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Schwarzenegger puzzled by Bush stance on children
San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 8/29/07 | Bill Ainsworth

Posted on 08/29/2007 10:08:33 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed a new reaction Wednesday morning to one of President Bush's key policies: disbelief.

Schwarzenegger, who campaigned for Bush's re-election's in 2004, said he couldn't understand the president's threat to veto pending federal legislation that would provide new money for children's health coverage.

"When you hear decisions like that you say to yourself, ' What has happened? Why? Why would you go after children? Why would you not want to insure them?" said Schwarzenegger at a news conference promoting children's health insurance.

"We all sit there and say 'Where did that come from? You can't go wipe out the deficit on the backs of children. I mean you can't," he said.

Bush opposes bipartisan efforts in Congress to expand a children's health program that is wildly popular in the states because it provides them with a two-to-one match to cover children of the working poor. These are children whose parents make too much money to qualify for Medicaid, known as Medi-Cal in California, but not enough to afford health insurance.

California officials estimate that Bush's position could result in more than 200,000 children in California losing their health insurance.

Schwarzenegger has come out strongly in favor of expanding the program in the past, but his statements this morning were by far his strongest on the topic.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: arnoldcare; bush; california; children; healthcare; puzzled; rino; schip; schwarzenegger; socialism; stance; universalhealthcare
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To: NormsRevenge

RINOs and “real” conservatives blast Dubya over a number of things for (apparently) opposite reasons but there’s one thing that unites them all: stunning ignorance nourished by intellectual dishonesty (probably what makes both groups precious in the eyes of Hillary and the DNC):

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887948/posts


21 posted on 08/29/2007 10:35:25 PM PDT by fabrizio (God bless President Bush.)
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To: NormsRevenge

22 posted on 08/29/2007 10:35:37 PM PDT by hamboy
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance

Well, maybe the parents should take some responsibility to provide for the kids they chose to have?

And Gov Arnie, how much of your movie star fortune have you donated to this cause?


23 posted on 08/29/2007 10:36:00 PM PDT by OldArmy52 (Bush's Legacy: 100 million new Dem voters in next 20 yrs via the 2007 Amnesty Act.)
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To: goldstategop
Recall when libs pointed and called Republicans for poisoning the air and water? Like pubbies joy at it or that we don’t drink or breathe!

RINOS here are holding hands with Rats on the issue that BP wants to discharge more waste into Lake Michigan. The amounts added still are below FDA levels, but we can't have that can we? Arrrrg!

24 posted on 08/29/2007 10:41:46 PM PDT by endthematrix (He was shouting 'Allah!' but I didn't hear that. It just sounded like a lot of crap to me.)
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To: goldstategop

I thought he was smarter than that.


25 posted on 08/29/2007 10:42:59 PM PDT by Goreknowshowtocheat
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To: Scotswife

You don’t get it. There is a stealth war going on with those who want to privitize health care to the greatest extent possible “conservatives” and those who want to expand Government run healthh care “liberals.” the Medicare drug benefit created a large nose under the tent for conservatives in the proliferation of private Medicare plans that seniors will not five up lightly. The SCHIP reauthorization bill is the stealth counter move by liberals to erode the position of private plans in the market-displace private insurance markets with government benefits. Arnold is a complete sell out, a fraud.


26 posted on 08/29/2007 10:56:52 PM PDT by LALALAW (one of the asses whose sick of our "ruling" classes)
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To: NormsRevenge

“But - he’s better than bustamante!!!!”


27 posted on 08/29/2007 11:06:20 PM PDT by flashbunny (<--- Free Anti-Rino graphics! See Rudy the Rino get exposed as a liberal with his own words!)
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To: NormsRevenge
Various quotes by Gov A.Schwarzy:

"We want to make sure that our children have the books, that they have their place in the classroom. We want to make sure they have after school programs. We want to make sure that the mothers have affordable day care. Everything has to be provided for the people. " "Every California child deserves access to a proven, quality, life-changing afterschool program, and now they will have it. My hope is that, as goes California, so goes the rest of our nation." "I think the important thing, again, is that we work on education and really make sure that the kids have the first run at our treasury." "I would never stand in the way of any child going to school, whether he or she is here legally or illegally, it does not matter."

28 posted on 08/29/2007 11:15:30 PM PDT by Reagan Man (FUHGETTABOUTIT Rudy....... Conservatives don't vote for liberals!)
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To: NormsRevenge

“Schwarzenegger puzzled by Bush stance on children”

I think we can all agree that it better not be a “wide stance”.


29 posted on 08/29/2007 11:16:42 PM PDT by james500
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To: NormsRevenge

I want a law that says Arnold will pay for the poor children


30 posted on 08/29/2007 11:20:59 PM PDT by woofie
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To: NormsRevenge

No Arnie, why would you go after adults? You know, the ones who will have to work long hard hours just to pay for your pipe dream.


31 posted on 08/30/2007 12:00:11 AM PDT by DoughtyOne ((Victory will never be achieved while defining Conservatism downward, and forsaking its heritage.))
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To: goldstategop
I'd like to ask ignorant Red Arnold whether he thinks a 25 year old "child" should continue to be supported by the taxpayers. For that and other reasons, the SCHIP bill deserves a big fat presidential veto. I get pleasure out of seeing liberals all upset at the prospect. Its music to my ears!

I guess the point here is that if the President is going to "stand on principle", it's a good idea to let the American people (and not just radio talk and Fox News listeners) know what his objections to SCHIP are. My wife, who's no liberal by any stretch of the imagination, kind of likes that idea that my 21 year old college student step-son can stay on her health insurance because of SCHIP. Now that may be wrong, it may even be "socialist", but the time to have opposed that would have been when the bloody program was first started, not after you tacitly agreed with the concept in its original incarnation. The GOP is gonna take it on the chin over this one, if they keep on acting like the American people are too stupid to understand a reasonable explanation of what's wrong with SCHIP.

32 posted on 08/30/2007 12:07:30 AM PDT by pawdoggie
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To: Scotswife
It is Bush’s policy that all elderly - even the very wealthy- should have prescription drugs given to them courtesy of the taxpayers.

I beg to differ, he is consistant. The prescription drug program was a massive givaway to business on the backs of taxpayers.

Companies with long standing obligations to thier retirees simply sent them forms to apply for the new government givaways.

Regards

33 posted on 08/30/2007 12:09:45 AM PDT by ARE SOLE (Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment..)
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To: NormsRevenge
"When you hear decisions like that you say to yourself, ' What has happened? Why? Why would you go after children? Why would you not want to insure them?"

A demagogues demagogue.

Regards

34 posted on 08/30/2007 12:12:51 AM PDT by ARE SOLE (Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment..)
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To: pissant

35 posted on 08/30/2007 12:12:59 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Reagan Man
Everything has to be provided for the people.

An xbox gaming sytem for every child! Free candy! And a pony! It's for the children! How could you be against giving all this stuff to the children, you heartless bastards!

36 posted on 08/30/2007 2:18:42 AM PDT by lowbridge ("We control this House, not the parliamentarians!” -Congressman Steny Hoyer (D))
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To: NormsRevenge

I think the government should provide equal amount of food, medical care, and housing to everyone. No one should be allowed to own more than their neighbors because they are benefiting at the expense of their neighbors. It’s not fair to just give to the children. (/barf /sarcasm)


37 posted on 08/30/2007 3:00:03 AM PDT by ItisaReligionofPeace
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To: NormsRevenge

Hey Arnold, have you ever heard of fiscal conservatism?


38 posted on 08/30/2007 3:39:26 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: ConservativeMind
Like President Arnold said in The Simpsons Movie, after picking one of five envelopes given by a cabinet member, carrying separate plans to decide Springfield fate, without looking at any of their contents.

Numbah three!

'But sir don't you want to read the plans?

Three! Leadahs lead! Do you hea me? Leadahs lead!

39 posted on 08/30/2007 3:46:07 AM PDT by normy (Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
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To: NormsRevenge

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)

We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), letter to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1816

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)


40 posted on 08/30/2007 3:53:03 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto)
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