If There's Even One American Left Who Still Thinks Bush is Brave and Compassionate...

When President Bush vetoed bipartisan legislation this morning that would fund health care for four million uninsured children by boosting the Federal cigarette tax a whole 39 cents, he did so quietly, locked up in private, without any public appearances.

To me that is the essence of cowardice.

Maybe the same cowardice a much younger Bush exhibited when he used family connections to get into a National Guard unit that didn't go to Vietnam- and that he has never furnished evidence he fulfilled his obligations in.

So we're surprised?

If there's anyone out there who still thinks Bush is brave, climb out from under a rock and think of a President without the guts to declare his cruel stance publicly.

If there's anyone who still thinks Bush is a "compassionate conservative," think of the millions of families who struggle to provide health care for their kids.

Oh, one more set of stats:

Bush Admin. to Blackwater- at least $1 billion, and who knows how much more.

Bush Admin. to Uninsured Children- None

Comments

[Tubby]

As an ex-smoker I find it utterly cynical to try and heap the cost of child medicine (including medicine for illegals) on the backs of the working poor. Look around. Most smokers are lower middle class, if even that.

GET OFF THE BACK OF OUR POOR WORKING STIFFS!!

[richw23]

Lay off cigarettes. I quit long ago, but there are plenty of poor people who smoke and continue to smoke and that's a reality. Quit trying to make them bear the entire burden for health care in this country.

[Ingsocittome]

Smoking cigarettes is a choice that hurts the world and everyone in it. Cigarettes are way too cheap. Not only should smokers bear the burden of the country's health but the world's as well. With America flooding the world with our tobacco in the past we did more damage than a hundred Bushes.

[castlerider]

Kids are the most important; they're our future. More important then smokers, Iraq, anything.. And smoking is not confined to be a habit of just the poorest. (I yearn to say just the least educated, but that's not really true either.) I know plenty of well to do Americans who smoke.
Why don't we legalize pot and tax it exclusively towards alcohol recovery, childcare and insurance for kids as well?

[JimR]

I agree he's a coward, but that's a poor example.

[afgail]

Bush resolutely clings to the notion that the purpose of government is to enrich the already rich and that the ordinary citizen must fend for themselves. In a society dominated by rapacious corporations and an uncaring federal government it is a perscription for a political revolution. November 2008 is when the revolution will break like a tsunami over the Republican Party. Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of miscreants.

[hopeless277]

He is the cowardly weakling who has his finger on the red button. Not the nuclear button but the button that would federalize the national guard and put them under HIS control to impose martial law with shoot to kill orders. Welcome to the police state.

[BillZBubb]

Unfortunately, yes, there are millions of mindless right wingers who think Bush is brave and compassionate--even Christ-like. Heck they still believe Saddam was behind 9/11 and the Iraq really really did have major, active WMD programs. They believe God is on Bush's side. They are the people who will believe whatever Faux, Robertson, or Limpballs tell them--you know MORONS.

[Desiderata]

I wish he hadn't vetoed this. Had he allowed this coverage, smokers would be no longer hated. Smoking so that kids could have healthcare would be not only viewed as a wonderful contribution for the benefit of the most innocent among us, but heroic as well.

[nottoworry]

Mr. Shaw...
Come to Oklahoma, walk down the streets of Tulsa or Oklahoma City or even in the rural areas and you will find immense numbers of voters who stand fast behind the president. They think of him as God's special sent servant, but mostly they are just dedicated republicans.

Not me........I could see what he was before he was elected? the first time.

[castlerider]

Same here in Texas...
It's just mind boggling to see such blind stupidity. Pretty tough living, surrounded by idiots, isn't it?

[CriminallySane]

It didn't take this to convince me Bush is a cowardly weakling. This latest episode simply confirms it.

[WOLFWARRIOR]

A whole 39 cent's on the back of the pooriest American's ...

Why are you not out yelling for support the tax for IRAQ bill ???

JUST FOR A TAX THE POOR BILL ???

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