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VIDEO: WH's Douglass: "Cruel" To Prohibit Seniors From Professional Advice
Real Clear Politics ^ | August 12, 2009 | Real Clear Politics

Posted on 08/12/2009 9:30:01 AM PDT by ianschwartz

The White House's Linda Douglass says it is cruel to prevent seniors from making end of life decisions.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2orwellian; cruel; deathiskind; healthcare; lifeiscruel; lindadouglass; orwellwouldbeproud
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1 posted on 08/12/2009 9:30:01 AM PDT by ianschwartz
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To: ianschwartz

Tossing a new stinkbomb into the melee


2 posted on 08/12/2009 9:31:43 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Democrat Party: a criminal organization masquerading as a political party)
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To: ianschwartz; HiTech RedNeck
Philosophical differences:

Republicans - Doing as much as possible for seniors.

Democrats - Wanting to terminate as many seniors as possible.

3 posted on 08/12/2009 9:33:15 AM PDT by Enterprise (When they come for your guns and ammo, give them the ammo first.)
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To: ianschwartz

So I guess the death panels are legit and the White House is grudgingly admitting it. They must be hating on Sarah big time right now.


4 posted on 08/12/2009 9:33:20 AM PDT by ABQHispConservative (A Blue Dog Democrat is an oxyMoron!)
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To: ianschwartz

Wow, could the reporter have been any more unbiased? /sarc


5 posted on 08/12/2009 9:33:44 AM PDT by Reddy
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To: ianschwartz
Linda Douglas assumes that, if the Government doesn't provide such service, the citizens go without.

Incorrect assumption there, Linda.

6 posted on 08/12/2009 9:33:49 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies ("Wherever politics tries...to do the work of God, it becomes...demonic." — Pope Benedict XVI)
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To: ianschwartz

If there is any justice, she will see her life over before she gets old, thus will not see how stupid her comments are. She seems to think that life has no value after youth...stupid, vapid girl! perfect shill for the obamanation


7 posted on 08/12/2009 9:34:03 AM PDT by bareford101 (What Obama is doing to America is REVERSE-TREASON)
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To: ianschwartz

Who in the world wants to keep the elderly from making end of life decisions? They already have that option. The government wants to force their option on them, when it’s not their business to intrude on the private affairs of individuals. This topic is too personal for the government to get involved in. I want to die with my family, not Uncle Sam, who sure the heck isn’t related to me!


8 posted on 08/12/2009 9:34:06 AM PDT by Jaidyn
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To: ianschwartz
I never said i wanted it to be unavailable. I have a massive problem with EOL counseling (Death Adviser) being mandatory. Remember Tuesday is Soilent Green day.
9 posted on 08/12/2009 9:34:16 AM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world, and they are all out to get me.)
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To: ianschwartz
Who is preventing them? The issue is about forcing them into end-of-life consoling...
10 posted on 08/12/2009 9:34:19 AM PDT by NMEwithin
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To: ianschwartz
1. The vast majority of those decisions are legal decisions (wills, trusts, living wills, powers of attorney, etc.) and not medical decisions (type of treatment or non-treatment).

2. No one is preventing seniors from meeting with anyone.

3. Even if there is a government subsidized meeting between patient and doctor it had better not be the "Die! Die! Die! Why won't you die already?" type of meeting Obama advisor Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel seems to want seniors to have.

11 posted on 08/12/2009 9:34:38 AM PDT by KarlInOhio ("I can run wild for six months ...after that, I have no expectation of success" - Admiral Obama-moto)
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To: bareford101

Yeah, it’s easy for HER to talk. Give the grey hairs a voice!


12 posted on 08/12/2009 9:36:21 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Democrat Party: a criminal organization masquerading as a political party)
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To: ianschwartz

This is such crap, and demeaning to senors, who hardly need some government bureaucrat to teach them about their rights. Everyone who enters a hospital, regardless of age, is already asked about their end-of-life wishes. At least that is how it is in Ohio. Seniors already have the information they really need right now.

So why are seniors singled out for special end-of-life counseling?

I think if this passes there will be trained counselors skilled in guiding the elderly into “unselfish” choices.


13 posted on 08/12/2009 9:39:44 AM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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Douglass you blithering idiot, no one is calling for the PREVENTION of seniors getting this advice, THEY ARE OBJECTING TO IT BEING MANDATORY. CHOICE, IT IS A CONCEPT YOU ON THE LEFT SHOULD UNDERSTAND.


14 posted on 08/12/2009 9:42:35 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Why Does Obama Want Health Care in 4 Weeks When it Took Him 6 Months to Pick a Dog?)
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To: NonValueAdded

“You’ve got to be cruel to be kind, in the right measure.
Cruel to be kind. It’s a very good sign.
Cruel to be kind means that I love you.
Baby, you’ve got to be cruel to be kind.” - Nick Lowe

“I must be cruel, only to be kind.” - Hamlet


15 posted on 08/12/2009 9:46:23 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: ianschwartz
I have been sea sick 3 times in my life. I felt so bad I wanted to die.

Was it terminal? No. But at the time I would have signed any thing to get off that boat.

I can see some bureaucrat misleading an ill senior.

It is the last day of the month and the bureaucrat needs 2 more terminations to meet their goal for that month. Granny is a goner.

More BS from the White House.

16 posted on 08/12/2009 9:47:50 AM PDT by TYVets
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To: ianschwartz

Hey, granny, for your next birthday how about we all go down and let you pick out your iceburg.


17 posted on 08/12/2009 9:48:27 AM PDT by bgill (The evidence simply does not support the official position of the Obama administration)
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To: ianschwartz

Has Ted Kennedy received end-of-life counseling yet? It would be cruel if he hasn’t. Just sayin’......


18 posted on 08/12/2009 9:48:59 AM PDT by joejm65
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To: ianschwartz

Almost a full week now on the defensive over Sarah Palin’s “death panel”. How “dumb” is Palin again, Ms. Parker and Ms. Noonan? You don’t see Mitt Romney or Huckabee causing this much poltical impact from entire appearances, let alone a 90-character Tweet. Heck I saw Huckabee have on a geriatrician who defended ObamaCare and Mike didn’t score a single point!


19 posted on 08/12/2009 9:50:22 AM PDT by FreepShop1
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Dear Stupid Linda Douglass,

No one is denying anyone from making end of life decisions today. They make them with their DOCTOR, FAMILY & FRIENDS, NO GOVENMENT 'HELP'. That's the way it should be. OBAMACARE would put GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE of that decision instead! BUTT OUT, you lying whore!

20 posted on 08/12/2009 9:52:10 AM PDT by kcvl
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