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homeless fort myers woman offered help after obama's town hall
Published Feb. 10, 2009Views: 308
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.
The house is in LaBelle, the first home Scere 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.
Hughes said she wanted to talk to the president to tell him about their problems.
“That was my desire,” the 61-year-old woman said as she cried. “I said I just pray to the Lord.”
http://www.news-press.com/article/20090210/OBAMA/90210038/1002/RSS01
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February 10, 2009 7:16 p.m.
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February 10, 2009 7:16 p.m.
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February 10, 2009 7:21 p.m.
Or maybe Larry Craig has an extra bathroom this lady can use.
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February 10, 2009 7:21 p.m.
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February 10, 2009 7:23 p.m.
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February 10, 2009 7:27 p.m.
February 10, 2009 7:27 p.m.
meh2 - what would you have done with her? Just have her and her daughter die in a survival of the fittest?
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February 10, 2009 7:32 p.m.
Whose?
February 10, 2009 7:37 p.m.
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February 10, 2009 7:41 p.m.
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