[EGPWS]

"We have come to an agreement on principle,"

Well, lets wait and see where "Republican principle" takes us...left or right?

[GrandmaPatriot]

Noooooooooooooooooo

[RJCogburn]

Republican congressional leaders said they sealed a tentative agreement Saturday on a new prescription drug benefit for the nation's seniors, the largest expansion in Medicare's history.

Bad news. We gotta count on the Dems to save us from this monstrosity. How's that for irony?

[Dan from Michigan]

So while I pay $400 a month for my own stuff, seniors, the HIGHEST incomes in this country get a free ride?

[Carry_Okie]

Oh crap.

[Feiny]

My prediction is that Bush will sign any prescription drug bill that manages to pass. Government had no right to get into the health care business. They did & drove up the cost of medical care for everyone.

sigh...if we only had Hillary Care......end sarcasm.

[tbird5]

I'm so glad...NOT!

[Djarum]

"We have come to an agreement on principle," Senate Majority Bill Frist said.

Hahahaha! That's a keeper.

[sigarms]

This is blatant and shameless vote-pandering.

Rove and Bush calculate that an expansion of Medicare--to include a prescription drug benefit for seniors--will provide the worthwhile benefit of winning over a significant portion of AARP voting block, at the expense of compromising the "limited government" principles of the conservative minority.

So much for principles. It's all about the votes. Same thing with the "I will sign an extension of the '94 Crime Bill, if it comes to my desk", and the sickening courtship with illegal aliens, and a host of other cases where the President has abdicated his responsibility to defend and protect the Constitution.

Phooey. I'm pulling my hair out over this. If it weren't for the brilliant foreign policy and the trust that President Bush has earned in that area, I CERTAINLY would not be voting for him in the primaries or in the general election.

[isthisnickcool]

Crazy. Nutz. Insane. More socialism. More robbery from those that produce and more welfare to those that don't. And some that "don't" have some major cash. IE: Seniors.

It's amazing how many people will take freebies they don't deserve and/or don't need. Sickening. But what's worse is the idiots in Congress that are willing to pass such laws in exchange for votes. Better not PO the AARP eh? Screw the AARP!

[glock rocks]

CRAP! Who needs liberals?

These great society reproblicans can drive us into the rocks all by themselves.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Oh good... I was just thinking that the government doesn't take NEARLY enough out of my paycheck!

[FreeReign]

...the largest expansion in Medicare's history.

Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security ARE already the lion's share of the spending problem. To that we now add another entitlement.

[Conservative til I die]

Senior citizens can all go eat $hit. Bunch of selfish "me me me" people.

[GulliverSwift]

Let me guess. Every Democrat who says we can't afford to pay for rebuilding Iraq voted for this monstrosity.

[c-b 1]

Hillary care brought to us through the back door, one piece at a time, by our friends the Republicans.

[joyful1]

I'm buyin more gold Monday morning.

Our economy is a wreck!

Almost half of our national debt is owned by foreigners (mostly the Chinese).

Debt personal and national is destroying America.

This new entitlement will worsen the worst.

[putupon]

The kind of government that is strong enough to give you everything you need is also strong enough to take away everything that you have.
— President Ronald Reagan (1911-

”we will bury you”
-- Nikita Kruschev, Soviet Premier, predicting Soviet communism will win over U.S. capitalism, 1958

[rebel]

The republicans will continue to do this until we stop voting for them. They think real constitutional conservatives have no other place to go.

Well....I'm voting for the Taxpayer or Constitution party next time.

[NittanyLion]

Only bureaucrats could devise a program that takes more of my money to deliver a service that's worse than the current level enjoyed by those supposed to benefit.