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Ben Carson says the Terri Schiavo case was ‘much ado about nothing’
Washington Post ^ | 11/13/15 | Ed O'Keefe

Posted on 11/13/2015 5:19:57 PM PST by markomalley

Leading Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson believes that federal and state official overreacted in the case of Terri Schiavo, a Florida woman who died in 2005 as her husband and family battled over whether to keep her alive despite her vegetative state.

The case roiled the state of Florida and sparked an emotional national debate about the ethics, politics and spiritual significance of her life and death.

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After speaking at a Republican Party conference here on Friday, a reporter asked Carson what he thought of the infamous case -- one that Bush speaks about occasionally as he mounts his own presidential campaign.

"We face those kinds of issues all the time and while I don't believe in euthanasia, you have to recognize that people that are in that condition do have a series of medical problems that occur that will take them out," he said. "Your job [as a doctor] is to keep them comfortable throughout that process and not to treat everything that comes up."

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To: nopardons

Take a breath, I meant before he did any more damage.


41 posted on 11/13/2015 5:30:00 PM PST by Kenny (RED)
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To: Grampa Dave

OMG MY RIBS!!! ROFL ROFL

“Dr Ben NyQuil” ROFL ROFL


42 posted on 11/13/2015 5:30:12 PM PST by Patriot Babe
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To: markomalley

just saw a carson ad here in Nevada. He is mealymouth creepy. Disturbing.


43 posted on 11/13/2015 5:30:21 PM PST by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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To: Jonty30

She was starved to death. The explanation was starvation brings Euphoria.


44 posted on 11/13/2015 5:30:24 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: The Iceman Cometh

He didn’t say that. That’s an editorialized headline.


45 posted on 11/13/2015 5:30:33 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: markomalley

Oh I see, Doctor. Starving an American citizen without due process is “nothing”. Gotcha.

Shut up and go away now please.


46 posted on 11/13/2015 5:31:06 PM PST by surroundedbyblue (DEFUND BIG MURDER NOW!)
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To: markomalley
Snip:
"Your job [as a doctor] is to keep them comfortable throughout that process and not to treat everything that comes up."

Does that include starvation, Ben?

47 posted on 11/13/2015 5:31:18 PM PST by RedMDer (Support Free Republic and Keep FReedom ALIVE!)
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To: hoosiermama

“Looks like Dr Ben really does not want to win.”

Looks to me like Trump has Ben rattled. Ben has been saying a lot of things that are losing him Conservative support.


48 posted on 11/13/2015 5:31:22 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: erod

There are far too many, here, who, though they are for another candidate...or so they claim, they ALWAYS jump in to protect him from being harmed by “evil” people who dare to tell the truth/facts about him.


49 posted on 11/13/2015 5:31:26 PM PST by nopardons
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To: markomalley

“Chauncey Gardener” Ben Carson is much ado about nothing.


50 posted on 11/13/2015 5:31:45 PM PST by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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To: Norm Lenhart
Well FR does have a contingent of hard leftists

Indeed, all these Trumpsters who support a guy who gave 100,000 dollars to the Clinton Foundation, invited her to his wedding, believes socialized health care is working great in Canada and just terrific in Scotland, thinks Eminent Domain is just terrific, just 3 years ago complained that Romney was too tough on illegals because he wanted to enforce eVerify which would have the effect of drying up the jobs they come here for, once wanted to impose a massive wealth tax, was a Democrat for 8 of 10 years between 2000-2010, wanted Nancy Pelosi to impeach GW Bush, etc. You mean those hard leftists?

51 posted on 11/13/2015 5:32:01 PM PST by Longbow1969
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To: markomalley

Would he have referred her husband to Dr. Kevorkian?


52 posted on 11/13/2015 5:32:43 PM PST by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: TBP

Yes, it is disappointing. I know Carson had referred patients to PP for abortions. But to say this about Schiavo is terribly cruel.


53 posted on 11/13/2015 5:32:52 PM PST by Jane Austen (Recall Gov. Nikki Haley aka Nimrata Randhawa)
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To: Jonty30
He didn’t say that. That’s an editorialized headline.

It's a quote directly from Ben Carson!!!!

When the reporter asked whether Carson thought it was necessary for Congress to intervene, he said: "I don't think it needed to get to that level. I think it was much ado about nothing."

54 posted on 11/13/2015 5:32:53 PM PST by The Iceman Cometh (Proud Teabagging Barbarian Terrorist Hobbit Crazy Cracker Son-of-a-Bitch!)
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To: Jonty30

Except she wasn’t treated. Her husband withheld therapy for her. Furthermore, starving a person to death is always unacceptable. Good and water are not heroic medical treatments.


55 posted on 11/13/2015 5:33:15 PM PST by surroundedbyblue (DEFUND BIG MURDER NOW!)
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To: eyedigress

I know that and the state was clearly wrong.

I’m talking about Dr. Carson’s comments. He did not push euthanasia, though that’s how it is being spun.


56 posted on 11/13/2015 5:33:16 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: markomalley
Before I write Ben off, I'd like to see a full, unedited transcript, as opposed to the couple of lines the Washington Compost decided to print.


57 posted on 11/13/2015 5:33:22 PM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in batle!)
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To: markomalley

A dispassionate medical answer. Not defensible as a candidate.


58 posted on 11/13/2015 5:33:28 PM PST by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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To: markomalley

Just dont compare his pathology to a child molester. Too many panties around here will get soaked.


59 posted on 11/13/2015 5:33:34 PM PST by Wilderness Conservative
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To: markomalley

Go away Carson. Far far away.


60 posted on 11/13/2015 5:33:45 PM PST by matt1234 (Note to GOPe lurkers: I and thousands like me will NEVER vote for Jeb Bush)
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