Tea Party protesters campaigning against health care reform on Tuesday berated and mocked a pro-reform advocate whose sign indicates that he has Parkinson's disease.
"Got Parkinson's? I do and you might. Thanks for your help," the older man's sign reads. He wandered over toward the anti-reform teabaggers protesting outside the district office of Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Ohio). The Tea Party's responses, captured on video by the Columbus Dispatch, were unflinchingly callous and cruel.
"If you're looking for a handout, you're in the wrong part of town. Nothing for free. You have to work for everything you get," one teabagger chided, bending over to get in the face of the seated older man. The next Tea Partier dropped a dollar in his face, saying, "Start a pot, I'll pay for you. I'll decide when to give you money," in a mocking tone of voice. After some grumbling about "Communism," an offscreen teabagger yelled, "No more handouts!"
This was not the only Tea Party protest where opponents of health care reform forced comparisons to Communism or sounded like lunatics, but the Dispatch video lays bare a primary argument of the Tea Party protesters: America's 45 million uninsured aren't their problem. And they will tell a Parkinson's sufferer just that, with contempt, to his face.
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Kilroy Gives Floor Speech on Protest Video and Health Care Debate March 18, 2010 2:46 PM
Washington, DC—U.S. Representative Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives this morning in relation to the health care reform debate and the Columbus Dispatch video showing a protester in front of her Columbus office throwing what appeared to be money at a sitting man who said he had Parkinson’s disease. The video of Kilroy’s remarks begins at 10:22 and can be seen here: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292588-1. The Dispatch video has been played widely on television and can be seen here: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/multimedia/video/video.html?video=949486.
“I believe that a great strength of our democracy is our first amendment. It allows for the robust exchange of ideas and opinions. I welcome that. I want to hear what my constituents are thinking, what concerns they have—concerns about how health care will work for them. I want to listen to them about their lack of health care and how that affects their lives or the high cost of health care and how they’re coping with that.
“I have held town halls, round tables, small groups—over twenty meetings in my district over health care. And this week demonstrations for and against health care reform were held in front of my district office.
“Unfortunately, some of those opposing health care reform went too far. Instead of making their arguments against the bill they engaged in abusive language directed at one of my constituents who suffers the terrible ravages of Parkinson’s disease. They treated him like a beggar. They threw dollar bills at him. They did not respect his humanity. They did not respect his right to give his opinion on the health care bill.
“This type of protest goes too far. It has crossed the line. The health care reform debate is about respecting each other’s rights as human beings and, when it comes to needed medical care respecting our rights as citizens to express our opinions.”
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"Got Parkinson's? I do and you might. Thanks for your help,"
I'd of told the POS the same I'd say as I stand over you.
Get a job you fucking slob.
If I were inclined to donate money to this thug socialist wheelchair bound fuckwad...it'll be with me reaching in my pocket to do so and not resultant from this punkass thief's snarky "thanks for your help" forced "charity" bilge.
Get a job in the private sector scum sucker. You've been sucking government tax payer tit your ENTIRE adult life - and odds are that you probably were before as well...he's not asking for a handout...he's asking for a chance.
Situations such as these expose you assholes for what you are....shit human beings. This has nothing to do with health care...you folks just like being mean...
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