"Obamacare is not for us or Moslems. SUCKERS."
Posted on 08/15/2010 9:54:45 PM PDT by Nachum
WASHINGTON – Dallas' top Democratic donors will cut big checks to share dinner later this month with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Most will be motivated by a desire to protect the party's congressional majority.
Lisa Blue will have an extra reason: to say thanks for Pelosi's efforts when her husband, Fred Baron, was dying of bone marrow cancer. His only option was an experimental drug whose manufacturer refused to give permission to use it for Baron's condition.
"He was a big fan of hers, and now I am as well," Blue said.
Baron, the "King of Toxic Torts," built a fortune suing on behalf of asbestos victims. He died the week before Election Day 2008 at age 61.
A prolific Democratic fundraiser, he served as finance chief that year for his friend John Edwards, who also made his fortune in court. Baron later acknowledged funneling large sums to Edwards' mistress – a scandal that gave ammunition to those who already despised trial lawyers.
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"Obamacare is not for us or Moslems. SUCKERS."
Meanwhile
That Was Quick… For First Time Ever Obama Administration Cuts Medicare Treatment For Cancer Patients
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2571036/posts
Maybe we need some sort of scientific panel to make these kind of life and death decisions. We could call it a “Death Panel.”
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