Obama campaign worker collapses at Chicago campaign HQ and later dies

[TerryK]

First the restaurant owner, now the campaign HQ worker and today they are saying the people at his appearances are fainting by the dozens. This isn't happening at other political rallies. The guy just gives most people an evil creepy feeling.

Obama campaign worker collapses at Chicago campaign HQ and later dies




Last Modified: Jul 13, 2012 08:35PM

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A 29-year-old staffer at President Barack Obama’s downtown Chicago campaign headquarters collapsed there Friday and later died.

Alex Okrent worked with Obama’s political team since 2004. The president called Okrent’s family to offer his condolences. Obama later consoled campaign staffers in a conference call Friday afternoon.

Okrent worked in Obama for America’s paid media department, which handles advertising for Obama’s re-election bid. He was a staffer for Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and worked on his 2004 race for an Illinois Senate seat. He also worked in a variety of other campaigns.

After he collapsed, Chicago paramedics were called at 10:36 a.m. to the Obama headquarters in the Prudential Building where he was given emergency treatment. He was then taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Okrent, who lived in north suburban Evanston, was a graduate of Wesleyan University in Connecticut.

Obama’s November opponent, Mitt Romney, offered his condolences, saying via Twitter: “Ann & I were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Alex Okrent. Prayers are with Alex’s loved ones and the entire Obama campaign team.”

Lynn Sweet

More than 20 People Faint During Obama Speech



Daniel Halper

July 13, 2012 9:06 PM




The pool report on President Obama's trip to Roanoke, Virginia says that more than 20 people fainted during the president's speech this evening.

"TV viewers may have heard POTUS pointed out a couple of faintings during the rally in downtown Roanoke," writes the pool report. "In fact, fire officials say more than 20 people fell out during the course of the speech. There were waves of exclamation as one person after another swooned."

Paramedics treated 21 people on the scene and took one to the hospital, according to the Roanoke fire department.
It was warm out and the crowd of 3,000-plus was packed tightly into the 4-block area, the deputy fire marshal said by way of explanation. Volunteers passed around cups of water but some people didn't take them, he said

[smokin]

Something in the koolaid ?

[Delta]

I'm sure there will be an executive order to the effect that people who die in the service of Obama will still be allowed to vote.

[TerryK]

Hypnotic trance or something.
There is something just not right about the effect he has on people who come to see him.

[Satanta]

He's just sucking all the usable oxygen out of the surrounding area when he opens his mouth and uses the word "I" 500 billion times a second.

[tiger13]

when so much shit is spewed into a room, it uses up the oxygen....

[Palmetto]

Notice how the POS called the man's parents personally.

Brian Terry's parents haven't got a phone call from the AG or the POS.

Brian Terry was a man wearing a Federal uniform trying to defend the people and the border of these United States.

The campaign worker was working for Seotoro to tear this country down.

Consider which family received the call.

Anyone else find irony in this?

[Sebastian]

WEll his followers are all about emotion and nothing else. They are not educated - despite all the phD's (or because of it), they are ignorant of all science and engineering and economics, but they are emotional. Having no god but government the cornucopia of all that is good (works for the ignorant and the illiteratae (I made up that word)) the godhead Obama drives them into a faint and as we see sometimes death.

This is opposed to the followers of Willard for whom the words "faith over experience" pretty much explains everything.