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.
Yep—Just include the word “children” in a sentence and whatever it is your saying cannot be opposed. Murtha can’t be called a traitor because at some point in his life he was a Marine. Hillary cannot be called the enabler of a rapist because she is a women—and a feminist to boot. And the leftist beat goes on.
Agreed. Blackbird.
Ahhhhnold is confused because of his 65 IQ.
LLS
Special Olympics?
It’s clear that Arnie has no idea what stupid ideas are incorporated in this bill.
Bush MUST veto this or our immigration and health care problems will be even worse.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, September 2005
Interesting theory. Is it your own, or have others written about this? (I did not follow the issue closely).
Yep... that's a phrase RINOs like Arnie and Giuliani use to get elected and that campaign operatives use to sell Trojan Horses to unsuspecting Republicans. Nothing more.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Well, ARNOLD we have a problem with his stance on Immigration, more.
Love him on the WOT, however.
Hey Arnie you stupid Austrian fop! Find a copy of the US Constitution and if you can locate the word 'insurance' in there I'll donate $1,000.00 to the charity of your choice.
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Indeed.
Interesting theory. Is it your own, or have others written about this? (I did not follow the issue closely).
I haven't seen it written about and I've always been dismayed as to why not. I have posted this thought here on FR a few times and you are the first to so much as comment on it.
There was no great clamoring for such a change, not among the population, not even among the Rats. But if you follow the money. Business benefited fantastically. If you recall we were lied to about the costs and they skyrocketed before the bill was even signed.
This was a truly massive, historic transfer of obligation directly to the American taxpayer dressed up as a benefit
Regards
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