12-year old to give Dems' weekly radio address

[sabra]

Source: ChicagoTrib Swamp Politics Blog

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Here's a press release from Senate Democrats with a transcript of Graeme Frost's remarks.

TWELVE-YEAR-OLD CHIP PARTICIPANT ASKS PRESIDENT TO SIGN CHILDREN’S HEALTH RENEWAL INTO LAW

Washington, DC—Graeme Frost, 12, delivers this week’s Democratic Radio Address. Because of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Graeme was able to get the medical care he needed after a serious car accident caused severe brain trauma, paralyzed one of his vocal chords and put him in a coma. He asks President Bush to sign into law the renewal of CHIP that both houses of Congress passed this week with broad bipartisan support.

Read more: http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/09/12year_old_to_give_dems_weekly.html#more

[Gman]

1. Republics will claim this is a "low blow"

and how the Dems are taking advantage of a child... etc... ad nauseum.. anything but address the real issue.

[TomInTib]

2. Let them effing try.

You want to see 50 million pissed-off mothers?

[Kagemusha]

5. I agree, the time for dignified cowardice is over.

Put the child front and center. Real children WILL GET HURT if Bush vetoes this bill, so why hide the fact?

[Fridays Child]

3. Good. The Dems are putting a face on the children Bush would screw.

eom

[auburngrad82]

4. This is too cool. Go Graeme! nt

[pinto]

6. Kick.

“My parents work really hard and always make sure my sister and I have everything we need, but the hospital bills were huge. We got the help we needed because we had health insurance for us through the CHIP program.

“But there are millions of kids out there who don’t have CHIP, and they wouldn’t get the care that my sister and I did if they got hurt. Their parents might have to sell their cars or their houses, or they might not be able to pay for hospital bills at all."

(from the planned address)

Kudos to young Mr. Frost. I'm sure the (R)'s will cry foul, but this is a first hand story that gets to the 'heart' of the matter.

The 'creeping socialized health care' meme may carry some weight among ideologues, but Graeme's experiences with CHIP underline the simple fact that it is an *investment* in the country's children and hence its future.

[madmom]

8. as far as socialized medicine goes, the bush,cheney and all the rest

of this administration have socialized medicine (paid for with OUR tax dollars) so why can't we?:shrug:

[lonestarnot]

7. Go Graeme Frost!

:patriot:

[brer cat]

9. K & R for Graeme!

So much more mature than our pResident.

[Odin2005]

10. Give the Pukes hell, kid!!!

:bounce: