The Least Compassionate Conservative Of Them All

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This week Democrats and Republicans in the American Congress and the Senate got together and did something good.

Really good.

House and Senate negotiators from both parties said this afternoon (Fri Sept 21st) that they had reached agreement on expanding a popular children’s health insurance program.


Here are some of the details which demonstrate that this is something that is actually really, really really good.

The (current children's healthcare) program expires Sept. 30, and Congress is on the verge of renewing it by providing coverage to an additional 4 million children over the 6.6 million already enrolled — at an additional cost of $35 billion over five years.


Did you catch that?

A program to help give an extra 4 million kids a real shot in life at a cost that pales in comparison to the massive amounts that are being spent to do a whole mess of stuff to prevent kids from having a real shot at life in a country called, well, you know.....

So, what did Mr. Bush have to say about it all during his radio address today?

``Democrats in Congress have decided to pass a bill they know will be vetoed,'' the president said in his radio address. ``The proposal congressional leaders are pushing would raise taxes on working Americans and would raise spending by $35 to $50 billion,'' he said.


Then Mr. Bush said he will veto the bill.

On the bright side - Mr. Bush did not simultaneously call for additional tax cuts for the rich.



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Even brighter was this, written by TRex while playing with the late night band over on FDL after he detailed how MoveOn.org just had it's biggest fundraising day ever, "every time the Bush administration demonizes an opponent, an angel gets its wings." Somewhere, it appears, Frank Capra just might be smiling.


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