Key West Man Upset Over Presidential Election Kills Himself, Writes "F*#* Obama" On His Will

[The Straight Story]

Key West Man Upset Over Presidential Election Kills Himself, Writes "F*#* Obama" On His Will


A tanning salon owner in Key West who increasingly blamed his personal struggles on President Obama warned his partner that "I'm not going to be around long" if the president won reelection last week.

Two days after the president's victory over Mitt Romney, Keys police found Henry Hamilton dead of a drug overdose, the words "Fuck Obama" scrawled on his will.

Hamilton, who was 64 years old, had increasingly struggled with his mental health and his tanning business, Tropical Tan, reports the Key West Citizen this morning.

&quot He) was very upset about the election results," his partner, Michael Cossey, told police.

Cossey returned home to an apartment he shared with Hamilton late on November 8 and fell asleep; soon afterward, a police officer stopped by after a friend of Hamilton's asked to check in on him.

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2012/11/key_west_man_upset_over_presid.php

[We are Devo]

1. On his will?

Or wall?

[struggle4progress]

2. That's really sad

[JaneyVee]

3. It's happening.

[barnabas63]

16. What's happening?? nt

[Cali_Democrat]

41. It

[HockeyMom]

4. Maybe" Obama" was going to destroy his business

A Tanning Salon in KEY WEST?????????

[Cal Carpenter]

6. I had the same thought

Seems counter-intuitive, but then again, I don't really understand tanning culture.

[splat]

10. Maybe it's for tourists

who don't want to show up on the beach in Key West lily white.

Or is it for people afraid of the actual sun who want that bronzed look anyway?

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Tanning booths give you all over tan in 20 minutes

as opposed to lying out in heat and humidty and insects and crowds to get a tan.

The insanity of broiling one's skin via either method is another issue.

[coalition_unwilling]

28. He spun it off his Taking Coal to Newcastle business - n/t

[Firebirds01]

43. I believe the ACA or similar bill

put a tax on tanning bed usage. Am I right about this?

[Kolesar]

54. Obamacare's 'tanning tax' is here to stay

http://money.cnn.com/2012/06/28/pf/taxes/tanning-tax/index.htm

[Polldancer2012]

84. Just to correct the record...

Nowadays tanning salons do a LOT of spray tan service. And it's more pleasant to lay in a tanning bed for 20 min than to deal with heat, sand, bugs and gawking people.

[HockeyMom]

93. There are dozens of them at CVS

lot cheaper and safer than any tanning salon. Besides, the blasted Florida sun is so HOT (I live here and RUN from the sun) you can get a tan just from running from you car to a store, and even driving INSIDE you car, if you don't have tinted glass.

I've seen far too many 40 and 50 year old Florida women who look like thousand year old Mummy's from all that sun. I mean that quite litterally. It is pathetic and very, very sad. Yet, they think they are BEAUTIFUL. I had one young enough to be my daughter look at me (60s) in shock when I told her how old I was. I AVOID the SUN, Lady.

[LeftyMom]

92. The ice cubes to Inuits venture fell through.

[Indianademocrat91]

5. Jesus Christ

That is terribly sad. And to tell your partner that you are going to do it because of an election? No thought of how it will affect them and their life. People like this are selfish assholes.

[WeekendWarrior]

18. Which explains why he was a Romney supporter. nt.

[librechik]

21. +1

and welcome to DU, Indianademocrat91

[datasuspect]

7. he should have hung in there for some obamacare

derp

[scheming daemons]

8. RW entertainment complex is to blame

[oswaldactedalone]

13. This is definitely

a contributing factor to the failing mental health of these mentally feeble people. Next, the RW entertainment complex will blame Obama for his death.

[2pooped2pop]

22. exactly

the right wingers are correct in their anger. The problem is that they have been fed the lie that Obama and the democrats are going to do pretty much exactly what the republicans were actually going to do. Destroy this country.

I know most were eager to believe all the fox noise anyway, but they have been fed totally non truths to the point of being ready to chew off their foot to escape Obamacare.

Ist amendment rights or no, Fox and Limpballs and the like are stirring up violence and feelings of doom and desperation in the gullible, and it needs to stop. It needs to start with Fox being barred from being called a news source. They are a lunatic, America hating, violence loving, cult. Truth in the media needs to be upheld.

[get the red out]

51. Thank you

Alternate reality leaves people desperate.

[stuntcat]

56. exactly

this is on them, 100%

[moondust]

85. Yup.

[gollygee]

87. I agree 100%

They push on their viewers this idea that their world will collapse if they lose an election. Then they lose an election and people think their world will collapse. Propoganda works.

[slackmaster]

11. What's his screen name?

But seriously, mental illnesses like depression, and suicide, are tragic.

[limousineliberal]

12. lol.

[LeftishBrit]

15. Sad. Sounds as though he must have been mentally ill.

[Glamrock]

17. Aaaannnnd

Darwin strikes again!

[still_one]

19. ACA could have helped him

[Efilroft Sul]

20. Owning a tanning salon where the sun always shines? Bad business decision.

But killing himself over the election? Tragic. I feel horrible for him, his friends, and family.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

31. The sun only shines half the time there.

The other half is called "night".

Hopefully the shop was open late.

Anyway, I doubt if an election was the real cause, RIP.

[Shadowflash]

23. Hmm.

I can't imagine a tanning salon in Key West could do really good business due to all the free sunshine year around, but what do I know.

Just seems odd.

[txdemsftw]

24. That is awful..

Wow.

[Tonkinlievet]

25. Having lived in Key West for a couple of years...>>

Back in the '90's, this poor fool was one of the saner residents there, compared to the ones I ran into !!!
There are some real "whackjobs" hanging out down on Duval St.!!!

[Aerows]

46. I've been to Key West

Doing the Duval crawl is an interesting experience.

[liberalmuse]

26. What a waste.

This man obviously could have used some mental healthcare.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

27. Darwin, FTW! eom

[Hosnon]

29. Soooo... was he gay or not?

The use of "partner" seems to imply it, but it could be his business partner.

[snooper2]

30. why does it matter?

More curious is he wasn't very creative it seems. Drug overdose isn't very spectacular. If he wanted attention maybe do something in public with F*&k Obama painted across the chest?

[Hosnon]

65. Curious because he was a big Romney supporter.

The percentage of LGBT votes that went for Romney is particularly interesting this election cycle.

[Aerows]

47. He probably was

Key West has a LOT of gay residents, but I'm not sure why that is important?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

60. Because why would a man want a party to win....

....that is repulsed by his sexuality?

[Hosnon]

67. Because of the amount of voting against their own self-interest that we saw this election.

Among LGBTs...

I get that sexuality is but one part of a person's identity but you'd think it would have been a dominant issue (if not a completely dominant one) this election, due to the stark contrast between the candidates and the importance of the issue.

[AgingAmerican]

32. He believed the Limbaugh talking points

Now he is dead because of it.

[stuntcat]

55. +1

The "conservative" blowhard loudmouths are grabbing hold of the weakest minds and driving them crazy. This is what it comes to, violence.. against themselves and probably soon against their fellow citizens.

[Vox Moi]

33. The consequences of mad-dog politics

At the very least, the 'birther' and 'Muslim' and secret socialist propaganda helped make Obama's election the tipping point for a man who needed help.
All this secessionism, the anguish and despair we see in the red-state of mindset in America is based largely on lies and distortions about Obama and his policies. The 'death panels' and the 'apology tour' and 'terrorist' are not just a matter of give and take under the rubric of 'all is fair in politics'. It is an irresponsible instigation of fear and ignorance that has real consequences.
No, you cannot say that the right wing killed him but they did give a desperate man one more nightmare to escape.

Note to Republicans: you might be jaded and you might say that it is all politics as usual but some people actually believe what you say and we all are a lot worse off for it.

[RagAss]

34. A tanning business in Key West?. What did he do, set up lounge chairs in the sand?

[Laxman]

35. A Modern Day Edwin Ruffin!

Wrapped himself in the Confederate Flag and shot himself after the Civil War

And now with my latest writing and utterance, and with what will [be] near to my latest breath, I here repeat, & would willingly proclaim, my unmitigated hatred to Yankee rule—to all political, social and business connections with Yankees, & to the perfidious, malignant, & vile Yankee race.

[John2]

40. This

is what I was thinking when I heard this. People may think this is cold but I have no sympathy. Life goes on. I also wonder what his religion was to take his own life? My life does not depend on who is elected President. Edwin Ruffin is a good example.

[truebrit71]

36. Isn't running a tanning salon in the Keys akin to running an A/C business in Greenland?

Just sayin'...

[DonRedwood]

64. It gets hot there in July!!!

When it hits 50 at our Greenland house we are roasting. Gotta turn on the AC!

[oldbanjo]

37. Maybe the safety of tanning is the issue.

[RebelOne]

48. Tanning beds are no safer than lying out in the sun.

There is still the danger of ultraviolet rays, which cause skin cancer.

http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/consumerupdates/ucm186687.htm

[KamaAina]

38. "I, Joe Blow, being of sound mind..."

Or not.

[HuckleB]

39. Conservative Propaganda has really messed with too many people.

[stuntcat]

53. +1

.

[hrmjustin]

42. Must have been upset.

[TwilightGardener]

44. Oh well.

[seabeyond]

50. i think that is a horrible thing to say. and only reading two replies on this thread

i think i will back out and not participate. it shows, we can be as ugly.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

61. It's funny how you always seem to find the few replies that upset you....

....and ignore everything else....

[seabeyond]

66. not funny, nor surprising that you would jump on this. my post is right below. not hard to figure

that this post and the post right above, would be my first glance on the replies. not that i wasnt honest that i didnt read the thread, and that i did only see two replies.

so no, it is not funny, nor is it surprising that you would be dismissive and negative to my post, cause why think it thru when you prefer the ever so easy and lazy jab.

reading the one ugly thread above my reply once my post went into the thread, was enough for me.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

68. There are a dozen other posts feeling sad for this individual

You would have to scroll down to end up cherrypicking the one you're complaining about.

The fact you don't get the context/usage of "funny" in this case....oh well, that's you.

[seabeyond]

69. you would be wrong again proud. double down on the lazy. i will explain to you .... again.

i read the OP. i posted my reply on the OP. when my post goes thru, it takes me to the bottom of the line in the thread. no scrolling happening. all i saw was the post right above me and the post right above that.

this is the second time i have explained it. you went for the lazy accusation first. you basically called me a liar in your second post.

and you ignored that i honestly put out that i had NOT seen the whole thread of replies, only these two posts. and had no interest in looking at the thread.

good job, proud, being so consistent. anyway

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

70. Are you going to apologize to the many others above you?

Some who directly echoed your sentiments? I've certainly given you enough chances to view the majority in this thread and take back your dismissal of how ugly we here always are.

[seabeyond]

76. no. i have nothing to apologize for. i made clear i am only speaking of the 2 posts i read. are YOU

going to apologize to me for misreading my posts, making false allegations and calling me a liar?

nah, lol. i dont expect it. how silly is that question.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

78. Now you're just making stuff up

Saying you're a cherrypicker is not calling you a liar. It's a natural tendency and you don't even recognize it anymore.

I suppose this is what to expect from someone who "inherently oppose(s)" what goes on here. which begs the next, rather logical question that I don't think I need to pose.

[seabeyond]

80. again, no. it is pretty well laid out in this subthread. and another example of what i am talking

about,

the question was answered that you do not think you need to pose, and you ignored the answer to "not pose" the "logical question".

are we done here?

[BlueMan Votes]

75. okay- you've definitely crossed into the realm of continued participation...

despite your statement that you wouldn't.

tsk, tsk...

[BlueMan Votes]

71. hey- what happened to 'not participating'...?

[seabeyond]

77. i do not like when people fabricate shit. i always challenge the shit. nt

[BlueMan Votes]

73. you're definitely entitled to your own opinion.

and it's definitely your prerogative to not participate.

[seabeyond]

49. i was telling hubby last night. repugs are taking this oddly and incredibly harshly, this loss.

i am to the point, of it is really sad.

all the lying by fox and mouth radio. insisting on a win. all the evil obama is gonna do second term

the rw talking machine is guilty. they created this. totally wrong and shameful adn disgusting.

[stuntcat]

57. "rw talking machine is guilty. they created this."

precisely. They really consider themselves entertainers, after all they are in the business for profit. FOX has the right to tell lies as "news", and this is what it leads to.

[txdemsftw]

52. He might have blamed Obama

for his failing business because of the tanning tax. We had a bunch of tanning salons around here up in arms whenever it was first brought into play because they screamed it was going to cost them customers.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/24/news/economy/tanning_tax/

I'm all for it. I compare it to the cigarette/alcohol tax.

[Ganja Ninja]

58. He must have realized that all this secession talk was crazy and going no where.

[Initech]

59. Being addicted to the conservative propaganda machine has warped many a mind.

Expect to see more of this between now and inauguration day.

[Taverner]

62. Why...would you need...a tanning booth...in Key West????

Isn't that a bit like selling snow in Alaska?

[DearAbby]

63. Gonna really miss him.....n/t

[cliffordu]

72. Buh Bye!!!

Fucking morons.

[joeunderdog]

74. Fox has his blood on it's grimey hands.

Sick.

[stuntcat]

90. Yes.

+1

[Mr Dixon]

79. SMH

Hateful to the End?

[Cleita]

81. So is the Tea Party now the Kool-Aid Party instead?

Seems like it if the delusion they peddle is causing mentally unstable people to off themselves.

[dsc]

82. For all those saying what a selfish man he was

He apparently gave large sums of money to AIDS charities and was suffering depression. He was on some heavy duty meds (he ODed on them) including Seroquil. This is a very sad story about a very depressed man.

[LeftishBrit]

88. That's a horrible thing to say

This man was not a criminal or a tyrant; he was a mentally ill man who just had different political views than we do.

We should all be on the same side against disease and death, including mental illness and suicide.

[Nye Bevan]

86. DUers yukking it up over a disturbed, mentally ill individual committing suicide.

Ugly thread.

[stuntcat]

91. +1

yes

[PD Turk]

89. Incredibly sad

It's very sad to see somebody lose hope over something like an election, may he RIP

This has the RW propaganda machine's fingerprints all over it.....

[Bake]

94. Paging Karl Rove ... Paging Karl Rove ... you're next.

This is sad. It would be less so if it were Rove or one of his minions ...

Bake