Nobles and Knaves: Noble: President Bush, for vetoing (SCHIP) bill

Washington Times ^ | 10/6/07 | House editorial

[JohnHuang2]

The SCHIP legislation that landed on the president's desk was a colossally bad idea. The program is intended to help poor children — children whose families don't qualify for Medicaid but can't afford private health care. But the $35 billion expansion that Congress passed would have qualifed "children" up to 25 years old and households with incomes of up to $82,000. Furthermore, as Mr. Bush noted, "If this bill were enacted, one out of every three children moving onto government coverage would be moving from private coverage."

The Democrats, in typical fashion, are relying on demagoguery and mudslinging. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada called the veto "heartless" and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland called it "a stunning lack of compassion."

For making the right choice and voting down SCHIP, President Bush is the Noble of the week.

[The Ghost of Rudy McRomney]

Glad to see this SCHIPWreck.

[TNCMAXQ]

Maybe some of these 25 year old “children” are the same ones the pro criminal organizations count when they refer to children killed by gun violence. Remember that scam? It was revealed the anti gun outfits were counting guys up to something like age 22 killed while committing crimes as “child victims” of gun violence, just to make the numbers look worse and to increase support for their agenda.

[The Ghost of Rudy McRomney]

Oh, yeah, I remember that scam quite well. Wasn’t that during the first (and hopefully, last) Klintoon administration? I could be wrong. I know that was when The Slick One tried to push doctors asking if you owned any guns(I think there’s a thread on FR currently about that, as it’s still going on).

[The Ghost of Rudy McRomney]

Found the thread, in case you haven’t seen it yet.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1906717/posts

[Jane Austen]

Me too.