Now that's what I call hypocrisy!

vastleft's picture

Bush actually said this in his State of the Union address:

We will insure that decisions about your medical care are made in the privacy of your doctor's office, not in the halls of Congress.

I'll respond with four words: Terri Schiavo, Jane Roe.

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"as you both read the letter from the insurance company

denying care."

vastleft's picture

Liberty, see -- he's bringing doctors and patients together!

He also talked about the need to stop the "divisiveness" about stem cell research. I.e., we should happily continue to throw out unused embryos rather than use them to save and improve lives.

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but VL, that's not medical care...

...that's MORAL care. if yew wuzn't sech an atheist, yew'd know thet.

(walks away humming "Jesus" by the Velvets...)

Two more words

For the insured, the word is "Aetna," and the thought is, hope you never need any medical care that costs money.

For the uninsured, the word is "uninsured," and the thought is, hope you never need any medical care that costs money.

My thought, anyway. "Some" find the horrible decisions forced on the Sarkisyans and the Drivers of this world ... entertaining.

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Stand up night last night in Congress.

My favorite bit of the night was the , "No one can deny the success of No Child Left Behind."

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Jack, I absolutely did LOL on that one

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