was also gay. Sadly, he drank himself to death after his homophobic
family in Detroit found out he was gay and dis-owned him.
On 1/13/11, Tommy News <tommysnews@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wrong twisted pretzel glue logic yet again, Tricky Dickie
>
> On 1/13/11, dick thompson <rhomp2002@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Did he congratulate him on being gay and actually being a hero or did he
>> just call him a hero without reference to his being gay. If the latter
>> then obviously Obama is a homophobe.
>>
>> On 01/13/2011 11:45 AM, Tommy News wrote:
>>> President Obama calls gay intern who helped save Giffords' life a hero
>>>
>>> by GoPride.com News Staff
>>>
>>> Tucson, Ariz. — During a memorial for the Tucson shooting victims on
>>> Wednesday, President Obama singled out the heroes from that day,
>>> including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' gay intern, Daniel Hernandez.
>>>
>>> Hernandez had only been working for Giffords for five days when the
>>> shooting started on Saturday.
>>>
>>> 20-year-old Hernandez was volunteering at the community event and was
>>> standing just feet away from Giffords when Jared Loughner opened fire
>>> on the congresswoman. Hernandez immediately rushed to her side and
>>> tried to comfort her.
>>>
>>> "We are grateful to Daniel Hernandez," President Obama said. "Daniel,
>>> I am sorry, you may deny it, but you are a hero, but we have decided
>>> you are a hero. Because you ran through the chaos to minister to your
>>> boss, and helped keep her alive."
>>>
>>> Hernandez, who was seated in the front row next to the President,
>>> stood awkwardly as the President showered praise on him. Hernandez
>>> smiled shyly, and then sat back down.
>>>
>>> During the memorial for the victims, Obama also recognized the other
>>> heroes from the day, including the woman who grabbed the magazine clip
>>> before Loughner could jam it back into the gun, and the men who
>>> tackled him until police arrived.
>>>
>>> "When I heard gunshots, my first instinct was to head towards the
>>> congresswoman to make sure that she was OK," Daniel Hernandez
>>> Hernandez told ABC's "This Week" on Sunday.
>>>
>>> "I had to lift up the congresswoman, because she was severely injured,
>>> and I wanted to make sure that she was able to breathe OK because
>>> there was so much blood," he said. "We had to grab whatever we could.
>>> And because we were outside of a grocery store, the employees from the
>>> grocery store brought out smocks that are used by the meat department
>>> that were clean, so that we may use them as bandages, because that was
>>> really the only clean cloth that we had."
>>>
>>> "The congresswoman was alert. She was able to hold my hand when I
>>> asked her if she could hear me," said Hernendez.
>>>
>>> Hernandez, a junior at the University of Arizona, is gay and is a
>>> member of the City of Tucson Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
>>> Transgender Issues. "She's been a great ally to the LGBT community,"
>>> Hernandez said of Giffords during an interview with the Dallas Voice.
>>>
>>> Giffords is a member of the House LGBT Equality Caucus and is a strong
>>> supporter of gay rights, including gay marriage.
>>>
>>> Six people, including a 9-year-old girl, were killed on Saturday.
>>>
>>>
>>> More:
>>> http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/15827089/president-obama-calls-gay-intern-who-helped-save-giffords-life-a-hero
>>>
>>
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> Have a great day,
> Tommy
>
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