Only nurses, doctors and hospitals should be allowed to use the term stable. Politicians and reporters abuse of the word "stable" in describing someone's conditions allows for deceptive reporting. A person can nearly be dead and still be "stable". Sharon has been in a coma for 38 days but at least he is stable. Dick Cheney sent Harry Whittington to the intensive care unit but Whittington was stable. Heck, Terri Shiavo had a liquefied cerebral cortex but she was still stable.
Politicians and reporters should be required to give a mandatory description of the injured condition ranging from excellent (only needed a band-aid) to critical (life hangs in the balance). Maybe the republicans need a color coded system. They seem to understand color.
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