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Stepson recalls a night of alcohol (but no $$ for meds)
The Boston Globe ^ | 12/02/2007 | Megan Woolhouse & James Pindell

Posted on 12/02/2007 5:24:31 AM PST by Andy'smom

ROCHESTER, N.H. - In the hours before he allegedly took five people hostage at Hillary Clinton's campaign office Friday, Leeland Eisenberg sat drinking rum and cokes with his stepson in his trailer.

He drank heavily, and in a fog of frustration and delusion, said he could no longer afford his medication for bipolar disorder, his stepson, Benjamin Warren, said by phone last night. Unemployed, Eisenberg had no money to see a doctor; a local hospital turned him away when he went for help, Warren said.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: eisenberg; hillary; hillarycare; hoax; hostages; nh2008; plant; scam; universalhealthcare
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I think I'm ready to put on my tinfoil hat now.
1 posted on 12/02/2007 5:24:33 AM PST by Andy'smom
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To: Andy'smom

So, we need “free” health care. QED.


2 posted on 12/02/2007 5:26:58 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
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To: Andy'smom

Don’t tell me you think he’s another DNC plant.


3 posted on 12/02/2007 5:27:05 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Either that or free booze and mixers.


4 posted on 12/02/2007 5:27:37 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Andy'smom
He drank heavily, and in a fog of frustration and delusion, said he could no longer afford his medication for bipolar disorder, his stepson, Benjamin Warren, said by phone last night.

Substitute things like LG TV, XBox and new car for alcohol, and you've got your typical Democrat supporter. No sense of personal responsibility.

5 posted on 12/02/2007 5:29:20 AM PST by NittanyLion
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To: Andy'smom; PJ-Comix

Did anyone get his screen-name at DU or Kos?


6 posted on 12/02/2007 5:29:58 AM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: Moonman62
Either that or free booze and mixers.

Well, some folks like to "self medicate" and that should be free too!

7 posted on 12/02/2007 5:31:02 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
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To: Andy'smom

Bipolar meds are countra indicated by alcohol and they are basically free from every public mental health facility in the country.

Not taking your meds and consuming alcohol is a common characteristic of anti social behaviour and bi polar mental illness in general terms.


8 posted on 12/02/2007 5:32:36 AM PST by bill1952 ("all that we do is done with an eye towards something else." - Aristotle)
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To: Andy'smom
He did not need a hospital. . .he only needed to take his 'meds'. . .

. . .knowing that he is 'disturbed' when not on them; making a conscious decision to not take them; says to me, one should be considered fully responsible for one's own, outcome based decision.

Applies to 'meds'. . .drugs; alcohol and any other impairment, people CHOOSE to operate under.

9 posted on 12/02/2007 5:33:30 AM PST by cricket (Just say N.O. to U.N..)
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To: Andy'smom

Bipolars don’t act with logic, even on their meds.

Many bipolars don’t respond to all medications. It’s like mixing cocktails. Some work, some don’t. Then after they’ve worked for a while, they stop and you have to start all over again. Besides, they often won’t take them, because they are fine- it’s everyone else who is crazy.

My husband was on lithium, which was cheap. But he also needed one that was more than $500 a month. I used to get down on my knees and thank God every day we had good insurance. The thing is, if he had no income, most of the drug companies had programs to give drugs for little or no cost. But bipolars often can’t muster up the logic to even fill out a paper. If I tried to give my husband a paper, he would usually end up throwing something through the window. I did it all.

The sad thing is, society really has no answer for the brittle manic depressive. Family is the only one, and they usually alienate them all.

To this guy, holding Hillary’s headquarters hostage I’m sure made perfect sense. It’s classic. My husband had to be babysitted to make sure he didn’t do stuff like that, even taking expensive meds. And he had numerous expensive hospital stays.


10 posted on 12/02/2007 5:35:51 AM PST by I still care ("Remember... for it is the doom of men that they forget" - Merlin, from Excalibur)
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To: Incorrigible

At least the guy was smart enough not to be brandishing a weapon. It would have made him an easy Foster shot.


11 posted on 12/02/2007 5:37:38 AM PST by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: Andy'smom
It’s obvious. Hillary and her staff should drop all charges, and use some of her campaign contributions for booze and meds for the guy, since Bush obviously isn’t paying for them.
12 posted on 12/02/2007 5:38:19 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (Planting trees to offset carbon emissions is like drinking water to offset rising ocean levels)
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Funny how all these AH that are victims of some modern umba gumba mythical spirit creatures....funny how they never step in front of a bus. Or spit in the face of a guy who is 6’6”, 280?
Funny how they manipulate, scam, have all the socialist ‘science’ jargon down pat.

Funny how these people can drive, buy, drink, mix, screw, eat, travel, tell jokes...and yet have some disease that doesn’t show up on any CAT scan, or blood test.

Bull.

13 posted on 12/02/2007 6:32:24 AM PST by Leisler (RNC, RINO National Committee. Always was, always will be.)
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To: Andy'smom

Oh my,,,,,,,here we go,,,,,,,,,,playing the “victim” card, couldn’t afford meds, which will lead us to hills famous healthcare plan.....hang on to your bippies people, the fun has just begun!


14 posted on 12/02/2007 6:44:43 AM PST by rockabyebaby (HEY JORGE, SHUT UP AND BUILD THE BLEEPING FENCE, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.)
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No one has yet said that this dude is receiving public assistance. We have a whole trailor park full not too far from me.

So where does his beer money come from? Is he receiving some kind of disability benefits? What was his settlement from the church?

Where's the other side of the coin on this guy?

15 posted on 12/02/2007 6:56:47 AM PST by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: Andy'smom
He's a democrat, I grew up in that area and escaped, and no doubt about it he's a democrat. If he was a republican the media wouldn't be working so hard to make this a non story.


16 posted on 12/02/2007 6:58:11 AM PST by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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To: Andy'smom

“Yeah, give me 3 cartons of Marlboros, a case of Bud, three quarts of Jamaican Rum, and,....darn it that doesn’t leave me with enough dough to by my Meds, oh well, just enough left for dozen Trojans and my Cialis!”


17 posted on 12/02/2007 7:00:19 AM PST by Doc Savage (The tree of liberty needs to be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants)
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To: Andy'smom

Every bi-polar “person” I’ve come in contact with has been nothing but abusive and destructive to themselves and everyone around them. They actually point to their condition for sympathy and try to excuse their behavior instead of utilizing treatment. Steer clear!


18 posted on 12/02/2007 7:00:31 AM PST by The Worthless Miracle (No one can steal your inner worth if they don't know where to look for it.)
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To: darkwing104
He's a democrat,

Highly likely.

19 posted on 12/02/2007 7:00:35 AM PST by Tribune7 (Dems want to rob from the poor to give to the rich)
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To: Sacajaweau

Imagine the surprised look on Vince’s face when Hitlery shot him. Actually I think she may have left that drop piece on his desk, he picks it up, while Hitlery is telling a SS agent that he threatened to shoot her. Guy opens the door, Vince has the gun in his hand, turns toward the door and the guy wipes him. LOL!


20 posted on 12/02/2007 7:03:26 AM PST by Doc Savage (The tree of liberty needs to be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants)
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