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Politically, the prevailing opinion is that the choice will add verve and flair to the campaign. "The idea of that new ingredient, the mysterious factor of the female vote, makes Ferraro a high-risk, high-gain pick," asserted Democratic Governor Richard Lamm of Colorado. Republicans agree, in a kind of left-handed way. Colorado Republican Chairman Howard ("Bo") Callaway, once a campaign manager for Gerald Ford, called the selection of Ferraro "the first excitement, the first non-mush I've seen in Mondale's political career...
...such machines and devices even when it is against the physician's better judgment. Workable guidelines are needed to aid doctors as they try to achieve a balance between the concepts of death with dignity and the prolongation of meaningful life. Colorado's Governor Lamm is to be commended for starting a dialogue on this important and sensitive issue...
...Governor Lamm is being unduly castigated for a perfectly reasonable remark. If we do not begin soon to make sense out of this problem, we will eventually come to a brave new world, where those who are 65 are put into a crematorium. And I speak as someone who is 70 years old with a husband who is 82. When I am called back to God, I do not want any bleeding heart saying I have to linger in the valley of the shadow of death for days or possibly months...
...Praising Lamm for raising the issue of health care among the elderly is like congratulating Marie Antoinette ("Let them eat cake") for recognizing the problem of nutrition among the poor. Lamm has, however, made us aware of a grotesque public attitude, which turns children against aging parents, mothers and fathers against handicapped infants, and expectant mothers against unborn babies...
Good for Governor Lamm. We must come to terms with the fact that there is a difference between prolonging life and prolonging dying...