Beck's a superstar now, isn't he? Another Obama aide quit. Now he's going after
Cass Sunstein. I saw a bit of Hannity last night and he and Ann Coulter were mocking Sunstein because Sunstein had remarked that, for example, an adult horse is more adept at reasoning than is a newborn human.
Isn't that just a statement of fact? They may not like it, but it's true.
Along with University of Chicago scholar Richard Thaler, Sunstein examined the mismatch between the number of people in need of organ donors and the number who die with perfectly healthy organs. Worried that the discrepancy emerged not because people are opposed to organ donation but because they forget to tick a box on their driver's licenses, Sunstein and Thaler suggested that organ donation become the default stance. Individuals would have to deliberately specify that they don't want their organs donated. In the hands of fringe bloggers, this notion turned into a false accusation that Sunstein advocated for granting government the permission to forcibly remove organs. Although this claim has been roundly rejected, by conservatives and liberals alike, it has a "death panel"-type potency and refuses to subside.
Newsweek
More here.
(He's since been confirmed.)