This is a brillian political move for the Democrats. They knew that if they loaded the SCHIP bill with lots of pork, that the President would veto it. And this will give them more politcal ammunition. So who is it that does not care for the children? I would say that the Democrats in control of Congress have shown that it is they who do not care.
I noticed that the articles in todays paper are glaringly vacant of all pertinent facts. Like the part where this program is expanded to include children in households making as much as $80,000 dollars a year. Since when is that poverty level. They also left out the part about how illegal immigrants will also be able to get these benefits.
If the democrats are going to help children, then lets make it about children. I may not always agree with what the President says or does, however, he was right to veto this. And he did it for the right reasons. He has extended his hand to make a compromise on a bill that would benefit the neediest of children and exclude the pork. There is no answer from the democrats except to sling more mud. But, then again, their approval rating is lower than the Presidents and they have accomplished less. And they have the majority.
It is about the children and not political points, right??????
2007-10-04
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