I can hear "Schadenfreude" playing in my head.

[apocalypsos]

Meet Kenneth Gladney, 38, of St. Louis. He recently disrupted a town hall meeting to complain about health care reform, got in a fight with some union members, and, in the process, got hurt. Now Mr. Gladney is looking for donations to cover the cost of treating his injuries.

Why?

Because he has no health insurance.

Comments

[caudelac.livejournal.com]

That right there? That is AWESOME.

[sabotabby]

Hahahahaha pwned.

[lunardreamed.livejournal.com]

Too bad people will donate and the irony will go over his head, as well as many others. I wish I could take so much more glee in this.

[elohvee.livejournal.com]

Last semester I took a politics class, and for my final paper I had to use a documentary about the life of Lee Atwater as the key evidence in my argument about public opinion. This documentary was a combo of narration and interviews of people who'd known him, and one of those interviewed was the head of the McCain-Palin campaign. He explained very carefully to the camera that (paraphrasing, slightly), "Liberal elitists can't fathom why normal people would fight against their own political interests--it's called patriotism."

I dunno; this here seems more like Darwinism.

[spyderqueen.livejournal.com]

*facepalm*

[bethos.livejournal.com]

Oh my God. Pwned for real. My dad will think this is the best thing ever.

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, that is too perfect. HAD to send that one to the Conservative Relations.

[bluesteelstars.livejournal.com]

uhhhh...Whut?

At least it's somewhat of a confirmation for me that I am not making up the irony by most of the constituents in my town regarding healthcare...

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

Fucker. lol

[ciara-belle.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's just perfect.

On a similar, but not quite as funny, note, we had a guy write in to the Post-Gazette the other day to complain about socialized healthcare and then also praise the way his heart operation was handled. And guess what program is giving him health insurance?

[heather.livejournal.com]

Oh my god that is GOLDEN.

[vivian-shaw.livejournal.com]

All together now:

HAAAAAAA-ha.

/nelsonmuntz

[anne-jumps.livejournal.com]

Incidentally I just saw an Onion headline with this same premise on my Facebook feed.

[spiritof1976.livejournal.com]

Amazing. Turkeys protesting in favour of Christmas.

[thenetwork.livejournal.com]

The guy does have insurance, that's what I read elsewhere. So on top of everything he's committing fraud. Not so amusing maybe, if just as nasty.