I'm confused. Back when Gov. Bush was in Texas, he liked to call himself a "compassionate conservative." You know, the kind of conservative that cares more about the folks out there in voterland than the big, bad corporations. In fact, he even worked with the Democratic controlled Texas legislalure to at least give some validity to this "compassionate" leaning.
So, today, as I watched our fearless president jump all over Move-on.org's recent ad against the general that he put in a political situation, there was another story that showed where this man's heart really is. While a bi-partisan group in Congress proposed a bill that would add $35 billion to the S-Chips program for the children of our country, Mr. "Compassionate" shrugged and said "That's too much money. It might discourage people from getting private insurance."
Hmm. The S-Chip or State Children's Health Insurance Program was originally created in 1997 to provide health insurance to eligible uninsured children. On ABC's nightly news, several individuals who could not afford health insurance but whose benefits have been cut basically said without S-Chip benefits, their children would go without medicine or some other necessity like food (along with the parent, of course."
What part of the Chip program does this phony compassionate president not understand? He certainly has compassion for the military-industrial complex which will spend that $35 billion in Iraq in less than six months! But, hell, we're doing such great things for that country. Oh, most of the people still don't have water or electricity but we've "given" them such political freedom that they don't mind these hardships. Bull.
I'm not even sure that Bush knows the meaning of "compassionate." The man has refused to help those who need our help the most--our children. I know that George himself grew up with the same silver spoon that his father did. George and the rest of the Bush clan never had to worry where the money for food or prescriptions. Hell, Bush had a nanny for his twins when they were babies when the rest of us were changing diapers ourselves.
I urge you to write your Congressman and Senator to support the inclusion of this money into a plan that has actually helped people in this country. Let's not waste another minute on the fake compassion of our president.
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This is atrocious. I suppose one could say that he feels painted into a corner. If he says yes to spending money, even for an ultraworthy cause, he will be called too liberal by his conservative power base. If he says no, he will be called an un-compassionate conservative. So he sticks with his power base. Realpolitiks. But the larger question is, what about honor? Is that so deeply lost in the shuffle that there can be no compassion? The end result will be a Hardingesque reputation. And worse, children will once again be left behind, worse than in educational areas.
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