Republican RX success ("Bush deserves a lot of credit for the victory")

Washington Times ^ | Wednesday, November 26, 2003 | House Editorial

[JohnHuang2]

President Bush hit the stump yesterday to promote congressional passage of the prescription-drug bill. In meetings with seniors out West, he assured those with high drug costs that his administration was delivering the relief they need. Medicare "was becoming old and it needed help," said the president. When he signs the legislation into law, "the Medicare system will be modern and it will be strong." Because of the promise of the program, the traditionally pro-Democratic AARP took the unusual move of backing the Republican bill in the strongest manner. The new entitlement will help many Americans, and it may pull new voters into the Republican Party.

[JohnHuang2]

Wednesday, November 26, 2003

Quote of the Day by Welsh Rabbit

[JohnHuang2]

[sauropod]

Bummer when my favorite newspaper starts shilling for statism.

[NYC GOP Chick]

You know, this was the ONE time I was hoping that Killer Kennedy would succeed in derailing a GOP thang -- and the bastard just drove my hopes off that bridge!

[WhiteGuy]

Republican RX success ("Bush deserves a lot of credit for the victory")


actually

("Bush deserves a lot of the blame for this welfare expansion)

[Right_in_Virginia]

BTTT

[Redleg Duke]

I see the conservative purists are in full whine mode today!

[b4its2late]

and the bastard just drove my hopes off that bridge!

He's the resident expert.

[Reagan Man]

>>>I see the conservative purists are in full whine mode today!

I see you liberal RINO's are overjoyed with the largest single increase in spending by the fdeeral governemnt since 1965. Nice going.

[Wright is right!]

Any time you can successfully remove a weapon from your opponent's arsenal is a victory. I sincerely doubt that this Rx legislation will even resemble its current form when it actually goes into effect two and a half years from now. The real victory was political. First, you've got a lot of Dems on record voting against prescription drug benefits. There's the root of many a GOP campaign ad. Second, they no longer have the issue to claim as their own. Ted Kennedy is just about the only Dem that can rail against it and suffer no ill effects at the ballot box. Prescription drug bennies? Yeah, we did that already.

What Dubya is doing is serving to further fracture the loony Dem coalition of disparate interests to the point where they really have NO common issue to unite them, other than a huge animosity against (1) Dubya and (2) the party that completely removed them from power. And that's not good for winning any election.

Michael

[Reagan Man]

And a Happy Thanksgiving to you, "Mister Liberal".

[Redleg Duke]

And you too, clueless.

[Redleg Duke]

As much as I love and admire Ronald Reagan, it is a blessing that he isn't aware of the nincompoops like you that are hiding behind his name. That would break his heart

[Reagan Man]

You crackpot liberal RINO's are a pathetic joke. You come onto the internets foremost conservative website and proceed to not only support, but also defend this new $400 billion entitlement program. A real boondoggle. Then for good measure, you have the audacity to attack me with juvenile rhetoric for disagreeing with you. This is purely socialized spending and something I expect from liberals and RINO's. Btw, both labels fit you perfectly.

Ronald Reagan would never have supported such an outrageous waste of the taxpayers money.

"We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much."
President Reagan, March 28, 1982

It would appear FR is not for you, DU is more your speed.

[Redleg Duke]

Oh, blow it out your human, you DNC troll!