Ananova reports that a paying, black tie heckler thrown out of Clinton dinner in Brisbane.

“Seven minutes into Mr Clinton’s speech, the man began objecting to his comments on the war against terrorism and said that the United States had been beaten in the Vietnam war.”

‘Hang on, North Vietnam beat you. They shot you down,’ the man shouted. Unfazed, the former US President pointed out that North Vietnam had the fifth-biggest Army in the world.

‘The Viet Cong were the terrorists,’ he said. As the heckling continued and other guests told the man to sit down and be quiet, Mr Clinton invited him to address the dinner in his place.

‘I’d be happy for you to give this speech. I’ve been talking every night. I’m tired,’ he said. Mr Clinton is on a speaking tour of Australia.

Nice to see that it’s not just the American Left who can’t seem to get beyond ‘Nam…

To his credit, Clinton urged security guards to allow the opinionated Aussie to stay. “But as the interruptions continued, guards moved in and carried the man out.”

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