Pro Cancer

Large manufacturers and chemical producers have lobbied ferociously to stop the National Institutes of Health from classifying formaldehyde as a carcinogen. A wide body of research has linked the chemical to cancer, but industrial polluters have stymied regulators from action. Yesterday, the NIH finally handed down a report officially classifying formaldehyde as a carcinogen. An investigation by ProPublica found that Sens. David Vitter (R-LA) and James Inhofe (R-OK) had used their power to add years of delay to the report. The piece linked Vitter to lobbying from Koch Industrie’s Georgia Pacific company, which has plywood plants in Louisiana.

Republicans don't give a damn but to give your kids cancer. It's as simple as that. They may not shoot you in the head with their own hand, but if you get sick and die, you're dead just the same. It follows then that voting for them is rather like engaging yourself, your family and your friends in a game of Russian roulette.