"He went to the town-hall meeting outside the grocery store to yell at his congresswoman, angry that she kept voting for liberal causes, including the health-care reform bill -- "Obamacare," as he calls it.
George Morris didn't get the chance as a gunman went on a rampage that killed his wife, Dorothy, and wounded him in the legs and back.
If he could meet Rep. Gabrielle Giffords now, he'd still vent his frustration at the representative, who suffered brain damage from the Jan. 8 shootings. He also has some choice words for her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly.
Morris, 77, a self-described "ultraconservative," refused an invitation to have President Barack Obama visit him in his hospital room following the shootings.
"I will not kowtow to anyone," he said. "People would not believe that I would refuse the president." Read more:
[Thanks: BJS]
George Morris didn't get the chance as a gunman went on a rampage that killed his wife, Dorothy, and wounded him in the legs and back.
If he could meet Rep. Gabrielle Giffords now, he'd still vent his frustration at the representative, who suffered brain damage from the Jan. 8 shootings. He also has some choice words for her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly.
Morris, 77, a self-described "ultraconservative," refused an invitation to have President Barack Obama visit him in his hospital room following the shootings.
"I will not kowtow to anyone," he said. "People would not believe that I would refuse the president." Read more:
[Thanks: BJS]
