You thought berating the man with Parkinson's was bad . . .

[mzteris]

State of health care debate: Pundits attack 11-year-old

Conservative talk show hosts and columnists have ridiculed an 11-year-old Washington state boy's account of his mother's death as a "sob story" exploited by the White House and congressional Democrats like a "kiddie shield" to defend their health care legislation.

Marcelas Owens , whose mother got sick, lost her job, lost her health insurance and died, said Thursday he's taking the attacks from Rush Limbaugh , Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin in stride.

"My mother always taught me they can have their own opinion but that doesn't mean they are right," Owens, who lives in Seattle , said in an interview.

Owens' grandmother, Gina, who watched her daughter die, isn't quite so generous.

"These are adults, and he is an 11-year-old boy who lost his mother," Gina Owens said. "They should be ashamed."


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http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100318/pl_mcclatchy/3455226

[zbdent]

1. They found someone they feel comfortable ganging up on ...

at least, that's what they would consider a fair fight ... 10 of them against one 11-year-old ... maybe ...

edited to add: and this isn't the first time the RWers ganged up on a kid ...

[mzteris]

2. rush limbaugh should rot in hell. n/t

[npk]

4. I would like to see him rot before he gets to hell n/t

[zbdent]

8. Satan would welcome him at his gate, saying

"I JUST LOVE YOUR WORK!"

[MineralMan]

3. They are scum. Decent people should step up and stand in

their way when they do such things in public. Had I been at that demonstration in Columbus, you'd have seen me standing in front of that man and standing silently in the faces of those assholes. It would be worth a beating, since there would then be cause to arrest and try those ignorant ninnies.

[mzteris]

6. how can a human being act like that?

It boggles the mind to think that this @ss has so much influence over other people and how they think.

[felinetta]

5. I always look for the humanity and they have none!

[WVRICK13]

7. Conservatives Always

pick fights with the weak. Most of them proclaim to be religious. Although I am an atheist I think the teachings of Jesus are pretty cool and these folks in no way resemble people who follow these teachings. I follow the teachings minus the god part. Things that make you go hmmmmm.

[Fleshdancer]

9. Serves the kid right for developing beyond the fetus stage

Now that he can breathe on his own he no longer matters to the right. :grr:



Seriously though, my heart goes out to this boy and his grandmother.

[Odin2005]

10. Sociopaths.

They have no soul.