Do you feel bad for Ashcroft?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

Poll question: Do you feel bad for Ashcroft?

Ashcroft in the hospital

[SoDesuKa]

1. Nearer My God to Thee

How mysterious are thy ways, O Lord. You bring down the mighty and stick John Ashcroft in the hospital. How great thou art.

[trogdor]

3. God had nothing to do with it.

I had 'em, and I can verify that gallstones are no fun. It might explain his cranky behavior, though.

I don't think he can expect a "get well" card from me, but I refuse to indulge in schadenfreude.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

40. thanks

I've been trying to spell that word for months!

[Ronnie]

18. That's right!

According to Mr. Ashcroft's own beliefs, everything that happens is God's will.

[Gman]

2. Interesting how polls like this smoke out the trolls

and they vote the "a good man" option.

[Piperay]

51. Yeah and it's just

to bad that a bolt of lightening doesn't come down and strike them for being hipocrites too. :evilgrin:

[DenverDem]

4. Wrath of God, unquestionably.

Karma rules.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

10. That's alright

I've accepted my fate of hell long ago. :beer:

[californiahippie]

5. I am trying

to muster up some sympathy. And keep those bad thoughts out of my head.

[havocmom]

6. He has insurance, gets medical care. How many would just suffer & die

for lack of both?

[rock]

7. That Asscroft is in pain is not retribution

It's just fun.

[SHRED]

8. I hope he joins his god soon!

Hope he brings the burn ointment with him.

[kayell]

9. I'm trying desperately to stick to my principles and feel some sympathy

for another human being in that kind of agony. But honestly, I just don't have it in me. I hope he is allergic to ALL the effective pain killers.

[lapislzi]

25. Same here

geez, I really HATE the high road sometimes. It's cold, lonely, and there's only 2 of us up here!

[kayell]

30. Only one up there

I slipped off the highroad in the slick and slimey mud ashcroft left. Notice the rest of my post.

[lapislzi]

32. fighting off schadenfreude

that stuff is STICKY.

lapislzi<------claiming no virtue

[Mandate My Ass]

11. He's being made very comfortable with painkillers

and the best medical care money can buy. I'd hope he'd extend the same compassion to others who suffer with excruciating pain that they be allowed to find the relief they need.

Nah, not gonna happen. :evilfrown:

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

13. This is mostly why I don't care

Because this jackass would deny millions access to basic health care if given the opportunity. Perhaps he's in pain, but what about the millions of other Americans who would go through this without proper treatment?

So fuck him - I hope he's in a lot of pain.

[bobbyboucher]

12. He's used up his value to the BFEE, and now

will suddenly die. No way they can have the truth about 9/11 come out and will have the perfect scapegoat, a dead one.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

14. Well, let's just hope that it's nothing trivial.

And that, in the name of justice, that he would have to sit it out for a few hours in agony in the emergency room, like so many without health insurance have to endure.

[Hornito]

15. The voodoo is working......

Another pin, right about .......here.
:evilgrin:

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

17. Welcome to DU!!

Glad to have you onboard! :beer: :yourock: :toast:

[Skittles]

16. I HOPE THOSE GALLSTONES HAVE ANTLERS

F*** NO I DON'T FEEL BAD. That man's nature is to inflict pain on people; he is a f***ing ASSHOLE.

[lapislzi]

24. That's really mean, but I found myself LOL

damn, remind me never to get on your bad side!

[Skittles]

36. everytime I see that asshole I picture him in a pointed white hood

I truly despise him.

[lapislzi]

38. I know, I know

I certainly can't blame ya.

I'm TRYING to do the decent thing here and be compassionate. Schadenfreude may win the day, though. The betting window is still open.

Gandhi was right. This shit's HARD.

[Skittles]

42. I know how you feel, lapislzi

I fear these rightwing thugs are making me lose my sense of humanity. And I'll admit it outright - Gandhi was a much better person than me. Much stronger, for sure!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

19. So far eight troll votes

I guess they enjoy having their civil rights taken away. As long as someone else tells them what to do, they're happy.

[FireHeart]

20. I do feel sorry for him.

No one should have to go through that kind of pain. However, that being said, I also am considering sending him several hundred pictures of calico cats to help him through his crisis period.

:evilgrin:

[justsam]

21. ran over a

rattler once and felt the same as I do about Ashcroft, although i did feel sorry for the snake after but would never feel sorry for Ashcroft

[hyphenate]

22. I try not to be nasty

But Ashcroft is a horse of a different color. May each gallstone inflict as much pain to him as the pain suffered by each and every one of the soldiers who have died in the chimp's invasion of Iraq.

[Sandpiper]

23. O Lord Almighty

We thank thee for smiting that pompous, puritanical, Elmer Gantry who calls himself our attorney general. We pray that thou would continue to torment and afflict Mr. Ashcroft most grievously, yea, even until all of his internal organs rot.

Amen and Amen. ;-)

[scarface2004]

26. i couldn t vote for no, i don t hope he dies...

because actually i you know what!

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

27. I'd just like to say "thanks!"

I'm very happy the number of people wishing me to go directly to hell for this is still fewer than the number of people who think Ashcroft is a good man!

[demnan]

28. Not now, baby

Don't worry, I'm right down there with you in the sixth circle.

[noonwitch]

29. I feel bad for anyone with gallstones-they really hurt

I still hate his opinions and policies, but I feel bad for the human being in pain.

[drdigi420]

31. I hope he dies, slowly and painfully

he has done more damage to the constitution and our freedoms in the name of his fake god than anyone

[rads]

33. I hope his hospital gown fits good

Otherwise the taxpayers are going to have to foot the bill for covering his bare ass up like he did with the scales of justice.

[SoCalDem]

34. My main wish for him, is that while he is lying there in that bed

that he thinks about all the magnificent medical care he is getting, and wonders how it would be to be in the same condition..except with no job,and no insurance..

If he does that, he may come out a better person.. I doubt that he will give it a thought, but I can dream :)

[Liberal Veteran]

35. I felt so bad for Ashcroft that I made him this card....

[Skittles]

37. LOL............................LIBERALVETERAN

:thumbsup:

[noiretextatique]

39. i have ZERO sympathy for him

there are probably a few hundred thousand people out there with gallstones who don't have access to the finest healthcare in this country, and don't have millions of people to feel sorry for them.
i'll feel sorry for them instead of him.

[spindoctor]

41. I would just like to hear him sing one more time...

Let the EAAAAAAAAGLE sore....

http://www.cnn.com/video/us/2002/02/25/ashcroft.sings.wbtv.med.html

Actually...he should have been shot for that performance. The man is living on borrowed time.

[belle]

43. I'm a bit too superstitious to actually wish him death, but...

I can't say I'm exactly sorry, no. And if he *did* shuffle off this mortal coil (unlikely from gallstones alone, painful though they are), well...hey, he believes he's going to heaven, right? I'm sure his maker will receive him with the warmth he's due.

[hippiechick]

44. Let's hope he passes a gallstone the size of a watermelon !!!!

:hippie:

[soleft]

45. I was in the ER Tuesday night with gallstones

I wish them on noone.

[TXlib]

46. I had a kidney stone in August 2002

I voted "Yes, nobody should suffer this pain, though i hate him intensely"

[Scurrilous]

47. I wonder...

...how Tommy Chong would vote in this poll.

[allalone]

48. not a bit

I have been having very severe pain in the area of the gall bladder lately. Told my Dr. He said I can't afford the test. Must be nice to have the care that jerk is getting.

[MrSlayer]

49. Other: I hope he does die.

Because he's a piece of shit. I love how whenever some evil fuck gets sick or has an accident or whatever they are all of a sudden "a fellow human" or "a worthy adversary". I say fuck him. Die you rotten prick! DIE!!!

[Piperay]

50. I'm really mean

and I hate the guy, I marked the worst one for him but my answer is really off the board. You all are smart, you know what I mean. ;) }(

[elperromagico]

52. I feel badly for any human who is suffering, so... No.

[fujiyama]

53. I don't think he burned the constitution...

I think he ate it!