Sen. DeMint chooses ideology over doctor's promising device

[meegbear]

Source: McClatchy.com

The good doctor was frustrated. Dr. David Cull, a prominent vascular surgeon in Greenville, had invented a small valve system that, if it works, could spare 300,000 dialysis patients across the country enormous suffering and save U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars.

But Cull’s hometown senator, Jim DeMint, would not write a letter supporting the surgeon’s application for a federal grant under the landmark health care bill that President Barack Obama signed into law a year ago today.

A hard-core conservative with a growing national following, DeMint vowed in 2009 to make health care Obama’s “Waterloo” and is leading Republican efforts in Congress to repeal or deny funding to the law, designed to provide medical coverage to 31 million uninsured Americans.

Backing a grant application under the law — even for a constituent who lives in the same Upstate town as DeMint — would leave the senator open to charges of hypocrisy, staffers say.


Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/03/23/110905/sen-demint-chooses-ideology-over.html

[SpiralHawk]

1. Typical. Degenerate Republicon Family Pharisee Values

Republicons just HATE the idea that a Black man will triumph where they themselves so historically and pathetically FAILed because of their greed, myopia, and penchant for lying.

Such small men and women. Shrunken souls. Degenerate values. They live and breed on fear and envy.

[Tippy]

6. Republicans HATE........it is what they do best...

[roguevalley]

7. we can only hope DeMint needs dialysis. that would be justice.

[krispos42]

2. Kick & rec

[davidthegnome]

3. I'm not sure what the regulations are here

but couldn't the Doctor take his invention to another another Senator or somehow apply more directly himself at the federal level?

I'm not crazy about Obama's HCR myself, but something like this would be wonderful to have - if it works.

[Gormy Cuss]

9. The grant application was approved without DeMint's support

and I applaud the researcher for going public with just how blindly ideological and short-sighted the senator's stance is.

[Javaman]

4. My only hope is that some day...

DeMented needs that same valve to live. Watch then how quickly things move.

[hifiguy]

5. DeMent is a monster

a truly sociopathic monster.

[bvar22]

8. OK Democratic party Leadership & Marketing....

The ball is NOW in YOUR court.

(This one is so easy)
1) Find real American "Heartland" people hurt by DeMint's decision.
preferably American "Heartland" people whose children are serving in Iraq or Afghanistan (or now Libya).

2)March them across the national stage and let the Testify!

3)Start throwing around phrases like "Death Panel DeMint".


Come On, guys.
An election is approaching!

[Snoutport]

10. hateful...we should ban him from healthcare

He should be forced to go without health care...see if that changes his mind.

[greiner3]

11. "spare 300,000 dialysis patients...and save U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars."

That sparing billions of dollars is what will probably kill the bill. Think of the billions the health industry will lose in profit. Dollars talk; loudly.

[RedCloud]

12. Charge him with conspiracy to murder.

[eppur_se_muova]

13. "open to charges of hypocrisy"? That ship has sailed. Write the damned letter. nt

[Maraya1969]

14. HOW can we email this bastard? Anyone have cities and zip codes?