Empathy
by digby
Our own dday has a lovely post up over at Kos that you should all read. Here’s an excerpt:
When you face a conservative movement that is wholly dedicated to putting up roadblocks and turning off the spigot of empathy, making this a cruel and angry and paranoid and fearful nation, it can be hard not to fight back in the same manner. But I think, while engaging in the fight is fundamental to the survival of this democracy, occasionally we have to step back and recognize the human truths. Elizabeth Edwards is heroically battling on the front lines for reforming our broken health care system. But she hasn’t forgotten that the issue goes beyond spreadsheets and mandates – it’s about fathers dying young, sons without treatment for their ills, mothers who can’t afford their pills. It’s about healing. And you can only be on one side of that debate.
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