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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Dickbrain Durbin is a despicable little reprobate.
True, but he is very stale, and very easy to run ads against due to his extreme hypocricy. Also, one feels dirty voting for someone called ‘Dick Turban’. Sounds like he belongs in Al Qaeda’s porn division.
If you can keep the Chicago vote low enough, virtually everywhere else votes Republican.
“Durbin is only surpassed by Reid in complete and total vileness.”
Don’t leave Chuckles Schumer out of that equation. He is about as loathsome as they come.
“Lets hope his 2014 opponent points it out. No more dick turban!”
They could point it out, and put it on a 40 ft. banner at every Durbin event, but the media will refuse to mention it. They don’t want to lose their jobs for saying something that might hurt a Democrat.
Wait. Dick Durbin is a lying piece of sh**?
No. that can’t be true.
LMBO!!
You know you’re dealing with a comitted progressive when he’ll lie about his dead daughter to make political points. POS.
Typical commie.
It’s safe to say that Durbin and Reid are surrounded by like minded demons. Schumer is certainly among them.
There is almost nothing that democrats do better than climb on top of dead bodies to spin their lies and cry their crocodile tears.
But they do their absolute best work when they can stand tall on the bodies of their own dead or dying children and use them to push the liberal agenda.
Maybe we need to tweet Turbin Durbins lies.
Dick=Durbin=RAT=L-I-A-R
Democrats ALWAYS use their children’s sob stories to LIE to THE PUBLIC...ALWAYS!!! I DETEST THESE LIARS!!
“Durbin is only surpassed by Reid in complete and total vileness.”
Don’t leave Chuckles Schumer out of that equation. He is about as loathsome as they come.
Add Carl Levin into that group. He of the peer over my glasses clan.
It is tough to take seriously a writer who says, "gave false facts" instead of the one-syllable word "lied".
And the baby-faced “Leaker” Leahy.
I’ll always remember that this traitor Durbin called our troops Nazis.
That’s all that I need to know about this prick.
When obuma’s black savages are overrunning his position, I will not lift a finger to save his worthless hide.
I think he looks like a duck.
Really? Wow, I bet the network news shows will investigate this and do an expose on how Dick Turban is a liar.
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
The "tax subsidies" for Congressional staff is a bit of a red herring, I think. Like many people, my employer covers a (significant) portion of my health insurance premiums - the only reason Congressional staffers would receive a "tax subsidy" to offset the cost of their premiums is because their employer happens to be the FedGov. They get a "tax subsidy" now (before ObamaCare), because their employer (FedGov) pays a portion of their premiums.
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