A group called the Chicago Tea Party Patriots publicly heckled a grieving family and suggested that the couple fabricated their tragic story.
At a town hall held by Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) on Nov. 14, Dan and Midge Hough spoke about how they believed the death of their daughter-in-law and her unborn child were caused, in part, by a lack of health insurance. Twenty-four-year old Jennifer was uninsured. According to her in-laws, she was not receiving regular prenatal care and was not properly treated when she got sick. She ended up in an emergency room with double pneumonia that developed into septic shock, had a heart attack, a brain bleed and a stroke. The baby died and Jennifer died a few weeks later.
Midge Hough was heckled by anti-reform crowd members. "You can laugh at me, that's okay," she said, crying. "But I lost two people, and I know you think that's funny, that's okay."
(quoted from Huff-Po)
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NordlichReiterI try to be a true libertarian. But being associated with these people in the stereo typical group pisses me off.
I am now a Misanthropic Nihilistic Hedonistic Atheist.
True patriots do not let the group think persuade them, and more often than not are not part of a group.
UnaccommodatedTea Baggers? More like D-Baggers!
UsesProzacThat's so terribly, terribly sad..
gwiz665>> ^NordlichReiter:
I try to be a true libertarian. But being associated with these people in the stereo typical group pisses me off.
I am now a Misanthropic Nihilistic Hedonistic Atheist.
True patriots do not let the group think persuade them, and more often than not are not part of a group.
Welcome to the club, newbie. Get rid of that "patriot" sign, and you might even rise in the ranks.
gwiz665I love the jackass in the beginning shouting U S A, U S A... *sigh*
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dystopianfuturetodayI can't imagine what I would do to people who treated me like that while I was grieving. I'd probably have ripped that douchebag's face off. We need to find that fuckers name and post it.
GoodAttorneysays...All sympathy aside, I think they heckled her because of her hair.
potchi79Death panels for tea baggers.
gtjwkqsays...The Tea Party movement is trying to do the right thing and has its heart in the right place, too bad it's being done by Americans: People who aren't capable of revolting intelligently anymore after years of being dumbed down by public education.
canyonroadWhat I don't understand about (some of) the Videosift crowd, is that if they hate the US so much why don't they just leave? Personally I'm French living in the UK, why don't you come over here, seriously, come live in our glorious paradise where you have to wait 6 months and sometimes even a year for basic treatment, like this guy, 10 month for a broken arm : http://blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber/archives/1162
Come, please, come over here and get treated in cesspits of infection: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=69742&in_page_id=34. By all means.
You just don't realize how good you have it. Anyway, rant over, I'm going back to my glorious socialist heaven where pisspoor public transportation cost me 120 quid a month and everything is twice as expensive as the 'oppressive' US.
Clumsysays...>> ^gtjwkq:
The Tea Party movement is trying to do the right thing and has its heart in the right place, too bad it's being done by Americans: People who aren't capable of revolting intelligently anymore after years of being dumbed down by public education.
It's perfectly fine to protest something, but it's the attitude and the way they go about it that is completely unacceptable. I think it's rather shameful to point back to an education system as the reason someone can't protest accordingly. Protests are managed groups, organized, prepped and really built on the success of the organizers who can bring people together for an agreed cause and deliver on their message. Saying it's about public schools is just another political bullet point to throw out and rile up the other side, it's not in any way real or in any way about the group, but gosh it'll sure make those other guys angry ...
PaybackTHOSE HOUGHS ARE JUST A COUPLE OF BIG FAT PHONYS!
MrConradsThe right wing hate machine has been systematically dehumanizing anyone who dares to disagree with them on virtually any issue for years now and this is the disgusting result. Truly sad.
jwrayFox news fans are retards.
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