Man collapses during Republican Rally against Health Care - pics

[Kadie]

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 05: A man who collapsed during a rally protesting the health care bill on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol is cared for by paramedics from the Office of the Attending Physician November 5, 2009 in Washington, DC. Thousands of people and most Republican members of the House of Representatives attended the rally to voice their opposition to the House version of the health care reform legislation moving through Congress.


WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 05: A man who collapsed during a rally protesting the health care bill on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol is cared for by paramedics from the Office of the Attending Physician November 5, 2009 in Washington, DC. Thousands of people and most Republican members of the House of Representatives attended the rally to voice their opposition to the House version of the health care reform legislation moving through Congress.


WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 05: Paramedics from the District of Columbia Fire Department use a stretcher to carry a man who collapsed during a rally protesting the health care bill up the West Front of the U.S. Capitol November 5, 2009 in Washington, DC. Thousands of people and most Republican members of the House of Representatives attended the rally to voice their opposition to the House version of the health care reform legislation moving through Congress.



WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 05: Thousands of people from across the country attend a news conference and rally to protest the health care bill on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol November 5, 2009 in Washington, DC. Most Republican members of the House of Representatives led by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) attended the rally to voice their opposition to the House version of the health care reform legislation moving through Congress.

[tekisui]

1. Instant Karma, jackass.

[Xenotime]

7. HA! Exactly.

[CatWoman]

26. one word comes to mind

"irony"

[Sheltiemama]

39. Just what I was about to say.

[zoff]

133. The word I had in mind was "uninsured"

[Divine Discontent]

64. hmm, shouldn't he have refused that SOCIALIZED fire EMT attention? And why oh why did those around

him let him be swayed by their allure of coming to save his life!

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[blondeatlast]

2. And that medic saving his life--who paid for him? United Healthcare?

Oh, no--you and I did.

[Mosby]

3. Hope he has good insurance. nt

[Arugula Latte]

24. I hope he doesn't.

I hope he loses a lot of money because of his medical bills.

He's trying to stop "other" people from being able to survive a medical emergency financially intact -- I hope he gets reamed by his insurance company, big time.

[CTyankee]

43. Maybe he's on Medicare? Ya know, that "big gummint healthcare" ! nt

[Kalyke]

91. By other, you mean "black" and "people not white," of course.

I swear, I think most of this outrage is because these angry old white men can't bear to think that their tax money might go to help a poor black woman.

[liberation]

151. Which made the black paramedic attending to save his life the more ironic...

[janet118]

105. I hope they deny coverage because he was out of state . . .

or not pre-approved and I hope he gets a huge ambulance bill.

It doesn't matter - most of those teabaggers look like they're on Medicare. The hypocrisy is strong with them.

[neuvocat]

154. I think they want to die.

Seriously. They probably think that healthcare reform would impede The Rapture.

[shadowknows69]

112. It was a preexisting condition. No one forced him to go to that rally.

He clearly was negligent in going among all those potentially dangerous people. That will be another 5,000 a year for your policy Mr. Jones.

[Rozlee]

125. Plus they're giving him oxygen!

If he was breathing O2 before, that is definitely a pre-existing condition.

[heliarc]

170. Wait....

No one approved the expense providing him Oxygen... He'll get the bill for that.

[LuckyLib]

146. Two words: Bill him.

[tsuki]

98. And Washington is in his PPO. nt

[mdmc]

4. HEHE

[TwilightGardener]

5. Irony.

[tigereye]

6. there's some irony - hope he's ok

god forbid everyone should be able to have affordable health care.

[DebbieCDC]

8. DCFD -- Stop giving that man socialized free health care

Let him call his insurance company first. Isn't that the 'murkan way?

[xxqqqzme]

128. Exactly! Isn't he supposed to be

shopping around for the best rates amid all those fierce insurance competitors?

[Solly Mack]

9. Shouldn't he have refused help from the Office of the Attending Physician?

All things considered...

[TheDebbieDee]

17. You're RIGHT! He should have gasped, "No, thanks!"

to the paramedics as they approached him.

[d_b]

10. next time, let the fat prick pull himself up by his bootstraps.

what a commie pussy, jesus fuck.

[Golden Raisin]

138. That's fascist/socialist

nazi/commie pussy since all those terms are used interchangeably and indiscriminately by tea-baggers.

[KansDem]

11. WAIT!!! Before you touch him, get his 1) picture ID, 2) insurance card, and 3) copay!

Do it right now!!!

[Catshrink]

25. Make sure he's legal

[janet118]

164. Where's his birth certificate?

Sorry, we can't accept that - it's only a copy.

[nc4bo]

12. Have insurance Mr. Teabagging moran?

If not, I hope you don't catch a stroke from the bills you're going to receive.

[damntexdem]

13. Were those EMTs public? Was it socialized something?

just askin

[Warpy]

16. DCFD

which is DC Fire Department, so you bet your ass he was just rescued by a socialized paramedic team.

[bbernardini]

14. Cheeto withdrawl.

He forgot to pack them before he left.

[Scurrilous]

29. Correction.

His mommy forgot to pack them.

[Kadie]

30. Is there something about cheetos that I missed?

I have seen a couple of references to cheetos, feel like I am out of the loop. LOL

[Canuckistanian]

31. An old freeper joke

Refers to members of the "101st Chairborne", those warriors who sat on their ass while real Americans died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

They are usually portrayed as 30-somethings, living in their mom's basement and eating Cheetos while typing their brave, brave posts supporting the invasion and defending America's honor.

[Kadie]

34. ah.

Thanks. Now I understand.

[1955doubledie]

75. There's also the joke about the freeper who went to the doctor

He went to the doctor, complaining that his penis had mysteriously turned orange. The doctor examined him and yes, the guy's entire appendage was bright orange.

The doctor asked, "Have you been doing anything unusual lately?" The freeper replied, "No, just the usual...I just sit all day, watching porno flicks and eating Cheetos."

[Pool Hall Ace]

84. 101st Chairborne

I hadn't seen that in a while, and just had to see it again. I need a good, hearty laugh every so often!

[wolfgangmo]

162. Let's not assume anything here.

He might not be a member of the 101st Chairborne, he might have been a member of the Fighting 5th Deferment Brigade

[Submariner]

101. .

[Warpy]

15. Too young for Medicare

and likely out of his plan's area.

He's likely to get a first hand lesson in why the rest of us are fighting for reform, poor bastard.

[blondeatlast]

18. "No More Socialized Anything"? Like that PUBLIC PARK you chose for your protest?

Teh ijicy--it hrut.

[liberation]

152. These are the same people who raised a stink because DC Metro did not provide enough supplemental

public transportation services to accommodate their previous march.

You just can't make logical dissonance like the one these idiots suffer from.

[HughBeaumont]

19. The Crowd Above Him to the Photographers: "Yeah .. . just GET yer digs in, librul mediuh!"

"Haw Haw Haw. You just think yer SO DAMNED SMART, DON'T YEH???"

Oh look at the last photo - a bunch of old angry white people with folded arms and scowls. THAT's a stretch.

[Festivito]

20. Gets taken away by the socialized government-run fire department!

I bet without a whimper from himself or from the crowd of ironically stupid around him.

I bet the response will be: "It's different."

[krabigirl]

21. No More Socialized Anything! Ok give up your Medicare now, mmkay.

[OnionPatch]

83. Goodbye police, highways, libraries, legal system, park system......

These people are stupid beyond comprehension.

[Blue_Tires]

121. they have to give up their water, too

[SammyWinstonJack]

22. STUPID!!!

NO MORE SOCIALIZED ANYTHING.

What fun it would to have a discussion with that geniusl

[Arugula Latte]

23. Well well well -- couldn't revive yourself, eh, asshole?

Where is your rugged individualism now, Commie!

[XanaDUer]

27. Ah. irony.

Nt.

[NecklyTyler]

28. Mind numb robots willing to die for the cause

Beck has got the loony right so fired up, the useful idiots will die advancing their agenda

[Cleita]

32. Shouldn't he have refused treatment from public EMT's?

Surely, someone could have called his insurance to get approval for a private ambulance company to attend to him.

[truth2power]

95. Phrased most astutely, Cleita....Seriously, he should have been left

sitting there while someone could contact his insurance co. to get aproval for a private ambulance and transport to an approved hospital.

After all, he wouldn't want "socialized anything" and you wouldn't want to go against the wishes of someone who couldn't speak for himself.

Bah!!! These people are stupid beyond belief.

[proud2BlibKansan]

33. Uh oh socialized medicine to the rescue!!

[southernyankeebelle]

35. I heard it was hundreds not thousands

[Diane R]

36. He had better reimburse us taxpayers. What a freeloader.

[JNelson6563]

37. The irony, it hurts.

[CatWoman]

38. not half as much as the stupid

[Odin2005]

40. Got karma, moran?

[Joe the Liberal]

41. He should have pulled himself up by his bootstraps......

fucking freeloading POS probably needs to get a job too, the bum.

How much you wanna bet that the black guy helping him up and the few black EMT's we're the only people of color at that rally?

[1955doubledie]

77. Take a look at the bottom picture

The meme is that the GOP has become the party of rich old white men...and that photo does nothing to dispel that.

[Kievan Rus]

42. I love the "no more socialized anything" sign

Fine. Don't drive back home on the socialized roads.

[tex-wyo-dem]

56. Or, for that matter, if they flew to DC, they better not use...

The publically subsidized (solcialized) airports either.

[blondeatlast]

118. Or the National Park they had the protest in. nt

[trotsky]

78. Haha

"Don't drive back home on the socialized roads."

Don't use the socialized Post Office. Don't use the socialized Police or Fire services. The list goes on and on - if these people weren't so stupid it would be funnier.

[Unrepentant Fenian]

44. Now that's funny ! Now, off to the "Death Panel" with him!!!!

[malaise]

45. Why didn't he reject that Govmint

health care?

[JVS]

46. Ha-ha!

[Kurovski]

47. It must be frightening to become severely ill in the middle of a crowd like that.

[VWolf]

80. What do you mean?

EVERYONE in that crowd is severely ill.

[Kurovski]

179. LOL

I guess I mean "ill all of a sudden."

[AllieB]

48. Is there a news link to this? I want to post it on another website.

[Kadie]

52. I just found the pictures

over at daylife.com. I haven't seen a news link, or seen anything else about it.

[XanaDUer]

71. Me too

nt

[XanaDUer]

73. It's not much, but it is a pic of the passed-out, anti-healthcare reform guy

http://www.life.com/image/92809341

[AllieB]

79. Thanks!

[rocktivity]

49. Does this qualify as a pre-existing conditon?

rocktivity

[rucky]

59. Only if he's being treated for stupidity.

[xxqqqzme]

130. It will tomorrow! nt

[Aristus]

50. You think he's hurting now, wait 'til he gets the bill!

[Rectangle]

51. The Fire Dept. Paramedics are socialized medicine. Why didn't the teabaggers

chase them away, and exort the fallen man to call his
Private Insurance Co.?? Or at least use his health savings account?

[Stinky The Clown]

53. Damned socialized EMTs.

[gholtron]

54. Do you think he is covered under the Republican's Health plan

that Congressman Alan Greyson talked about?? Yikes!!!

[Buddyblazon]

55. Give that asshole a big fat bill.

Tell him to pull himself up by his bootstraps.

[rucky]

57. I wonder what the (government run) 9-1-1 response time was.

those public employees can't get anything right!

[The Midway Rebel]

58. Karma is a beotch! n/t

[jaysunb]

60. "Thousands of people from across the country"

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 05: Thousands of people from across the country attend a news conference and rally to protest the health care bill on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol November 5, 2009 in Washington, DC. Most Republican members of the House of Representatives led by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) attended the rally to voice their opposition to the House version of the health care reform legislation moving through Congress

"Thousands" as in maybe 2 thousands ?

Such bullshit

[deutsey]

74. Yeah, and when we gathered tens of thousands to protest an illegal war

we were lucky to get a passing mention.

[MrScorpio]

61. I hope that they got his credit card

No free health care for teabaggers on my watch

[nini]

62. they can't see it even when it's right in front of their faces

assholes

[sabrina 1]

63. Those pictures make a mockery of their whole

'movement'!

Not a single tea-bagger objected to him getting socialized care? 'No More Socialized Anything! It could have been a SNL skit!

Someone should send them to Jon Stewart ~

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[Richard Steele]

66. What a maroon. K&R

[krispos42]

67. History repeats itself

When the deathers were rioting at town-hall meetings in August, there was a protestor that got in a scuffle and fell and hurt his knee. Required surgery to fix.

And.... unemployed with no insurance.



Of course.


And he was reduced to sitting around with a coffee can, collecting donations to help pay his medical bills.


Reality bites another one in the ass.

[Hannah Bell]

68. i wonder if those people watching the medics assist him were feeling rueful.

confrontation with the actual fragility of the isolated individual will provoke that response.

[demodonkey]

69. I don't think people with that attitude have any rue to be full of. nt

[colorado_ufo]

70. Reminds me of a recent exchange with my friend, a Rabid Repub -

She: Don't talk to me about health care reform, not if you want us to stay friends!

Me: OK, fine. How is your roommate, Kathy? (Not real name)

She: Pretty good, but she has been off her medication. Stupid clinic! They didn't give her enough of her antidepressants, then they closed and she couldn't get a refill. She mentally crashed, but she refused to let me take her to the emergency room. That just shows how lousy government-run medicine is!

Me (seizing the opportunity): Why doesn't she get private insurance?

She (completely missing the irony of what was happening in her own house): Kathy lost her job, and she can't get insurance.

Me: Well, then, that's the problem, isn't it?


Long silence.

Unbelievably, the above was an actual conversation just one week ago.

[renate]

141. that really does sum them up, doesn't it?

If only there were a treatment program for chronic stupidity--an inpatient program so they couldn't go to these stupid rallies.

[niyad]

181. doesn't it hurt to be friends with someone that lacking in connecting brain cells?

[deutsey]

72. They should have called a cab and have it take him to the hospital.

Anything else is socialized health care.

[Historic NY]

109. what and no tip for the taxi driver...sheesh.

[Wizard777]

117. Actually a Limo is cheaper than an ambulance.

Ambulance = 800.00
Limo = 300.00

If Billionaires For Wealth Care really wanted to throw their money around. They would quit renting those cheap ass limo's and start renting those really expensive ambulances to transport them to their protests. They could staff the ambulances with Senators to give them emergency Cash infusions en route to the protest. You know to ensure that rich becomes a place like hell. Somewhere you can enter but never leave. Because they will bankrupt the government trying to keep the rich from losing a single dime.

[DainBramaged]

76. Hey why did they help him, let him help himself

he wants to protest socialized medicine, oh wait, he is probably RETIRED and on Medicare, he HAS socialized medicine, how stupid of me.

[MindPilot]

119. Probably retired from a government job...

[old mark]

81. Wait till he gets the bill for THIS!!!!!

He'll collapse all over again.

mark

[peekaloo]

82. Traitor!

[T Wolf]

85. Should have left him to die. Did any of the pukes help or did they rely on the gubmint?

The enemy will NOT see the irony in this situation. They are beyond reason and we should not waste any resources on them.

[DFW]

86. One thing was missing

Where was Bachmann screaming, "Don't you touch him, you socialists!" and shooing them off?

These were Paramedics paid for with tax dollars. According to those present, including the
fat guy who collapsed, they had no business attending to some private citizen at all. No
government agency does.

I see a sign there saying "Jacksonville, FL vote no on health care." So, if they vote not on
care, why aren't they screaming in protest about their compatriot getting health care right
there in front of their very eyes? That must have been to them about as disturbing as showing
Deep Throat at Mass in the Vatican. Now the guy might live. How obscene. The Deathers must
be mortally offended.

[RayStar]

111. Bachmann

This woman had the time of her life yesterday. Don't these people realize no one wants to die from not receiving medical attention when needed.

[Turbineguy]

87. 1: I hope he's OK

2: I hope he demands the bill so he can pay it.

3: I hope he learned something.

[AspenRose]

156. What you said.

[olegramps]

88. I hope the send the fat son-of-a-bitch a huge bill.

And when he receives it he has heart failure. I have come to actually despise Republicans.

[TankLV]

89. HA!!! Couldn't happen to a "nicer" idiot...

Hope there's plenty more...!!!

[L0oniX]

90. We should all show up to these events dressed up like we are sick and maimed or dead.

[madmom]

92. Some one should send this to KO, I'm sure he could learn the details.

[MrMickeysMom]

93. I knew this was gonna get a lot of comments... TRUE!

What irony!
That hideous Michelle Bachman should have done her impression of Ripley, yelling, "get away from him, you bitches!"

What's a 5 letter word for these mostly Republicans?

[sufrommich]

94. Michelle Bachmann needs to make sure this man gets the bill

so he can pay for it in his own bootstrappy way.

[no limit]

96. I hope he has insurance. But could you imagine the beautiful irony if he didn't?

[Leftist Agitator]

97. I hope he follows the Republican Health Care plan and dies quickly.

[Zambero]

107. Well, he's already violated the plan's first precept

In a defiant act, he dared to get sick! Now he needs to do like any patriotic teabagger would do under these circumstances -- namely, atone for his transgressions and go to meet his maker. And I don't mean yesterday either. Now, has God pulled the plug yet?

[crim son]

99. If there is a god, s/he has been having a good time

with these anti-health-care movement people. I sincerely hope the man is just fine and lives to see his $20K bill for emergency services and subsequent treatment. Oh Yeah, Baby.

[Zambero]

100. Weren't some of those providing assistance gov't employees?

Damn! That man's civil rights were violated for all to see. He's been taken over by the government, incarcerated, and no doubt shipped off to a public option death camp so that some faceless bureaurcrat can pull the plug on him while passing the bill to pay for his demise on to patriotic citizens.

[Javaman]

102. The crowds are getting smaller and smaller.

grouped pics are now close up shots.

if there were a lot of folks, the group shots whould be wide shots.

[Historic NY]

103. Looks like the GOP death panel was interviewing him......

I'm glad the Socialized DC FD Paramedics could come and help him.

[Chipper Chat]

104. Anyone notice the "Fox News is Great" sign in the background.

Very telling. Very telling, indeed.

[Jennicut]

106. I hope the bill for the emergency care really makes him collapse.

Idiot.

[TygrBright]

108. Dang, there goes another irony meter.

I should be billin' FOX News for 'em, I'm goin' through 'em so fast, these days.

amazedly,
Bright

[paparush]

110. See - He wasn't following the Republican Plan (tm) "Don't Get Sick"

Lets hope he didn't have to die quickly.

Was the crowd chanting "Suck it up! Shrug it off!"??

[DrZeeLit]

113. How is that person holding the No More Socialized Anything going to get home?

NOT using: highways, subway, buses, trains -- all socialized

NOT using: airplanes (how about that socialized air traffic control system, eh?)

NOT: walking (how about those socialized sidewalks, eh?)

NOT: being protected by army, navy, air force, marines, police, fire depts, highway patrol..... the list goes on

NOT: snacking or eating -- interstate commerce commission, FDA....

I suspect a sad end for our sign bearer.
Boo F-ing Hoo...

[HughBeaumont]

134. How would they have gotten THERE?

They're protesting in a PUBLICLY FUNDED PARK.

How many of them took the METRO?

It's a stand-up comedy act.

[DrZeeLit]

135. Smack my forehead! You are soooo RIGHT! Duh... HOW DID they get to the event?

Oooooh... that pesky SOCIALISM... so sneaky, huh?

They are all morons.
Comical, but scary, too.
MORONS!

[Joe Chi Minh]

182. Deleted by jcm.

[Wizard777]

114. Why is he getting health care instead of dying quickly like a good Republican?

[Nikki Stone1]

120. Bingo

[Ganja Ninja]

115. Being carried away by the socialist fire department.

I'm sure the irony was lost to the crowd.

[HughBeaumont]

129. Believe it or not, some of the moran contingent is trying to take over the argument . . .

. . .stating that fire, police, schools, etc are not examples of socialism, but rather "public services".

[blondeatlast]

163. Perhaps a "public service" copy of Roget's Thesaurus is in order. nt

[Joe Chi Minh]

183. "Public? "Social", as in "society"? What possible connection could there be?

[fascisthunter]

116. how about all those socialized police officers

idiots

[Joe Chi Minh]

184. Social Darwinism can be brutal. Those paramedics should have let

nature take its course.