"Oh, wait, this is something I... I mean people... actually need?"

[namey]

IRMA - A state lawmaker from Lincoln County who once opposed a bill that would force insurers to cover chemotherapy pills says she changed her position after she learned she has cancer

Comments

[chaya]

[vulturoso]

This is beyond perfect.

[schexyschteve]

This is the EXACT face I made as I read this

[evilnel]

Do these people have some fundamental part of their brain missing? Why is it so hard to imagine other people in this situation and how they would feel? Does it really take her going through it herself? What a jackass.

[carmy_w]

I sometimes think they get abducted and the empathy portion of their soul is removed before they run for office....

[evilnel]

Sounds about right!

[nesmith]

Can't say I'm impressed by people who are able to have compassion only after they've suffered the same thing as others. The inability to feel empathy runs strong with these folks.

[scolaro]

This.

I'm sick of hearing how surprised they were to learn that their decision to fuck people over suddenly affected them too and how that made them realize how wrong they were...no matter the cause, it's always the same fucking story.

[nesmith]

Yup. I mean, I have empathy for those who are poor, ill, suffering from disabilities and the fact that society is doing less and less to help them, and I've never had to directly deal with any of those things. I guess I was born without the bone that most conservatives have that makes them unable to put themselves in anyone else's shoes.

[elialshadowpine]

Pretty much. I mean, on one hand, I'm glad that she changed her mind and is now doing stuff to get these medications covered for people, but it's pretty fucking shitty that she was willing to throw everyone else under the bus until it became something that affected her directly.

(Icon directed at her, not you.)

[tabaqui]

Fuck her. Because she suddenly realizes how horrible it all is, she relents on being a fucking asshat.

NOT IMPRESSED.

[shortsweetcynic]

so, until YOU needed it, these things were every bit as necessary as cristal and unicorn glitter?