Thursday, June 10, 2004
CONCENTRATING THE MIND
Sarah Brady became a supporter of gun control and the driving force behind The Brady Bill after her husband was shot in the face.
Nancy Reagan's husband, then president Ronald Reagan, was also shot, but not seriously enough for Nancy Reagan to become a supporter of gun control.
It was only after retired president Ronald Reagan developed Alzheimer's disease that Nancy Reagan discovered a cause worthy of her support. She now lobbies in favor of stem cell research.
Apparently afraid that Ronald Reagan's death would somehow mobilize support for research that could cure Alzheimer's, unwilling to let any outpouring of sympathy interfere with their crazed fundamentalist policies, unable to see that Nancy Reagan is an old woman with little real clout or energy for a battle, the powers-that-be rushed Laura Bush onto television to let everyone know that, (as always, no matter what the issue or what the facts), her husband wouldn't change his mind about stem cell research.
Laura Bush's father also had Alzheimer's disease. No matter.
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"She would of been a good woman," The Misfit said, "If it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life."
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Sarah Brady became a supporter of gun control and the driving force behind The Brady Bill after her husband was shot in the face.
Nancy Reagan's husband, then president Ronald Reagan, was also shot, but not seriously enough for Nancy Reagan to become a supporter of gun control.
It was only after retired president Ronald Reagan developed Alzheimer's disease that Nancy Reagan discovered a cause worthy of her support. She now lobbies in favor of stem cell research.
Apparently afraid that Ronald Reagan's death would somehow mobilize support for research that could cure Alzheimer's, unwilling to let any outpouring of sympathy interfere with their crazed fundamentalist policies, unable to see that Nancy Reagan is an old woman with little real clout or energy for a battle, the powers-that-be rushed Laura Bush onto television to let everyone know that, (as always, no matter what the issue or what the facts), her husband wouldn't change his mind about stem cell research.
Laura Bush's father also had Alzheimer's disease. No matter.
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"She would of been a good woman," The Misfit said, "If it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life."
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