Roy Blunt Booed, Called 'Devil'

Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) raised eyebrows Monday evening when he was unceremoniously booed during an appearance at the Kennedy Center's D.C. CAP-ital Stars Gala.

Blunt, the author of a controversial amendment that would have allowed employers to refuse to pay for birth control coverage and other health services, was appearing at the Kennedy Center to receive an honor for his service to education. Then a member of the audience lashed out, according to a report from The Washington Examiner:

While Blunt was being introduced, an audience member shouted, "Blunt is the devil." A tense moment passed without comment before the ceremony continued. As Blunt took the stage, the heckler loudly booed.

Blunt drew headlines last week when the Senate voted 51 to 48 to kill his amendment, which would have nullified a provision in President Barack Obama's new contraception rule enabling employers to opt out of covering any health care services on "moral grounds."

Blunt, who has suggested requiring employers to cover health services they oppose constitutes an attack on religious freedom, did not acknowledge the boos.

Comments

[SouthernJewel]

11:25 AM on 03/10/2012

Florida Senator Marco Rubio FL co-authored the bill.
He deserves the same.

[nonethewyzzer]

04:16 PM on 03/09/2012

Well, I don't believe in the devil, but I do agree that Blunt deserves a good, hearty BOOOOO'ing!

[Loyal Hoosier]

03:00 PM on 03/09/2012

Better yet, why don't we just let Obama decide who can a have a child and who cannot. Sounds like Communism to me. Does anyone on this website believe in less government involvement/influence in our lives? Surely you all are not all trying to get something for nothing. Surely not everyone believes the politician who promises constantly to give them more of what they want or would like, at no cost. Or,
believes that only the rich people will have to pay for what we all want.

[mercurial2]

11:24 AM on 03/10/2012

Most of us believe that government shouldn't tell us we need to have a vaginal ultrasound if we need an abortion. We believe rich people should pay proportionately their fair share of taxes. I have a fair share of capital gains and find it odd that my salary is taxed so much higher than most of my earnings. You may want to really research some of your "facts" and try to keep an open mind.

[LittleOldLadyWho]

02:56 PM on 03/09/2012

When you take the dialog down to the lowest common denominator as the myopic GOPtp does, what do you expect, flowers and ponies??

[Loyal Hoosier]

03:30 PM on 03/09/2012

Lowest common denominator????? If your baisc idea/premise is faulty how can you expect to elevate the dialog and expect it to be respected or make any sense?

[LittleOldLadyWho]

03:40 PM on 03/09/2012

HUH!!

I rest my case!

[REMEMBER2050]

02:35 PM on 03/09/2012

It appears many Republicans are still confused by why they should pay for someone else's birth control.

Get out a piece of paper and draw a diagram: on one side, nine packets of birth control pills. On the other, a mother, a fetus, and a big building with people hanging out windows. Stick figures are fine. This will represent nine months of pre-natal care and what you had better damn well hope is a routine hospital delivery, because if there are complications that cost is going to skyrocket.

Now make a wild guess--which side of your diagram is cheaper???????????????

Now, all of you with insurance are part of a group. Every year, your insurer will look at the claims experience for your ENTIRE GROUP--NOT just at what you did. The entire group's medical bills for the year are its "claims experience." To set YOUR premium for the next year, your insurer will use all of those dollars--every penny spent on everyone else's treatments. Are you getting this? Because a bunch of women in your group having babies are going to cost YOU--DIRECTLY--a hell of a lot more than their birth control would have.

Step back for a second and look at the bigger picture. You have been LIED to about how paying for someone else's birth control will cost you more. The truth is EXACTLY the opposite.

Please apply this to everything else the GOP has ever told you, and re-evaluate accordingly.

[Loyal Hoosier]

02:41 PM on 03/09/2012

People with their hand out to the taxpayer waiting for taxpayers to pay for their BC are sick. Pay for your own.

[REMEMBER2050]

02:46 PM on 03/09/2012

Please reread my post. I believe you are having a reading comprehension problem here. Of course, that's just my humble opinion.

[efell]

02:48 PM on 03/09/2012

Sick? A little overstated, wouldn't you say?

[REMEMBER2050]

02:48 PM on 03/09/2012

If it's of interest to anyone, I ran some numbers for a self-funded plan for a few years and I believe I can make an interesting comment on exactly what can happen to insurance costs when a big complication arises. You can find it here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/REMEMBER2050/birth-control-debate-new-hampshire-contraception_n_1327382_139886500.html

Also, if you click the button upper right of the post to expand the link, above my post another blogger has referenced a really interesting study.

I hope this is helpful!

[Loyal Hoosier]

07:29 AM on 03/10/2012

Humble??? Ha. I think you still misunderstand a very basic point. The objections for paying for your BC is on principle, not just cost. Pay for your own! Seems like a pretty simple point but some people just want someone else to pay their way in life. Like children they have a tantrum and make personal attacks when anyone tries to deny them their freebies and suggest they stand on their own 2 feet. Typical Lib Democrat approach. Think about it, if you can.

[REMEMBER2050]

02:20 PM on 03/09/2012

I'm disgusted the entire audience wasn't booing.

[bokhattak]

11:33 AM on 03/09/2012

Can we nominate people to be honored at the Kennedy Center? If so, I would like to find the identity of that heckler and nominate him or her for the contributions to heckling. This individual is a great patriot and a true American.

[Whatdoyou thinkof this]

09:55 AM on 03/08/2012

There is one thing that people are missing in the birth control conversation - the government is paying for the babies of the millions that refused to use birth control. If the government has taken over the financial responsibility of millions of sperm donors and sperm receptacles, then they have the responsibility to mandate birth control until one is able to responsibly raise a child.

Idiots.

[barnybilt]

09:58 PM on 03/07/2012

LETS BE BLUNT. The guy is a retard.

[Ender Wiggin]

07:48 PM on 03/07/2012

well done anonymous heckler.

[gagafan]

06:26 PM on 03/07/2012

I'm feeling pretty good right now. I mean, the war in Aphganistan is over. Organized crime is a thing of the past. The drug dealers that once plagued our city streets are gone - most are now preaching to our youth about their past misdeeds, all Americans have health insurance, poverty has been eradicated, jobs are abundant and all the GOP has to worry about now is birth control for women. Whew! I was getting worried for a while...

[ConDsenXieN]

07:25 AM on 03/08/2012

Why are you spelling "what" like a five year old.

[usrnmna]

07:09 AM on 03/09/2012

I'm pretty sure the little monster was just being sarcastic and facetious. You know, irony.

[tabaqui]

04:45 PM on 03/07/2012

HA! Blunt is a blight on the landscape of Missouri. We need to *vote him out*. Him and all his ilk.

[gloriaswanson43]

03:51 PM on 03/07/2012

Why would "boo's" raise eyebrows" for this ...person? He's lucky he didn't get worse.

[hearken]

03:07 PM on 03/07/2012

Do you think Blunt is getting the message or is it drowned out by the ka-ching, ka-ching of corporate money still deafening him to the plight of 295 million American workers.

[Eris23Skidoo]

02:58 PM on 03/07/2012

I wanna join the chorus of boos. "Boooooo!"