Mrs Romney was trying to relate a very emotional point in her life. The criticism of her for her discussion on her MS is beyond disgusting! The cancer patients are pulling a Mrs. Edwards and trying to slam her for her politics behind the cover of their disease.

Of course, some Lefties are angered. A Righty said something. Doesn't matter what, it just had to be something. Leave it to a Left-Winger to make a political mountain out of a verbal molehill.

There is nothing wrong with what Mrs Romney said, although I suppose that she might have been better to have said "Couldn't I please just get run over by a truck and die?".

But then some shark would have probably got all "indignant" about that I suppose.

It's true, Murph, if someone somewhere got run over by a truck and lived, Wonkette, Kos or Keith Olbermann would find them and make them into the next media hit piece.

Mrs. Romney could have been a lot more thoughtful in her comments, for sure. But I think she was just expressing her desire for a more definitive and perhaps quicker end amidst her suffering.

Please, let's not have a battle of "who's got the worst disease."

Sad thing is she was not saying having Cancer was better, she was saying her pain was so bad, and she was going to have to live with that pain, something at the time she was not really sure she wanted to deal with, and just thought that if she had cancer, it would be a quicker death, without her having to have to pull the trigger.

This is from a non-educated person who could figure all that out themselves by using common sense.

I'm not a Romney supporter but you have to ask, why was this article written?
Why don't you beltway types, just grow up.

It's well known that democrats play the victim card for every political benefit they can derive. They are shameless in their lifelong practice of exploiting everything they can for political gain. Whether it's race, wealth, gender, homophobia, and now diseases. They did this last election cycle with the BS about embryonic stem cells and Michael J. Fox, Christopher Reeves walking etc. They are lowlife scum feeding on other peoples misery.

As a cancer survivor myself, I'm going to tell you what I think about Ann Romney's statement.

I GET IT. I understand what she meant 100 percent. Anyone who wants to make an issue out of this is f'ing ridiculous, stupid, and intellectually dishonest. I find this manufactured outrage and misplaced pity (or self-pity--a foolish, dangerous game when you're in active treatment--in the case of Leroy Sievers) more offensive than anything Ann Romney could say.

GAWD. This is just pathetic.

Get a life.

This is an example of just how juvenile
some folks can be when they start playing the "mine is bigger than yours" game. Ann Romney gave us a look at the "real" person she is with her comment and some "children" didn't think she paid enough respect to "THEIR" little woe is me!! She said exactly what she was feeling and they just couldn't deal with it as adults.
Keep saying exactly what you are feeling, Ann, the authenticity is admired here.

Since almost everyone on this board sees fit to bash Mr. Sievers--including an incredibly tasteless "get a life" directed at a man suffering from terminal cancer--I think I'll weigh in.

To Cory and Chuck: I disagree that the discussion of Romney's thoughtless comment is politically motivated.

To Murphy: Trucks are indeed quickly lethal if one runs over you. To suggest that cancer ensures a quick, painless death demonstrates an ignorance not befitting a would-be first lady.

To Hannibal: I agree that playing whos-got-the-worst-disease is not useful or becoming. But it wasn't a cancer patient who started that exchange. It was an MS patient, Mrs. Romney. Maybe she didn't mean the comment how it sounds, but well-meaning people are always sorry to have caused hurt and quick to apologize. We have an excuse delivered by a spokesperson, not an apology.

To Kevin: Thank you for your reasoned comment. I think you're probably right in your clarification. I'm sure a real apology from Mrs. Romney is imminent. Any. Minute. Now.

To Thatcher: The Sievers article was written because the author has a blog. The purpose of the blog is to share his feelings and thoughts on his disease. He has a large readership, so he apparently has something meaningful to say.

To Roninacreage: Cancer patients don't need to "play" the victim card any more than a homeowner who gets shot by a burglar needs to "play" the victim. Cancer inflicts plenty of suffering without any assistance from one's imagination.

To Beth: See above.

I didn't know cancer victims were all 'lefties'. I just didn't realize that god had only condemned liberals to get cancer. What astute commentary there. I am certainly glad to be enlightened at such observation.

This article is absurd. Mrs. Romney was simply expressing her feelings that instead of dealing with the extreme pain that accompanies Multiple Sclerosis, she would have rather died-from cancer, perhaps. Mrs. Romney's comments were in no way meant to be offending to cancer patients. Instead, her comments reflected her deep emotional struggle during an extremely difficult period in her life.

It was a moronic thing for Romney to day. I think it's pathetic that the commentators here are playing politics.
This has nothing to do with politics.

Seriously. Is there no end to this culture of everyone being "offended?" I mean, please, grow up! She is talking about her own personal feelings and being honest about her gut reaction. Why must we worry about constantly offending everyone...especially when there is no real reason to be offended? I would rather have a politician talk from his/her gut than handing me a line of BS all the time. Mrs. Romney is not the candidate anyway! Ugh! I am so sick of politics.

God forbid she ever gets cancer. I'm sure she'll find it's not a pain to her liking either. Maybe she should spend some time with cancer survivors and get a real idea of what's going on before making such an absurd comment.

since people die from MS, too, like author Flannery O'Connor and my friend Jackie's mom, maybe we could all just lighten up and remember that Romney was basically making this emotional analogy: "what I am experiencing now sucks so much that maybe some unfamiliar fatal disease would be better." a sort of macabre grass-is-greener scenario.
My sister in law died of cancer and so did my grandmother and uncle, and my mom is now dying of it, and I don't think somebody who wants to describe misery in visceral terms is a bad person. so, lighten up, crybabies.

Ann Romney's own parents BOTH died from CANCER! So i is greatly in her genes too, the poor thing. She should have apologized to the country's cancer survivors and families though. That is why I never will vote for Romney- they never apologize for anything, even animal abuse!

Mrs Romney was diagnosed "late" in life with MS at age 49 in 1998. This means the later you're diagnosed, the worse the MS can become. And, for the type she has (remit/relapse MS), it always gets worse and progresses moreso, AFTER the initial 10 yrs. So, I feel sorry, she must be very depressed. I hope her family understands her illness.