"Do You, as a Candidate for President, Really Believe..."

[paft.livejournal.com]

Susan Grigsby, who lost her brother, Steve, to cancer: What really horrified me about the debate was not the poorly phrased question, it wasn’t Dr. Paul’s answer, and it wasn’t even the scream after Wolf Blitzer asked, ‘Would you let him die,’ and somebody in the audience yelled ‘Yeah!’ That wasn’t as horrifying as was the silence from the stage, from these men and women who are running for office, not a word. Nothing.

This is the reality of the right wing libertarian attitude toward the sick. It is vile. It is inhumane. It is unworthy of Americans.

The question posed by Susan Grigsby needs to be asked of every Republican candidate. "Do you, as a candidate for President, really believe that if an American cannot get, or does not get insurance, that they should be treated the way Steve was?"


When they don’t answer it it needs to be asked again. And again. And again. They cannot be allowed to evade it. They cannot be allowed to look the other way.

Republicans are already trying. Here’s Mitch McConnell when confronted with that clip from the debate and asked if it troubled him:

(Brief chuckle) Look, we have a lot of people running for president, there are going to be a lot of debates, a lot of things said, a lot of audience reactions, I don’t have a particular reaction to what’s going on in the Republican campaign for president right now.

The silence that horrified Susan Grigsby continues.

Prominent Republicans are afraid of coming out in favor of saving the lives of the sick and uninsured.

Comments

[dreadfulpenny81.livejournal.com]

Here's the problem with your analogy - all those things would mean that help wasn't sought. Steve Grigsby DID seek help AND received it.

My grandmother (who was also a Conservative) died at the same age Grigsby did from just about the same disease. She was diagnosed in February and died in June the same year, even after receiving treatment. Sometimes, it just doesn't work.

No one "let" Steve Grigsby die.

[soliloquy76.livejournal.com]

I wasn't talking about Grigsby.

[dreadfulpenny81.livejournal.com]

Then who were you talking about? Your comment doesn't make sense considering the previous conversation.

[soliloquy76.livejournal.com]

Follow the thread again. Jeff said:

"...generally speaking, liberals want to mitigate consequences while conservatives accept them and adjust accordingly."

That's what I was replying to. I was speaking in general, not about any specific case.

[dreadfulpenny81.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay. The way they have this laid out, sometimes it can get hard to follow.