The 2000 Republican Platform: "Medical decision-making should be in the hands of physicians and their patients."
The 2004 Republican Platform: "We must attack the root causes of high health care costs by: ... putting patients and doctors in charge of medical decisions."
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, March 17, 2005: "So our -- Congress has acted tonight and the House of Representatives acted last night. ... It is clear to me that Congress has a responsibility since other aspects of government at the state level have failed to address this issue."
House Majority Leader Tom Delay, March 19: "For one person in one state court to make this decision is too heavy. ... It does take all of us to think this through."
6 comments:
Good Job, KOS used this. Amazing!
um, perhaps I missed some of the history of the case, but isn't it the point that the patient is incompetent to decide?
Your linking of these quotes makes no sense.
Bad job.
Bad job KOS.
Anony --
Nah; it makes all kinds of sense. The "then" quotations advocate serious medical decisions being made by physicians and patients (not just by patients, by the way). The "now" quotations advocate serious medical decisions being made by Congress or by "all of us". It's a long way from "the patient is incompetent to decide" to concluding that the Congress ought to be able to decide.
Love the post, caught you via KOS. That said, pointing out Republican hypocrisy, while fun, is kind of like shooting fish in a barrel.
Congratulations!
You've discovered the Republicans dirty little secret!
Their secret is that they don't want liberal bureaucrats deciding medical decisions!
Outstanding work. I hope AirAmericaRadio gets your link, because the "mainstream" media sure won't do their job to report this.
There's no surprise Americans are rushing to complete Living Wills to keep the big-government conservatives from dictating personal family decisions.
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