How crazy is that? (Regarding to the VA Tech Incident)

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A candidate for student body president delivers tearful speech about dead cousin at VT vigil; later admits she made the whole thing up for votes in next week's election.

I mean, How crazy is that for the candidate to create a sob story out of an recent terrible tragedy that happened at Virginia Tech? There could have been many other different paths for the candidate to be able to earn the votes from the student body but to use this incident to earn a vote is not so cool at all.

Here's the link and the information -

Student Candidate Lies About Va. Tech Cousin For Votes - News Story - KPTV Portland

Student Candidate Lies About Va. Tech Cousin For Votes

POSTED: 7:05 am PDT April 21, 2007
UPDATED: 7:41 am PDT April 21, 2007

ASHLAND, Ore. -- A candidate for Southern Oregon University student body president has admitted she was lying when she claimed she had a cousin who was killed in the Virginia Tech shootings.

Brandi Freeman spoke at a candlelight vigil held by students at the university campus in Ashland Thursday night.

With tears streaming down her face, she had claimed she had lost her cousin in the shootings that left 33 dead at Virginia Tech.

By Friday, Freeman admitted to making up the story to appeal to voters for the student body election next week. She also said she suffers from bipolar disorder.

Freeman is a dean's list student and a member of the student senate. But she said she'll likely drop out of the student body elections because of her actions.
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Some people will use a tragedy to further their own agendas.

Some people will take advantage of people who are grieving to get money or material things from others.

It happens all the time, and yes, It's crazy. Personally I thinkthere are people that are just greedy sometimes.
 
what a sick mind she have.. sheesh.. cant believe she would snoop to that to just win for the student body president.. thats LOW!
 
That's sad that she did such a stupid thing. :/

But as you remember, there were people who took advantage of the 9/11 attack, Hurricane Katrina, and so any other tragedies. It's all sickening hearing stories like the what the college girl above did. :/

[sigh]
 
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