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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGOP Mailer Asks People to Harass Suffering 91-Year-Old in Hospice Care
http://ringoffireradio.com/2014/10/gop-mailer-asks-people-to-harass-suffering-91-year-old-in-hospice-care/Another Republican campaign has taken a turn for the horrible. A mailer is now circulating that calls for responders to call Michigan states John Fishers ailed mother of 91.
Fishers mother, according to a statement from his campaign to Mlive.com, was suffering from congestive heart failure and in hospice care at the time of the mailer.
Past mailers that attempted to inundate Fisher with a flurry of calls. Instead of being overwhelmed, Fisher had found the opportunity to talk to voters worked to [his] advantage, because most people agree with me that policies that improve life for families and seniors are good for Michigan.
But to direct people to call a suffering woman who deserves peace and comfort isbeyond the pale, said Fisher. Their lack of ethics and contempt for personal privacy is just another reason for people to question what or better, who the Republican Party stands for, so that they can make a wise decision at the ballot box
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GOP Mailer Asks People to Harass Suffering 91-Year-Old in Hospice Care (Original Post)
G_j
Oct 2014
OP
Hey! The GOP believes in torture. That much has been established for certain.
Enthusiast
Oct 2014
#4
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)1. That is just plain evil.
Hatred is the thought of disliking someone/something so much your thought is to do them harm.
Evil is the action of the hateful thought.
That action was evil, through and through.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)5. GOP = Evil
Deplorable. This election season is already bringing out the crazy in a big, big way.
Sean
dickthegrouch
(3,173 posts)3. If I were John Fisher
I'd be suing the crap out anyone involved in writing or distributing that mailer.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)4. Hey! The GOP believes in torture. That much has been established for certain.
Fucking animals. My apology to animals.
malaise
(268,967 posts)6. ReTHUGs in name and
nature. No surprise here