Hello.
I believe that Charles Kane was the environmental activist who heckled
President George H.W. Bush at a press conference and was subsequently
allowed to ask a question.
Here is an excerpt from the transcript of President Bush's news
conference July 8, 1992:
" Q. [Inaudible] -- us your voice in the U.S.
The President. I'm trying to give you my voice right now, and if you'd
be quiet maybe you could hear it.
Q. But you're not giving it to us. We tried.
The President. Well, would you please sit down. We're in the middle of
a press conference here.
Q. You're not giving us your voice there.
The President. Well, what's your question, sir?
Q. I'm under 25, and I want to know -- --
The President. Well, I can tell that. [Laughter] Now, what's your question?
Q. I want to know why Siemens gets more credit than the homeless in
the United States?
The President. We'll get back to you on that. Now, if you'd please
sit down, or I'll have to ask -- because it's not fair to everybody
else for you to be making a little political statement here. Who are
you and who are you accredited to?
Q. My name is Charles Kane. I'm from the United States. I work with a
magazine in The Netherlands. It's a youth magazine, and we want to
know why we're not taken seriously. We're an environmental group.
The President. Well, maybe you're rude. People don't take rude people
seriously. And if you interrupt a press conference like this, I'm sure
that people would say that's why we don't take you seriously. Sit
down, and I will take a question from you when we get in the
question-and-answer period. Right now I would like to continue my
statement, with your permission."
source: George Bush Presidential Library, Press Conference, 7/8/92
http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/papers/1992/92070800.html
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