Vermont Gov. Candidate Vows to Legalize Assisted Suicide if Elected

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[topher]

Monday November 1, 2010

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Vermont Gov. Candidate Vows to Legalize Assisted Suicide if Elected

By Kathleen Gilbert

MONTPELIER, Vermont, November 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Democratic candidate for governor of Vermont has told a pro-euthanasia lobby group that he would push to decriminalize the actions of those who help others kill themselves.

"I support end of life choices," said gubernatorial candidate Peter Shumlin in a September interview with Vermont Today posted on the Death with Dignity website.

Shumlin sympathetically described an encounter he had with a cancer-stricken woman who expressed a wish to be able to kill herself legally. "I can't imagine in my wildest dreams why government would get in between that woman ... and her doctor," he said.

Shumlin highlighted that his Republican opponent, Brian Dubie, opposes assisted suicide as well as abortion, which the Democrat vowed he would "defend until my dying day."

"[End-of-life choices] are really important issues that should also be discussed in this campaign," said the Democrat. "Brian believes the government should regulate [abortion], I don't. I also feel that way about end-of-life choices."

Polls show Shumlin and Dubie locked in a tight race for governor of the blue state. Although a VPR/Mason Dixon poll found Dubie ahead by one point in mid-October, a Rasmussen Reports survey found Shumlin ahead five points at the end of the month.

Shumlin has expressed support for assisted-suicide legislation similar to that of Oregon, where the practice has been legal since 1994. The law has led to now-famous abuses, including the story of cancer patient Barbara Wagner, who began speaking out against the law after she learned in 2008 that her insurance plan would cover drugs to kill herself, but not the more expensive cancer treatment.

Alex Schadenburg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition urged Vermont voters to recognize the threat of Shumlin's views, and keep him out of office.

"Many people decide how they will vote based on several issues, but in Vermont, voters need to reject Peter Shumlin to reject the legalization of assisted suicide," said Schadenburg.

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[topher]

This one is listed as a Toss Up by Real Clear Politics.com

If it is a toss up, and the candidate wants to legalize assisted suicide, then it should be Frontpage on Freerepublic (in my opinion).

[TigersEye]

Will he go first? Please!?!

[BigEdLB]

Well, the Donks are great promoters of the dead voting, so I suppose he wants to increase one of his constituencies. Not surprised at all...

[topher]

Maybe Dr. Jack Kevorkian should run for Lt. Governor...

[liberty or death]

Yeah baby. make it national so I can pick up some cheap real estate. In fact lets make it a UN charter so one day soon I can get me some prime African property.

Socialism. Awesome when your at the top.

[SaraJohnson]

Obama is enacting assisted genocide for the eldery and handicapped with his death panel. That is what heathcare reform is all about.

The soviets had to kill off the enemies in a messy way. The liberals will kill off their thought enemies in a much more efficient, “smarter” way.

[techno]

If our side doesn’t win this election then there will be millions of folks on the other side who will have actively participated in “the assisted suicide movement” to destroy America and to put the final nail on the coffin.

[liberty or death]

I know. My humor which I use on liberal family members is a wake up call to define these vile people.

They don’t want the best for minorities they want to control their population and keep them in slavery.

If Dem/Socialists really cared about Mexico they would scream for the overthrow of the corrupt murderers who have come and gone since the 1800’s.

[SaraJohnson]

If the political elite wanted to protect us from terrorism, they would guard the border. Alas, it is all bs.

[TigersEye]

No doubt. Down with man, up with Socialism! /s

[topher]

Maybe he just wants to increase The Dead Vote for the next election...

[grey_whiskers]

OK. Let's start with the Donks as a National Party. They are obviously regional and limited to ghetto-blighted cities, a few elite enclaves, and portions of the coasts.

Cheers!

[liberty or death]

Alas indeed Sarah but we now have our Tea Party and let us never give up. Pass this on to our children....God bless!

[freekitty]

What he is not saying is what he is saying. If assisted suicide is made legal; the government will definitely be front and center between the patient and their doctor.

Why do they lie, lie and lie?

[RepublicanMeansAmerican]

“he would push to decriminalize the actions of those who help others kill themselves”...and committ seppuku if he looses?

[Nextrush]

The wave is running very high when you have a Republican in Vermont only five points behind a Democrat in polling.

[ronnie raygun]

There’s something in the maple syrup.

[counterpunch]

Assisted Suicide: when 0bama campaigns for you.

[Theodore R.]

Now this sounds like a campaign plank that will thrill the people of VT. Ol’ Jim Jeffords will be wishing he had adopted it first.

[Theodore R.]

So often though the minorities can’t understand the point you are making.