{"id":133013,"date":"2017-03-11T12:25:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T19:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/11\/errors-of-mercy.html"},"modified":"2017-03-11T12:25:43","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T19:25:43","slug":"errors-of-mercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/11\/errors-of-mercy.html","title":{"rendered":"Errors of Mercy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know little about Rep. Kennedy, aside from his pedigree, but his response to Paul Ryan&#39;s suggestion that getting rid of the ACA would be &quot;an act of mercy&quot; is spot on:<\/p>\n<p><i>&quot;There is no<\/i> mercy <i>in a system that makes health care a luxury.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>There is no<\/i> mercy <i>in a country that turns its back on those most need of protection: the elderly, the poor, the sick, and the suffering.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>There is no<\/i> mercy <i>in a cold shoulder to the mentally ill.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>This is not an &#39;act of mercy.&#39; It is an act of malice.&quot;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+scarlet red<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101081503191682426681\/albums\/6396080755533627569\/6396080756700274402'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/--jb6z1dOYj8\/WMNxj3HU3uI\/AAAAAAAArC0\/jnKHmozvLRYExfUVy7X4x234kvMbzWLOgCJoC\/17%2B-%2B1?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/QH1qeh4RpHf'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know little about Rep. Kennedy, aside from his pedigree, but his response to Paul Ryan&#39;s suggestion that getting rid of the ACA would be &quot;an act of mercy&quot; is spot on: &quot;There is no mercy in a system that makes health care a luxury. There is no mercy in a country that turns its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/11\/errors-of-mercy.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Errors of Mercy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/17+-+1imgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23634,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/11\/jon-stewart-the-mercy-rule-and-the-oops-moment.html","url_meta":{"origin":133013,"position":0},"title":"Jon Stewart, the Mercy Rule, and the &#8220;Oops&#8221; Moment","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 11-Nov-11 1:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Jon Stewart on The Daily Show has just way too much fun with the CNBC GOP Debate in general and Rick Perry's \"Oops\" Moment in particular. 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