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Old 03-17-2010, 03:34 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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Both are wrong. Just keeping things equal. What a shame obama made fun of Special Olympics......we elected this man......the tea party people are citizens and while I don't agree with what they said, they aren't elected officials.

So I guess if the tea party comment disgust you, you are disgusted by obama's comment as well.
If both are wrong, why defend either? Why defend these clowns?
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Old 03-17-2010, 03:38 PM
 
Location: USA
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apparent is the key word. if one of them knew he was either faking it or did not have that dreadful desease, then I could see why they were mocking him.
And what if he's legit? Is it still cool to mock people with Parkinson's like Rush did to Michael J. Fox?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpFC9uziVhE
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Old 03-17-2010, 03:39 PM
 
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Original Source Video: The Columbus Dispatch:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/...

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On March 17th outside of Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy's district office teabaggers mocked and threw things at a man who said 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 money at him to "pay for his health care".
Sounds just like many of the posters on this forum.
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Old 03-17-2010, 03:43 PM
 
Location: California
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After listening to this I have a question. Do some of these folks ("teabaggers") honestly expect handicapped people to work for their healthcare? That seemed to be the main point here.
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Old 03-17-2010, 03:44 PM
 
Location: Austin
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Looks like a bunch of true contemporary Christians to me.
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Old 03-17-2010, 03:46 PM
 
Location: somewhere in the woods
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After listening to this I have a question. Do some of these folks ("teabaggers") honestly expect handicapped people to work for their healthcare? That seemed to be the main point here.

some people who are handicapped do not like to be called handicapped, and do not consider themselves that either.

I for one do think that if you want health care, unless you are phsically incapable of doing so, should all work to get your welfare check or health insurance.
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Old 03-17-2010, 03:48 PM
 
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They are literally throwing money at him.

Literally.
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Old 03-17-2010, 03:50 PM
 
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After listening to this I have a question. Do some of these folks ("teabaggers") honestly expect handicapped people to work for their healthcare? That seemed to be the main point here.
From reading the many posts on this forum, I can't believe that this surprises you.
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Old 03-17-2010, 03:50 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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And these idiots wonder why they are a joke.
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Old 03-17-2010, 03:51 PM
 
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Who cares. The point is that these people acted like complete jerks to a fellow American who is struggling with a terrible disease.

There's also a full length video on You Tube BTW, with other interviews and footage from the same event. One man said that he wishes that the dialogue between both sides could be more civil. I completely agree.
Link to the full vid then. I want to see what happened before the snippet that was in the OP.
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