As expected, George W Bush vetoed health care for children yesterday in only his fourth veto ever.
Here's Bush saluting America's kids:
From MoveOn.org:
Health Care for Kids Rally
Just outside of Schenley Plaza
On the corner of Forbes Ave. and Schenely Dr., Oakland
Pittsburgh, PA 15217
04 Oct, 6:00 PM
Click here to RSVP:
http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=40915&&id=11324-1367448-rMQhNL&t=2
If you have kids, definitely bring them, too!
15 comments:
John K. says: Uh let's get the record straight here. Bush supported the program as Gov of Texas and in fact has increased the funding for it in his budget request. He just did not increase the budget as much as you lefties want. But it has been increased. So he did not cut squat. And as for the picture. What's with you lefties making stuff up all the time? Pathological lying. LOL LOL
Nice try, John. But the picture IS REAL.
Get over it.
I liked Bush's "They can just go to the emergency room" comment. That's some compassionate conservative!
How much acid do you eat, John K.?
For real. Everyday? Only when blogging?
The picture is very real and has been floating around for a long, long time.
And my recollection is that Bush did not support SCHIP as governor of Texas.
But it's just not us lefties who thought the budget should be more. A lot of Republicans did as well. In fact, the vast majority of Americans - 72% - supported it. That's why so many states are suing the Federal government over this.
That's Republican family values for ya...they send your kids off to die in some ill-conceived war with no end in sight when they're just out of high school and cut their health coverage before they start kindergarten.
John K. says: I do not eat acid. I hate happy people, children, and puppies. That's why I'm a republican. LOL LOL LOL
Survival of the fittest, or richest baby! LOL LOL LOL
John K. says: The picture is about as real as the allegations against Limbaugh. But it is real if you are Olbermouth where facts only blur the story. Face it lefties, Bush raised the amount of Govt money in the program. Just not the amount you wanted. Mostly because he knows the left has no idea of where the money comes from in the first place.
John K. says: I know where money comes from. Jeff Gannon/Guckert taught me all about making money while lying on my back. LOL LOL LOL
I live in the soiled, blood soaked underwear that is MY republican party LOL LOL LOL
John K. says: Wonder who this anonymous person is who posts stuff in my name. The individual is sick and should seek help. You left wing loons know who they are and my advice, get this individual to a clinic before they harm themselves. Or go nuts when the Republicans win in 2008.
Of course it is easy to Photoshop pretty much any picture...so I guess it's a damn good thing that this picture comes from a VIDEO of Bush giving a "one fingered victory salute."
That's how Bush refers to it in the video.
Feast you eyes, folks:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YVynnbx1Xsc
John Koward, Bush proposed to increase funds by $4 billion, which, given medical inflation and the growing number of kids who don't qualify for Medicaid but whose parents can't afford private health insurance on their own, would have resulted in a net DECREASE in the number of kids eligible for the program who could receive coverage through it.
Other undeniable facts about which your slow-witted leader Bush lied:
- these are funds given to the states to help purchase PRIVATE coverage for eligible children. The feds have no say in how that coverage is provided.
- The $83,000 figure Bush keeps using is a blatant lie. It comes from a request from the state of New York to increase the limit for how much money a family of four could make and qualify, which the administration, as is its right under current law and would be under the bill that Dumbya vetoed. The bill Dumbya vetoed prohibits states from enrolling kids from families who make more than three times the federal poverty limit, which is approximately $60k/year for a family of four.
Stick to rambling about your fantasy lover Druggie Limbaugh and leave conversations about the real world to the grown ups, you douche bag.
quick amendment to my last comment: My discussion of the second irrefutable fact was missing a word or two. It should have read:
"It comes from a request from the state of New York to increase the limit for how much money a family of four could make and qualify, which the administration rejected, as is its right under current law and would have been under the bill that Dumbya vetoed."
While I'm at it, here's some more evidence of the administration and Republicans' support for the troops.
So, quick pop quiz:
More important:
a) dumb newspaper ad
b) one guy named Jesse who apparently lied about being a soldier, or
c) denying troops who have spent the most time in Iraq education benefits?
A free trip to see some cheesy country music singer in tight jeans and a cowboy hat in Lil' Luke's Yuckety Yuk Yukonmobile for the right answer. [Legal notice: No substitutions of using said Yuckety Yuk Yukonmobile to drive to Florida to see morally suspect conservative radio personalities in same said tight jeans and hat are allowed. Second legal notice: Ewww.]
John K. says: You left wing kooks need to learn to lie better. $60,000 is the figure people like Rep Rangel and Rep Murtha use to advocate a tax increase. These people are the target of their tax increases. Then you post that these same people are not making enough money for health care. Can we say loony bin left. LMAO LOL LOL this is just too funny.
The $60k figure comes from a formula, you twit, it's approximately three times the federal poverty limit.
And, ah, a true compassionate right-wing nut job: it's fine to give millionaire's huge tax cuts, but heaven forbid you give a family of 4 living on $59,000/year some help to provide health insurance to their children in the case that their job doesn't provide it or the primary breadmaker in the family loses their job. You know, like all of those U.S. Air job cuts?
Tell me, John Koward, are their other actual people in your world, or are they all inflatable?
There are alot of employers who do not offer health insurance to their employees because they can't afford to.
So lets say you work for one og these no health insurance companies and you have a combined income of 60,000 with 4 kids at home. If you buy private insurance for your family it's going to cost at least 12,000 per year just to buy coverage.
Chip would allow you to cover your kids on a sliding scale based on your income (the CHIP coverage is through private insurance companies so they can still make money).
Either way, cover your kids and not yourself or spend more than the grocery money on family coverage. Who really wins here? That's right, say it with me....the insurance companies!!
John K. please cite the tax increase your referring to, because I'm pretty sure you're full of it.
If you mean the tax increase to finance the war, that would be called financial responsbility, another value the Republicans and conservatives like to talk about. But just like all that family values chatter, it's got no substance.
Thanks for supporting passing the buck off to my grandkids and your's and everyone elses.
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