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To: LindyBill who wrote (227983)	11/14/2007 8:03:54 AM
From: MrLucky	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793868

Why does AP embarrass people with crap like this? Reagan appointee. First woman on the bench. Republican. (Although, I often wondered about that.) And it is Bush's fault.

To: LindyBill who wrote (227983)	11/14/2007 12:30:04 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793868

Anyone who has worked with, lived with, or even just known Alzheimer's victims, would find this a touching, rather than embarrassing story. Alzheimer's destroys people; it robs them of their past, of their memories, of their ability to relate. Any kind of comfort that can quiet and reassure them is welcome. I just finished reading John Bayley's second book on his wife's (novelist Iris Murdock) struggle with Alzheimer's and what he went through as primary caregiver. It was brutally honest about the realities and painful to read at times, but throughout, you sensed the tremendous strength and love underneath it all. Rather than an embarrassment, it's an insight into Sandra Day O'Conner's intelligence and compassion that she can unselfishly rejoice when her husband finds some happiness in what is usually a terribly lonely and frightening illness. Her husband is no longer the person she married and lived with for so many years in that he can't relate as he once did, but she honors who he was and their marriage with her understanding. Anyone who attempts to turn this into some kind of joke embarrasses only himself.

To: LindyBill who wrote (227983)	11/14/2007 10:58:34 PM
From: MJ	Respond to of 793868

Bless this gentleman. Reminds me of my father whose birthday would have been today. His wife died in January of one year----then unable to care for his basic needs after her death--he plunked down his $ and went to assisted living. (He had cancer, advanced diabetes and was blind in his last years----but still had his charm, brain and love of women. He lived about 8 months after his wife's death as his cancer advanced.) Going to the dining room for a proper sitdown meal provided an opportunity to meet the women. According to my brother, who saw him every day , Dad had proposed to at least 5 women over dinner. We laughed about it and were truly happy that he still had an affinity for women and could enjoy in a small human way the friendship of other people. I learned so much from him as he wended his way through these last years. He truly did it with such dignity. He gave so much to others and society in his life ---a real self-made man. Why AP would be so insensitive, is beyond my understanding. What I do like is Sandra Day O'Connors attitude. mj