As you all know, Obama spoke of a supporter, who succumbed to Cancer. Well, he could not remember her name and predictably, my fellow Conservatives mocked Obama and insinuated that he was lying about it.
Well, here she is:
Dear MoveOn member,
Earlier this week, we received incredibly sad news. Melanie Shouse, a devoted MoveOn Council leader in St. Louis and tireless health care advocate, passed away after a battle with breast cancer.
Melanie was a true fighter. While she was involved in many issues with MoveOn, she always said health care was her heart—and even after treatments began, she came to every single health care rally, speaking out about the injustices she was suffering under our broken health care system.
Melanie’s story is a painful reminder of why we need to fight as hard as we can to get real health care reform passed, now.
Our friends at TrueMajority are gathering messages of condolence to deliver to Melanie’s family this weekend. The email they sent is below. To add your message, just click this link.
http://www.truemajority.org/MelanieShouse/moveon
Thanks for all that you do.
–Kat, Keauna, Ilya, Lenore, and the rest of the team
Melanie Shouse has died.
Melanie was a small business owner from Missouri battling stage four breast cancer, who also had to fight with insurance companies who didn’t want to pay for her treatment. She didn’t take that lying down—she spoke out, she protested, she became a leader in the movement for a more just health care system. Maybe you remember the video thank-you she sent to you and other TrueMajority members last October for being part of that movement.1
The cancer took Melanie’s life last week. To her family, we can only express our deepest regret and sympathy. If you’d like to send your sympathy as well, you can sign our guest book, and we’ll deliver your messages to the family this weekend.
http://www.truemajority.org/MelanieShouse/moveon
We’re sorry we didn’t get health care reform done sooner. Sorry that insurance coverage isn’t more affordable and accessible for millions of Americans who need it. Mostly, we’re sorry to lose our friend.
But Melanie would not have wanted us to stop fighting for reform. In fact, she asked that those attending her memorial service wear their activist t-shirts. So tomorrow, in lieu of flowers, let’s deliver our condolences, put on a campaign t-shirt and remember why we fight and who we are fighting for.
-Matt
Matt Holland
TrueMajority / USAction1—http://www.moveon.org/r?r=86397&id=18852-8669653-2Jelyyx&t=1
Shame on my fellow Conservatives for not getting the full story, before going to press.
Others, who screwed up: Sister Toldjah, Gateway Pundit, The Greenroom, sara in italy, Flopping Aces, Hot Air, Another Black Conservative, The Jawa Report, The Lonely Conservative and Pundit & Pundette
As one of the writers you link to above, note that I never said I thought Obama was lying. What I said was “If true, this story is terribly sad — not because a woman died of cancer, but because there are so many dupes willing to put their faith in a man who is nothing but smoke and mirrors.” I anyone should be ashamed, it is you for not reading more closely.
As to Obama’s lying, he does so with near-pathological frequency, so you should probably cut other writers some slack as well.
I hear ya… But I think we all should have looked before we leaped. But your point is taken.
Obama, Moveon.org and others exploiting this woman’s death, need to address exactly WHY Obama blew $10,000,000.00, yes TEN MILLION DOLLARS on parties in his first year in office. The obscenity of that excess, when he KNEW American citizens were being tossed onto the street, with their children, going hungry, and they were alone. Alone because the scumbag in chief is little more than a jumped up welfare queen. We are little more than statistics to that crook. Nor does he deserve any passes, for claiming to care, he hand picked Ezekiel “Mengele” Emmanuel as his death panel czar, and this woman no doubt wouldn’t have met Emmanuel or Obama’s criteria for worthwhile citizen to save.
“We’re sorry we didn’t get health care reform done sooner. Sorry that insurance coverage isn’t more affordable and accessible for millions of Americans who need it. Mostly, we’re sorry to lose our friend.”
You people are shameless. Your exploitation would almost be comedic if it were not so crass.
Um, “You People?” 😮
I don’t support the Healthcare Bill. I just was pointing out that the supporter was a real person. That’s all.