Thursday

So let me get this straight...

Some, if not most, Republican law makers (at least the ones with consciences) are all a tither over the White House's threat to veto the new proposed SCHIP legislation. Well, they should be. Who in their right fucking mind can justify denying American children health care one day (I think the change to the bill would provide another $35 billion in funding for SCHIP), and then go out and talk about how Congress MUST give Bushie the $190 billion increase he needs to continue the crusade against the evil doers. Opponents of the bill of the bill are bitching about the inclusion of certain groups that will be covered (via FDL):

Tuesday night, however, in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted the Senate’s 60 vote rule also restricts what the House can accomplish. The Senate’s self-imposed gridlock is now the House’s excuse as well.

I heard the same excuse from Charlie Rangel during the SCHIP floor debate, when he claimed that many House members wanted the bill to cover children of legal immigrants and pregnant women (as many states do now), but the Senate Republicans demanded that coverage be removed or the bill would never get 60 Senate votes. “This is the Senate Republican’s bill,” he said.


Puke. So the family values party is pissed because pregnant women will be covered under the new plan?

Pro-life my ass!

However, several Republicans have come out in support of the bill. Though, I don't think we should be breaking out the cake and ice cream and throwing a party for them...A yea vote for this bill is so the right thing to do, I'm sure a chimp could reason his way through it. Of course, we've all seen this before...Specter, Warner, etc...these Republicans will go on TV or radio telling the public how jazzed they are to vote in a way that will help a Democratic bill get passed, and then turn around and stab the country in the back by voting down party lines.

Profiles in Courage every single one of them.

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