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Rick Perry "taken aback" at Ron Paul's implication that the uninsured should die
By Delia PlessSeptember 14th, 2011, 3:30 pmComments (16)
Amid the media stream of Monday Night Football, the Miss Universe Pageant, and TiVo-ed episodes of the Entourage finale, GOP candidates met in Tampa earlier this week for the first-ever Tea Party debate. The big takeaway? Identifying groups of people who deserve to die is now a campaign platform.
Rick Perry told NBC News yesterday afternoon that he was "taken aback" when the audience cheered for Ron Paul's declaration that an uninsured man should be left to die if he unexpectedly falls into a coma. Paul backpedaled from his original statement ("That's what freedom is all about: taking your own risks") and threw in some references to his humanitarian work, but the message was pretty clear. Yes, coma-guy deserves to die.
But, Perry's indignation is more than a little hypocritical. Last week, he garnered his own crop of applause from the crowd when he defended his inmate-execution record as the governor of Texas. The rationale for killing more prison inmates than any other governor in modern U.S. history? "I think Americans understand justice," Perry said.
This is not good. Candidates are delivering folksy rhetoric while crowds of crazed Americans cheer for executing people. Maybe not a new low, but a low, right?
Commentarium (16 Comments)
Not a very strong article, here. The high point was when I spent a few seconds wondering who "comma-guy" could be.
Aaaah, you fixed it. :)
We will set a new low every week from now until the next election and then set new lows.
He specifically says no they shouldn't be allowed to die.
Wow, Nerve interns super upset over a REPUBLICAN winning a Brooklyn House seat.
They really are looking for ways to vent, aren't they!
"Identifying groups of people who deserve to die is now a campaign platform." is a bit of a strawman but the implications of what Ron Paul said were pretty strong, and scary.
I see "strawman" has now joined "begs the question" at the top of the "frequently misused" list. It's "straw man" BTW. What you quoted is hyperbole, and only just.
attacking the straw man = misrepresentation of opponents position as basis for argument
"a bit of" = colloquialism for bordering
I was saying the article was bordering on misrepresenting Ron Paul's position to support the argument that he is bad. While I agree that what Ron Paul said was bad by implication, the description of what Ron Paul actually said is intentionally biased. You are right about it being a hyperbole, but it is using a hyperbole to misrepresent Ron Paul's position.
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educate yourself
Do you think you could find two things more diametrically opposed than education and Alex Jones?
Open your mind to the truth and not only will you begin to educate yourself on things that matter, but the things you've been taught all along will start to make more sense too.
IIRC, in Chicago, dead people vote early and often. If that's the case, then neither of these pro-death guys is likely to carry the Windy City.
When I saw the Republican debates on TV, I couldn't believe it. When you consider that one in six Americans live below the poverty line; one in three are "just making it", why does the Republican party even exist? Unlike the 1929 Depression, we at least had a manufacturing base that saved us. With the Free Trade Agreement (120 million jobs gone: America's manufacturing base gone) and an artificially devalued Chinese Yen (China, a communist country, with no unions and a force of 1 billion) we have NO CHANCE of EVER climbing out of the current Depression in our life time. PERIOD! (And by the way eventually the rich will go broke as well.) And yet the American people are STILL voting Republican...Are Americans stupid or masochistic? Even though Obama is the worst president in history (I personally can't stand him) he's still better than any Republican out there.
yes, ron paul is totally misrepresented in this article. reckless, short sighted journalism. he deserves so much more respect than this.
to the person above: if you truly believe that republicans are the problem, you are ignorant. there is a puppeteer pulling the strings of both parties. ron paul is the only candidate that is not a puppet, wants to save this country, and cares about its people. study history. see how empires throughout history have demised due to the same economic mistakes we have made and are making. we are not exempt from the same fate! obama is perpetuating our debt by putting us in more wars (illegally), murdering tons of innocent people. our currency is being completely devalued. ron paul is the only candidate that opposes war! he is the only candidate that wants to end the fed! do you like the constitution? do you want your rights back? there is so much more to all this, please, go research it for yourself! you can start by going to infowars.com and listening to the daily broadcast or nightly news, and if you doubt any claims, look it up! the truth will set you free.
Mighty useful. Make no mistake, I apprectiae it.