"My son Graeme has helped put on a human face, that of a young boy, representing the needs of children and families across this nation. We are a hard working family that has stepped forward to support SCHIP. Mudslinging from the fringe has now been directed at the messenger. To be smeared all over the Internet and receive nasty e-mail — my family does not deserve this retribution. It is both shameful and pathetic.
"Driven by a most dubious agenda, shortsighted cut-and-paste bloggers, lacking all the facts, have made a feeble attempt at being crack reporters. This is an aberrant attempt to distract the American people from what the real issues are. Hard working American families need affordable health insurance.
"I find it morally reprehensible, and the act of a true coward, to publicly (world wide) smear a man and his family and not sign one's own real name to what they have written. I sign my name to what I write. -Halsey Frost"
I see that “swift-boating” is now an officially accepted word meaning “Stating the truth about things the media is trying to hide from the public”.
If the latest manifestation of Hillarycare were the law of the land, this guy'd be a tax evader and could be imprisoned for life, or until he disgorged the cash.
If the latest manifestation of Hillarycare were the law of the land, this guy'd be a tax evader and could be imprisoned for life, or until he disgorged the cash.
It's not about the boy, it's about the parents spending on themselves what they claim to need for their children........
How admirable. Maybe instead of pimping your son out to socialists, you could sign your name to a check to cover his needs in life.
Oh, wait... you'd prefer I do that for you.
Politics is a messy & vile business. Maybe he should have thought of that before he put his family out there for public consumption.
But the question remains. Why should I or icwhatudo or anyone else pay for Graeme’s health insurance?
I would call it "investigative reporting". Ever heard of such a thing, Karen?
I’ve expressed concerns here about the assumptions stated as fact in icwhatudo’s early posts — they can damage our credibility and potentially get icwhatudo in legal trouble. However, I’ve got no sympathy for Mr. Frost — he brought this on his child and himself, by choosing to allow his child to be used for political purposes — and he’s now responding with inaccuracies of his own, particularly the claim that “Mudslinging from the fringe has now been directed at the messenger”. I have not seen a single criticism directed at the boy — only at his parents and the politicians who are responsible for using the helpless kid this way.
And notwithstanding specific inaccuracies in icwhatudo’s original expose and subsequent chatter on various conservative websites, this is most certainly NOT the type of family most voters had in mind when they expressed support for SCHIP to their congressional representatives, nor that most representatives had in mind when they voted for it. TIME is playing fast and loose with the facts too, and thus has no business pointing the finger at icwhatudo and other conservative bloogers for inaccuracies.
Fascinating.
I guess it's understandable, though. Some people like fantasy literature, and I guess that's what Time is.
when one lends one’s self to one side of a partisan issue as a pawn, shouldn’t one expect some response from the other side?
I do not beleive that ANY federal oprogram should help those who CAN, but chose not to, insure their children.
If their kids are so important and dear, why do they expect total strangers to pay for their needs?
Mr Frost should have been listening to Rush yesterday talking about the New Yorkers who have their child diagnosed with a convenient disability to gain access to a private school funded by taxpayers. These are rich people. Although Mr Frost’s income seemingly doesn’t rival those folks he could certainly afford to provide insurance for his family. That would entail making financial sacrifices though and he would rather the taxpayer make that sacrifice for him. In spite of his bleatings I find his self pity in this letter disgusting.
Mr. Frost. Stand on your own feet like a man and stop whining.
Hey Doc - Over here...
Hey Doc - Over here...
Swift-Boating.....is TELLING THE TRUTH when ALL the LEFT is telling a LIE!!
When you put your life into the political arena as an example of why we need to expand socialism, expect people to look at that example and disect it.
To hide behind your kid after getting caught in lies by omission is disgusting. Then again, they are Democrat operatives.
Swift-Boating.....is TELLING THE TRUTH when ALL the LEFT is telling a LIE!!
I saw a Doonsbury cartoon a couple of weeks ago that claimed “Swift-boating” was a new word added to the American lexicon as a result of the Bush administration. I couldn’t help but chuckle as self-congratulating liberals like Gary Trudeau pat themselves on the back for inventing word that no one other than kooky liberals use. Perhaps the greatest illustration of their limited IQ is that telling the truth about someone is synonymous with “Swift-boating”. Don’t believe liberals are the only people who use this phony, contrived word? Hmmmm. What magazine was this in? Time magazine? I rest my case.
Deadbeat dads can go to jail for being deadbeat dads, but what about deadbeat parents?? If they work that hard, they can afford health insurance for their son.