Tea Baggers Heckle Woman who Describes Losing Daughter-in-Law and Unborn Grandchild
source: http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/tea-baggers-laugh-woman-describes-los
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The family, Dan and Midge Hough, of Chicago, spoke in favor of health care reform and in support of U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-3rd) at a Nov. 14 town hall meeting in Oak Lawn.
Their daughter-in-law, Jenny, and an unborn grandchild died recently due in part, they believe, to a lack of health insurance. They said Jenny was not receiving regular prenatal care and ended up in an emergency room with double pneumonia that developed into septic shock. Her baby died in the womb, and Jenny died a few weeks later, leaving behind a husband and a 2-year-old daughter.
Catherina Wojtowicz, of Chicago's Mount Greenwood community, an organizer for a Tea Party splinter group, Chicago Tea Party Patriots, falsely claimed that the Houghs fabricated their story. In an e-mail, she called them operatives of President Barack Obama who "go from event to event and (cry) the same story."
When the Houghs spoke at the Lipinski event, some Tea Partiers ridiculed them. They moaned and rolled their eyes and interrupted. Midge Hough began to cry.
The audience, Wojtowicz later explained, was exasperated by stories of isolated tragedies that cloud debate over the health care bill itself.
"What we are talking about is the bill," she said. "We've all had family members pass away, but would this health care bill really have prevented (Jenny's) death? We do question it."
It certainly was a low mark in a very dark week. What could be more illustrative of our state's political marshland than openly mocking a grieving family?
"I'm very sorry about the whole lack of dialogue," Wojtowicz said. "My reaction to Midge? I don't know what to say."
Their daughter-in-law, Jenny, and an unborn grandchild died recently due in part, they believe, to a lack of health insurance. They said Jenny was not receiving regular prenatal care and ended up in an emergency room with double pneumonia that developed into septic shock. Her baby died in the womb, and Jenny died a few weeks later, leaving behind a husband and a 2-year-old daughter.
Catherina Wojtowicz, of Chicago's Mount Greenwood community, an organizer for a Tea Party splinter group, Chicago Tea Party Patriots, falsely claimed that the Houghs fabricated their story. In an e-mail, she called them operatives of President Barack Obama who "go from event to event and (cry) the same story."
When the Houghs spoke at the Lipinski event, some Tea Partiers ridiculed them. They moaned and rolled their eyes and interrupted. Midge Hough began to cry.
The audience, Wojtowicz later explained, was exasperated by stories of isolated tragedies that cloud debate over the health care bill itself.
"What we are talking about is the bill," she said. "We've all had family members pass away, but would this health care bill really have prevented (Jenny's) death? We do question it."
It certainly was a low mark in a very dark week. What could be more illustrative of our state's political marshland than openly mocking a grieving family?
"I'm very sorry about the whole lack of dialogue," Wojtowicz said. "My reaction to Midge? I don't know what to say."
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asherp
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douchebags
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asherp
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emarston
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the classless come out in droves.
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emarston
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CarolineS
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I can't believe people are fighting this healthcare reform and labeling obama a socialist, WTF?!
a form of socialised medicine would be best for the country, something similar to here where we have a postcode lottery (meaning if you live in a certain area then you have better access to drugs) and long waiting lists to see someone, we most certainly do not have a good healthcare system here, it's crumbling.
But anything is better than the crap you deal with with insurance companies, and the fact that if you dont have any insurance you get no care, or being left with hundreds of thousands of debts. - 2 years ago
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CarolineS
