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For four years, Stephanie Miller, whose 37 year old sister Kelly Hines died of colon cancer four years ago, has wanted to tell President Obama her sisters story. Yesterday in Ohio, the nation was moved as Stephanie got to not only tell Obama her heartbreaking story, but she also got a big hug from the President.
And then she got the backlash. By last night, the Right wing was in full attack mode, calling her a plant replete with accusations of conjuring evil and issuing fake tears over her sisters death, claiming her sister deserved what she got because she chose not to get insurance.
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Alan Colmes brought up the right wing attacks, but Stephanie is no shrinking violet. She pointed out that while yesterday was the four year anniversary of her sisters death, she knew there would be a lot of negative reaction but it doesnt bother her.
For her, yesterday was a once in a lifetime chance to tell the President her sisters story, I didnt think I would actually be able to talk to him (Obama). I was fortunate enough to get close enough to touch him. And I decided it was now or never to tell him her story and he was gracious enough to stand there and let me tell him her story.
Is the Right wing simply refusing to accept the fact that people in this country actually die from lack of health insurance? They seem to believe that people can afford insurance but choose not to purchase it (this is actually an argument for Obama Care as it will make insurance affordable for everyone, but well let this intellectual lapse go). In Stephanies sisters case, her income was too high for Medicaid. This is a common problem for middle-income families. They make too much to be eligible for help, but not enough to pay the hundreds of thousands of dollars it takes to fight a disease like cancer
http://www.politicususa.com/stephanie-miller-shes-tough-handle-wing-attacks-post-obama-hug.html
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,507 posts)they didn't.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)And yet people still vote for them
steve2470
(37,457 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,484 posts)KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)or just a simple childish belief that Life is fair.
NYC Liberal
(20,138 posts)Example: Because its far too frightening for many to accept that bad things can happen to good people, and therefore that they themselves have no control over whether bad things might happen to them someday, they will instead search for ways to differentiate themselves from victims of ill fortune. For example, outsiders might deride people whose houses were destroyed by a tornado, blaming them for choosing to live in a disaster-prone area or for not building a stronger house.
http://psychcentral.com/encyclopedia/2009/just-world-hypothesis/
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)wake of Katrina, when the CFO of the small startup for which I worked told me that those who remained in New Orleans as the storm approached somehow 'deserved' what happened to them b/c they didn't obey the order to evacuate.
I quit that job shortly thereafter - w/o giving any notice, just walked out in the middle of the day -- and remember thinking that there was no way I wanted profits from my labor financing the lifestyle of this sociopath and her owner friend.
I just put someone on Ignore here (on a different thread) when he insinuated that those who work low-wage jobs deserve their fate because they don't look for anything better.
sinkingfeeling
(51,484 posts)I'm an atheist and can't conceive of acting like those people.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)...they claim it's a trick. It's staged. She's on the Obama payroll. Don't believe it.
Then it goes from that to wanting to "expose her fraud" and claiming she never even HAD a sister.
Mind you,....some of these people believe wrestling is real....
Mister Ed
(5,945 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)This woman lost her sister who was only 37 when she passed.