Michelle Malkin has decided to publicly mock her with taunts like "If she had more time, she probably would have remembered to ask Obama to fill up her gas tank, too." She then went on to say:For those who have not heard of Henrietta Hughes, she is a homeless woman who stood up at a town hall meeting and told Barack Obama that she is unemployed and has been forced her to live in her car. She further pleaded with the president to do something to ensure that people like her had housing:
"I have an urgent need, unemployment and homelessness, a very small vehicle for my family and I to live in," she said. "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."
Now,
Hughes didn't explain the cause of her financial turmoil.Obama didn't ask. And if we conservatives dare to question the circumstances -- and the underlying assumption that it is government's (that is, taxpayers') role to bail her out -- we'll be lambasted as cruel haters of the downtrodden [...]
Well, pardon my unbending belief in fairness and personal responsibility, but why should my tax dollars go to feed the housing entitlement beast?
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The worst part is that Malkin isn't alone. From Limbaugh falsely saying that Hughes "ask[ed] for a car" to others claiming that Hughes is "milking the system," there's no shortage of people who want to bring down the woman who had the potential to a far more sympathetic Joe the Plumber -- an everyday American who is actually negatively affected by the economic policies of our government.
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