GOP Dissed Dana Reeve

[BurtWorm]

Freakin' heartless cowards!

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/gop-dissed-reeve/

On the sad occasion of Dana’s death, here’s the column I wrote right after her husband died in 2004: Where’s Their Sense of Decency? I learned that, just a day after the actor’s passing, one or more Republican senators put a surprise hold on the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Act. The uncontroversial legislation had been expected to sail through committee, and then the Senate, as easily as the House where it passed 418 to zero. This was beyond cruel; it was like opposing Mom and apple pie. And Congressional sources confirmed to me that the hold on the legislation was placed from the Republican side of the aisle.

UPDATE: It’s still nowhere.

[MadMaddie]

1. Compassionate Conservatism......at your service...

:sarcasm:

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. But they're competent!

:puke:

[BurtWorm]

4. "It's safe, boys! Chris isn't on our case any more. He's dead!"

That's basically what the bastids said to each other.

[Raine]

3. I'm not surprised

they're such cruel, petty assholes and so vindictive. :mad:

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Compassion in Action.

[Old and In the Way]

6. If the Democrats propose, we must oppose.

That seems to be the political mantra of the Republican Syndicate.

[jilln]

7. not necessarily uncontroversial

It's hard to tell from the bill, but it looks like this bill would expand animal testing, which many people believe is not only cruel but detrimental to medicine by delaying real research.