So he does have cancer? I still have a hard time believing that. Maybe if they went about this in a more professional way, I could believe it. I hope Andy recovers but being sick does not entitle you to be above the law and use your plight for political advantage when you say one thing and do another.
Johns Hopkins Professor of Surgery and Oncology Dr. Charles Yeo released the following statement to Seattle Weekly Political Editor George Howland Jr. about Andy Stephenson. . . .
Where's the proof? VERIFIED PAPER DIAGNOSES!
Still doesn't answer the question about a diagnosis for pancreatic cancer before April 28. Nor does it settle what, to my mind, are the other issues either.
Four main issues in the Andy Stephenson Situation:
1. Pre-appeal diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
2. Financial need
3. Need for the surgery to be done at JHH
4. Accounting of all funds raised and spent
Four red flags in the Andy Stephenson Situation:
1. Andy's history (his checkered past, his financial assets, his wealthy pals, etc.)
2. The many inconsistencies in the ever-changing story
3. The belligerent behavior of UndieCo's spokesgoons, the Andyliners
4. The dubious nature of the "proof" that has been offered so far
Even if his story does end up checking out as true, all these factors still would validate our questioning. Furthermore, this type of questioning simply gives the DUmmies--and Undie the Fundee in particular--a taste of their own medicine. They are the Champions of Verifiability, of Honest and Open Transparency. Hypocrisy, thy name is DUmmie!
"Politicize my plight!" Undie cried. And so we have. If they are not crooked, they are at least incompetent, and thus in no position to lecture us about accountability.
It is indeed tragic that Andy passed up perfectly fine, world-class health care early on in the state of Washington, for next to nothing, in order to go for the fancier, fundraised--but therefore much delayed--treatment at JHH. Universal health care is good for the peons, but not for our Andy, apparently.
Having said all that, we all here continue to wish Andy nothing but the best as far as his physical health is concerned.