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Sen. Dick Durbin gave false facts about his own daughter in Obamacare speech
http://dailycaller.com ^ | october 1, 2013 | Charles C. Johnson

Posted on 10/01/2013 3:16:39 PM PDT by lowbridge

Sen. Dick Durbin movingly described his sick child’s preexisting condition as a reason to support Obamacare last week, but the Illinois Democrat neglected to mention that his late daughter was easily covered by existing insurance, and that he used taxpayer money to reward the hospital that treated her.

Despite her preexisting condition, Christine Durbin, who suffered from a lifelong heart condition and died at age 40 in 2008, was eligible for coverage under existing laws in multiple states, including the senator’s state and the state she ultimately settled in.

Durbin also neglected to mention that he sent his daughter to one of the best children’s hospitals in the country, to which he earmarked millions of dollars from 2002-2010.

“I’ve had a situation in my family — a child — who had serious physical problems, who could not have qualified but for group health insurance available to me as a member of Congress,” Durbin said in response to a pointed question to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

“If I had gone on the open market to buy a policy I’m not sure I could have bought one for my family to cover my child,” said Durbin, who was first elected to Congress in 1982 when his Christine was fourteen.

In fact, Durbin wasn’t sure about buying a policy on the open market because he never had to, having been a state employee from 1969 to 1982 and a federal employee from 1982 to now. His daughter, Christine, who was born in 1968, never went without the cushy government benefits offered to government workers and their families.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: durbin; obamacare
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1 posted on 10/01/2013 3:16:39 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Lets hope his 2014 opponent points it out. No more dick turban!


2 posted on 10/01/2013 3:17:32 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: lowbridge

..just another example of just how low these creeps will go....


3 posted on 10/01/2013 3:19:27 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: lowbridge

If they’re false, I guess they’re not facts........


4 posted on 10/01/2013 3:20:45 PM PDT by basil (2ASisters.org)
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To: Doogle

They have no shame.


5 posted on 10/01/2013 3:20:57 PM PDT by FES0844
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To: Doogle

If Dick Durbin tells you his name is Dick Durban, assume he’s lying.


6 posted on 10/01/2013 3:20:59 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: lowbridge

Doesn’t matter. All that matters is giving the MSM some agitprop BS to run with.

If the story falls apart a few minutes after it’s told, so what? The number of people who are paying attention when the truth comes out is tiny, and most of them weren’t Democrat voters anyway.


7 posted on 10/01/2013 3:21:42 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: Lurker

let’s guess, he’s 0.02% percent American Indian too..


8 posted on 10/01/2013 3:22:16 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: lowbridge

Durbin is only surpassed by Reid in complete and total vileness.


9 posted on 10/01/2013 3:24:06 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: Lurker

These teary rat anecdotes remind me of the insufferable, “I have a friend” stories from algore.


10 posted on 10/01/2013 3:24:23 PM PDT by Jacquerie (An Article V amendment convention of the states is our only hope.)
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To: Viennacon

It’s tough to knock out a Dem in a statewide race in Illinois.
Dickie was a 68% winner in 2008.

Mark Kirk did pull off a plurality win for the open seat in the Tea Party surge year of 2010.


11 posted on 10/01/2013 3:24:54 PM PDT by nascarnation (Democrats control the Presidency, Senate, and Media. It's an uphill climb....)
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To: lowbridge
In fact, Durbin wasn’t sure about buying a policy on the open market because he never had to, having been a state employee from 1969 to 1982 and a federal employee from 1982 to now. His daughter, Christine, who was born in 1968, never went without the cushy government benefits offered to government workers and their families.

That's right...because they were among the fortunate ones. Now, we'll have the same coverage for everyone, like those in Congress and their staffers who will receive tax subsidies to offset their costs just like you do.

Oh, wait......

12 posted on 10/01/2013 3:25:15 PM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: lowbridge

The only time Dick Head Dirtbin ever tells the truth is when he is committing treason and telling our enemies our intentions.


13 posted on 10/01/2013 3:27:15 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: lowbridge

Durbin and Biden put these two together and you get steaming pile of sh/t that not even Hercules could clean up! The actual point being that they are both willing to lie about their families for political advantage. Good, honest people don’t use their families to promote an agenda.


14 posted on 10/01/2013 3:29:04 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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Lying is simply the necessary agency of persuasion for the ultimate good. Give the guy a break.


15 posted on 10/01/2013 3:30:29 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: lowbridge; flaglady47; Chigirl 26; mickie; prairiebreeze; Bushbacker1
Three words for Turban....slimy scum-bag.

Between he and Sen. Mark Kirk (R.RINO) and with four of its past Illinois governors thrown into peeling potatoes in a Club Fed, no wonder Illinois is bankrupt, rockin' and reeling with its citizens and businesses leaving the state in droves for greener pastures (me among them!)

Leni

16 posted on 10/01/2013 3:32:41 PM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: lowbridge

Just like Barry, telling tales to fit the narrative. (re: Stanley Ann didn’t have insurance fairytale)


17 posted on 10/01/2013 3:33:12 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: lowbridge

If it is outwardly human, has an IQ of 72, is a registered Democrat and is capable of some form of speech; as soon as it “speaks” it is lying! It cannot help it as lying is a Democrats nature, its essence, its very being!(I knowingly used it.)


18 posted on 10/01/2013 3:33:37 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: lowbridge

Way to pimp out your dead daughter, Dickie.

Stay classy!


19 posted on 10/01/2013 3:33:41 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
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To: Viennacon

And this is shocking because? Dims are lying pigs.....just their nature! (Did I just insult pigs?)


20 posted on 10/01/2013 3:35:02 PM PDT by BamaDi ("The definition of a racist today is anyone who is winning an argument with a liberal.")
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