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Audacity of Truth
Whiner-in-Chief:
"[W]hether the grumbling is about Republicans on Fox or bloggers in pajamas, there's a word for what the president and his aides are doing. That word is "whining." And nothing [...] does more damage to Obama's credibility or authority than the sense that a popular president is becoming the whiner-in-chief."
- John Nichols, Nation Magazine - 10/12/09
On the expansion of SCHIP, weak-kneed Republicans, and far lefties who’d like to shut down the debate via intimidation
This post pretty much says it all.
It was so easily predictable that the far left would howl in “outrage” after conservatives started questioning the Democrats’ use of 12 year-old Graeme Frost and the Frost family as the poster family for the expansion of SCHIP. As I’ve written before at this blog, the left in this country would like nothing more than to completely shut down the debate on their pet issues, and they often do it by playing the Absolute Moral Authority card in an attempt to make anyone who dares to question their claims look “insensitive” and “cold-hearted” for trying to get to the heart of the matter. Their tactics used to work well in the past, but with the popularity of talk radio, and then blogs, they lost their ability to make assertions without question (all this is, of course, is in addition to their wish to reinstitute the unconstitutional Fairness Doctrine).
Yet even today, they still try to trot out the elderly, the sick, the poor, the helpless – all as show pieces in a desperate attempt to “win” arguments based on emotion, rather than fact. Sometimes, unfortunately, they still win using these tactics, especially when you have weak-kneed Republicans in Washington, DC who would rather bloggers do their dirty work and ask the tough questions, rather than to risk themselves the possiblity of being labeled a “child hater.”
Some of those same Republicans, thankfully, are strong on matters of national security but that is not the only area we for them to show and maintain their strength. When it comes to bloated entitlement programs, conservatives in Washington, DC need to stiffen their spines and not let the Democrats intimidate them politically into not speaking their minds. Their conservative principles are what got them elected in the first place, yet when they get there, some of them forget that. It’s up to their constituencies to remind them, whether it’s through contacting their offices – or at the ballot box.
If Republicans in Washington, DC really are really serious about getting back to a smaller government, then they need to do their part, too. Bloggers and their readers can only do so much. We elect our representatives to do exactly as the word suggests: represent our interests in Congress. It’s time for conservatives in Congress to stop frontin’ (as the slang goes) and, well, start representin’.
Others blogging about this: Dan Collins, John Hawkins, Prairie Pundit, Right Voices, Ankle Biting Pundits, McQ, Dan Riehl
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I don’t get it. If this goes through this will cause major problems for alot of years to come. Why is that every time the Dems/Libs bring out a child or a senior citzen to pander there issues the Repubs get all weak kneed and lose their voices on what is right and what is wrong.
It’s so obvious what the Dems want. Where does it say that I or any one has to pay for someone’s health insurance who makes between 50,000-82,000 per year. Where’s the fairness in that. I know, I know to the Dem/Libs its about control, power and socialized medicine.
Additionally, about 1/3 of the people who are un-insured make agreat deal of money and chose not to own health insurance at this time.
This has been stated time and time again. The Republicans know this, but still because you bring a child into the picture all of a sudden we start stammering and studdering.
At times this is really painful to watch.
Republicans do what’s right for America!!!!
My understanding is this family is getting the benefit right now, without the expansion. If that is true, why go after the family?
I do not support expanding the benefit as much as the Democrats want to and I think Bush was right to veto it, however, I don’t know why the right wants to attack this family. It makes no sense to me.
Attacking the family?
no.
It’s attacking the Democrats for using this family which they have lied about and manufactured a story about which ISN’T TRUE.
Terrye,
Now you’ll say we are attacking you?
Please!!
They are receiving the benefit now and that isn’t the issue. OUR point is that we are already generous and giving to a family that IS NOT poor. Saying that a family is NOT poor is NOT attacking a family. Saying that a family has options and sending all 4 kids to private school and has lots of equity in their home and does have other property is NOT attacking a family.
You can consider it giving kudos to the family as they are doing well.
Well and yet they receive a benefit. And the Democrats are ACTING like we want to rip it away from this family and other “poor” families…
I would lay the “attack” blame at the lying Democrats Terrye
No one has attacked the family as far as I know.
I have not heard anyone attack them for thier choices, or being held up by the Democrats as a poster family for SCHIP.
What was being ‘attacked’ was the assets of the family, the type of lifestyle they lived – and how it is compared to what the SCHIP should be covered for.
Looking at someones house, their expenditures, their assests, what they make and comparing it to what is required for the program is not an attack – it is common sense, and it is what our government should be doing.
- How long before we start hearing the Hilldebeast and the rest of the Dem pres. candidates yammering about “…How great it is that the Bush administration finally listened to the Democratic leadership and got tough in Iraq and we can now see victory on the horizon…” (Can you say Moroons and use it in a sentence kids?)
- The more you watch the cognitive dissonance, and Ghey Porn crock of lies of the Left, the more you’re reminded of the analogy of the Left as Willey coyote, and the Right as the Road runner.
- I can picture the Left strapping on the “Acme Bat-wings of Rethugs are such damn meanies” in the Frost scam.(How dare you question our greed and willingness to shill children for political gain!)
- Ok props department…..ready the cliff wall and obligatory falling boulder… MEEP MEEP!!1!1!!!one!!
- BBH –
- Oh…and as a footnote….a lot of people who shall remain nameless have been caterwailing about “How will we know when victory happens in Iraq?”.
- Whenever a politician starts talking about “Doing it for the children” you can be damn sure they are changing the subject, AND doing it for power, not children.
- So I think we have the answer on the Iraq question.
- BBH –