Bush Vetoes Child Health Insurance Plan

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

President Bush, in a confrontation with Congress, on Wednesday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have dramatically expanded children's health insurance.

It was only the fourth veto of Bush's presidency, and one that some Republicans feared could carry steep risks for their party in next year's elections. The Senate approved the bill with enough votes to override the veto, but the margin in the House fell short of the required number.

The White House sought as little attention as possible, with the president wielding his veto behind closed doors without any fanfare or news coverage.



Read more: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/10/03/national/w070525D73.DTL

[woodsprite]

1. Because he doesn't want to leave any particular child behind -

he wants to leave them all behind!

[Fovea]

9. Except for his constituency

the children of the haves and the have-mores.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

52. Bush is the most evil, arrogant, uncaring president we have had!!!!

so he thinks he cannot be held accountable? We shall see!

[KansDem]

60. That's why you don't put the loser in the White House.

Memo to the Supreme Court:
Never send a boy to do a president's job.

[DuaneBidoux]

97. Actually he can't be (but his party WILL be (bring on '08 baby!))

[backscatter712]

41. More like he doesn't want to leave any child's behind...

[Dulcinea]

55. What a stupid move.

Not only is this a terrible move from a humanitarian standpoint, it's a terrible political move. It's nothing but shameless pandering to the insurance companies.

Leaving poor kids without health coverage? Great idea! :sarcasm:

[connecticut yankee]

87. and that's what he means by

"Compassionate Conservatism."

[durablend]

89. Yep, "I gots mine"

"So go fuck yourself"

[OwnedByFerrets]

2. And, if our elected representatives had any sense at all.........

they would be screaming 24/7 at the hypocrisy. But, more than likely, they will have meek mild Harry spend 2 mins very quietly denouncing this on the floor. IF we are lucky.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. We all need to tighten the screws on GOP Reps. who stand with the president . The Senate

can over-ride the POS' veto, but the House needs to be put in a pressure cooker!

[rodeodance]

19. so, lets stop complaining and contact your House critter

[lame54]

36. and the whitehouse

here are their numbers

Phone Numbers

Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461

[KamaAina]

82. Breaking: White House just hung up on my colleague!

Twice! True, he has cerebral palsy and is sometimes difficult to understand -- but then again, children with disabilities would be the primary beneficiaries of the bill, which is why he was calling in the first place! :grr:

To paraphrase Kanye West, "George Bush doesn't care about disabled people, either". :banghead:

OVERRIDE!

[Bake]

4. If he's so damn sure his veto is right, why no cameras?

Why do it behind closed doors, Georgie Boy?

Bake

[bdamomma]

74. he is a sick SOB, * does not want comment.

what a despicable man he is.

[auburngrad82]

5. So much for family values and being pro life

They're only pro life until the kid is born. Then it's up to the families to stay alive...



Liberal bumper stickers

[LisaM]

58. Yep - all rights END at birth

That's the phrase I keep repeating.

[Mad_Dem_X]

72. Exactly

Once you're out of the womb, they couldn't care less about you.

[Roland99]

6. Damn! I love me some "Compassionate Conservatism"!!

[geiger]

7. absolutely brazen and despicable

[bigworld]

8. It's not going to cost him any more popularity.

At this point, he could punch a baby in the nose and he wouldn't sink lower in the polls.

[Lasher]

46. But there is a good chance some people will vote on account of this instead of staying home.

I think it will cost him a percent or two in the polls but I'm sure some people will vote in November 2008 who would not have otherwise. And they won't be voting for Republicans.

[spiderpig]

10. "Oh no he dint.../Oh yes he did!"

My poor brain can't come up with a comment that's strong enough to indicate how much I loathe this venal piece of protoplasm.

How the HELL did we let the 00/04 elections get close enough to allow this piece of whalepoop to steal the vote?

I'm old. I can't take much more of this. I'm trying, but c'mon.

I hate this asshole.

[bdamomma]

77. hey catnapper!!

I feel the same way. * is despicable.

[Zenlitened]

11. When is the override vote scheduled? - n/t

[Demeter]

15. What? You Mean Try Something in Congress?

Surely you jest! Congress is just going to wring its collective hands and whimper, as usual.

Hoyer is supposedly "imploring" Republicans in the House to override....I wouldn't spit on Steney if he was on fire, so good luck with that.

[spiderpig]

17. Are we bloody impotent? Where is the outrage?

I haul my ancient butt to DC to protest the war, come back to find I'm terminated from my job after 12 years (um - the only one who's let go)...shakes head.

I'm so tired.

[Robbien]

12. The media is cooperating and keeping this very low key

Very few news sites have picked the story up. I see more stories about it in the foreign press than there are on any US site.

So the general public will be mostly unaware.

[Lasher]

49. No, this is getting attention.

Search Google news for veto. I came up with over a thousand articles.

[pink-o]

53. Olbermann will be all over it, but I'm not surprised the MSM

hasn't advanced the story. The media outlets are all corporate owned and these fucking Plutocrats in charge are merely pandering to their masters.

It's all about money and spin. No one cares about low-income children when you have to satisfy a voracious insurance lobby!!!

[Dulcinea]

57. CNN has it on their website.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/03/bush.veto/index.html

[lpbk2713]

13. Well that should take some of the focus off Limbaugh.

And don't tell me it didn't enter BushCo's mind that they would be taking some of the heat off their #1 media shill. Part of their reciprocal relationship.

[endarkenment]

14. Bush Kills Babies!

'nuff said.

[grytpype]

16. Another dagger in the torso of the GOP... great job Bush!

Keep it up! Make the GOP history, like the Whigs and the Anti-Masonic Party!

[harun]

34. Why can't they get enough votes to override this veto? (n/t)

[Lasher]

65. Here's why.

GOP core helps Bush get his way

The same folks who brought you the Iraq war, the refusal to act on the health insurance crisis, the fiscal meltdown that leaves crucial government functions underfunded while managing to drive up the national debt are still bringing you: the Iraq war, the refusal to act on health insurance and a looming showdown over spending priorities that leaves the fiscal meltdown unaddressed.

<snip>

Republicans in Congress -- especially in the House -- were supposed to learn from their mistakes and stop backing themselves into ideological corners that are way outside of mainstream thinking. They didn't.

<snip>

The Democratic gains in the 2006 congressional elections means there are fewer Republican moderates -- they were thrown out of office, particularly in the Northeast and Midwest, making those regions bluer. This makes it nearly impossible to cobble together a bloc of swing Republican moderates needed, say, to override a presidential veto of an enormously popular bill to provide health care to kids.

So even as the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee hammers at the kids insurance issue with radio advertisements and robo calls, there's not much chance of turning around enough Republican votes to override Bush's health-insurance veto. There are only about two dozen Republicans on the group's target list, and they are in regions such as the Southwest and Midwest, where the Democrats are tilling ground for the 2008 elections. "We'd prefer to get these kids the health care they need," says Jennifer Crider, a DCCC spokeswoman.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071003/OPINION/710030321/1002/OPINION

In other words, most of the Republicans who survived the 2006 election are hardliners.

[demo dutch]

63. Bush and Cheney have supposedly said that they "don't give a rat's-ass about the future of the GOP"

[bdamomma]

78. they don't all they care about is there PNAC agenda

I hate these men. Cheney comes to mind.

[rodeodance]

18. sick man

[rodeodance]

20. Kerry: Bush SCHIP Veto Jeopardizes Health Care for Millions of Children

Forum Name General Discussion: Politics
Topic subject Kerry: Bush SCHIP Veto Jeopardizes Health Care for Millions of Children
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3574438#3574438
3574438, Kerry: Bush SCHIP Veto Jeopardizes Health Care for Millions of Children
Posted by Mass on Wed Oct-03-07 10:12 AM





WASHINGTON D.C. – Sen. John Kerry issued the following statement today, following President Bush’s veto of legislation that reauthorizes and extends the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The legislation passed the House and Senate by a broad bi-partisan majority, and Kerry pushed aggressively for additional SCHIP funds during the Senate Finance Committee’s development of the plan, and vowed to work hard to overturn the veto.

“Today with a single stroke of his veto pen, President Bush single-handedly jeopardized health care for millions of poor children,” Kerry said. “The President’s twisted rationale that he opposes ‘federalizing’ health care is a hollow excuse for undermining a successful effort to give Governors the control and the tools to deliver health care for kids who desperately need it. President Bush conveniently forgot that he ran for reelection with a promise to give health care to millions more children and now as a lame duck president he is working to take it away. It seems George Bush was for kids’ health care before he was against it. An overwhelming majority in Congress will fight to keep our promises to America’s children, and we will work to override this cynical, callous veto.

[Highway61]

21. Love the embryo

neglect the children...say what???????? Moral majority my ass...you want morals go see your pastor, rabbi etc...that is what they are there for. Keep it out of government and stop wearing it on your sleeve.

[0007]

28. Dick Cheney talked about the evils of abortion and voted against

the "Head Start Program"

[pink-o]

56. You know the reason for the disconnect...

...between this hand-wringing and crying over aborted fetuses while allowing something like foster care and uninsured children to exist in a so-called "compassionate" society...


$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ !!!

Listen, it behooves our economy to have an underclass of poor women with no options for birth control and education. It's better for the System if women are kept down, barefoot and pregnant. But once the child is born, those in power can keep the divide-and-conquer philosophy going by holding them up as a threat to our "way of life". Just a bunch of welfare queens.

As for the Stem Cell opposition, the pretend, sanctimonious crying for blastocysts, I'm sure that's coming from Big Pharma. Imagine, if we could cure diseases with a single treatment--how that would eat into their profits of "maintenance drugs" for what are now chronic conditions.

And the stupid fundies actually believe Bushco cares about their anti-abortion cause! Wake up, Idiots! A real Christian wouldn't veto medical care for sick children!

[Tyler Durden]

22. God Rot George W. Bush.

There are no longer enough or vile enough epithets to use...

[JMDEM]

23. I have no more room for outrage!!!!

As Gore said, I am going to have to download a shitload of outrage to the hard drive to make room for the massive outrage I feel at this.

When will this STOP?

Consider this: The bill would cost $35 billion over what -- 10 years. The Iraq war has/will cost at least $1,000 billion (one trillion dollars). This is insane.

As pointed out by another poster, here the repukes go ranting and raving about saving SINGLE CELL EMBRYOS, yet they want poor kids to get sick and die. This is insane.

BUSH TO US: I don't give a rat's ass about any of you!!! When will US get the message???

This is insane. Oh... I already said that. But I can't stop saying it -- it's the only thing that sums this up in one sentence.

[rodeodance]

24. Pelosi: We Remain Committed to Making SCHIP Into Law—With or Without the President’s Support

Forum Name General Discussion
Topic subject We Remain Committed to Making SCHIP Into Law—With or Without the President’s Support
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1966120#1966120
1966120, We Remain Committed to Making SCHIP Into Law—With or Without the President’s Support
Posted by babylonsister on Wed Oct-03-07 10:34 AM

http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=818

We Remain Committed to Making SCHIP Into Law—With or Without the President’s Support

Today the President had an opportunity to sign a bipartisan bill that will bring health care to 10 million children in families struggling to make ends meet. Instead, President Bush used his cruel veto pen to say ‘I forbid 10 million children from getting the health benefits they deserve.

Despite the President’s veto, we will continue to work with a bipartisan majority in Congress and 43 governors from across the country to increase support for SCHIP in the House so we can override the veto and provide 10 million children the health coverage they need and deserve.

The President chose to block a bill with strong bipartisan consensus—which has so much potential for good—to force Congress to mount a veto override effort. We remain committed to making SCHIP into law—with or without the President’s support.

[CountAllVotes]

25. * hates children

especially American children. :mad:

:dem: :kick:

[rodeodance]

26. bush talking on press conference in lancaster telling why he vetoed schip

Forum Name General Discussion
Topic subject bush talking on press conference in lancaster telling why he vetoed schip
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1966266#1966266
1966266, bush talking on press conference in lancaster telling why he vetoed schip
Posted by still_one on Wed Oct-03-07 10:53 AM

He says he vetoed it because it doesn't help "poor" families

What an AH. This man characterizes himself as a compasionate conservative and "christian"

No probably with billons for killing, but if you mak 83000 a year you are not poor

Who are these people from lancaster

Bloomberg just switched off his spin

[durablend]

90. They're the local ass kissers

Which is why Bush keeps making visits here..the people love him (around 60%) and would run their neighbor over to have a chance to kiss the King's feet.

[mvd]

27. Worse than Scrooge or The Grinch in their bad years

This is even lower than I thought he'd go, and that says a lot! I say the Democrats either wait to have the override vote (a Repuke-type tactic, but one we can use without losing integrity) or keep bringing it up during the holiday season.

[jimnasium]

29. Hopefully, this gets overridden.

Not even the repuke congresscritters are stupid enough to vote to uphold this veto.

Wait a minute... they probably are!

Anyway, it's ridiculous that * is vetoing this over just $2 billion a year! What's that about - 6 weeks in Iraq funding?

SCHIP is necessary for those people that fall through the proverbial health-care cracks - like contract workers - that don't have employer-paid healthcare. A family of four having to pay for their own healthcare coverage costs about $2,000 a month (I'm referring to the kind of HMO/PPO low co-pay plans, not the ultra-high deductible stuff) - and if you have any kind of health issues - no insurance company will ever cover you. Before my wife and I found non-contract employment, there was no way for us to afford healthcare - and we made too much for SCHIP under the current guidelines. Eventually, I insured only my son with inpatient-only coverage for $75 a month.

So, thanks Chimpy... you evil fuck!

[Telly Savalas]

92. 6 weeks in Iraq funding? Try 6 days.

[crim son]

30. Surprise!

:sarcasm:

[onehandle]

31. Won't somebody think of the children!? Because the GOP WON'T! Recommended. nt

[rodeodance]

32. Hundreds gather in Lancaster to protest Bush policies

Forum Name General Discussion
Topic subject * Vetoes Children's Health Insurance and Protesters Get More Vocal
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1966227#1966227
1966227, * Vetoes Children's Health Insurance and Protesters Get More Vocal
Posted by Kadie on Wed Oct-03-07 10:49 AM

Hundreds gather in Lancaster to protest Bush policies
Article Last Updated: 10/03/2007 10:49:49 AM EDT


LANCASTER -- President Bush's supporters weren't the only ones prepared for his visit Wednesday to Lancaster County.

About 400 protesters gathered Tuesday night in downtown Lancaster. The shouting, banner-waving protest was a marked contrast to the silent candlelight vigils that have been more typical of Lancaster's anti-war protests.

In addition to opposing the war in Iraq, the protesters took issue with the president's positions on other issues, such as children's health insurance.


http://www.yorkdispatch.com/pennsylvania/ci_7071669

[fencesitter]

40. Wow, 400 protesters....

Must have been every democrat and independent in Lancaster County. Getting bluer here in Chester County, but Lancaster, the land of the lost.

[blayne]

33. I can't wait to see his approval ratings after this.

[Divine Discontent]

35. what NO cameras???

I think congress needs to pass a law stating that every time a pResident vetoes a bill it must be with a public access camera footage taping the event - these are LAWS he's preventing from going through, dammit!

and you bet your sweet bippy this will effect the repubs. there's gonna be some great commercials from this LATEST of b*sh's incredible f-ups!

[lyonspotter]

37. It Gets Crazier With Every Passing Day

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KsF-RiMzGpk

Not enough money in the treasury for anything like taking care of the children because all of it is allocated where it should be: on war spending. War-mongering, Katrina-ignoring, Propaganda-instilling, Constitution-reducing, scandal-covering, 911Warning-ignoring, captive-torturing, administration of George W Bush. An oral sex encounter was enough to impeach Clinton but all the crimes against this "president" are not?! How many days are left?!

[cosmicdot]

44. Days remaining in the *regime 475 long days

daily countdown posted in the daily Stock Market Watch

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3014918

welcome to DU

[valerief]

38. Bootstraps. Ownership. Lord. Democursy. Vigilant. Bush. I hate these words. nt

[HuffleClaw]

39. hilarious

this will really make for great campaign ad material!

[Hulk]

42. Good move chimp!!

Now we'll get a chance to see those yellow bellied repugs vote to override his veto or stand alongside the most hypocritical preznit we've ever had and deny health care to children in the US. This country never ceases to amaze me. If this stands, WE SUCK!!

[Dukkha]

43. no child left behind?

FUCK YOU SCUMBAG! you are the worst piece of human shit that ever slimed it's way into Washington. May you live out your days in torment and agony.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

75. He didn't leave any child behind

He pretty much screwed them all...

[Massachusetts]

45. Bye, bye GOP.

Have you noticed how it gets increasingly difficult to find someone who VOTED for this MORON and his merry band of chimps? Its simply amazing.

Impeach this treasonous POS. Put down the make up Nancy and do the dirty work also.

[PurpleChez]

47. It's official! Bush really is The Scum of the Earth!

I can't believe that ANYBODY still supports this piece of filth. There is NOTHING that could happen to the little corn shit that would make me feel empathy for him. NOTHING. He is a hateful psychopath who deserves every misery and nightmare that he gets.

[Deep13]

48. Finally someone has the courage to stand up to those sick children.

If God made men out of clay, then he made Bush out of piss.

[ProudDad]

50. Congress may be able to override

There are a number of republicans running in '08 who don't want to see the ads that will come out against them if they vote against this bill. A large number of repubs voted for it already...

"The Senate voted to limit debate Thursday on legislation to expand children’s health insurance, paving the way for a final vote to clear the bill and send it to President Bush.

"The 69-30 vote to limit debate on a motion to concur in amendments by the House would be sufficient, if replicated on final passage, to override a threatened Bush veto.

"But the 265-159 House vote Sept. 25 was not. A two-thirds vote of those present and voting is required in each chamber, and supporters acknowledge that the measure does not currently have enough Republican support in the House for an override."

They will need 2/3 of the House Members "PRESENT AND VOTING" to override in the House. Of course, certain repukes who are in danger might be conveniently absent so an absolute count of 290 votes may not be a requirement for the override vote.

---------

bush is absolutely correct in his assessment though. This is a feeble attempt to move toward a single-payer system of financing health care in this country -- to join the Civilized world in the decision to become communities where Health Care is concerned.

From the point of view of the mean-spirited, Aw, let's say it, EVIL randian wing of public opinion, this bill is another camel's nose under the tent toward Universal Single-Payer -- the ONLY solution to the problem of Health Care in this country.

[RestoreGore]

51. What a revengeful coward

There are no words to express such heartlessness.

[Bleacher Creature]

54. Everyone should re-read Krugman's column from August on this.

http://select.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/opinion/27krugman.html?n=Top/Opinion/Editorials%20and%20Op-Ed/Op-Ed/Columnists/Paul%20Krugman

So glad they did away with NY Times Select.

[McCamy Taylor]

59. W.'s first politically unpopular veto was health related too, 1995

"Patient Protection Act" in Texas, he has been in the pocket of the insurance industry his entire political career. I outline the whole thing here.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy%20Taylor/68

[Bonhomme Richard]

61. I think we have had a glimpse of

how a soul can be corrupted by association. I have to imagine being surrounded by those bent solely on power accumulation, by any means, has to eventually corrupt even a fairly good soul. Like the frog in the boiling water C.M probably never even noticed his drift toward the amoral.
Of course he would call me naive.

[demo dutch]

62. Doesn't give a rat's ass about anything not even his own party. Will the pugs will remember in '08

[superconnected]

64. They really should have tacked it on the war spending bill.

[tabasco]

66. It is an indictment of our society that we have allowed such utter vermin

to gain control of our government.

[jazzjunkysue]

67. Replace the feeding tube! Keep Terry Alive!

Ooops, sorry. I forgot. We only want Terry alive, not the other kids, who are still walking and talking, and getting ear aches and broken bones. They don't need doctor's care. Let them die in their hovels.

It's God's will if they die from a staff infection because they can't get a perscription for penicillin.

Let them fend for themselves.

[TommyPaine]

68. It's truly amazing...

Every day I find a new reason to loathe this *resident. I have never been so irritated by, nor have I ever lost so much sleep over, someone I've never even met. It's a bit surprising that the Senate passed the bill by such a wide margin, whereas Congress did not - a real damn shame they didn't get the two-thirds majority to override *resident's veto.

[ismnotwasm]

69. Of course he did

I'll keep repeating it; Anything that will increase human pain, suffering and/or death-- the man is all over it.

[bif]

70. What a worthless prick!

[Mad_Dem_X]

71. Further proof

that * doesn't give a tin shit about kids or people who are struggling. He is a disgrace to the office, and a disgrace to our country!

[bdamomma]

73. what a fucking asshole this man is.

vetoed Stem cell research too, this man is a threat to human life.

[WindRavenX]

76. Sickening.

Just sickening.

[radhika]

79. Talk About a Nation Doomed to Collapse

I can't really blame Bush alone anymore. We the people have been slowly putting into office a series of worthless, fascistic, criminals, theocrats and greed-besotted menials that have been stealing the life's blood of our nation. We have accepted over last several decades a series of demonizations (teen mothers, races, immigrants, feminists and liberals) that has allowed us to completely loose control of the institutions that drain our wealth and slaughter world citizens.

This was all done through elections - we let it happen; we made it happen. And now we are f*cking screwed. The veto will no doubt be sustained, and the children will suffer and die through lack of care. And the arrogant a&&wipe will smirk at his marginal base of billionaires, war criminals and christo-fascists and flash his self-satisfied smile: he stood up for low taxes and no benefits for the great unwashed.

And then we'll all move on to the next debacle as our civilization continues its collapse.

[bdamomma]

80. welcome to DU radhika!

you commented about elections something that they throw to us every four years, to make it seem we are in control, but if we had more than 40% of citizens voting in the last election, we would have made more of an impact, but as you say we made and let this happen, hopefully, we will find the will to turn this around some how.

[RushIsRot]

81. The important thing is to get them little fetuses born!

After that, they's on their own! Hypocrisy is alive and well in the GOP!

[Miss Chybil]

83. It's more important to blow up Iraqi children than to offer our own health care.

It gets more outrageous by the minute.

[chelsea0011]

84. Mission Accomplished

He'll kill'm with bombs and he'll kill'm without health insurance

[KamaAina]

85. To paraphrase Kanye West,

"George Bush doesn't care about young people."

Hell, I don't think he cares about any people at all, unless they're members of his country club. :grr:

[KamaAina]

86. Silver lining: The campaign ads practically write themselves

"Democrats tried to expand health care coverage for our nation's children.

But Republican pResident George Bush said no.

For only the fourth time in his entire pResidency, he vetoed the bill that would have kept millions of America's children from being uninsured.

Think of the children. Vote Democratic."

edit: can't say "America" often enough in this type of spot

[Kool Kitty]

88. Cock-sucking bastard.

Plenty of money around to kill people with, but not enough to keep children healthy. Rot in hell, Bush.

[dmr]

91. Interesting - this is one veto he decides to sign

He and his handlers really do not want this bill. How transparent can they be? He has refused to veto so many bills during his reign, that with this one being watched by so many, I guess he and the handlers are afraid of American outcry and /or others in the government would ignore his notorious 'refusal to enforce' new legislation. They no longer care how the WH is perceived anymore, so even as important and well-known this bill is to American families, they just don't care if he looks like an ogre.

Why does he hate American children?

[Hepburn]

93. FUCK YOU, GEORGE BUSH!

You total POS asshole!

:grr:

[Xenotime]

94. This is truly cause for impeachment..

[Froward69]

95. Hey everyone!!!! Dennis Kucinich

Voted against it to begin with... Is anyone actually paying attention???

[DuaneBidoux]

96. Are we moving to fire hose the 'Pukes that could change their vote?

Or are we going to let the 'Pukes go with this one because it is better for the Dems politically in the end?

If we have any ethics we will try to figure any and every way we can override this veto (which may well mean compromising with some 'Pukes in ways that leave a bitter taste).

[vduhr]

98. Bush is evil incarnate!!

He is the most vile, evil piece of shit, right down there with Hitler!

[nodehopper]

99. how is it that there were votes in the senate but not in the house?

shouldn't it be the other way around?

[JerseygirlCT]

100. So let's get right back to the House and start twisting arms

How much do we fall short?