I too, am disappointed in some of Obama's actions. But jeebus fookin keeristy, we elected a President, not a god or dictator. Unlike the previous appointed dictator. Take a deep breath everybody – politics is the art of the possible. Obama doesn't have a magic wand, he can't just do whatever the hell you want or even what he wants. Its complicated and we need to help him do what we all know he wants to do. Hang in there, be supportive – even if you don't get what you want immediately – and keep your eyes on the prize.
Woman gets the luxury of being carried by two hunks relieving her of the inconvenience of having to use her feet after she implores the president to oppose gay marriage. Obviously this means NOBAMA hates the gays!!!!!
thanks, PeeJ
i agree.
He's been in office since 1/20/09 and I'm hoping he will continue to stay in office for quite a while longer.
His leadership will ultimately help us and a whole lot more than us.
Let's support him.
We will all benefit.
Remember who and what he is replacing— and the mess they've made.
Stop whining.
After a few minutes steaming, I'm getting even more depressed and pissed off about this.
The whole incorrect notion that the alleged letter's opposition to teh ghey had anything whatsoever to do with why the whacko lady was carted off only reinforces the dishonesty in media and discourse.
Please, please, please, stop enabling that bullshit. You're doing their work for them.
also, thx, RASA. Nice to see that *someone* gets it.
Growing up going to a Roman Catholic church and school, I have never once heard of or have seen a Roman Catholic priestess.
BTW…
Dear Queerty,
Is there any way that you can correct your headline "Reporter Dragged Off Air Force One…"?
(since that is absolutely not what happened)
thanks
I thought Brenda Lee was that ageless little singer who did "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree". This one has a one-hit wonder: "Carrying My Ass Off The Tarmac"
research a story just a little more, your a hack reporter.
@MTiffany:He already did. In the campaign. Told us he thinks marriage should be between a man and a woman. But civil unions are, you know, okay if the states decide to allow them.
Is anyone else pissed off at that a black guy would say that separate but equal is fine for the gays?
He has his equal rights, so what does he care!
It is kind of like "former" illegal immigrants pushing to not allow illegal immigrants to have a driver's license.
Separate but not equal is fine for some when they have all the rights they need.
@Steve Bonfiglio:
Has she always been nuts?
So let me get this right. A "Catholic Priestess" doesn't want to break from tradition? Sounds more like cafeteria Catholicism to me.
RE Update: I don't think you verified this vid, in fact I"m sure of it. The audio in no way matches the actual video…at all.
if this bitch wants to keep marriage "traditional" then she needs to look at herself. A woman catholic "priest" come one……..she's one to talk……just saw her on local Atlanta news dressed in her "priestess" outfit, collar intact.
I just hope they revoked her press pass
she was worried someone would look up HER skirt…wow she IS crazy
You know what I heard? The whole time Brenda Lee was being carried off by the Secret Service, she was screaming…
DON'T TAZE ME, BRO! DON'T TAZE ME!!!
This gay novel has pretty extreme views about religion and being gay all done in a sci-fi style sory, the writer was even almost killed when this book was first published. After being banned in his own country it is now available.
check the plot – As predicted by Isaac Newton the second coming happened and as the world waited to see what was about to happen an appointed man was sent to meet God, hours later God had vanished and the man came out immortal; no apocalypse, no destruction and no salvation. This gave birth to a chain of holy wars that almost chattered Earth's civilizations and so giving birth to a mass colonization of planets to ensure peace by separation. Thousands of years later all was at peace by until Endings were born; humans connected to their planets in such a way that they are capable of destroying them should they wish it. Now Earth's Ending has been born and the day to pass judgment draws near.
it can be found here
http://www.lulu.com/content/pa.....d-/7182389
Apart from that it is very hard to find
C'mon fellow Queerty wingnuts…we all know that wasn't any "Brenda Lee"…that was Michelle Obama herself, trying to get a VERY IMPORTANT note to her husband, to remind him that marraige (sic) is IN DANGER, and he needs to do something about it…sometimes Barack forgets, and he goes almost a whole day without hating "the gays", so Michelle has to remind him. Every wingnut KNOWS it's the truth.
between the misleading headline and the hilariously incorrect video, i'm not sure what to say about the story. i'm too distracted by the sloppy blog post