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Obama Campaign Worker Collapses at Chicago Campaign HQ and Dies
suntimes.com ^ | July 13, 2012 | Lynn Sweet

Posted on 07/13/2012 4:37:51 PM PDT by BarnacleCenturion

Alex Okrent, a staffer in the Obama for America campaign who has worked with Barack Obama’s political team since 2004, died Friday after collapsing in the Chicago headquarters.

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After he collapsed, Chicago paramedics were called to the Obama headquarters in the Prudential Building where he was given emergency treatment. Okrent was then taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Okrent was a graduate of Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He is about 29 years old and from Evanston.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 2012election; alexokrent; birthcertificate; chicago; election2012; illinois; kenyanbornmuzzie; mittromney; naturalborncitizen
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To: BarnacleCenturion

I wonder if he gets his 76 virgins?


61 posted on 07/14/2012 5:13:02 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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To: kearnyirish2

It’s very sad. He was do young.


62 posted on 07/14/2012 6:25:49 AM PDT by Halls (Jesus is my Lord and Savior)
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To: jocon307
Of course there are always some young people, often younger than this guy, who drop dead of undiagnosed heart problems.

Heart problem? hmmm. He was a long time obama activist, we know his heart was in the wrong place...

63 posted on 07/14/2012 8:14:32 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1270 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Heroes aren't made Frank, they're cornered...)
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To: BarnacleCenturion
From another source: "Okrent was employed in the campaign's paid media department at the time of his death."

How odd that his death would occur just prior to Sheriff Arpaio's 2nd Press Conference. Did Okrent have graphics skills???

64 posted on 07/14/2012 9:37:01 AM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: BarnacleCenturion

My condolence to his family.

However, I cannot think of a more worthless cause to die for than maybe working for Romney. What a truly sad waste of a young life.


65 posted on 07/14/2012 3:15:16 PM PDT by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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To: Sola Veritas

communist campaign worker dies at communist headquarters. Who gives a crap that this commie scumbag, who is working hard to destroy America, kicked the can? Would anyone be concerned if a campaign worker for Mao dropped dead? Alinsky? Hitler? This scum gave eight years to communist obama to help kill USA and now his efforts ended abruptly. Have a hot time in hell.


66 posted on 07/14/2012 3:20:28 PM PDT by biggredd1
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To: afraidfortherepublic

My guess is that he was gay and had Aids.

A search for his name returned an article about the Gay/Lesbian groups supporting Obama.

Would explain the silence about cause of death.


67 posted on 07/14/2012 9:03:00 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Tolkien; ml/nj; ExTexasRedhead; rmlew; dennisw; Jewbacca; MestaMachine; Yaelle; sheik yerbouty; ...
He went to Wesleyan University which was founded by Methodists.

So I have to assume that either this Methodist school cares nothing about the founders of the institution (Armenianist Christians) or that he rejected the teachings of said school so he could support a pro-abortion politician.

In all likelihood, guessing from his name, his mother's name, and his hometown, he was born and raised as a Reform or secular Jew. Having had a bit of contact with Wesleyan and its campus, he wouldn't have been the only Jewish student there. The campus, from my observations, is quite secularized.

68 posted on 07/15/2012 3:53:08 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: sockmonkey; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...

LOLOLOLOL!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2906322/posts?page=48#48


69 posted on 07/21/2012 11:59:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2906322/posts?page=48#48

Just for the record, I felt “keyboard remorse” after I posted that.
So, belatedly, condolences to his family, and may he RIP.


70 posted on 07/21/2012 12:06:51 PM PDT by sockmonkey (She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick)
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