Posted on 10/15/2007 4:51:49 PM PDT by kristinn
A way to do a credible interview would have been to ask the Frosts if they think S-CHIP should be means tested. Another question would be do they think its fair to ask taxpayers to subsidize a family with over $400,000 in property, three SUVs and which has chosen to send their children to private schools on partial scholarships. One more would be to ask Halsey Frost why a man with his skills and experience doesn’t get a job with a remodeling company. The Baltimore-Washington area is filled with houses that folks pay top dollar to renovate or upgrade. Instead of being a stay-at-home handyman he could be pulling in good money and getting company paid health insurance for his family. A meanie question would be why he and his wife believe the taxpayers should subsidize their lifestyle choices.
I have not seen the Dems parade out a family/child that they think should be covered by SCHIP but can not get covered. So far, all they are showing us is how well the program is taking care of the constituency that it was designed to take care of.
The entire Left machine is selling the “attack on a 12 year old” which will (or has already) become accepted fact.
Yesterday Howie Kurtz’s show which exists to discuss the MEDIA used this reference. So he was lying in his premise, while he was pretending to be discussing other reportage.
The issue, as you (and most all of the rest of us on FR and elsewhere) have been writing, is that people of means - and owning $100,000 worth of vehicles, a half-million dollars worth of real estate, and a gourmet kitchen for daddy and body art for mommy, qualifies this couple as people of means - should be responsible for securing health insurance for their families.
Any government-subsidized child health care program should only be made available to truly poor families, and not folks who have chosen to blow their money on creature comforts. The Frost parents chose to have four children. Their first responsibility as parents is to provide for their needs first, and not tattoos and SUVs to feed the adults' egos.
Is that a stylized marijuana leaf?
Apparently about 240 families will be in DC this week, visiting congressmen on the day the override vote is set. They ALL have been financed to participate in this “activism.” The Activists of the Left are getting REALLY aggressive, and it is happening without publicity because the Left also control mass media.
West Virginia......
Not much of an interview but still some interesting tidbits about the private school, that they are being helped but no mention of full scholarships or only paying $500. The MSM throwing up scholarships raised more questions: Why is this posh private school raiding the Baltimore public schools for middle class white kids by giving them scholarships? The obvious likely answer is that these “scholarships” are earmarked for those particular children and why and by whom?
Halsey’s saying that they shouldn’t be punished for remodeling the house because he has these special skills to do that himself -— He could use those skills to work for money, too.
The piece brought up that if they’d had to pay for their children’s medical care, they’d have lost their house (and the 3 automobiles, too, maybe). Possibly but that is surely the purpose of insurance. People go on Medicaid every day because their money runs out and the government would like everyone to have long term care insurance because nursing homes are so expensive to the government. Kind of a contradiction in message here.
Also on the assault on “bloggers” and “posters” -— the folks at dailykos should take note. First they come for Michelle Malkin and then they come for you. (Actually, theres been MSM attacks on dailykos already and they were rightly outraged about it.)
The Dems thought they had a needy West Virginia family. They didn’t know they had folks of apparently independent means, and pedigrees, because Dems always think in terms of group identity instead of individual people.
If somebody would mix John Denver and Gilligan you’d have Mr. Frost.
I thought the exact same thing!
Olbermann is an idiot. The people who start smears are the Democrats.
I don’t have a doubt in my mind that they earn more, they just don’t report all their income.
No one can tell me that he doesn’t skim off the top when it comes to his woodworking business. Its too easy.
LOL! (How dare you question America's robed linguists, kristinn)
“They own 100K worth of vehicles.”
And, living in Baltimore, the car insurance is high. No wonder they can’t afford health insurance.
On another note, I want to bust something when I hear an idiot like Olbermann refer to people who ask intelligent, legitimate questions about this program as “sociopaths”. Why don’t you just shut up, Keith? You’ve got precious little to contribute to American society, at any rate.
You’d think the rats would better screen their applicants to do the Rat Rebuttal.
The Frosts already qualify for health insurance assistance. The Democratic proposal would expand coverage far beyond their level. Olbermann doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Hey, I’ll bet the Frosts were thoroughly vetted by the DNC before their son was put on the air.
Curious if they vacationed in the Outer Banks from the OBX sticker on the back of their SUV.
Also curious how a family of 6 can all travel in what appears to be an SUV with two front bucket seats and 1 back bench seat. Anyone know what the make of the vehicle was? I believe it was the mom, son, and daughter in the vehicle at the time of the accident.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.