Santorum pushes discredited stroke claim
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_on_el_pr/us_santorum_strokes;_ylt=A0LEaoB1eCxPz5kAga2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNuYXU2dHY1BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTIwMjA0L3VzX3NhbnRvcnVtX3N0cm9rZXMEY2NvZGUDbW9zdHBvcHVsYXIEY3BvcwM2BHBvcwMzBHB0A2hvbWVfY29rZQRzZWMDeW5faGVhZGxpbmVfbGlzdARzbGsDc2FudG9ydW1wdXNoDuring a forum inside a church, Dobson cited an anonymous caller to a conservative radio show who said "for patients over 70 years of age, that advanced neurosurgical care was not generally indicated." The caller claimed that patients would be offered "comfort care" unless a panel of bureaucrats approved more significant treatment.
Santorum seemed to go along with Dobson, arguing that government-run health care would result in limits on care. He brought Obama's health and human services secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, into the argument.
"These claims are absolutely false and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons have both gone on the record to denounce these false rumors as well," spokeswoman Erin Shields said in a statement.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Stop the presses!
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)Honest to God, do they really think the American people will fall for that AGAIN?
libinnyandia
(1,374 posts)bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)that their rest homes are targets for a nuclear weapon strike from Iran.
Fear, fear, fear.
bayareaboy
(793 posts)as the short version of #203 of the death squad scenario.
Did you know that there is a remake of Soylent Green in 3-D coming up this year with Foamy Santorum playing the Charaten Heston role. It was reputed first that Newt Gringridtch-witch might do this but he has decided that he needs to cruise the coast of Greece again while callista is still somewhat firm.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Insiders claim it will be Planet of the Apes ... but in this version, the evil Apes are liberals ... and the pro-science apes who think Heston (Newt) is intelligent are conservatives.
At the end, Newt and his 5th wife (that's a long story) ride an elephant along a beach and again find the statue of liberty ... and we learn that Obama allowed Iraq to blow up the world with its Nukes ... an event which occurred shortly after President Newt had left to inspect his new moon colony. The Nuke war on earth knocks Newt and a group of cheer leaders through a black hole, and into the future ... where the liberals have screwed up everything.
Newt was also considering the Omega Man remake, but then he learned that his character DIES at the end, and he doesn't really get to sleep with the female characters. Which is a big draw back.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)And neither one of them sez much that isn't bull