Clinton unveils goal of breast cancer cure

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Hi
I am routing for you, and thank you for supporting Breast Cancer,
My daughter was diagnos with BC last August, 2007 it was stage zero
but the word Cancer took the family for a loop. was operated an had two
small tumors removed, went through radiation and now a survior

Please continue your support for Breast Cancer and good luck on
the up and coming election, God Bless you and your family

I'm all for curing cancer and I think this is a wonderful cause to support. That being said...

Call me a cynic, but what a way to get back the female vote. Am I the only one who thinks this?

Right on "Tired of Politics"

How desperate can Hillary get, I'm all for helping those with breast cancer but this just STINKS of desperation. 100 Billion for foreclosures, 300 Million for breast cancer, how much more is she going to spend? I guess it doesn't matter to her since they earned over 100 Million since 2000. Geez

If it was anyone else but Hillary, I'd say you're a cynic, but there is NOTHING that comes out of her mouth that isn't planned out to fit her agenda.

I am a cancer researcher. It is easy to say that you want cancer to be cured. It is another thing to actually make it happen. What do you think we have been doing for the last 10 years? It is easier said than done. Increased NIH funding will help, but there other important matters that need to be addressed in the medical research community. The graduate students, technicians, and postdoctoral fellows that are responsible for the bulk of the research are very poorly compensated for all their hard work. I have spent 4 years in college, 5 years in graduate school and 2 years as a postdoc. What do I get for all of my education? A salary that compares to an assistant manager at McDonalds. America values it's movie and sports stars more than those who are actually trying to come up with new treatments for life threatening medical illnesses.

Does Hillary's big commitment to breast cancer imply that Obama and McCain want women to die from cancer?? I guess anyone with lung cancer, colon cancer or prostate cancer should vote for someone else...
She is really despicable...the lowest form of human - a politiician...

Pandering to the middle age woman vote...what about other cancers?

Why not a cancer czar- like everything else she's suggesting- poverty czar, foreclosure czar, etc. etc. etc- nobody doing anything except talking.

President Nixon during his January 1971 State of the Union address first declared his intention for the war on cancer.

Since that time everyday more than 1,500 men, women and children die of cancer in the U.S..

Increases in cancers include pediatric cancer patients that are being diagnosed at a rate of two class rooms full of children or approximately 46+ children every school day in this country.

The American Cancer Society reports this year in the United States in neighborhoods across the country we will have over 200,000 women that will diagnosed with breast cancer and over 40 thousand women will die of breast cancer.

In the book The Secret War on Cancer, author Devra Davis, who heads up the world's first Center on Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute points out that while American"s today are living longer and better, we are also seeing the growth in chronic diseases, like cancer and neurological problems. The question of the combined effects of radiation and small doses of chemicals on our health over the long term is generally not being asked by those in positions to set standards for such materials.

Yes the cure is critical...but we must look to prevention and the environmental exposures choices that are both known and suspected to be linked to cancer.

Bill Couzens Founder Lesscancer.org

Hillary it is refreshing that you want to join the fight in finding a cure for Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer is a major killer of Women and it is most appropriate that the Female Candidate be the one to lead in this endeavour. As a black woman, I have experienced the tragedy of members of my family, two cousins both under fifty, succomb the disease. My neighbor, a dear friend also died from breast cancer. Now, another close friend in her forties just recently discovered a cancerous lump. Breast cancer along with all the other cancers devastate families, and suvivors need every bit of help available to find a cure. Since Barack's mom succombed to breast cancer, I would hope he could join forces with Hillary on this initiative. Mr. McCain himself is a skin cancer survivor, so he would understand what Hillary is proposing is a good thing.
I would wish that people would stop being cynical and be open-minded for a change. Stop imputing wrong motives to everything Hillary does or says. The last time I read the Bible, it said all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. In plain english it means the Woman is not perfect. Therefore, why do people expect perfection out of imperfection? All the Hillary's haters who say they are Christians, should know that when they go to church and pray for blessings they will not receive any from the Almighty because of the hate that they harbour within their hearts.

A politician makes politically-motivated claims. Barack Obama is a politician; thus, in response to outcry, he delivers a transcendent speech on race; a few weeks later, to readjust his image, he skips out on MLK's Memphis tribute. Many more examples of his adjusting to expediency can be cited: shifts on gun legislation from state to state and so on. What matters is, do you believe what he seems to promote? What is his record? Do you trust him to follow through on matters which matter most? Do you benefit from a given position or do others?

Hillary Clinton is a politician. It is expedient for her to call for the women's vote. (As for this being a middle-aged woman's issue, I assure you that younger women care about breast cancer.) Do I believe in pursuing the cure for breast cancer? Yes. Do I benefit from it and do others? Yes. Do I trust Clinton to follow through with this, given her record on health-care reform and related issues?
Yup.

For all of you cynics out there. Yes, Hillary is a politician; yes she has made some blunders.But before you chastise her, at least read her plan. If you read it, you will see that breast cancer would be the first issue, but other diseases would be tackled. If you underfstand cancer at any level, you will note that if you can cure breat cancer other cancer cures would come along as well. Let us at least take that step. Think, $300 million a year for ten years. If that does not cure it, nothing will. Okay, Do you really hate Hillary? Do you hate Hillary more than you hate cancer? Doesn't anyone remember how much influence Hilary had pushing for a cure when she was First Lady? Get your history right.

why the hell is Hilary Clinton spending all of America's money on low income women when there is a real crisis in darfur! Not to mention if she is elected she should be cleaning up Bush's mess in Iraq which may kill thousands of people in the next year rather then focusing on some damn women that will be there forever