Weirdest heckler award: Professor dressed as robot demands Bill Clinton apologize for Sister Souljah remarks
A University of Iowa professor dressed as a robot interrupted Bill Clinton at a campaign stop here late Monday, screaming for an apology before security escorted him from the building.
The professor, Kembrew McLeod, stood on a chair and screamed several statements, including: “Robots of the world want you to apologize.”
The audience erupted into loud boos.
McLeod, before security officers could reach him, tossed hundreds of cards into the audience of about 400 people in protest of statements the former president made in 1992 of Sister Souljah, a member of the musical group Public Enemy.
“I like to talk in a way that, you know, will draw attention to these serious issues,” McLeod said after the event. “And maybe the way that I draw attention to them is an absurd way but it was the only way that I could draw attention to the particular issue of Sister Souljah, which is an issue that’s been swept under the carpet.”
The cards included an Internet address for a group that calls itself “Mad Robots In Favor of Bill Clinton Apologizing.”
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A man dressed in a silver metallic suit, a matching helmet and dark glasses heckled Bill Clinton Monday at his last campaign stop.
About seven minutes into the former president’s fourth speech of the day, the man stood on a chair on the press riser and shouted that robots wanted Clinton to say he was sorry for statements he made 15 years ago.
“Bill Clinton, I want you to apologize to Sister Souljah. Robots of the world want you to apologize to Sister Souljah. We want you to apologize,” the man said as one observer gasped “Oh my God.”
A volunteer demanded to know who had let him in and the audience heckled the heckler with boos and screams of “Get out of here!” He then threw dozens of orange, green, hot pink and yellow cards into the air. A woman yanked what appeared to be a microphone out of the man’s hands, and he was escorted out of the room without further incident.
His site is here. He calls himself “MR. IFOBCA* (a.k.a. Mad Robots In Favor Of Bill Clinton Apologizing)” and he wants you to know that MR. IFOBCA “IS NOT RELATED TO, OR ENDORSED BY, MR. ROBOTO.”
Here’s a sample of the classes he teaches.
The ivory tower must be so proud.
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Another planted question!
You know, it’s a rare moment when I feel any sympathy for the Clintons.
And this is one of those moments.
I guess he couldn’t get awsome-o to go with him.
What a nut!
“…sympathy for the Clintons”?
Over this silly stunt? Sympathy is for suffering and loss….Clinton lost nothing over this idiot. I bet Bill invited him there and took him to lunch afterward; heck, maybe even introduced him to one of girlfriends!
it is time to clean up at the universities. get rid of tenure. it is time to go through and request a sanity check on these profs..
oh my word…
Another member of the tin-foil hat brigade reveals himself to the public.
From his bio page:
“…put the “ass” back in associate professor …”
Um…mission accomplished.
How deep is the derangement of these loons?
He is complaining about an incident that happened in 1992 by candidate Clinton…
and yet he still manages to get a gratuitous shot in at… wait for it…
KARL ROVE
in the first sentence of his ridiculous screed.
Tenure indeed.
From the awards section of his CV:
Looks like we’re dealing with a real intellectual heavyweight here.
Hey, I dressed up like a robot and I’m a college professor!
Of course, it was a Halloween costume. And I didn’t accost Bill Clinton in it.
No pics? bummer
Apparently the faculty lounge at the U of Iowa has a 24/7 open bar.
P = Piled
h = Higher
and
D = Deeper
I would really like to know how much the University is paying this LOON.
Tenure MUST go!
The audience probably confused him with Algore.
Weirdness is codified every day in faculty departments of every state-funded institution of higher indoctrination.
Is there collegiate level home schooling?
I shudder to think that my kid might be learning from idiots like this guy, Ward Churchill and others in a few years….
Is there anyway we can see what he looks like? I was clicking on the links in the story but couldn’t find a photo, you would think someone who went to this effort to promote himself, would have a bio page, and his roboto costume front and center. I love America, in other less developed countries, Natural Selection weeds out the Robots.
Um…this guy likes to pull pranks and get attention. I don’t question his sanity at all. Hell, I would take his job in a minute if I could get paid to goof off and play around all day.
Where were Joel and Tom Servo?
My guess is they have access to a fully stocked Pharmacy loaded with hallucinogens. What a whacko!
Hell, Clinton and his ilk have only reaped what they’ve sown. The Democratic Party is rife with lunatics, so why should a Clinton campaign stop be any different?
Truly, the inmates are running the asylum.
That said, I wish Clinton would apologize everything he said and did for his whole administration.
He apparently has a history of this.
I wish more people would interrupt Bill Clinton. The pompous windbag deserves all the pranks he gets.
I would love to see a video of this
A new series for the Discovery Channel:
WHEN THE LEFT ATTACKS!
NOW vs Peta
Code Pink vs Nancy Pelosi
MoveOn vs the Democratic Party that they purchased
Mr Robot vs Slick Willie
Writer’s strike? Who cares? Could they ever make up stories like this?
If I was this loon, my defense would be that Hillary’s laugh is akin to a robotic aphrodisiac, and that just one screeching cackle is capable of attracting robots in heat from all surrounding counties.
Either that, or I would claim that it isn’t my fault, AlGore invented me.
I can’t wait to see this as a segment of his “This is your Life”…
What’s next for him? Bet he runs for congress.
Yes, jrl, there is university-level homeschool. It’s still not as common as the elementary/highschool variety, but many people are using extension courses and Internet learning to lower the costs of a university education.
On the other hand, many home-schooled graduates are fully capable of putting bozos like this in their place when they attend a university. A sound education and experience talking to adults comes in handy when confronting self-important, self-declared authoritarian loons.
I had friends simlar to this when I was younger, they would live off of what they called “soft money” Government Grants at University Level. This guy choose Bill Clinton, as his target for an apology….Thank You Very Much, Mr Roboto, Domo Arigato, Mr Roboto. GRIN