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Homeless woman's plea to Obama draws flood of support
CNN.com ^ | February 11, 2009 | By Ed Hornick

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]

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I heard that interview and Obama simply gave her a politicians answer, no personal help. What are they talking about?


21 posted on 02/11/2009 11:19:11 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

Seems like her help came from the private sector, not from Obama.


22 posted on 02/11/2009 11:24:32 AM PST by deannadurbin
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To: rintense
He is their messiah.
23 posted on 02/11/2009 11:28:36 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Let's Make a Deal. If Obama scraps his trillion dollar stimulus bill, I will look the other way if congress builds her a house makes her a cabinet secretary.
24 posted on 02/11/2009 11:32:07 AM PST by spikeytx86 (Pray for Democrats for they have been brainwashed by their fruity little club.)
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To: spikeytx86

Edit

Let’s Make a Deal. If Obama scraps his trillion dollar stimulus bill, I will look the other way if congress buy’s her a house and Obama makes her a cabinet secretary.


25 posted on 02/11/2009 11:33:53 AM PST by spikeytx86 (Pray for Democrats for they have been brainwashed by their fruity little club.)
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To: rintense

I fully expect Obama to start asking for wheelchairs to come up to the stage and heal them as he touches their forehead. Then like Benny Hinn, they will have envelope with a donation for his re-election.


26 posted on 02/11/2009 11:39:11 AM PST by OafOfOffice
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Maybe the media will check into whether she is up to date on her taxes. sarc.


27 posted on 02/11/2009 11:45:50 AM PST by festusbanjo (they'll smile now, but in 4 years they'll still be stupid, broke and looking for a handout.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The worst part was when Obomination went over and kissed her on the cheek. Some ladies in the audience screamed, as though he was a rock star or something. It was barf-worthy.


28 posted on 02/11/2009 11:46:03 AM PST by Abigail Adams
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That’s nothing, I touched the hem of his garmet and was healed of all my maladies.


29 posted on 02/11/2009 11:47:15 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Beware Obama's Reichstag fire.)
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To: dynachrome

Check out the comments on that website before they get taken down. Somebody posted an article about this same family angling for free medical care for the son in 2004 in Rochester, NY. The poster also said they were given a $150,000 house at that time. Looks like they may be a couple of grifters who have played on people’s charitable impulses to get themselves free stuff for years.


30 posted on 02/11/2009 11:49:47 AM PST by Dems_R_Losers (STOP the Generational Theft And Union Payback Act of 2009!!!!!)
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I have no problem with helping someone out down on their luck. But Obama just proved he cannot put people back to work. Obama did not offer Henrietta a fish for life,he handed her a fish for the short term. Then what?

And in this highly publicized encounter, Obama is saying free and being charitable is the way to help. There is a element who will abuse anything free and they will still have their hand out when the free ride ends.

Obama should have said we have a jobs or training program coming up that you and your son can benefit from. But Obama seems to think that taking back welfare reform and making low income dependent on government is the answer. Or is this reparations?

31 posted on 02/11/2009 11:50:11 AM PST by OafOfOffice
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To: OafOfOffice

The woman characterizes the lazy good for nothing detritus that has grown up in the bottom of the barrel. A culture of bottom scum is destroying the country.


32 posted on 02/11/2009 11:52:31 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . The original point of America was not to be Europe)
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To: Yogafist

You are so right, I heard the joke many times before I found where it came from. If they have a car, use and drive to where there is work. If they don’t like where they are then God please give them gumption to move!


33 posted on 02/11/2009 11:57:01 AM PST by BornToBeAmerican (Freedom is not free)
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To: Dems_R_Losers

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/02/10/update-henrietta-hughes-gets-a-house/


34 posted on 02/11/2009 12:25:24 PM PST by ltc8k6
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The first time I saw this story was on FOX News. The news babe said "Ms. Hughes was forced out of her home after defaulting on her mortgage." That is the one and only time I have seen/heard that she defaulted on her mortgage. IOWs she is one of those people who got a sub-prime mortgage forced on the banks by Frank, Dodd et al.
35 posted on 02/11/2009 12:50:51 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: spikeytx86
...I will look the other way if congress builds her a house makes her a cabinet secretary...

Got a good chuckle out of that one!

36 posted on 02/11/2009 1:24:40 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
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To: dynachrome

How does Ms Henrietta maintain the website from her soon-to-be-repossessed car?


37 posted on 02/11/2009 1:26:43 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The Fort Myers-Coral Gables area

Coral Gables is in the Miami area, over 100 miles away.

-- in heavily Republican Lee County, which went for GOP presidential nominee John McCain in the 2008 election -- has seen record housing foreclosure rates. [snip]

Obviously, all those Republicans made her homeless. There are no homeless people in 100% Democrat areas like Broward and Palm Beach counties. /s

38 posted on 02/11/2009 1:33:00 PM PST by Moonman62 (I didn't compromise my soul to be popular. -- Jimmy Carter)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I see John Galt and Henry Bowman have made some replies to poor ‘ol henrietta. LOL


39 posted on 02/11/2009 2:32:34 PM PST by dynachrome (Barack Hussein Obama yunikku khinaaziir)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
No investigations on who this women is, if she deserves gov help? or if her son is really out of work? owes taxes? owes child support? does drugs?

Ok, so Joe the Plumber WAS investigated by the STATE and FED gov, because he wanted gov off his back?

40 posted on 02/11/2009 2:36:59 PM PST by roses of sharon (Pray Hussein fails!)
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