Steve Benen notes a right-wing blog that is calling out for Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) to drop dead.The post was headlined "All I Want Is A Byrd Dropping For Christmas." It added that if Byrd didn't die, the blogger would settle: "Even a nice coma would do."Except that they wouldn't have to do that if the Republicans weren't insisting on filibustering the bill in the first place, even after it is a foregone conclusion that they would lose.
I was also struck by the conclusion, in which "Confederate Yankee" conceded that some may be offended by such distasteful commentary. He responded:I'd remind them that the party wheeling in a near invalid to vote in favor of this unread monstrosity of a bill is the one that should feel shame.
Combined with the Sen. Coburn (R-OK) and his death wishes, the GOP has become the party of "death panels."
Such deliberate heartlessness would make even Mr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life recoil in shame.
Crossposted.
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