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| Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, speaks during his annual Steak Fry fund-raiser, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004, in Indianola, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) |
Posted on 09/19/2004 6:32:16 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Elizabeth Edwards touted a Democratic commitment to bolster rural health care Sunday, arguing that both nominee John Kerry and running mate John Edwards have long ties to rural America that give them credibility.
Mrs. Edwards said her husband and Kerry virtually moved to Iowa when they campaigned for Iowa's leadoff caucuses, and have nurtured close ties to the state.
"They didn't come to just the big cities like Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, they came to small towns all across this state," said Mrs. Edwards. "They didn't just talk to you _ they listened."
She used prominent rural icons to focus attention on rural America, campaigning first at the Clay County Fair in Spencer and then appearing before about 4,000 people at Sen. Tom Harkin's annual steak fry on the balloon field outside Indianola.
The Harkin Steak Fry is traditionally used to energize Democratic activists less than two months before an election the polls show is too close to call in Iowa.
Mrs. Edwards said the health care plan unveiled by Kerry and Edwards would save the average citizen $1,000 a year.
Republican National Committee spokesman David James said Bush has nothing to apologize for regarding his record on health care. "The policies of President Bush have saved Medicare," James said. "We passed the most comprehensive reform in history. "
Kerry's health care plan essentially calls for the federal government to take over financing the most expensive cases of illness and injury, a move he says would lower premiums for others. He plans to finance the effort by repealing that portion of the tax cut passed by Congress that goes to those making $200,000 or more a year.
Republican critics argue Kerry's proposal would actually cost far more than he estimates and would force a middle class tax hike.
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| Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, speaks during his annual Steak Fry fund-raiser, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004, in Indianola, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) |
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (news, bio, voting record), D-Iowa, speaks to supporters as singer Sheryl Crow looks on during the senator's annual Steak Fry fund-raiser, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004, in Indianola, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
"Feast? I'm there!"
Did she think that cadaverous jerk was the main course?
But I found this..
Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards (news - web sites), of North Carolina, speaks before a crowd at the War Memorial Auditorium in Johnstown, Pa., while campaiging in Pennsylvania, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004. (AP Photo/John Heller)
"He plans to finance the effort by repealing that portion of the tax cut passed by Congress that goes to those making $200,000 or more a year."
I thought that money was going to pay off the deficit. And buy fire engines. And day care centers.
sissy JERK!!...and his wife is just another liberal ugly pig... she said she's NEVER met anyone as wrong as Lynn Cheney!! HA!!
I REALLY don't understand how Iowans still pay attention to that fraud Harkin. And, Sheryl Crow? What was Lance Armstrong thinking?
"...arguing that both nominee John Kerry and running mate John Edwards have long ties to rural America that give them credibility."
Oh, please. The only time Kerry and Edwards see "rural" America is from the window of private jets while flying over it.
Funny thing about the past, it always follows you around.
Um, Hillary already had the listening tour. They cannot even be original.
Sheryl Crow is one skanky broad.
Harkin is a lying sack of PUKE. He claimed he was a Vietnam Veteran, while he was stationed in Japan. If he's willing to lie about that .. then why should I believe anything else he says.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards (news - web sites), D-N.C., campaigns in Johnstown, Pa, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004. (AP Photo/John Heller)
bttt
He was lookin right at me.. : )
I'd rather see pics of him..
Ah, typo cleanup in aisle Title:
Elizabeth Edwards DEVOURS Harkin Feast
There, that's a more "Fair and Balanced" title.
Let's be honest, it is not the state's namesake to blame, but a rat is a rat, and sometimes they outnumber thinkers. Thankfully, that is changing.
Mrs. Edwards should inquire as to why rural women in Iowa must drive 50+ miles to have their babies when there is a hospital in their own community. The reason is that blood-sucking ambulance chasing lawyers like her husband have driven malpractice insurance premiums to a point where local doctors cannot afford to do routine deliveries and have to send their patients miles away to specialists for their delivery.
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