Posted on 10/15/2007 4:51:49 PM PDT by kristinn
Initial reports over the weekend were that 12 year old boy Graeme Frost was going to walk point yet again for the Democrats on Countdown tonight. However, MSNBC informs us that his parents, Halsey and Bonnie Frost, are stepping up to the plate, sort of. They're going on with Softball with Keith Olbermann.
From the Countdown blog at MSNBC:
Tonight we'll have the parents of the child who started a thousand smears. You remember Graeme Frost, the 12-year-old boy who was held up as an example of someone whom S-CHIP would be a great help to and who the radical right wing decided to smear. Tonight Keith will sit down with his parents and get their real story.
Also we'll have much more on the Thomas Ricks article that led the Washington Post this morning...if we've beaten Al Qaeda in Iraq, why don't we get out? Did we beat Al Qaeda in Iraq? Lots of questions...we'll have answers tonight.
Plus...we'll have an in depth discussion regarding Rudy Giuliani's comments that he would keep America safe from an Extra Terrestrial attack. All that and a preview of Matt Lauer's exclusive interview with Senator Larry Craig (yeah, we got him!). It's must see TV, kids!
It may be too late for the Frosts, however. The Democrats are rolling out a new S-CHIP family. And this time they swear they're truly needy. From the Politico:
Democrats profile another SCHIP family
Michelle Malkin, meet Bethany Wilkerson.
Bethany is the latest child being profiled by Democrats arguing for an override of President Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Program bill.
Malkin, the conservative blogger, made waves last week when she investigated the finances of Graeme Frost's family after 12-year-old Graeme, an SCHIP recipient, gave the Democratic radio address. While conservative bloggers mounted a campaign to dig around in the Frost family's life and question the policies that led the family to subsidized health care, liberals pushed back.
This week, Democrats have brought forth the Wilkerson family, whose two-year old daughter Bethany is covered by SCHIP and had life-saving heart surgery when she was an infant. On Monday the Wilkerson family held a conference call, sponsored by USAction, a liberal grassroots advocacy group lobbying in favor of the $35 billion SCHIP expansion.
For the record, the Bo and Dara Wilkerson say they make $34,000 in combined income from restaurant jobs in St. Petersburg, Fla. They rent their house and the couple owns one car, which Bo calls "a junker." Malkin and other bloggers have revealed over the past week that the Frost family owned two properties, as well as a couple cars, and had a $45,000 income. The accusation against Democrats, and by extension the Frost family, is that they are too middle class to be granted any subsidized health insurance for their children.
The Wilkersons said they are fully aware of the possibility that their finances and personal lives may be investigated by opponents of the SCHIP bill.
"We rent a house, we have one car that is a junker. Let them dig away," Bo Wilkerson said. "I have $67 in my checking account. Does that answer your question?"
The Wilkersons will participate in an SCHIP rally in Washington on Tuesday, plan to lobby several House offices on Wednesday, and will be in the House chamber for the override vote on Thursday. They also plan to appear with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at a press conference.?i>
All of this effort, including using children on SCHIP to promote the expansion of the program, seems unlikely to change any votes in the House, where Democrats are still well short of an override. Stay tuned to see if bloggers pick up on the Wilkerson family story.
Those of us at FR are still looking for that penumbra emanating from the Constitution that says federally funded health care is authorized. In the meantime, watch the Democrats' human shields for nationalized health care in action tonight on MSNBC at 8 p.m. EDT.
P.S. Check out these two threads about national health in Britain:
Dental Patients Pull Out Own Teeth
and
Nurses Did Not Wash Hands, Blamed for Deaths of 90 British Patients
The Freeper report that started it all:
The Not So Poor 12 Year Old Who Rebutted Bush on SCHIP Veto
Mr. Wilkerson to Representatives: "Please send in federal agents to take the money I need for my family!"
Ping!
So now I’ve called for the boy to die-unbelievable...
Easily disproved???? LOL
So who is paying for the trip from Florida and the hotel in DC? USAction? (Run by union, NOW, MoveOn.org alumni.) Why don't they pay for the family's health insurance (and the Frosts') instead?
That was not you saying that. That was from the supposedly higher-class Red State website.
lol
Frostworks 1990-1998/1999 Folded up
Yet he claimed to be president until 2000 on his resume. Not to be picky but since every word of mine is picked apart... Baltimore Sun confirms he is CURRENTLY self employed.
“Scholarships mostly”
Another confirmation they are paying for private school. Yep, not the 20,000, but they are paying.
Did a home that was a few doors down sell for 485k that was also an end unit like yours (and was 1000sf smaller)?
American LOSERS! Selfish and crooked...nice tat!
So do you own 3 SUV’s?
And tattoos should have been last on the "important, must haves" until the kids had medical coverage.
There are two drivers, one car can be sold, buy insurance for 10 or more years.
So what is their problem with purchasing health insurance?
Haven’t they had it since their kids were born?
Exactly. If they paid cash for four deliveries - not c-sections - that alone is 20K. C-sections, make that 40K.
Look Again At The Frost Facts...And Don't Back Down
Funny how they claim people are diverting attention away from the issue... when thats exactly whats being done with the "stop attacking the child" stuff. The issue is what types of families CURRENTLY qualify for SCHIP, and do we need to expand to to people with higher incomes and assets.
I’m sorry the Wilkerson’s life is tough. But what right do they have to demand others pay for their medical needs?
And, if he has $67 in the bank how can he afford to travel to Washington, attend hearings, march in protests, pose for photo ops etc.? I guess they don’t have to be at work.
So who is footing the bill? Who pays for the hotel rooms, the cars, the meals, etc?
Just read the tag line. The communists never left, they just took over the legislature.
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