My Operaeh..?
Tuesday, October 9, 2007 2:28:16 PM
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/08/attacking-graeme-frost/
...What about a real argument? Actual proposed bills? Alternatives to the CHIP program (that 75% or more of Congress voted for), if they have to oppose the program. You know, actual political work?
Oh, right, I forget - they didn't reach anyone even relatively with their feets on the ground with those arguments in the first place.
Two weeks ago, the Democratic radio address was delivered by a 12-year old Maryland boy named Graeme Frost. Graeme told his story of being involved in a severe car accident three years ago, and having received access to medical care because of the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
(...)
The right-wing immediately condemned Democrats for daring to put a human face on the SCHIP program at a time when Bush was proposing a “diminishment of the number of children covered.” Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) — who has posed with children to advance his own political agenda — claimed Graeme was being used “as a human shield.”
...What about a real argument? Actual proposed bills? Alternatives to the CHIP program (that 75% or more of Congress voted for), if they have to oppose the program. You know, actual political work?
Oh, right, I forget - they didn't reach anyone even relatively with their feets on the ground with those arguments in the first place.
