Christie starts with a story about his mom, how she started smoking at 16, and tried to quit when reports said smoking causes cancer. She couldn’t, she was addicted.
She got lung cancer.
He says no one said to her, “well, you got what you deserved, you made your bed, lie in it.” Doctors all tried to help. Yet, when someone is addicted to drugs everyone says, “you’re on your own.” And this is going to change under Christie.
He says this is a part of being pro-life. If you’re pro-life, you’re pro-life for everyone’s lives until they meet their maker. It’s easy to be pro-life for an unborn, “they haven’t done anything to disappoint you yet.”
He then moves on to an anecdote about a friend in law school. Mr. Perfect. He had it all, until he hurt his back and got addicted to Percocet.
Cut to the day he got the call from the guy’s wife that after spiraling out of control and losing everything, he died in a hotel room with an empty bottle of pills and vodka.
So, the moral is – BIG GOVERNMENT.
This is why Christie is a choad.
First of all, people are pro-life because babies are innocent. They don’t deserve to be killed by a hammer, suction, or acid. Once they are born and at an age where they are making decisions on their own, yes, the sympathy factor, and our responsibility for them, goes down exponentially as they age.
Also, who says no one cares about addiction? There are plenty of places already in place that take care of addicts if they seek it out. I was just talking to a guy the other day who said he answered an ad in the paper placed by Mormons who set him up in a cabin by the lake and he worked and went through therapy and conquered his addiction after 3 long years. The services are there if you want to be helped. (No, he didn’t convert.)
The point about making your own bed when smoking, and then getting cancer, is pretty weak. Yes, their addiction may have led to their situation, but who is in favor of letting people suffer?
If a drug addict’s liver fails we treat them, so what is Christie talking about? John Phillips, David Crosby and Mickey Mantle were all helped even after we knew their lifestyles led to their failing health.
I guess what I’m saying is that I’m not buying Christie’s straw man argument, that he’s going to be the leading edge of treating drug addicts that have no other recourse.
Christie obviously believes it’s the government’s responsibility to take care of everyone. Needle to grave.
And who’s fault is it he’s a fat bastard? I guess he’s really a thin man with a gland problem….
I believe that it is our responsibility to take care of those in need. Jesus said to. And having buried a young friend earlier this year who succumbed to her addictions I feel even more strongly so, and am making it an important part of my life.
But that doesn’t mean I obligate others to take care of those in need. I took that responsibility for myself. Nor do I support governments running such programs, except perhaps as a necessary transition from our current big-government policies to privately-run organizations. I have seen how privately-run organizations of all sorts work and how publicly-run organizations work. The private ones are far more efficient and effective, and their workers dedicated to their cause. Publicly-run organizations may have people in them who care, but they also have people who are there for the paycheck. And the pension.
Beautiful insight LCD.
Nearly everything public money touches becomes the addiction in itself.
One could see the government actually perpetuating addiction because it’s a money maker, much liked Planned Parenthood and abortion.
Tough issue. And very good write-up by BFH and this is a great response.
I hope we can all agree that if the government takes this on it will just be more money for lobbyists and advertisers. We can’t force people to change, they need to seek it.
One of the worst First Lady initiatives was the “Just Say No” campaign. What a waste of taxpayer dollars was that? And coming from Nancy Reagan no less.
Christie has already been shuttled off of the big debate stage. He’s done. All of the money Ken Langone has win’t change that.
And here’s why.
New Jersey still sucks.
Globull Warmist. Amnesty maven. Big fat fatty.
Bridgegate.
And don’t even get me started on “The Hug”.
I have a different take (And I’m a Trump/Cruz/Carson supporter): Chris Christie is a Governor, not some pontificating senator. He sees the budget figures for prisons, which have become de facto mental institutions.
Where Christie goes astray is in his resistance to medical cannibis (look up “Charlotte’s Web”): Instead of this crazy patchwork of state’s actions with “permission slips” instead of standard prescriptions, if cannibis was simply moved from DEA schedule I to schedule II, then much of the pressure for physicians to prescribe much stronger opiods would be removed.
Think about it.
Whatever, tubby. You’re starting to sound like Kasich with this crap, Go work at a hospice or something. Go sponsor Barky when he’s ready. We don’t have the money to buy your peace of mind.
And Trump is going to eat your compassionate conservative lunch on this if you keep it up.
Thanks. And the same applies to the War on Drugs (TM).
Too late anyway, they just kicked Tubby off the main debate stage. Twinkie binge in 3…2…1…
When the fucking dumbasses finally legalize drugs, you can just bet they’ll give us private sector the ‘conscientious objection’ to never have to pay to clean up the dumbass druggies.. sure they will.
TOLJA NOT to legalize it.
Yep…overactive fork.
I have a niece who went through rehab for prescription pain pills (oxycotin) on the NJ taxpayer’s dime at least 4 times. Meanwhile, taxpayers supported her kids when her husband was in jail.
Now she’s clean and works as a drug counselor. Every drug counselor was a former drug addict. Paid by the state of NJ – so we’re still supporting their addiction.
And still a Mafia & Union corruption haven of the country…Almost nothing gets done there without going through one or both of those entities, and it is a “Sanctuary Cities” state, too.
Warning: overexposure to sanctimonious blowhards like Chris Christie may lead to a search for relief in drug abuse.