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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:16 PM Original message |
I have to say this - that when Edwards talks about that girl that died waiting fo liver transplant - |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. It is an anecdote used to make a larger, important point |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Just as they did. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. It is certainly different. The Republicans were attempting to intervene in a private decision. |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. for political gain. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Not all political gain is equal. There's a stark difference between |
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shoopnyc (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. I agree...and it's a field that he worked in... |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:24 PM Original message |
I don't work in the transplant field, nor do I work in the medical |
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shoopnyc (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. I meant the trial lawyer thing... |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. He uses his son's death, his wife's cancer, and this girl's death with calculated coldness. |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. What. The, Eff? |
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KingofNewOrleans (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Yes, he planned it all |
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farmboy (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. He speaks the truth about life, the reality, ugly and pretty. Your "caluclated coldness" just may be |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. I think it is sincere, loving, and effective. Screw the orivate purveyors of misery for profit. They |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Don't be so idiotic. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. This Presidnetial Candidate has brought to the discussion many |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. It is different. |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. He just did it again. Does her family want her to be the poster child for healthcare? |
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KingofNewOrleans (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I bet her family wants her to be alive |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I know they do. |
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Midwestern Democrat (238 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. Well, they're joining him on the campaign trail.... |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. He's practiced at this kind of dramatic courtroom delivery. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. It is absolutely different -- not even close to the Schiavo situation. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. I don't agree |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. You and I think alike...so think Hillary. lol |
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abburdlen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. if her family had a problem |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. I'm never comfortable with that. Romney has an ad in NH doing the same thing. |
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fadedrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. Agreed |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. This girl was denied medical treatment that may have cured her. Big difference. |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
28. "They are both used an unfortunate situation to gain political points." Exactly. |
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