Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007...8:42 am
These Darned Kids Oughta Get Jobs Like the Rest of Us
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As expected, the President vetoed expansion of the S-CHIP program this morning. His claim is that the program is too expensive.
So, here is my question: the previous congresses have spent so much money on pork barrel projects that even John McCain refered to them as “drunken sailors” (being a Navy man, McCain presumably knows what a drunken sailor looks like), but the congress, Republicans and Democrats, chooses to spend money to make sure that children get health care, and now he takes a stand against “wasteful” spending?
We haven’t heard that term “compassionate conservative” in a while, have we?
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October 3rd, 2007 at 9:10 am
I can only hope that this veto will be overridden! Truly, this is the bottom of the heap of a shameless, ideologue President - who is so out of touch with the people of this country, it is hard to understand. I believe we can count on Giffords and Grijalva to vote for an override. What concerns me is whether there will be enough Republicans who understand that it is downright dishonest to put ideology above the health of children! And I certainly hope I don’t have to hear that “compassionate conservative” crap ever again!!!!!
October 3rd, 2007 at 9:14 am
Kids going to the doctor is too expensive, but the Iraq war we can afford? WTF?
October 3rd, 2007 at 9:44 am
As a letter-writer said in the Star this morning(or words to this effect)….
If you oppose SCHIP, and you oppose Roe v. Wade, you may be anti-abortion, but you sure as hell ain’t pro-life.
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:10 pm
I don’t recall any news coverage of how they voted on SCHIP, so I checked - the House. We know that in the Senate, Kyl voted no, and McCain was too busy with the straight-talk express to show up.
Here’s how the AZ House delegation voted:
Franks - No
Giffords - Yes
Grijalva - Yes
Flake - No
Franks - No
Pastor - No
Shaddeg - No
Renzi - Yes
So the only surprise was the soon-to-be ex- (and maybe indicted) Rep. Renzi voting with the Dems., something he did occasionally throughout his career to appease his D-leaning district.
Anyone who lives in the districts represented by Franks, Flake or Shaddeg needs to weigh in. Make it clear that you are a constituent, and you have this silly idea that poor kids deserve health coverage.
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:12 pm
CORRECTION - CORRECTION - CORRECTION
I messed up. Pastor was a YES vote. I accidentally listed him as a No.
Sorry, Ed.
October 3rd, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Thanks for the correction Sam, I was about to make some angry phone calls.
October 3rd, 2007 at 3:28 pm
How did Harry Mitchell vote?
October 3rd, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Mitchell was an aye vote.
October 7th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
It’s a darn good thing the college bill passed at about the same time as SCHIP. Bush would have vetoed that one too, except he knew he didn’t have the political strength to even try and maintain two vetoes, so he quietly signed that one last week.
But I agree with Paula, we should take every single opportunity to contrast the $35 billion price tag for SCHIP with the $200 billion figure new Iraq spending that is being bandied about and let people compare them for themselves.
October 9th, 2007 at 9:52 am
Unlike Rep. Jeff Flake, I would have voted for the expansion of S-CHIP. (I am currently the only Democrat running for the CD6 U.S. House seat.)
Republicans say it is only the first step toward — well, they call it socialized medicine — but what they really mean is a single-payer system: Medicare for kids, seniors, and everyone in between.
I have been uninsured for over a year, but I’m an adult. Let’s cover kids now, and who cares how much their parents’ income is? Billionaires’ kids can go to public schools after all — and that’s how it should be.
Jeff Flake and the other Republican members of Arizona’s Congressional delegation should be ashamed of themselves.
October 9th, 2007 at 11:22 am
The thing is Bush is not good at thinking ahead-after all some other Republican President might want to have cannon fodder for that President’s war of choice.
However if the current crop of cannon fodder is too weak and ill from not having their medical care in a timely fashion it will just ruin the fun for that Republican President.
Of course that means they can all go to college and we can have a well educated populace that refuses to start wars of choice. Hmmmmmmm.
October 10th, 2007 at 11:11 pm
I really have to question the administation’s motives about the veto. It is a poor governmental decision and hinders the overall quality of life to our society. But why does such a shrewd political machine, (shrewd enough to get Bush elected) make such a politically damaging decision. The right could lose 10 seats over this issue alone. Who is benefitting? Who are they selling out to?
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