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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:01 PM Original message |
Mitt Romney's wife angers cancer survivers |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. hey, Lighten up. there's Lots of jokes out there |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. What a stupid woman |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. and she converted after meeting him |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. And she switched to the whole "gold plates and magic glasses". |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
48. (why are all you Ls in caps?) n/t |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. LOL! you said it. |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. And mainstream Christianity isn't a fraud? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. on that, we agree. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. Americans with no health insurance will do just that, Ann, darling. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. If she wanted a quick death, she had options |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'd take her MS over Elizabeth Edwards' cancer any day, frankly. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. MS is, for the most part, something you LIVE with. Cancer, OTOH, |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Hmm. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Don't put words in my mouth, now or EVER. I never said those things. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:55 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Um, it's not like that for all people... |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. That sucks bicentennial_baby. Sorry to hear that. :( |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. See my post below...it gets worse. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
52. I just found out a few days ago that my mom may have MS |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Hugs to you! |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Thanks... I'm optimistic. She first had what we thought was Bell's Palsy, which led to an MRI |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. MS is not like diabetes. |
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MiserableFailure (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #29 |
51. LOL. MS is way worse than diabetes |
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peacebaby3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. This post is for both of you. Just like in the case of Ms. Romney, it's not a very |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
43. I think that was the point |
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That Is Quite Enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. She wasn't suicidal but she wanted to die? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. She's not funny, but I'm laughing at her |
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pookieblue (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
53. I'm not suicidal |
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That Is Quite Enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. I see |
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pookieblue (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. not offended at all |
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badgerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. Maybe she was just confused... |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. n/t |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. She should have asked Tammy Faye what her cancer was like. |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Do you know what MS is like? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. Age 65 is no longer "the golden years" |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:23 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Regardless, |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. You know, sadly, all this shows is how out of touch the Romneys |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Might she not be worried that that is her future, |
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AnotherGreenWorld (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's actually a pretty understandable statement |
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youngdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. Wow, she's just as sensitive and compassionate as the Mittenfurher |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. that's nothing compared to what my husband's stepmother has said |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
60. Yikes |
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flamingyouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. I post on Leroy's blog pretty regularly. It's a great community. |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. I'm sooo sorry flamingyouth. God boess you! n/t |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. sympathy |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'm sorry but I see no reason for anyone here to trash this woman on this comment |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Agreed...I deleted what I typed after rereading and thinking about it n/t |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. Regardless of what she has or wish she had, it was an insensitive |
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madmunchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
63. Oh please, get off of your throne and be a Democrat with some |
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Gelliebeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
41. Well thought out post n/t |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. I think the anger, |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Oh I do agree - but I also see MS as isolating |
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lse7581011 (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. As Callous As Her Husband! n/t |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
24. She should see how Tony Snow feels about that dumb statement. |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. An incredibly callous and thoughtless statement, but... |
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joeunderdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
38. My favorite Mitt Romney line: |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
39. I present you the new number 1 for next week's Top 10 Conservative Idiots. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
42. Can anyone recognize someone saying what they thought after being diagnosed... |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-30-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Agreed |
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Radicalman (170 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #42 |
59. Absolutely! Spot On! |
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mcctatas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
47. That's funny... |
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madmunchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #47 |
65. Wow, and people say that Pugs are heartless! |
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pookieblue (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
50. from the people magazine interview |
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BluePatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
55. As a person with a chronic illness that is not cancer, |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
56. The last thing I want to do is defend a Romney, but one of the common symptoms of MS is depression |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
62. I don't like her husband, but there's no call for criticizing her for being honest |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
64. As a cancer veteran (I hate saying "survivor"), she does not anger me. |
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