This is so incredibly sad. Thanks Jimmy for using your âscareâ to point out that even though YOU have the best health care many people may not and this could happen to anyone.
Pff. If Billy had only led a good life, he would have never been in that positionâŚ
A story that truly tugs at the heartstrings, something sorely missing from the GOP CongressweaselsâŚ
Excellent that he did this.
The human cost of depriving our fellow humans of decent healthcare and a certain amount of dignity in their lives is appalling â it helps nobody and hurts many.
The Goopers need to be reminded again and again and again and again that they are hurting peopleâŚ
Look, translate your passion into policy! Campaign against Trump for 2018 and damn sure in 2020! Make that promise to yourself now!
Mo Brooks of Alabama and the others of his ilk are scum - I so want his âgodâ to strike him and his progeny with some disease of biblical proportions and have him try to explain why they didnât deserve it.
If you see this and it doesnât break your heart at how terrified Jimmy was of losing a child that wasnât even a day old, then you have no soul.
Best wishes for your family.
Donât give yourself credit for feeling the tug of the heart strings! Campaign against Trump in 2014 and in 2020!!
Tears were running down my face EVERY time he choked up. He was so sincere and emotional and I think most of us parents could empathize with him. I especially loved how he gave credit to the teams that save his sonâs life.
It was just so beautiful and touching. He put a face to a real issue in heath care, the costs associated with it and the pain of being born w/ a pre-existing condition. I truly appreciate him sharing his story.
Republican Retard: That kid must have been bad otherwise he wouldnt have been sick:
Make It Count! Campaign against Trump in 2020!
Beautiful.
âIf your baby is going to die, and it doesnât have to, it shouldnât matter how much money you make. I think thatâs something that, whether youâre a Republican or a Democrat or something else, we all agree on that, right?â
Republicans: Not a fetus. Let it die.
And you imagine that any of us wont?
OT: April Ryan is looking for questions for a twitter sess in the 11 oâclock hour.
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Republican Retard: That kid must have been bad otherwise he wouldnât have been sick:
[/quote]Godâs Will that the child suffer.
No exceptions for the life of the Mother because ⌠God âŚ
No help for the sick and the poor because ⌠I donât want to pay taxes, and Jesus can go to hell.
That encapsulates it perfectly for so many unthinking unfeeling people.
In addition to being so glad for Jimmy and his familyâs outcome, the thing that impresses me the most about this video is that itâs a beautiful example of what Marshall Ganz calls public narrative: The story of self, the story of us, the story of now.
He tells his own story (The Story of Self), and last night and today everyone is commenting about it.
Or are they commenting on it because he took his own story and elevated it to be The Story of Us? At the moment he made it about Pre-existing conditions (and said, remember the other parents whose babies are still at Childrenâs Hospital), his story became The Story of Us. Anyone can be born with a pre-existing condition. Affording medical care shouldnât be optional because of something like this.
Heâs a tiny bit soft on The Story of Now (and he gets it wrong about who wants to take it away from usâRepublican Party, not a Reps and Dems situation at all). The Story of Now is about how the Congress is getting set to vote to take away the âno pre-existing conditions.â He does go there with the NIH funding. For those of us who know that today and tomorrow are the Trumpcare vote, and the way news stories are writing about it, Jimmy Kimmelâs story has become The Story of Now.
Act now. Call your representative now.
As Hollywood also gives news of a Writerâs Strike Averted with a tentative deal for the Writers Guild of America, itâs important to keep paying the writers. We donât have public stories without them. Given how important it is to tell stories, and this incredible example of one familyâs story that is related to all of our stories, Iâm glad that the industryâs storytellers are going to work today.