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Alex Okrent, 29, of Evanston was working at the Obama re-election headquarters in Chicago on Friday when he collapsed and later died. (Twitter / July 14, 2012) Chicago - A staff member for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign died Friday after collapsing at the campaign’s Chicago headquarters, campaign officials said.
Alex Okrent, 29, worked in the campaign’s paid media department, which handles advertising.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported that paramedics treated Okrent at the campaign headquarters and then took him to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Obama’s campaign said the president called Okrent’s parents to offer his condolences. Okrent was a field organizer on Obama’s 2004 Senate campaign and then worked on Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. The president later spoke with other campaign staffers in a conference call to offer his condolences.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney offered his condolences on Twitter, saying he and his wife, Ann, “were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Alex Okrent. Prayers are with Alex’s loved ones and the entire Obama campaign team.”
Obama campaign senior adviser David Axelrod said on Twitter that Okrent was a “beloved member of our team. It’s been a very emotional day.”
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Jul 14, 2012 at 11:20 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
Its not good luck to be around this guy. Last week, the woman who owned the restaurant where Obama held a campaign breakfast event also was niftar.
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Jul 15, 2012 at 12:17 AM a yid Says:Report as Inappropriate
Boruch dayan emes! This person was a yid and it's a tragedy that he died so young.
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Jul 15, 2012 at 12:28 AM Shlomo Says:Report as Inappropriate
Wow! A person died and you think this is a good time for cheap political shots?
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Jul 15, 2012 at 12:32 AM ComeOn Says:Report as Inappropriate
What's stopping him from still voting 5 times? Jut because he's dead doesn't mean he can't vote! That's racism!
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Jul 15, 2012 at 12:40 AM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
Maybe he knew too much - sounds fishy
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Jul 15, 2012 at 12:50 AM Materetsky Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ What's stopping him from still voting 5 times? Jut because he's dead doesn't mean he can't vote! That's racism! ”
I usually don't like to make jokes in times like this-- but that was very well played!
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Jul 15, 2012 at 01:36 AM blackandwhite Says:Report as Inappropriate
This makes no sense if you follow the quote marks:
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney offered his condolences on Twitter, saying he and his wife, Ann, “were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Alex Okrent. Prayers are with Alex’s loved ones and the entire Obama campaign team.”
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Jul 15, 2012 at 03:12 AM RACHELIGHT Says:Report as Inappropriate
How come we don't hear what he died from? A healthy young man just doesn't die out of the blue....
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Jul 15, 2012 at 02:02 AM ComeOn Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ I usually don't like to make jokes in times like this-- but that was very well played! ”
When the country has gone to the dogs, all we have left is our wit.
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Jul 15, 2012 at 03:03 AM jacksax Says:Report as Inappropriate
Baruch dayan emes . Please dont make jokes out of this . If it was your family member g-d forbid . You wouldnt .
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Jul 15, 2012 at 08:28 AM Brian Says:Report as Inappropriate
Mitt Romney offered his condolences on Twitter, saying “...Prayers are with... the entire Obama campaign team.”
Hence you know the fix is in. Why the heck is he praying for the Obama campaign? Mitt Romney isn't in it to win it. Mark my words.
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Jul 15, 2012 at 06:13 PM PMOinFL Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ I usually don't like to make jokes in times like this-- but that was very well played! ”
Yes... but the joke is those who make the jokes.
Why? Because while there are instances of fraudulent voter REGISTRATION, but there has been less than 20 cases of even SUSPECTED voter fraud in this country in the last 20 years. That means they showed that 20 people voted improperly in 7 states. No other claims have ever held up in any court, including some reviewed by the Supreme Court.
What it shows is that stupid people will believe whatever nonsensical propaganda the bobbleheads on talk radio and cable "news" entertainment shows tell them.
How sad. The worst part is that educated Conservatives know better and know that this issue is a 100% falsehood. It is what keeps CONSERVATIVES out of office. Conservatism cannot exist in a cesspool of propaganda, lies and conspiracy theories. Sadly, that has gripped the Republican Party for 12 years and it has been the noose around its neck since it picked Sarah Palin.
We Conservatives are DESPERATE for a revolution that means the end of the Republican Party and a return to CONSERVATIVE government and KEYNESIAN economics.
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Jul 15, 2012 at 11:34 PM Brian Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Yes... but the joke is those who make the jokes.
Why? Because while there are instances of fraudulent voter REGISTRATION, but there has been less than 20 cases of even SUSPECTED voter fraud in this country in the last 20 years. That means they showed that 20 people voted improperly in 7 states. No other claims have ever held up in any court, including some reviewed by the Supreme Court.
What it shows is that stupid people will believe whatever nonsensical propaganda the bobbleheads on talk radio and cable "news" entertainment shows tell them.
How sad. The worst part is that educated Conservatives know better and know that this issue is a 100% falsehood. It is what keeps CONSERVATIVES out of office. Conservatism cannot exist in a cesspool of propaganda, lies and conspiracy theories. Sadly, that has gripped the Republican Party for 12 years and it has been the noose around its neck since it picked Sarah Palin.
We Conservatives are DESPERATE for a revolution that means the end of the Republican Party and a return to CONSERVATIVE government and KEYNESIAN economics. ”
Keynes was a lifelong member of the Liberal party.
Keynes was also a proponent of eugenics. Eugenics is the ideology that led to Nazism and specifically the genocide dimension of it. He served as Director of the British Eugenics Society from 1937 to 1944. As late as 1946, shortly before his death, Keynes declared eugenics to be "the most important, significant and, I would add, genuine branch of sociology which exists."
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Jul 16, 2012 at 12:30 PM PMOinFL Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Keynes was a lifelong member of the Liberal party.
Keynes was also a proponent of eugenics. Eugenics is the ideology that led to Nazism and specifically the genocide dimension of it. He served as Director of the British Eugenics Society from 1937 to 1944. As late as 1946, shortly before his death, Keynes declared eugenics to be "the most important, significant and, I would add, genuine branch of sociology which exists." ”
Perhaps you would know more about Keynes if you got your information from a real source, and not "wikipedia".
1. The "liberal party" that you speak of was in Britain. At that time, "liberalism" did not mean the same thing it means today. Liberalism meant "freedom". Lincoln, for example, was an extreme "liberal" in his day. For example, today, racists are most likely to vote Republican (that is just fact, not a judgement of Republicans), yet it was the Republicans of the mid-1800's fighting for an end to slavery. It was Republicans who pushed the hardest all the way through the 1940's for racial equality.
2. The concept of eugenics at that time was considered legitimate scientific research. Essentially, it was the same idea that Hitler's scientists had which was to mate people of superior genetics to eventually wipe out the weak and weak-minded. At that time (1920's) this was all VERY new science and nobody really know what it meant for the future of civilization. That EARLY research into eugenics is why Jews get blood tests for genetic diseases today.
How sad for you. You use words you don't understand in a context that you are too intellectually stunted to comprehend.