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Update: Henrietta Hughes gets a house

By Michelle Malkin • February 10, 2009 04:31 PM

Ask at an Obama revival meeting and ye shall receive:

Henrietta Hughes was offered a home by Chene Thompson, wife of State Representative Nick Thompson, who heard the homeless woman’s pleas for help to President Obama before a local and national crowd.
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The house is in LaBelle, the first home [Chene] Thompson bought after law school. She told Hughes, “Just give me the opportunity to help you.”

Hughes broke down in front of thousands when she told the president that she and her son have been homeless for more than a year. They are living in a pickup truck.

Obama hugged her after she asked her question and said his staff would help. A staffer later gave her a card to the head of the housing authority and she was told he would help her.

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Reader Erik E. has questions. Careful, Erik. You are committing sacrilege. Dissent is unpatriotic. And cruel.

You know you cannot just “enter” an Obama town hall meeting. They give out tickets in advance. Who gets the tickets? People who stand in line and wait. Who tells people when and where Obama will appear next? Certainly not the Secret Service who has to protect this man. Not the MSM, who are too busy telling us how great he is without asking any critical questions.

Sooooo… how does a 61 year-old homeless woman who’s living in a pickup truck with her son JUST HAPPEN to get a ticket so she can VERY PUBLICALLY ask Prez. Obama for a HOUSE? Anyone? Who pushes her up on stage? She’s right at the front of the crowd. Did she just happen to get a seat there?

Now, within moments of this happening, it’s trumpeted all over the news. AND, surprise, surprise, the wife of State Representative Nick Thompson, Chene Thompson JUST HAPPENS to have a spare house worth $150,000 lying around, so she GIVES it to this unemployed, homeless, living-in-a-truck woman. They’ve been homeless for “more than a year”, which coincidentally, predates the current housing and banking crisis by quite a while. How did they learn about the “Obama Town Hall and Tent Revival”? Were homeless people simply rounded up? Did someone pre-canvas the area in search of “great, tear-jerking stories”? Of all the people in the audience, SHE’S one of the ones Obama chooses to ask a question?

BTW-the taxes which will be charged on this “free house” will bankrupt the poor woman. Taxes are levied based on the home’s assessed value, not on the basis of it being a “free gift”.

On a second, double-snort, the last guy who gets to ask a question JUST HAPPENS to be a 19-year-old kid of Hispanic descent who’s going to Edison State College (free tuition perhaps for in-state students?) and has worked at McDonalds for FOUR AND A HALF YEARS. By my math, he started working there when he was 14! Florida child-labor law infraction, anyone? Now, having worked at McDs several times in my past I can say that they DO offer health care plans. You have to PAY for it, just like everyone else in the country does. It’s OPTIONAL. It’s not a God-given right.

…Do the Thompsons get to claim this as a charitable tax deduction against their (probably) considerable 2009 income? How many houses do they own?

Is there anyone left in the media who will ask these questions? Ever?

Silence! Do not question Dear Leader.

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#101

On February 10th, 2009 at 10:27 pm, jangar said:

Santy Claws done come to town!

Can I have a new president?
#102

On February 10th, 2009 at 10:30 pm, jangar said:

Obama hugged her after she asked her question and said his staff would help. A staffer later gave her a card to the head of the housing authority and she was told he would help her.

Can you say plant?
#103

On February 10th, 2009 at 10:31 pm, Bicyea said:

I live in Fort Myers and believe after today I may be one of the smartest people in Lee County.

I received conformation today that “Dumbing Down” really works!
#104

On February 10th, 2009 at 10:32 pm, Bicyea said:

I really should have gone to that rally. I could use some new tile in my master bath.
#105

On February 10th, 2009 at 10:35 pm, ammo john said:

You think they were living in a ‘tricked-out’ truck? I know….I’m a racist for saying that.
#106

On February 10th, 2009 at 10:41 pm, jangar said:

You think they were living in a ‘tricked-out’ truck? I know….I’m a racist for saying that.

With spinners.
#107

On February 10th, 2009 at 10:44 pm, jangar said:

I don’t know why we should be surprised here…reparation mentality and all…
#109

On February 10th, 2009 at 11:58 pm, Stillwaiting said:

On February 10th, 2009 at 8:00 pm, katablog said:

A private citizen gave her a house to live in and, as MarcoPolo pointed out, the gift tax is paid by the giver.

And she does have a job…Obama shill.
#111

On February 11th, 2009 at 12:22 am, okiedokie said:

Right after that I would have stood up and said:

“President Obama, I have $200 in my pocket right now that I will GIVE to Ms. Hughes on a few conditions. First, I expect everyone else in this room to reach into their pockets and give what they can in order to help this poor woman and that includes you, Mr. President, and you Mr. Governor. Because, the Declaration of Independence starts with the words “We, The People..” and that means the people of this country help one another voluntarily.”

“Folks may say that we can’t help Ms. Hughes, but I say Yes, we can. All of us in this room can give voluntarily from our hearts to help this woman, rather than have the Federal Government forcibly TAKE the money from us, waste about 45% of it in overhead costs, mismanagement and theft, and then end up building Ms Hughes a kitchen that doesn’t work and giving her a toilet that doesn’t flush.”

“Second, I would like you, Mr. President to study up on Davy Crockett, who was once in a similar situation and realized that the money is not his to give. It is not yours to give Mr. President. It is mine to give. It is mine to decide who shall receive, it is mine to watch carefully over.”

“Third, I rescind my statement that I would only give to Ms. Hughes based on the two prior conditions, because my actions and charity should not be based on the actions and thoughts of others. It should not be based on the Federal and state governments taking 40% of my income to give to people to lie, cheat, and steal. I will gladly give this money to Ms. Hughes, of my own free will, because I have compassion and every year I have given more money to charity than Vice President Joe Biden has given to all charities in a ten year period.”

“We can do it. ‘We, the people’. Not ‘You, the Government’. It is up to individuals to help one another and stop looking to the government to pick up the slack on the rope we have laid down. Pick up the rope with me, pull your own weight, and if you see someone that can’t pull their own weight, bend down, pick up their rope and help them pull as well.”

“Here you go Ms. Hughes, and I’m sure that President Obama, a man who makes more than anyone else in the room will happily match it dollar for dollar with money from his own personal accounts.”
#112

On February 11th, 2009 at 12:22 am, Terry_Jim said:

Julio can get on at Newsweek,
judging by this weeks cover story,
“We Are All Socialists Now.”
he has the right attitude.

President HopeandChange just eats this fawning dependence up, doesn’t he?
#113

On February 11th, 2009 at 12:42 am, SpeakEasy said:

The O administration knows what they are doing. There is a large number of people who will eat this up- hook, line and sinker. How else could WWF survive? Just the latest breakthrough in reality TV.
#114

On February 11th, 2009 at 3:29 am, RetFireman said:

Somebody should have told this woman in advance that Der Fuhrer does not help his own brother who lives in a mud hut or his “favorite” aunt who was living in the projects ILLEGALLY. Why the hell would she think that he would do SQUAT for her?

And why should she get a free house? What about all the other people out there that are homeless? What about all the other people out of work? Was this woman only given a house because she is black? (racism) Elderly? (ageism) I call foul and discrimination. Anyone who is a lawyer who would like to take my case, i can give the details and we can get started immediately.
#115

On February 11th, 2009 at 5:08 am, travlinman said:

On February 10th, 2009 at 7:21 pm, d1carter said:
Did any blind people get their sight back?

Unfortunately all of the MSM and a large percentage of the American people are still ‘blinded by the light!’
#116

On February 11th, 2009 at 7:58 am, WaterBoyz said:

Remember M/M Clinton were walking on the beach in Normandy and came upon the pile of white rocks and then moved them around to form a cross?

That was a 100% setup.

The Dems waaaaaay outperform the Repubs when it comes to marketing.
#117

On February 11th, 2009 at 8:10 am, pianoman said:

The Dems waaaaaay outperform the Repubs when it comes to marketing.

Easy to do when you have no shame whatsoever, plus a compliant, sycophantic media.
#118

On February 11th, 2009 at 8:20 am, jsr said:

Obama should get his own TV show. It would be sort of a cross between Oprah, reality show, and get rich quick seminar. Maybe the title could be Miracle on Pennsylvania Avenue or Who Wants To Be A Democrat Poster Victim? Contestants could be brought in to tell their sob stories, Dear Leader would offer sage advice and explain how his latest new program will help and somebody from the audience will jump up and offer a job, shelter, scholarship, medical care etc… Then everybody cries and shares group hug. I’m sure it would be a big hit in todays culture plus it would help Obama get his message of Hope and Change to the masses.
#119

On February 11th, 2009 at 8:45 am, nail49 said:

Contestants could be brought in to tell their sob stories

jsr: It’s been done — recall “Queen for a Day” in the early 60’s.

However, you also need to mix in a little Benny Hinn with some healing of the sick and a little casting out of evil demons thrown in for fun!
#120

On February 11th, 2009 at 8:50 am, jangar said:

On February 11th, 2009 at 8:20 am, jsr said:
On February 11th, 2009 at 8:45 am, nail49 said:

It’s all Oprah to me.

Obama has no new ideas, just recycled failures of America’s dark past.
#121

On February 11th, 2009 at 8:53 am, Andy said:

On February 10th, 2009 at 5:10 pm, cheapseat said:

i’m waiting for the messiah to raise a dead person.

If that happens, we’ll know that Obambi ain’t the AntiChrist. Rather, he’d be the False Prohpet (dragon) who heals the fatally wounded AntiChrist. Revelation 13:3-4
#124

On February 11th, 2009 at 10:08 am, Dasher said:

On February 10th, 2009 at 4:51 pm, RobM1981 said:

One down, about 5 million more to go…

Anyone want to start the time on when this house starts falling apart?

It won’t be long. Now she’s not homeless, but jobless means no money for utilities, property taxes, gift taxes (on mkt val of the house). I guess welfare my take care of some of the food needs.
#125

On February 11th, 2009 at 10:19 am, vickisoup said:

He’s not spreading the wealth around. His plan is to spread the poverty around, so we can all be just like Henrietta; oh, except paying our OWN way down the ladder of success. This man is bad news. BAD news.
#132

On February 11th, 2009 at 2:52 pm, SailorDave said:

Look out Michelle and Erik… CNN is on to your heartless conservative nay-saying.