Uninsured conservative town hall activist hurt in fight, asks for donations to help pay medical bill

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Yesterday, about 200 conservative activists held a protest outside the SEIU office in St. Louis. Gladney was there -- bandaged and in a wheelchair -- as a featured guest. Some of the activists held signs that read, "Don't Tread on Kenny." Reader R.D. alerted me to this tidbit in the local news account of the protest:

Gladney did not address Saturday's crowd of about 200 people. His attorney, David Brown, however, read a prepared statement Gladney wrote. "A few nights ago there was an assault on my liberty, and on yours, too." Brown read. "This should never happen in this country."

Supporters cheered. Brown finished by telling the crowd that Gladney is accepting donations toward his medical expenses. Gladney told reporters he was recently laid off and has no health insurance. [emphasis added]

Wait, the conservative opponent of health care reform, fighting (literally) to defeat a plan that would bring coverage to those who lose their jobs, lost his coverage because he got laid off?

I'm not in a position to say whether Gladney sustained genuine injuries or whether he's exaggerating for 15 minutes of Fox News fame and a lucrative out-of-court settlement.

Either way, the new right-wing cause celebre needs to take up a collection to pay for his medical bills because he doesn't have health insurance. It's a fascinating sign of the times.
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  • added August 10, 2009

129 comments // Uninsured conservative town hall activist hurt in fight, asks for donations to help pay medical bill

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    The irony is deafening.

    recommended by anglcazn
    WakeUpPeople
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    And apparently he initiated the fight.

    recommended by jubal
    WakeUpPeople
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    Bad Karma hurts

    Tyrannous
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    HAHAHAHAHA fuckers. its sad that they cant see the irony in this when its right in front of them

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    Now thats amusing.

    remanns
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    Are there any people in the world who are as good at working against their own interest as the GOP base? The idiocy is staggering.

    recommended by kid_amy, unimatrix0, jubal
    neocongo
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    I believe the Jewish people have a term for this it's called "chutspah" The equivalent of asking for mercy in your trial for murdering both of your parents because you are an orphan!

    Eleganza
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    Reminds me so much of the movie IDIOCRACY. where's . President Camacho when you need'em??

    recommended by csmonut
    audi500a
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    recommended by jubal, Betico
    simonl
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    Tell me Igor, just out of curiosity, where did that brain that you brought me come from?...............................

    Wetdog
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    That's the way you get 'em. You sue them. They'll calm the f**k down then!

    bitchpleez
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    No one is fighting health care. they are fighting how one will pay for it.

    FREE does not exist. It would if the government used our tax money correctly instead of handing it to stupid banks and car companies...but oh well that's how Presidents work...pay the big guys and ignore the little ones.

    J_Jammer
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    What can you expect from a group of people whose bastion their ideals on a conflicted book written 2000 years ago? American oxymorons that impede progress are surprisingly accommodated by the culture; for they have no basic knowledge yet they can still slander and commune their ideals. This moronic irony is a cancer long overdue from the over replication of the status quo. This is overwhelming evidence that they lost their common sense from whatever concieted views they have. Then how are these people so resillient In the face of change? Perhaps it is The incompetence within the democratic will itself. The left need to up their game because how is the correct perspective being faltered and contradicted at every step by those who have absolutely nothing going for them beside the arrogance coming out of their preach. Step it up, this is ridiculous, time consuming and killing people as we speak.

    keviar
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    So I guess the GOP does have an alternative health care plan huh? Sue everyone and ask for donations. Sounds solid to me. ~lots of sarcasm there~ Frickin idiots!

    chasingame
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    Unbelievable... I cannot comment more than that because I just get too angry about arrogant morons like this...

    miss_yogini
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    Gotta love the idiot with the sign "health care reform = abortion". Where does this type of stupidity come from? What forces keep this mindlessness multiplying and flourishing?

    "This is overwhelming evidence that they lost their common sense from whatever conceited views they have. Step it up, this is ridiculous, time consuming and killing people as we speak." Very, very well said.

    subject_2_change
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    i'm wondering how many in the crowd receive health insurance that was negotiated through part of a union contract or is subsidized in part by the government.
    how many showed up because they heard someone on tv or radio tell them they should be there and how many actually put a coherent thought process to work when they decided to go?
    just wonderin'

    pakazak
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    You know what this reminds me of?

    How they run those town hall meetings. Guess y'all don't have to wonder....You're doing just fine without reference.

    J_Jammer
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    I would laugh at the absurdity of this. The only thing is the subject is too serious. Last week my girlfriend's premiums, medical copays, prescription copays, and deductibles went up. In the past her carrier has waited until they have received a raise to gouge them. I guess they got impatient because it doesn't look as if they will get a raise this year.
    Maybe the insurance companies will have mercy on Ol' Kenny boy and pay your medical bills. Since there is no profit margin in mercy, I wouldn't count on it. You have given me a thought though. The wave of the future will be rallies where we take up donations to pay for each others medical expenses. So good on you Kenny. You are truly an inspiration on several levels. The first of which would be the gullible and the second the ignorant.

    bluestranger
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    "Conservative" now has a very, very bad image problem. It now stands for a group of delusional angry white minority that has been enslaved by corporate America.

    No donation for this idiot. Let him taste his own failure.

    Health care reform is as important to American people as the fight against terrorism. It's the GREED of the health insurance industry that has caused millions of Americans too much pain and suffering. We must band together and fight against the force from the dark side: the health insurance industry!

    amazonprincess
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    It's obvious to those who still have a soul and a brain KNOW that the health insurance industry is behind any and all protests against the health care reform and attempts to derail it.

    The health care insurance companies are pumping millions of dollars a day in their attempt to stop a better health care plan for American people and to keep their lucrative business that has been killing American people.

    Are you ready to become another victim of the health insurance industry?

    amazonprincess
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    schadenfreude, delicious schadenfreude.

    Betico
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    If you think this is ironic, you're missing the point. He's asking others to help, he's not FORCING others to pay his health care like the Dems will if they get their way.

    The conservative argument isn't about the fear of paying for someone else's health insurance, we're all already doing that. Currently, private companies get paid. We just don't see the reason to pay the government instead, so that they can redistribute that wealth to the have-nots, and increase the size of government.

    "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have"
    Thomas Jefferson

    advance1313
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    Oh, the delicious irony. "Grrr! Look at me! Big angry stupid man fighting for my right to get hurt and get someone else to foot the biil!" Freeloading idiot. Stop looking for that proverbial hand out. If you need health care so badly, why are you fighting to make sure you never GET any???

    But now that I think about it...

    The guy's insurance bills SHOULD be paid for by the insurance companies, because this is essentially a case of workman's comp! He's a WORKER BEE for the insurance companies. If he's like the rest of the protesters we've been seeing on the news, he is being PAID to be at this so-called spontaneous rally. Almost all of these protesters have been hired by the "Recess Rally" organization, which was created recently by a PR Firm hired by republican political action committees, as well as the insurance companies, to fight Obama's health care reform plans. They're setting up these rallies, hiring these uninformed douchebags, and literally instructing them to yell incoherently until the media turns their cameras away from the meetings and onto the protestors, all while working their hardest to convince everyone that this outpouring is entirely spontaneous. Don't believe me? Click above, and then scroll to the bottom of the screen to the sponsor banners, and do a little research on each those sponsors - you'll see who OWNS these protests...

    Or better yet, watch that Rachel Maddow clip above to see the research she's done on these sponsored rallies.

    Found_Avenue
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    I wonder if we can all get medical bills paid for by donations...

    I need a doctor's check up and allergy medicine. Anyone willing to pony up the dough?

    lifestudentno83
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