Pelosi Lashes Out at Limbaugh (FR mentioned)

NewsMax ^ | Tuesday, October 16, 2007 9:34 PM | AP

[pillut48]

"One blog, Free Republic.com, posted a report that said Frost attended a private school where tuition was $20,000 a year, that the family lives in an area where one home recently sold for nearly $500,000, and that a photo and "shows what appears to be a recent remodeling job with granite counter tops and glass-front cabinets.""

[ladtx]

There’s a Free Republic blog?

[petercooper]

They were concrete countertops Ms. Pelosi..

Hats off to icwhatudo for pissing off the libs!

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

If you have the secret sign-on, there is.....

[DBrow]

Actually, the countertops are the more expensive concrete ones. Granite runs 60-100 sf, concrete 65-125 and has a “designer” cachet to it.

Otherwise, Pelosi seems to be accurate.

[Suzy Quzy]

Ahhhhh...the truth hurts, huh, Nancypants??

[AppyPappy]

That woman ain’t got sense enough to pour piss out of a boot with the instructions on the heel

[backhoe]

This insufferable woman is an ignoramus...

 

[DBrow]

I re-read the article- I don’t think Pelosi made the comments, NewsMax did.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

The boy’s parents, Halsey and Bonnie Frost say they earn between $45,000 and $50,000 a year, a level that places them within the insurance program eligibility guidelines for a family of six in Maryland.

They say their children attend private schools on scholarships and that they purchased their home for $55,000 in 1990 and it has appreciated in value since.

“Because of the intelligence and the aptitude of the son who was in the accident he goes to a private school, because he’s on scholarship there ... because the house of the family appreciated, they bought it for 50,000, they make 45,000 a year or something like that ... they are calling them wealthy,” Pelosi said of critics of the family.

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I do not know of any private schools that give scholarships out to people making this much money. I also do not know of any $50k homes that have granit countertops even if they were purcahsed in the 90’s.

[TheDon]

Ping!

[JohnLongIsland]

"the facts ma'am, just the facts."

[KosmicKitty]

What gets me, the same family would be considered wealthy by the dummyrats when it comes to calculating taxes.

[weegee]

Remember when Al Gore said that anyone who earned $250,000 a year was a millionaire because in 4 years they’d have a million dollars?

[Archon of the East]

Doesn't change the issue...The Rats use and exploit children, aged, minorities to extract emotion as the driving force for their thirst for power because rational thought and intellect would render their positions invalid.

[HonestConservative]

Amen!

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

If they benefitted from the Bush tax cuts that makes them “rich.”

[weegee]

It also reminds me when Morton Downey Jr. was claiming bankruptcy and sitting on his couch underneath an original painting by someone like Seurat. His defense was that it was purchased by his ancestors and he could never give it up.

Rich or poor can be a state of mind.

[Mygirlsmom]

Our 2 cars have over 100,000 miles on them each. Our kids, while bright and diligent students, go to public school. My husband's healthcare policy generally sucks, but I'm grateful we're covered in the event of an emergency. We pay more of our healthcare expenses out of pocket than not.

During the time he had no insurance, I made sure we could get coverage through my employer. (I have since lost that job because the company went out of business.) In spite of being unemployed for more than a year, we managed to meet our obligations.

Tell me, Nance, why should someone like me pay for the healthcare of a family who chooses to buy three new high-end vehicles and remodel their home rather than meet their insurance obligations?

[maine-iac7]

I notice the piece conveniently leaves out the kicker in the bill - that it would give 'free' insurance (out of our pockets) to families with incomes up to over $80,000!

Which means most employers could drop their insurance coverages and and and - Socialism would have yet another foot in the door -

[unixfox]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi charged Tuesday that "hate radio has made a vicious attack" on a 12-year-old Baltimore boy who receives coverage through the program.

No Nancy, it's you we hate. Got it?

[icwhatudo]

Look Again At The Frost Facts...And Don't back Down This post covers the granite vs concrete, partial vs full pay tuition issues others have raised.

Since then, Malkin has reported the family owns 3 suv's and a freeper learned they have a "carriage house".

Funny Pelosi left out the family also owns commercial property with at least 2 tenants.

[maine-iac7]

That woman ain’t got sense enough to pour piss out of a boot with the instructions on the heel

[HonestConservative]

I couldn’t get a dime in scholarship money for a special needs kid, nor could I myself get any. Loans a plenty, but no grants.

Tons of Minorities around me were going to school for free. NOw if they had better than a 3.8 in sciences, then fine, but otherwise, all of this SUCKS.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

That’s the point Rush has been making! thanks for reiterating it!

[MrB]

So, if you earn 50,000 you’re a millionaire because in 20 years you’ll have a million dollars?

[weegee]

The question was not just whether the parents COULD afford coverage, they WERE covered. Didn’t the kid go on the air to appeal for even WIDER coverage?

[USMA '71]

This is just another example of how Ms Pelosi is setting the “women’s movement” back about 50 years. She is a total boob. Just imagine how the male dominated governments of the middle east look at her and laugh out loud. She is a national disgrace.

[weegee]

Yes. You should be able to become a millionaire MUCH sooner than that, by the way.

DNC head honcho Terry McAwful turned a $100,000 investment into $17million.

[icwhatudo]

Good point, the fact is that as the program stands now, a family claiming to make 50k with a 3000sf home and commercial property with 2 tenants and 3 suvs that pays to send 3 kids to private school-THEY QUALIFY!

The issue now is do we expand it to cover people with even more.

[NRA2BFree]

FR is a blog now? Since when? Pelosi must be reading our messages. LOL That being the case, here's a message to you Nancy.

You are a disgusting, Socialist bwitch, and I think you are not only evil, but you're as dumb as a rock! You're a joke at being the Majority Leader of the House, and you're so bad that even the dummies over at DU think so too. Bwaaaahhhahahahaha

[SERKIT]

Her face got a remodeling job, too - the Botox makes her face look almost as stiff as concrete.

[goldstategop]

We're bloggers. I'm glad to see we got under Mama Boss Pelosi's skin. She's fit to be tied.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Doctor Raoul]

I’ve heard it described as a partial scholarship. I wonder how partial?

[Billthedrill]

She really ought to write a stern letter of condemnation to JimRob. He could sell it on ebay and dump the loot into the FReepathon fund. Heck, I might bid myself.

[icwhatudo]

Another thing that keeps bugging me is this:

If I bought a stock for $55 years ago, and today its selling for $485, how can someone be called a liar for saying its worth $485?

“B. B.. B... but I bought it $55!”

[Publius6961]

BUMP!

[TigersEye]

Alternative headline...

Grandma Nancy defends pimping children to spout DNC propaganda.

[3AngelaD]

Their family already qualifies for the program, so what is it they are complaining about?

[Fishtalk]

FreeRepublic complaint dept

[bray]

Every Cloud has a Silver Lining.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[Lokibob]

“Democrats enlisted Frost to speak on a recent weekly radio program, where he said the children’s insurance program allowed him to get medical help after suffering brain injuries in an automobile accident.”

I do not understand this. If he was in a car accident, why did the car insurance not take care of the medical care? That is why we are forced to buy car insurance. And, what is uninsured motorist insurance for?

.....Bob

[icwhatudo]

The family used the term "financial aid" in the second Baltimore Sun article. Reids spokesperson said 3 of the kids are in private school at a cost of $500 per child. Leftwing blogs crow about "full scholarships".

The 4th child, the girl injured in the accident, goes to a special needs school paid for by the state. She also attended Park prior to the accident.

Mr. Reilly, a friend of the Frosts for 10 years and tenant in the Frosts commercial property, said it was his understanding that the grandparents paid the tuition.

It is not clear when the financial aide began (before or after the accident), or how much it actually is.

[polymuser]

I bet Hunter’s Point Shipyard’s value goes way up like that, too.

[longtermmemmory]

Blog?

Pelosi is illiterate.

FORUM your botoxedness!

[Wuli]

What so many of the details that are reported fail to note is that the mother chose to leave a job that provided her family health insurance.

It was not that such a job, and its insurance were not available to her, in her circumstances, they were.

She made a choice that required she get the SCHIP assisted insurance. She (the mother) and Ms. Pelosi have no problem telling everyone else that yes, now you are responsible for the results of the mothers choice.

The public must be vigorously reminded that, if allowed to, under the SCHIP expansion that the Dims seek, millions now covered by reasonable personal or employer insurance will make that same choice, because even though they have insurance now the higher-income eligibility rules that the Dims seek will let them.

[Da Coyote]

Folks, we’re talking about Nancy Pelosi here. Had she not figured out how to jump the bones of a rich guy, she’d be saying “want to supersize that?” at your local fast food joint. Mentioning anything with numbers to her is like trying to teach your pet calculus. Won’t work. Ever. She is really, really, (congressional-class) stupid.

[Mygirlsmom]

The question was not just whether the parents COULD afford coverage, they WERE covered. Didn’t the kid go on the air to appeal for even WIDER coverage?

I think questioning why the initial coverage is so broad is also a valid question, but then again, I'm a heartless convervative.

[weegee]

I had an aunt who bought her home in the 1930s for $3,000. Very modest price, no? At the time of her death it was worth over $425,000.

There comes a point at which you can sell a valuable property and move to something more reasonably priced.

It’s the whole concept behind flipping properties and moving elsewhere.