Comments on: The Pill.

By: ally

ally — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:22:11 +0000

You guys really shouldn’t dis people unless youve been in a similar situation. your in the public and you cant make your own “response” to questions as you have to reflect what the public wants and you have to remember what the different viewpoints are and if not give a difenite answer, mention both sides.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:29:01 +0000

Be fair to John, he was not trying to avoid any question, he is old and had to think about what the reporter was talking about, maybe he couldn’t remember what pill she was talking about. Do you think he picked Sarah to always be beside him so when he has a memory loss, he can turn to Sarah and she can tell him what the question means!!

By: liz

liz — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:43:04 +0000

In response to the above comment by Ed about birth control not being medically needed, it absolutely IS medically necessary for thousands, if not millions of women. If you don’t believe me go read up on ovarian cysts and uterine fybroids. Women depend on these pills to reduce the need for surgeries or worse, hysterectomies which were previously done almost immediately to women suffering from disorders that can be far more inexpensively treated with hormonal birth control. In addition they reduce the lingering pain and anemia that many women suffer from with their “normal” cycles and the hormonal imbalances that can cause very strong emotional problems including severe depression.

Saying that erectile disfunction is a medical disorder and PCOS, endometriosis, and other disorders are not displays enormous ignorance about the human body and medical treatment.

Also, if McCain knew enough to vote on it in the senate, he should know enough to answer a simple question. But guess what, he didn’t know enough to vote, he just followed the party/corporate line.

By: MeredithC

MeredithC — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:17:29 +0000

15, I don’t think we were watching the same video. It was obvious that he DID have an opinion on the matter and simply didn’t want to say it for fear of looking bad in the public eye. He probably wanted to check with his advisors on what he should say. It’s not like she was simply saying “do you remember how you voted on such and such issue?”…she was asking for his opinion on a topic which she first described to him.

By: Matt from Winchester

Matt from Winchester — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:52:38 +0000

15,
RE: “Get real..like you guys could remember every single issue/topic.”

If one is speaking from his/her actual beliefs, one doesn’t have to remember anything. All you have to do is look inward, take census of your beliefs, and talk from the heart. See how easy?

Now remembering talking points? That’s hard.

By: anthony

anthony — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:44:05 +0000

I love how you guys rally up and start running your mouths at any chance you get to take a shot at John McCain. The man obviously didn’t know enough about the topic to give an answer and unlike most politicians he didn’t want to make up some b/s. Your boy Barrack Obama would have just digressed and started talking about hope or some stupid shit. Get real..like you guys could remember every single issue/topic.

By: Nigel

Nigel — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:52:56 +0000

13,
“Birth control pills should be complimentary to all immigrants!!!!!”

Seriously….the vast majority of us are either immigrants or the children or grandchildren of immigrants. Blaming “immigrants” for your own problems is not a way to solve them. Plus you contradict yourself - you want to spend more money on “immigrants” or less??

By: judy marino

judy marino — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:34:11 +0000

Birth control pills should be complimentary to all immigrants!!!!! We have a serious population problem and perhaps the Chinese might have had a good idea and only allow 2 children per family. Hey…I didn’t have any kids and never had to ask the government to help me to survive and it really sucks because I’m still living hand to mouth and have worked all my life. I’m going to be 54 next month and own an 85 Toyota and an 84 4-runner that is parked and I’m trying to sell and rent a house.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:34:32 +0000

11,

I think there are two slight flaws in your argument… and they’re both built off the premise that you kind of allude to - namely that having sex is a choice people make. If a man chooses to have sex and he is unable to maintain an erection, he can either elect to take Viagra or find other ways to be with his partner. If a woman chooses to have sex and, based on biology, she is most likely unable to do so without getting pregnant, she can elect to take birth control or find other ways to be with her partner. Women should not be penalized because they are the only ones who are able to conceive. (I guess - to be fair - vasectomies and condoms should then also be covered by insurance.)

Additionally, I take issue with the classification of erectile dysfunction as a ‘medical condition’… or, at least, not one that is as nearly widespread as the amount of prescriptions written for it would seem to indicate. Just because Pfizer and their lobbyists say that it is, it doesn’t necessarily put it in the same class as cancer, the flu, or even a broken bone. Follow the money - they make a boatload of cash if Viagra is seen as a necessity and, by giving impotence a fancy name, they’re trying to do just that.

My 2¢…

Thanks for writing.

By: ed

ed — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:56:55 +0000

The reason Viagra is covered is because the pill is designed to treat an actual medical condition, erectile dysfunction.

The reason birth control is not covered is because the pill is designed to treat a choice. Being pregnant is not a disease or a dysfunction… thus shouldn’t be covered by medical insurance. If someone wants to make the choice to use birth control, they should pay for said choice.

By: Christian Decker

Christian Decker — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:15:51 +0000

I saw it on the Daily Show, this clip is just hilarious ^^

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By: Rusty Shackleford

Rusty Shackleford — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:37:05 +0000

This video of him alone, if I hadn’t already made up my mind, would singlehandedly convince me not to vote for this guy. You can tell the dude never even thought about the issue before.

By: msgolightly

msgolightly — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:21:28 +0000

Well if viagra isn’t covered and we give women birth control, how are old white conservative men going to keep it up in order to breed and produce more blowhards? Don’t you know there is a war on?!?!

By: Charlene

Charlene — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:17:46 +0000

Hey, it’s a lot cheaper to cover one month of birth control than 18 years of welfare, right?

However, I’d point out that birth control pills were available long before Searle received FDA approval. The first pills were available in Germany in the 1930s, but were only available to Nazi party functionaries’ wives (since other women were supposed to be having babies whether they wanted them or not). One of the first women to take them was Eva Braun, and thank God she did. (Not everything was invented in the US. I know that’s an unexpected and massive shock, but try not to sob.)

By: pansypoo

pansypoo — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:47:06 +0000

thanks ron. it’s not just for birth control ya twit.