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Hillary: Pull Plug On Patients Like Terri
Newsmax ^ | 3-28-2005 | Carl Limbacher & Newsmax Staff

Posted on 03/28/2005 7:56:15 AM PST by Pendragon_6

Since the Terri Schiavo case began to dominate the headlines ten days ago, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has gone into virtual hiding - refusing to show up for last Sunday's vote on congressional intervention and offering no public comment on the case in the intervening eight days.

But in Sept. 1993, while appearing before Congress to sell her ill-fated health care reform plan, Mrs. Clinton suggested that she wanted to make it easier to deny long term care to patients like Schiavo who have little chance of recovery.

"I think there should be a discussion in this country about what is appropriate care . . . with more thought and more concern about both the human and the economic cost," she told the Senate Finance Committee. Referring to her own health care plan, Hillary explained:

"If we do this health care reform right [we can] create the kind of security we're talking about so that people will know that they're not being denied treatment for any reason other than it is not appropriate, it will not enhance or save the quality of life."

Mrs. Clinton hinted that she thought that even patients who were not necessarily terminally ill should be denied life-saving treatment

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KEYWORDS: hillary; schiavo
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1 posted on 03/28/2005 7:56:16 AM PST by Pendragon_6
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To: Pendragon_6

There are millions of Americans who think that denying Hillary Clinton air to breathe would be justified.


2 posted on 03/28/2005 7:57:39 AM PST by TommyDale
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To: TommyDale

I agree whole heartedly.


3 posted on 03/28/2005 7:58:16 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
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To: Pendragon_6

Folks, the real reason the Dems vote for death is out. This is what social security and heathcare reforms will look like under the Democrats.


4 posted on 03/28/2005 7:59:15 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter
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To: Pendragon_6; MeekOneGOP

BTTT


5 posted on 03/28/2005 8:03:48 AM PST by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Pendragon_6

pull the beast's plug


6 posted on 03/28/2005 8:04:35 AM PST by The Wizard (DemonRATS: enemies of America)
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To: Pendragon_6

This needs to be a major campaign issue in 2008.

Lets see how eager the eldery are to put their lives in the Hildabeast's hands.


7 posted on 03/28/2005 8:04:50 AM PST by tomahawk (http://tomahawkblog.blogspot.com/)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Logan's run, here we come!


8 posted on 03/28/2005 8:06:31 AM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Pendragon_6

I have an idea for a new bumper sticker:

"Stop Obesity: Remove Hillary's Feeding Tube!"


9 posted on 03/28/2005 8:07:01 AM PST by GianniV
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To: Pendragon_6

"If we do this health care reform right [we can] create the kind of security we're talking about so that people will know that they're not being denied treatment for any reason other than it is not appropriate, it will not enhance or save the quality of life."

No wonder she has stayed hidden under a little rock. What Hillry could not get done nationally seems to have been done state by state, and money seems to be the bottom line.


10 posted on 03/28/2005 8:08:30 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: Fiddlstix; PhilDragoo; devolve
bump!

12 posted on 03/28/2005 8:11:53 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Pendragon_6
"I think there should be a discussion in this country about what is appropriate care . . . with more thought and more concern about both the human and the economic cost," she told the Senate Finance Committee. Referring to her own health care plan, Hillary explained:

Picking up rocks brings all sorts of creepy crawlies out in the light.

13 posted on 03/28/2005 8:12:46 AM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Pendragon_6

My God.

This article just made this whole situation even more nightmarish . . .


14 posted on 03/28/2005 8:26:05 AM PST by cvq3842
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To: Pendragon_6
Please don't give up. Continue to call.

Phone the following numbers and ask your family to also:

Governor Jeb Bush: 850-480-7146

President George Bush: 202-456-1414

Congressman Tom Delay: 202-225-5951

Senator Bill Frist: 202-224-3344

Senator Rick Santorum: 202-224-6324

And please continue to pray!!! Terri SCHINDLER has NOT given up and neither should we!!!!!

15 posted on 03/28/2005 8:26:20 AM PST by TAdams8591 (Evil succeeds when good men don't do enough!!!!!!)
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To: Pendragon_6

Many Freepers agree with Hillary.


16 posted on 03/28/2005 8:27:01 AM PST by Sir Gawain (Jeb and Republican Congress: Standing by while someone dies)
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To: TommyDale

Unfortunately there was no Roe v Wade around when Mrs. Rodham conceived the Hildabeast (WINO). /sarcasm


17 posted on 03/28/2005 8:27:38 AM PST by jslade (People who are easily offended......OFFEND ME!)
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To: GianniV
"Stop Obesity: Remove Hillary's Feeding Tube!"

Better yet....sew her mouth shut.

18 posted on 03/28/2005 8:28:03 AM PST by Osage Orange (Democrats....appear as confused as goats on AstroTurf.)
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To: Calpernia
She's so willing to pull the plug on a young lady with a feeding tube, i wonder where she stands on.
People in wheelchair.
The deaf.
The blind.
Mental illness.
Diabetics.
Cancer patients. Is this the killing fields part 2?
19 posted on 03/28/2005 8:28:13 AM PST by Graycliff ("Life is just one darn thing after another; LOVE is just two darn things after each other.")
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To: Pendragon_6
Mrs. Clinton suggested that she wanted to make it easier to deny long term care to patients like Schiavo who have little chance of recovery.

If by some fluke she manages to get elected president she now has a firm starting point for her wishes on this thanks to a rogue county judge and a decided lack of will from our current "leadership."

20 posted on 03/28/2005 8:29:48 AM PST by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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