Thursday, March 24, 2005
Flip-Flop Fristy...
Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN), was once a watchdog on the hunt for "false hope" when John Edwards dared state his hope that new advances in medicine would eventually help people like the late Christopher Reeve:
"It is cruel to people who have disabilities and chronic diseases, and, on top of that, it's dishonest. It's giving false hope to people, and I can tell you as a physician who's treated scores of thousands of patients that you don't give them false hope."
Now, with the 2008 presidential primary season on his mind, he's overflowing with false hope and making a strong case that he probably should lose his medical license by diagnosing Terri Schiavo via videotape:
Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), a renowned heart surgeon before becoming Senate majority leader, went to the floor late Thursday night for the second time in 12 hours to argue that Florida doctors had erred in saying Terri Schiavo is in a "persistent vegetative state."
"I question it based on a review of the video footage which I spent an hour or so looking at last night in my office," he said in a lengthy speech in which he quoted medical texts and standards. "She certainly seems to respond to visual stimuli."
This guy was way better off when he was killing cats...
UPDATE: If you'd like Sen. Frist to diagnose you, look no further than DriveDemocracy!
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