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Woman who told Obama her financial fears has lost her job
Washington Post ^ | November 22, 2010 | Michelle Singletary

Posted on 11/22/2010 4:46:38 PM PST by NRG1973

Nobody is safe.

Velma Hart, who burst onto the media scene after telling President Obama she was scared about her financial future, has been laid off. Hart was let go as the chief financial officer for Am Vets, a nonprofit Maryland-based veteran services organization.

Hart has become another casualty of the tough economy in which so many people have lost their jobs.

"It's not anything she did," said Jim King, the national executive director of Am Vets. "She got bit by the same snake that has bit a lot of people. It was a move to cut our bottom line. Most not-for-profits are seeing their money pinched."

King would not say whether the organization had had other layoffs.

"Velma was a good employee," he said. "It was just a matter of looking at the bottom line and where could we make the best cuts and survive."

King hadn't seen the irony in Hart being fired just two months after she emotionally told Obama about her fears for her own financial well-being during a town hall meeting in Washington.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amvets; townhall; townhallmeeting
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This is the woman who told Obama that she was "exhausted trying to defend him".
1 posted on 11/22/2010 4:46:41 PM PST by NRG1973
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To: NRG1973

She probably voted Democrat this past election anyway.


2 posted on 11/22/2010 4:48:45 PM PST by petercooper (Purge the RINO's.)
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To: NRG1973

I’m having a private beer summit tonight to mourn her dismissal.


3 posted on 11/22/2010 4:48:57 PM PST by Drango (NO-vember is payback for April 15th)
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To: NRG1973
She VOTED for the Dope with Hope!

She'll get a job with the Democrat Party.

4 posted on 11/22/2010 4:49:36 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: NRG1973

paybacks are hell. tin foil hat, sorry


5 posted on 11/22/2010 4:49:58 PM PST by GoCards (Why me? Why not me?)
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To: NRG1973

Well, I am having a hard time feeling sorry for her.


6 posted on 11/22/2010 4:51:40 PM PST by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: NRG1973

Now she has more time to go defending 0bama.


7 posted on 11/22/2010 4:51:54 PM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: Drango

It is not so private ... I am having one or two with you!


8 posted on 11/22/2010 4:51:54 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: NRG1973

Her experience will come in handy in the future since Obama and the Dems and turning all American businesses into non-profits.


9 posted on 11/22/2010 4:52:10 PM PST by coaltrain (Obama's a Harvard lawyer like Elvis was a Black Belt)
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To: Drango; Red_Devil 232

“...having a beer...”
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cheers!


10 posted on 11/22/2010 4:54:37 PM PST by Repeal The 17th
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To: NRG1973

That “snake that bit her” is Obama.


11 posted on 11/22/2010 4:54:50 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: NRG1973

I recall hearing her question and I thought to myself... here is a woman who can afford two private school tuitions, probably lives in a nice house, both she and her husband are employed... why in the world did she vote for Obama? Did she not think that her “stuff” was at risk for being lost? Did she believe that O was going to make her life any better? Welcome to the real world, lady. Just a thought.


12 posted on 11/22/2010 4:55:25 PM PST by momtothree
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To: NRG1973

Obama will probably name her his Job loss Czar or something......Or she will be at his next speech....Asking Barry to buy her a house with his Stimulus “Stash”...


13 posted on 11/22/2010 4:55:34 PM PST by jakerobins
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To: NRG1973

No accident that she lost her job.

Lots of payback since the midterms.

The woman spoke honestly and for that she was punished.


14 posted on 11/22/2010 4:55:51 PM PST by Carley (IT'S THREAT ANALYSIS, NOT RACIAL PROFILING)
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To: momtothree

Identity politics is very powerful.

There is no denying that blacks have felt like second class citizens for a long time. I can easily understand her voting for Obama and hoping for the best.

She has my sympathy.


15 posted on 11/22/2010 4:57:55 PM PST by Carley (IT'S THREAT ANALYSIS, NOT RACIAL PROFILING)
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To: Carley
The woman spoke honestly and for that she was punished.

Thats what I was thinking, too.

16 posted on 11/22/2010 4:58:14 PM PST by NRG1973
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To: NRG1973

Join the club lady. Maybe next time you won’t vote for the Hopey-changey-we-need-a-black-man-in-the-white-house candidate. In 2012 try casting an intelligent vote.


17 posted on 11/22/2010 5:03:37 PM PST by YankeeReb
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To: NRG1973

This same woman who told Obama that she was “exhausted trying to defend him” probably has isn’t exhausted from blaming Bush.

I do feel bad for ANYONE who loses their job.

Regardless of her political leanings, she was a worker and not on the dole at the time of her discussion with Obama.


18 posted on 11/22/2010 5:04:21 PM PST by Le Chien Rouge
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To: anniegetyourgun
That “snake that bit her” is Obama.

Yes, he's called "Thulsa Obama"...

Hope you understand the reference....

19 posted on 11/22/2010 5:05:33 PM PST by raybbr (Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
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To: Carley

Yes she was. You cannot speak out against the Great Oz....Let us send her a copy of “The Road to Serfdom” and maybe next election cycle she will run for the House of Represenatives as a Tea Party Conservative...


20 posted on 11/22/2010 5:09:19 PM PST by taildragger ((Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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