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Midge Hough and the Chicago Tea Party Patriots (video)
Congressman Dan Lipinski's Town Hall Meeting on November 14th, and the attempt by the Chicago Tea Party Patriots to disrupt the proceedings, including heckli...
Tea Party Patriots Attack Family Who Lost Daughter And Grandchild (VIDEO)
Tea Party Patriots Attack Family Who Lost Daughter And Grandchild (VIDEO)
huffingtonpost.com — A group called the Chicago Tea Party Patriots publicly heckled a grieving family and suggested that the... couple fabricated their tragic story. At a town hall held by Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) on Nov. 14, , Dan and Midge Hough spoke about how they ... (more) Tea Party Patriots Attack Family Who Lost Daughter And ...
Midge Hough's Story - Jen's Memorial Video
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Midge Hough's Story - Jen's Memorial Video
youtube.com — For those who question the loss Midge Hough tried to share at Lipinski's Town Hall, please watch... the video tribute that was shown at her Memorial Service in ... (more) Midge Hough's Story - Jen's Memorial Video
Hough For Delegate
Hough For Delegate
houghfordelegate.com — Michael Hough (pronounced Huff) is a lifelong Maryland resident who believes in the founding principles of our... country; limited government, individual responsibility, and lower taxes. He resides in Brunswick with his wife JoeyLynn, daughter Katelynn, ... (more) Hough For Delegate
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VIDEO: Tea baggers heckle family mourning loss of mother/unborn child
The Political Carnival — By GottaLaff Via Windy City Watch, a story that will make you cry, scream, and wonder what in the hell is happening to this country: If you need any evidence that the tea baggers have no class [...] Last week while researching claims from a local Tea Party activist, I found myself asking a family for proof that they had lost an unborn grandchild. The Chicago area family is pro-health care reform and pro-U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski. They attended a town hall meeting, in fact. That proved to be a mistake. Now go get the nearest box of Kleenex. Trust ...

Hah Hah. Isn’t That Funny?
Suburban Guerrilla — From Chicago journalist Kristen McQueary, this deplorable story: As a journalist covering Chicago politics, verifying information is like climbing a mountain of sand. With each step you take, the deeper you sink. Last week while researching claims from a local Tea Party activist, I found myself asking a family for proof that they had lost an unborn grandchild. The family, Dan and Midge Hough, of Chicago, spoke in favor of health care reform and in support of U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-3rd) at a Nov. 14 town hall meeting in Oak Lawn. Their ...

Tea Party Patriots Attack Family Who Lost Daughter And Grandchild (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... At a town hall held by Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) on Nov. 14,, Dan and Midge Hough spoke about how they believed the death of their daughter-in-law and her unborn child were caused, in part, by a lack of health insurance. Twenty-four-year old Jennifer was uninsured. ...

Tea Baggers Laugh As Woman Describes Losing Her Daughter-in-Law and Unborn Grandchild
Crooks and Liars — From Chicago journalist Kristen McQueary, this deplorable story: As a journalist covering Chicago politics, verifying information is like climbing a mountain of sand. With each step you take, the deeper you sink. Last week while researching claims from a local Tea Party activist, I found myself asking a family for proof that they had lost an unborn grandchild. The family, Dan and Midge Hough, of Chicago, spoke in favor of health care reform and in support of U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-3rd) at a Nov. 14 town hall meeting in Oak Lawn. Their ...

The Morals of Self-Described Patriots
MyDD — From the Illinois Third Congressional district that is represented by Congressman Dan Lipinsi comes this story of heartbreak and tragedy coupled with an unbelievable lack of human decency by those who self-describe as Tea Party patriots. From the South Town Star: As a journalist covering Chicago politics, verifying information is like climbing a mountain of sand. With each step you take, the deeper you sink. Last week while researching claims from a local Tea Party activist, I found myself asking a family for proof that they had lost an unborn grandchild. The family, Dan and Midge Hough, of Chicago, spoke in favor of health ...

VIDEOS: Our flawed health care system failed a young mother and her unborn child
The Political Carnival — By GottaLaff Jennifer and daughter Kylee Yesterday I posted about a group of despicable Tea Partiers attacking a family at a town hall meeting. Yes, Dan and Midge Hough were mourning the loss of their young daughter-in-law and unborn grandchild, and these insensitive beasts were rolling their eyes, jeering and groaning as ...

Tea partiers heckle woman whose daughter-in-law died because she didn’t have health insurance.
Think Progress — At a town hall event on health care reform hosted by Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) earlier this month, Midge Hough told the tragic story of how her daughter-in-law, Jenny, and her unborn grandchild died recently because they didn’t have health insurance. Jenny came down with “severe double pneumonia, Septic shock and Respitory failure,” Hough said, “and laid in an ICU unit for the next two months at a cost of $22,000 a day.” Her baby died in the womb and Jenny died a few weeks later. But as Hough was telling her story, tea partiers at the meeting “ridiculed” her, the South Town Star reports. “They moaned and ...

Tea Party "Patriots" Are Anything But Patriots.
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Horrible, Horrible People
I Am TRex — The sad irony is that every last one of these baying MORANS would adamantly tell you they’re “pro life”. It’s amazing that the cognitive dissonance doesn’t make blood come pouring out of their ears. I wish it would.

Teabaggers laugh at woman who lost daughter, grandkid
AMERICAblog News — This is what happens when one party has its own TV network, and the other party has leaders who are afraid to fight back. Nancy Pelosi tried - she rightly labeled these boorish thugs "un-American" - but then the White House threw her under a bus. If you don't cut our a cancer, it grows. ...

But what kind of countertops does she have?
Balloon Juice — ... At a town hall held by Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) on Nov. 14,, Dan and Midge Hough spoke about how they believed the death of their daughter-in-law and her unborn child were caused, in part, by a lack of health insurance. Twenty-four-year old Jennifer was uninsured. ...

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Teabaggers Mock Family For Loss Of Unborn GrandchildOliver Willis
Nice political movement you’ve got going there . The family, Dan and Midge Hough, of Chicago, spoke in favor of health care reform and in support of U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-3rd) at a Nov. 14 town hall meeting in Oak Lawn. Their daughter-in-law, Jenny, and an unborn grandchild died ...