A Republican revolt on Medicare? (We're all socialists now - ALERT)

CNN.com ^ | June 25, 2003 | Judy Woodruff

[billybudd]

Washington (CNN) -- Despite a strong push from President Bush, some Congressional Republicans are speaking out against compromise legislation to expand Medicare's prescription drug coverage.

The Senate version of the $400 billion, 10-year bill that emerged after negotiations did not include a key component that Bush and many Republicans have argued is critical -- incentives for private plans to compete with the government to provide the drug benefit.

[billybudd]

Bush is a big spending socialist. The followers of the Bush cult here will not admit it - he is their god, their "Dear Leader" who can do no wrong. The reason that Democrats suck as a political party right now is that Bush doing all the spending for them.