Kids drag wagons to White House as part of insurance protest

[sabra]

Source: USAToday

USA TODAY's David Jackson reports that President Bush's critics fired more shots this morning at Bush's plans to veto an expansion of a health insurance program for children.

SEIU, the public employees union, sponsored a rally in which children dragged little red wagons to the White House filled with petitions urging Bush to sign the legislation. (Jackson says the event had more reporters than children.)

During a rally at McPherson Square, three blocks from the White House, about 15 children chanted: "care for kids, care for kids."

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Update at 11:28 a.m. ET: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., tells the crowd that members of Congress and the president get free health care, and they should help poor children get doctors.

"This is a moral issue," Kennedy says. "It's a fairness issue."


Read more: http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/10/kids-drag-wagon.html

[TwilightGardener]

1. Aw geez. Stop using children as political props. Please--it's distasteful no matter

who does it.

[Demeter]

4. It Is the Only Way To Get Coverage and Leverage

I'm no more in favor of exploiting children than anyone else, but when the usual channels of communication are shut down, cut off and ignored, then something diferent, something striking, must be done.

This is the minimal pain, maximum gain solution. Consider them child actors--with the proper security and protection, this is just another launching pad for the next JFK or Bill Clinton....

[meegbear]

2. drag wagons?

Couldn't they give them the models with wheels?

[rodeodance]

3. I think the parents here are instilling the right values in these kids! Go kids go

[DinahMoeHum]

5. "The Republican Party Doesn't Care About Our Children"

n/t

[Supersedeas]

6. wonder what Pickles thinks??

[radfringe]

7. maybe the bushies would pay attention if there were "snowflakes" in the wagons

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