"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

[kylinrouge.livejournal.com]

What makes you so sure? Do you think the polling has been consistent on the issue regardless of how it's asked?

Yes.

They're inconvenient for you, you mean.

No.

You haven't offered any counter-evidence. You just say that you have, but in our entire thread there is not a single link offered by you. You're just trolling me.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

You haven't offered any counter-evidence. You just say that you have, but in our entire thread there is not a single link offered by you. You're just trolling me.

That you can't recognize it isn't something I can help. Sorry.

[kylinrouge.livejournal.com]

I answered your 'evidence', what's nice is I tried to actually address the content of your links, instead of just going, "no, that's not enough" and moving on.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Okay then.

[kylinrouge.livejournal.com]

Which large parts of the New Deal were dismantled before the war?