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Lauren Bloom's avatar

Thank you so much for this gracious article. Our nation’s politics have become so fraught that they threaten to destroy our fundamental decency. Cancer is an evil thing, but it’s not payback, karma coming around or God’s punishment for sin. I’m very grateful to you for reminding us of how important kindness is.

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Mike Nellis's avatar

Thanks for your comment Lauren! I really don’t want us to become a shell of ourselves where we forget why we're doing this in the first place. The reflexive pro/anti Biden takes around cancer are super weird. We need to do better.

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Sally Myrick's avatar

Joe is a genuine good person. Rare gem in today's world.

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Mike Nellis's avatar

I agree he’s a good man, even if I disagree with of his political choices

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Patrick Pascale's avatar

Agree-Disagree! Condemnation and artful lies are quite another thing- how many of Trump's "political" choices do agree with????

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Patrick Pascale's avatar

it is amazing that we even use Cancer or Illness as a political football. Let us compare accomplishment for the common good accomplished by the Biden Administration with the present "artful dodger": DJT- cuts for important agencies, job eliminations actual and proposed, curtailment of medical research projects, Tax cuts for the well healed supporters, Elon Musk, ...it just goes on and worse....

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