Sunday, December 19, 2010

Shepard Smith -- the only person with a heart at FOX

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/18/shepard-smith-911-first-responders-bill_n_798625.html

You may want to watch the video of Smith blasting the senators who voted against the 9/11 responders bill.  I just received an e-mail from a right winger with yet another diatribe against the Democratic party. My own opinion is the same as Shepard Smith's.  I don't know how anyone can defend the far right wing Republicans who vote against Christian principles while claiming to honor them.  It is doublespeak hypocrisy of the worst kind, and I believe they will be held accountable, either here on earth or afterwards, for their lack of charity and empathy for the poor and suffering among us.  In yet another episode of "Christianity" as practiced by Republicans in Congress, John McCain is moaning and groaning over the passage of the DADT repeal.  What a piece of work that man is!  At least we were spared having him in the White House!

Here's Shepard Smith's observation.  You can see the video by clicking on the link above. You might also want to see Jon Stewart's take on this by clicking on the link within the following: 

Shepard Smith excoriated the Senators who are holding up the so-called "Zadroga Bill" to assist 9/11 first responders who suffer from medical problems as a result of their time at Ground Zero. The bill, which provides $7 billion for the responders, passed the House but is being held up by Republicans in the Senate.

Speaking to Fox News colleague Chris Wallace on Friday, Smith asked, "How do they sleep at night after this vote on Ground Zero first responders from 9/11? Are they going to get that done, or are we going to leave these American heroes out there to twist in the wind?"

Wallace said he agreed that the bill needed to be passed.

Smith said he had watched Jon Stewart's Thursday show, which was devoted exclusively to the bill. He called Stewart "absolutely right," and said the holdup on the bill was shameful:

"Who's going to hold these people's feet to the fire? We're able to put a 52 story building so far down there at Ground Zero, we're able to pay for tax cuts for billionaires who don't need them and it's not going to stimulate the economy. But we can't give health care to Ground Zero first responders who ran right into the fire? Went down there to save people? Do people know what this city was like that day? People were walking over bridges, they were covered in ash, they were running for their lives, they were crying, their family members were dead. And these people ran to Ground Zero to save people's lives. And we're not going to even give them medicine for the illnesses they got down there? It's disgusting, it's a national disgrace, it's a shame and everybody who voted against should have to stand up and account for himself or herself."

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