Laura Bush accuses Democrats of demagoguery on SCHIP

[babylonsister]

New meme: Blame Laura, TOO!

Laura Bush accuses Democrats of demagoguery on SCHIP
By Aaron Blake
October 28, 2007

First Lady Laura Bush said Sunday that she’s much more involved in policy than many people think and then went to bat for her husband on children’s health care and foreign policy.

Calling the state children’s health insurance program (SCHIP) “a perfect issue” for Democrats to demagogue on, Bush waded into largely uncharted public territory for her by taking exception to the party that opposes the president.

The first lady appeared genuinely upset about the Democrats’ tactics on the issue.

“It’s really easy to blame people for so-called voting against children,” Bush said in an interview on Fox News Sunday. The first lady went on to say that the bill would cover children who are not poor and added that the program is often used to cover adults.

“The president is very anxious to work with Congress and to come up with something that both he and they can be proud of,” she said.

Bush also insisted the perception of her staying out of her husband’s policies is false.

“The fact is I’ve been involved for a long time in policy, and I think I just didn’t get a lot of coverage on it,” Bush said. “I was stereotyped as being a certain way because I was a librarian and a teacher…which are considered traditional women’s careers.”

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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/laura-bush-accuses-democrats-of-demagoguery-on-schip-2007-10-28.html

[Buzz Clik]

1. Laura Bush has an opinion on something?

And she knows the meaning of demagoguery?

Laura 2, Shrub 0

[SharonAnn]

20. Ooooh, I'm scared! Not!!!

[Buzz Clik]

21. (was that meant for me?)

:shrug:

[wake.up.america]

2. We should try to come up with a President everyone can be proud of.

[Arkana]

3. Oh, shut up and go down another bottle of Xanax, Joker.

Your husband is digging the GOP's political grave even deeper every time he comes out against this bill.

[EV_Ares]

4. I am sure she is so very relevant on the subject. Did she show where

non-poor children will be covered. By the way what happened to the new great Bush party girl novelist and her book. Haven't heard anything about it which is strange.

[LeFleur1]

6. There is Nothing He Can Do

There is nothing her husband can do that he could be proud of now unless he resigns. He could be proud of helping to save America by resigning before he causes any more angst for this country and for the world.

As for her husband 'wanting to work with the Congress'...ya have to admit her drugs are working.

[Vickers]

5. "because I was a librarian and a teacher"

The TOTAL time she spent on both of these "careers" was about 5 years.

Hell, I've had contracting jobs longer than that.

[onehandle]

7. She'll never get the Batman at this rate.

[Joe Bacon]

8. So when is Pickles gonna run over Grahme Frost?

Remember the Murder Scoreboard, folks!

Pickles 1

Hillary 0

[Faygo Kid]

9. I used to cut her slack. My mistake. Throw her butt out, too.

Yeah, Mr. and Ms. "Compassionate Conservative." Their formula for SCHIP, if they had the power? End it, turn the money over to the oil companies, and have the Dems apologize for ever bringing it up.

What a sorry excuse for a human being she turned out to be. Like mother-in-law, like daughter-in-law. She and Babs are two of a kind.

[rasputin1952]

10. There is something inherrently disgusting about having the privleged

discuss what is "good" for poor children.

I respect Librarians, she was no Librarian, she stocked shelves w/books that were returned. Naturally, she would never see bush in the library, unless he stopped by to use the bathroom, or perhaps was there for a pre-school "reading is fundemental" presentaion of the "Little Engine That Could", or "the Pet Goat".

Just thinking about this reminds me that for a "Librartian", she is remarkably inept at the language, knowledge, or anything else. If she was a Librarian, she was a terrible one; the Libarians I have know are smartt, have a good command of the language, and revere books, all books. They are more often liberal/progressive than not, and they have a deep respect for those who use the facilities they are serving.

[peace frog]

11. Pickles has served her purpose for today

she can go back to her lithium-induced haze now.

[madmunchie]

12. Laura, Live on the income requirements & then purchase health care for your sorry ass family like

those families being proposed covered on the S Chip - - - - Is she fucking NUTS?


“It’s really easy to blame people for so-called voting against children,” Bush said in an interview on Fox News Sunday. The first lady went on to say that the bill would COVER CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT POOR and added that the program is often used to cover adults.

[Sukie1941]

13. I would like a really serious answer to this question

I was watching other programming this morning and did not see Laura Bush on Fox.

Did she truly say in so many words that she's much more involved in policy than many people think? Yes, I am reading it now, but was this tongue in cheek or a silly joke or something?

My republican friends are always bragging about how Laura Bush stays out of politics.

Is her dabbling actually legal?

[madmunchie]

17. Tell your friends that if George Bush were your spouse, you'd stay out of Politics to.

[nickgutierrez]

14. Five bucks says "demagoguery" was spelled phonetically.

Assuming she actually said it at all.

[madrchsod]

15. george is so pissed off he`s got his wife covering for him?

is`t that the --"you answer it-i`m not home"

[Sukie1941]

16. What is "The Hill?"

It is a congressional publication when congress is in session...

Is it democrat or republican in its leanings? I looked at its website and can't really tell.

[WCGreen]

18. And her husband didn't resort to demagoguery as soon as he

saw an opening to go after Iraq...

Fuck her and the nasty family she married into...

[CTyankee]

19. I'll get her in a room and close the door and then ask her "What have you got against my grandson?"

I will explain what this little kid's parents went through when he was turned down for health insurance because he wore glasses. His father is a musician with no health insurance and his mother, my daughter, is currently unemployed, staying at home taking care of her little boy.

This kid is 3 1/2 years old. He has some sensory processing issues that demand early intervention for services, such as occupational therapy and behavior modification. These services will in time make him fine, but they are crucial NOW.

Laura, you've got to stop this. You are wrong. And you are wrong in the worst sense. I would not want to have your conscience, to even THINK that for ONE moment your actions could deny a service to one child who needed it.

I am one ANGRY grandma...