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In reply to the discussion: Ron Paul's campaign manager died of pneumonia, penniless & uninsured. [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)34. Yes the inner humanity of the baggers really shone through, huh? Same as they did this guy:
Tea Partiers Mock And Scorn Apparent Parkinson's Victim
Uploaded on Mar 17, 2010
COLUMBUS - In a scene reminiscent of non-violent civil rights confrontations from the 1960s, Ohio Tea Partiers quickly turned ugly when facing off with health care advocates in front of Ohio Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy's office Tuesday.
In shocking video taken by a Columbus Dispatch reporter Doral Chenowith yesterday, Tea Party protestors mock a seated counter-protestor with a sign indicating he has Parkinson's disease. They then proceed to hurl wadded up bills at him shouting, "I'll decide when to give you money!"
On March 17th outside of Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy's (D-OH15) district office teabaggers mocked and scorned a man who had a sign stating that he had Parkinson's. They told him "he's in the wrong end of town to ask for handouts", called him a communist and threw dollar bills at him to "pay for his health care".
To see more of the man they were abusing and his story, enter this search term at youtube. The video is in two parts:
Targeted by the Tea Party: Parkinson's Hero Speaks
Bob, the man with Parkinson's who was targeted by the Tea Partiers, sat down with ProgressOhio for an interview. He is 60 years old and was first diagnosed with Parkinsons 15 years ago. He has two masters degrees and a Ph.D. from Cornell. He taught at the University of Michigan and worked as a nuclear engineer.
Bob was able to have a $150,000 surgery that greatly increased his quality of life, thanks to Medicare and the Cleveland Clinic. He attended the event in Columbus because he believes in giving back and thinks everyone should have access to affordable health insurance and quality health care.
Yet this is how the man was treated as the Tea Party was promoted by mainsteam media. There was a reason he was sitting there, but look at the crowd. And they still say they are not vicious and people vote for this?
I posted this video again and again as a warning in the summer of 2010 as I was arguing with people who said they were not going to vote. This is who got elected and we are still living and dying with the results right now. This is the mentality of those who control the HoR and many states.
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Unless she signed something saying she would pay the bills, his mother cannot be held responsible...
nessa
Oct 2013
#3
That's the primary reason, that the right wing Libertarian Party is wrong, they don't believe in the
Uncle Joe
Oct 2013
#7
Yes the inner humanity of the baggers really shone through, huh? Same as they did this guy:
freshwest
Oct 2013
#34
The last part shows just how savage and inhumane Ron Paul and other GOPers are
AZ Progressive
Oct 2013
#17
"The bill was handed to Snyder's surviving mother (pictured, left), who was incapable of paying."
Ed Suspicious
Oct 2013
#20
Libertarian utopia. At least he died free from the enslavement of free/affordable health care. nt
BluegrassStateBlues
Oct 2013
#35