rssMichael Steele: The VA is ‘Encouraging [Vets] to Commit Suicide’
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 10:32 am
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Media Matters catches Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele repeating (and botching) the false charge that the Department of Veterans Affairs, by making available a guide to writing a living will, is telling veterans to kill themselves.
[Y]ou have a manual out there telling our veterans stuff like “are you really of value to your community?” You know, encouraging them to commit suicide.
“Your Life, Your Choice,” does not contain the phrase “are you really of value to your community?” or anything resembling it, really. But Steele said this on Fox News, which ran a really disgraceful “expose” on the report based on an interview with a bitter Bush administration official, so he didn’t get called on it.
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Pingback posted August 28, 2009 @ 10:59 am
[...] Media Matters catches Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele repeating (and botching) the false charge that the Department of Veterans Affairs, by making available a guide to writing a living will, is telling veterans to kill themselves. [Y]ou have a manual out there telling our veterans stuff like “are you really of value to your community?” You know, encouraging them to commit suicide. “Your Life, Your Choice,” does not contain the phrase “are you really of value to y Living Will News… [...]
Pingback posted August 31, 2009 @ 5:33 am
[...] Media Matters catches Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele repeating (and botching) the false charge that the Department of Veterans Affairs, by making available a guide to writing a living will, is telling veterans to kill themselves. [Y]ou have a manual out there telling our veterans stuff like “are you really of value to your community?” You know, encouraging them to commit suicide. “Your Life, Your Choice,” does not contain the phrase “are you really of value to y Living Will News… [...]
Pingback posted September 2, 2009 @ 8:09 pm
[...] Media Matters catches Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele repeating (and botching) the false charge that the Department of Veterans Affairs, by making available a guide to writing a living will, is telling veterans to kill themselves. [Y]ou have a manual out there telling our veterans stuff like “are you really of value to your community?” You know, encouraging them to commit suicide. “Your Life, Your Choice,” does not contain the phrase “are you really of value to y Living Will News… [...]
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