Bush's veto of the compromise expansion to SCHIP has garnered a great deal of media attention and commentary.
Today, a column in The New York Times titled "G.O.P. Contenders Endorse Health Insurance Veto" (for once I really like a NYT title) focused on the campaign rhetoric of "The four leading Republican presidential candidates."
All of the candidates' comments play into the line of utter bull that the Bush administration has played out in order to try and justify the veto. One comment, however, by the formerly esteemed Senator John McCain, really caught my attention...
"I certainly would favor an increase, but I think that a $35 billion increase which is funded by a bogus proposal which is a, quote, one dollar increase tax on cigarettes and somewhere around 2012 it basically disappears is not an unfunded liability I think we ought to lay on the next generation," Mr. McCain said.
In all honesty, Senator, do you really believe that the very generation that stands to benefit from this Bill would regret having to carry some of the fiscal burden for it as opposed to, uh, let's say, the war in Iraq that you so strongly support and would, in fact, escalate?
The disenfranchisement of the youth vote and Hispanic vote has been the topic of many diaries here at dKos not the least of which is this diary by thereisnospoon titled "The Economist: Republicans in Big, Big Trouble.'
Read the article. Take your pick. There are a number of ludicrous statements and blatant lies to choose from.
This aging and out of touch party definitely deserves what it has coming to it.
It is just too bad that America's youth need to pay an even higher price for their sheer stupidity and lack of foresight.