GOP To Poor Kids: Better Not Get Sick

AP:

House Democrats failed Thursday to override President Bush's veto of their pre-election year effort to expand a popular government health insurance program to cover 10 million children.

The bill had bipartisan support but the 273-156 roll call was 13 votes short of the two-thirds majority supporters needed to enact the bill into law despite Bush's objections. The bill had passed the Senate with a bigger than two-thirds majority.

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Comments

[JeffDeVore]

The Decider has decided!
The teachings of his Holy Savior have surely taken root in his soul. "You shall know them by their works."

[RedRooster]

The mistake too many Americans make is in believing the kind of politician who would vote against this legislation (as 44 of them have) actually HAS a conscience­...they do not.

Instead, these politicians are socially well-adapted sociopaths who belong to the "I've got mine, fuck you" Republican party.

They pass under the cloak of respectability, when, by any other measure of human decency, they should be considered PARASITES!

[Hopalongpoppyseed]

"You shall know them by their works."

Jeff, regarding the Republicans, I prefer the King James Version: "Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know them." Not that there is anything wrong with that.

[JeffDeVore]

Took me a minute to catch the double entendre. Thanks for the hoot.

[Jane22]

So right, JeffDeVore: "You will know they are Christians by their Love"... HMMMM? What??

[DefendOurConstitution]

I just don’t get it. The Democrats are negotiating a FISA bill that is esentially capitulating to Bush without any concessions for Democrats (let alone Americans).

If the Democratic leadership had any scruples and cojones they would say: Fine, veto SCHIP and we will not pass FISA (expecially with immunity for law-breakers), finish defense authorization bill, or take up any more war funding until SCHIP, stem cell research, Habeas Corpus restoration, etc. Alternatively, they could attach SCHIP (Habeas and stem cells as well) to any war funding bill and make Bush veto that (so what if they are not germain, the Republicans never cared about that).

For the Democrats to continue willing to put up with attrocities such as SCHIP with the hopes that it will translate into 2008 victories in Congress and presidency is cynical and disingenuous (after all the Democrats can always snatch defeat from the jaws of victory). Carpe Diem Democrats - no time to wait to save our Country.

[RedRooster]

Cheers to DefendOurC­onstitutio­n!

[lisakaz]

Yep. They don't know how to fight fire with fire. I cannot take any of these scummy Congresspeople seriously given they get covered for EVERYTHING out of the public's money but can't find expanding SCHIP for people who cannot afford or cannot obtain coverage from private companies. Disgusting bunch of Scrooges. Dems ought to have their head examined for passing ANY Rethug bill.

[Jane22]

Most DEMS et al REpubs. Have much to hide. They (the compromised ones) are all in the same game-just have a different slant to confuse the public. I'd bet the lottery I haven't won yet that I am right! I don't have enough wealth to bet for real. I have lived almost 59 years (B-day 10-22) and it has always been this way! There are things that have been achieved, but overall we are not or ever have been in the best of shape. Were we not run by Capitalist, free-market, Lazy-Fair, predatory, sociopathic, genocidal THUGS, we could be having a different dialogue NOW and Past! We old Hippies have been around a long time. It begins to DAWN (1960) on you after time goes by that you are always seeing different players of the same game. Sorry to have to say it! Peace

[DefendOurConstitution]

I just don’t get it. The Democrats are negotiating a FISA bill that is esentially capitulating to Bush without any concessions for Democrats (let alone Americans).

If the Democratic leadership had any scruples and cojones they would say: Fine, veto SCHIP and we will not pass FISA (expecially with immunity for law-breakers), finish defense authorization bill, or take up any more war funding untiul SCHIP, stem cell research, Habeas Corpus restoration, etc. Alternatively, they could attach SCHIP (Habeas and stem cells as well) to any war funding bill and make Bush veto that (so what if they are not germain, the Republicans never cared about that).

For the Democrats to continue willing to put up with attrocities such as SCHIP with the hopes that it will translate into 2008 victories in Congress and presidency is cynical and disingenuous (after all the Democrats can always snatch defeat from the jaws of victory). Carpe Diem Democrats - no time to wait to save our Country.

[EdRocktober]

How telling it is for congress to say "Thumbs up" for War funding and Spying on americans at home,But the well is bone dry when sick and injured children are in need of health care.

Q:If they can create money to kill people,
Why can't the do the same to help people?

A:Because they dont give a F**K about you or your children or anyone other than themselves and their benefactors