Comments on: Who’s Ready to Step It Up?

By: BlueStateRedHead

BlueStateRedHead — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:59:02 +0000

OT, if anything is OT on Late nite in the am.

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By: MarkH

MarkH — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:05:33 +0000

Sarkozy divorcing.
Ms. Tsongas is a Rep.
Stark speaks out.
SCHIP defeated!
Rockefeller hasn’t reported.
FISA in purgatory.
Constitution at risk!
Dodd might hold on.
Edwards financiers violated.
Bush unstable?
Israeli cos. handle phone billing.

Things are not good.

Let’s bring the Dalai Lama back. He’s a Uniter, not a Divider.

By: MarkH

MarkH — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:50:37 +0000

RonD @ 38

What kind of price will Republicans pay for SCHIP?
Perino: R’s who stood with the President will be protected, in spite of MoneOn and the unions spending a million dollars to turn them.

Will he protect them the way he protects Iraqis? Or the Rule of Law? Or Gonzales?

Can anyone believe anything Bush says? So, if he says he’ll do something like ‘protect’ someone, does it mean anything?

I think those Republicans who voted down SCHIP will likely lose their seats. If they’re in heavily red areas they might survive, but face strong challenges.

You don’t vote against kids.

By: tbsa

tbsa — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:44:29 +0000

Wordsmith @ 118

Art @ 110

What worthless individuals. SCHIP voted down. House fails to override veto of kids’ insurance expansion
1:20House votes 273-to-156 on SCHIP veto override.
They say we don’t have the funds for kids, but we have plenty for war. Go figure.

That was Senator Pete Stark’s again, again, and again.

These same repuke bastards will vote for more money to continue the war. I feel extemely sick at the moment. What more do people need to know? How much more obvious does it have to get for those dead enders to realize the right does not give a flying fuck about them or their children?

By: solai

solai — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:41:51 +0000

It’s not just the children that I feel sorry for. My heart goes out to the parents. I remember (very well) that when my husband and I started having children (and I quit my job) we were pretty much broke. Flat broke. Search-the-sofa-for-change kind of broke. Neither of us wanted to have me return to work so we just did the best we could. But, we had health insurance. I can’t imagine what it would have been like if we were trying to add that expense to our budget. And, let’s face it, jobs today don’t offer the same benefits as they did 25yrs ago.
So, my heart is breaking for all the parents out there who don’t know how they’re going to manage. And for the stress this will add to their lives. And for the tears that will be shed when parents know that they can’t afford to take their sick child to the doctor.
We should be better than this.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:34:46 +0000

scarecrow, the House could start an impeachment investigation.

By: Ann in AZ

Ann in AZ — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:33:41 +0000

New Jane thread upstairs!

By: Biodun

Biodun — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:33:05 +0000

s-CHIP was designed for the children of the middle-class and the lower middle-class, and not for the children of low-income families, who would qualify for Medicaid.

By: Bay State Librul

Bay State Librul — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:32:38 +0000

Eureka Springs @ 120

General Strike anyone?

In this country, strikes have been beat down… along with people labeled traitors for
wanting peace and the rule of law to prevail…

By: scarecrow

scarecrow — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:32:18 +0000

SCHIP is probably the most popular program on which to test override strength. This tells us there is virtually no chance Congress can override any other veto, which means the President and his party can stop anything they don’t want — and that is their plan.

Nothing worthwhile can get out of Congress as long as this Administration is in office. The dems’ task through 2008 is to prevent anything worse than what’s already locked in/happening from getting through either. This will go against their grain, but the Dems need to stop trying to govern and become the meanest obstructionists they cana be. Act like the party out of power, because that is what they are.

First priority: stop any further weakening of FISA. Let the current statutue expire. Say No to immunity — hold eventual accountability over the Administration’s head through Bush’s term. It’s the only leverage they have left.