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DainBramaged

(39,191 posts)
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 09:00 PM Sep 2012

That just tore me to pieces

The family with the daughter Zoe with the heart defect. Jesus ripped me to pieces. (watching on line MSNBC)


The Republicans want to protect the fetus, but let such a beautiful star die if they repeal Obama care.

Fuck them, fuck them, fuck them.

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That just tore me to pieces (Original Post) DainBramaged Sep 2012 OP
Exactly. A great counterpoint to Romney's faux concern. nolabear Sep 2012 #1
I'm still recovering from the tears. JaneyVee Sep 2012 #2
Me, too. I don't know how that mom held it together... Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 #5
My heart explodes with empathy. JaneyVee Sep 2012 #10
re:That just tore me to pieces allan01 Sep 2012 #23
That broke me up meow2u3 Sep 2012 #3
Destroyed me, completely. DainBramaged Sep 2012 #4
bad choices central scrutinizer Sep 2012 #6
WHAT DainBramaged Sep 2012 #11
I thought that was obvious but ... central scrutinizer Sep 2012 #21
I thought it was funny. It sounds like a typical Romney solution. lob1 Sep 2012 #24
It was obvious, but I swear they actually think that way Care Acutely Sep 2012 #25
That video should go viral Blue Gardener Sep 2012 #7
I have two liberal friends Ms. Toad Sep 2012 #26
That was powerful, and I hope that all parents with sick children ecstatic Sep 2012 #8
Believe me - I do. Ms. Toad Sep 2012 #27
me too. barbtries Sep 2012 #9
This mom may be the talk in the MSM riverbendviewgal Sep 2012 #12
So incredibly moving BarackTheVote Sep 2012 #13
I hope they make it into an ad playing constantly in the swing states. pnwmom Sep 2012 #14
Anyone with dry eye after that one is either dead at heart or just not listening. liberal N proud Sep 2012 #15
Repigs only care about UNBORN children. ThatsMyBarack Sep 2012 #16
My daughter is an aqauintence of the family Lebam in LA Sep 2012 #17
The Republicans don't much care, after they're born... Rhiannon12866 Sep 2012 #18
That video inspired me! BarackTheVote Sep 2012 #19
The Lihn Family ~ Caleb, Stacey, Emerson & Zoe Tennessee Gal Sep 2012 #20
George Carlin was right - when you're pre born you're fine, when you're pre school you're fucked. Initech Sep 2012 #22
They could give a rip about the fetus libodem Sep 2012 #28

Lucy Goosey

(2,940 posts)
5. Me, too. I don't know how that mom held it together...
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 09:08 PM
Sep 2012

...but kudos to her. She just got her message across to a whole bunch of people more effectively than any politician ever could.

 

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)
10. My heart explodes with empathy.
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 09:11 PM
Sep 2012

The mom actually made an Obama video and she couldn't hold it together either:

meow2u3

(24,773 posts)
3. That broke me up
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 09:03 PM
Sep 2012

I was ripped to pieces, too. Zoe was even crying while her mom told us her story. She herself must have cried because of fear of an Rmoney dictatorship.

DainBramaged

(39,191 posts)
4. Destroyed me, completely.
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 09:06 PM
Sep 2012

How can these pigs ignore children like this over profit, what the fuck is wrong with them?

Blue Gardener

(3,938 posts)
7. That video should go viral
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 09:09 PM
Sep 2012

How can anyone call themselves pro-life, yet deny that little girl insurance? Heartless bastards.

Ms. Toad

(34,092 posts)
26. I have two liberal friends
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 12:33 AM
Sep 2012

who would deny my daughter care because it is funded via an insurance-or-tax plan. My daughter's care costs $40,000- $60,000 a year. It will be around a half million the year she needs a transplant, and around $100,000 a year after that for the rest of her life.

They feel sorry for her - but one says health care is not a right because that makes him a slave to my daughter, and the other is afraid that when she retires she will be unable to pay the premiums for herself; she's healthy and doesn't need insurance so why should she be forced to buy it.

It is very hard to try to have rational discussions with these friends, but my daughter's life depends on it - so don't fool yourself that it is JUST the Republicans who want to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

ecstatic

(32,731 posts)
8. That was powerful, and I hope that all parents with sick children
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 09:10 PM
Sep 2012

understand how the bill affects their lives.

Ms. Toad

(34,092 posts)
27. Believe me - I do.
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 12:36 AM
Sep 2012

My daughter is in college now - her 5th year - and finally finishing semesters without a crisis because the Affordable Care Act allows her to stop pretending that she can manage a full time load (which she had to do previously, because if she dropped below full time she lost her insurance).

Once she is out, she has a realistic hope of getting insurance she can afford (or premium assistance if she can't.) She could never work full time, and not much less than full time would have gotten her access to insurance.

Lebam in LA

(1,345 posts)
17. My daughter is an aqauintence of the family
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 09:27 PM
Sep 2012

She belongs to a support group for families with children with heart defects. She did an amazing job.

Initech

(100,103 posts)
22. George Carlin was right - when you're pre born you're fine, when you're pre school you're fucked.
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 10:22 PM
Sep 2012

Fuck the pro lifers - they'll go out of their way to protect a fetus but they only want health care for the über privileged. Fuck 'em all.

libodem

(19,288 posts)
28. They could give a rip about the fetus
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 03:36 PM
Sep 2012

They want to make sure the woman is punished for having a sex drive.

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