Posted on 02/11/2009 11:05:47 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
(CNN) -- She's being hailed as the "face of the economic crisis," and now Henrietta Hughes has become a household name after reaching out to President Obama on Tuesday in an emotional plea for help.
Her message: My son and I are homeless, and we need immediate help.
"I have an urgent need, unemployment and homelessness, a very small vehicle for my family and I to live in," Hughes told Obama at a town hall rally in Fort Myers, Florida, as he pushed for passage of his stimulus plan in the Senate. "The housing authority has two years waiting lists, and we need something more than the vehicle and the parks to go to. We need our own kitchen and our own bathroom. Please help."
Hughes said she had been homeless after her son lost his job and, subsequently, their home. Although her son has been looking for work, Hughes says, so far, no luck.
The Fort Myers-Coral Gables area -- in heavily Republican Lee County, which went for GOP presidential nominee John McCain in the 2008 election -- has seen record housing foreclosure rates. [snip]
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Hey Bama....I wants me a new Burick. I wants my check.
Henrietta Hughes a “household” name? LOL! The propagandists are working OT. Joe the Plumber doesn’t have to fix leaky pipes in cars or cardboard boxes.
I have more respect for a streetwalker.......
Obama is hoping to split and abolish the middle class into 1. poverty, 2. the wealthy and rich. This is Obama’s plan and has been all along...get rid of the middle class upon whom this country is built...
sucker born every minute
I thought the same thing, either way, looks like a set-up
Aunt Zeituni needs a house of her own, too.
She should aks the bamster for help!
Everyone needs to understand how most of our fellow countrymen are seeing this. They see Obama having come to save the people...benevolent....in touch with the people....
Obama is taking these cases ‘personally’ so he can be seen as the messiah.
Good point. He is not as slick as willie, but he plays crowds well.
She hasn’t become a household name, she has become the brunt of a thousand new jokes.
please don’t feed the animals
Set up indeed go to www.henriettahughes.com
I always turn to a politician when I need immediate help, don’t you?
I hope the blogs on our side are going to investigate this woman, her son and the veracity of their situation and keep watching them going forward.
This should be the anthem for every Democrat and Obama supporter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK-QIDzTdso
Rush talking about her right now.
My BS detector is going off. Sounds awfully scripted to me. HOPE they vetted her better than Osama's cabinet nominees.
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