Bush's Vacations.....
Monday, March 21, 2005
courtesy of www.democraticunderground.com
I find this very interesting and it just goes to show that Bush and co. are just trying to politicalize the Schiavo case. What people don't understand is that this is going after the core foundations of Hospice, and the right to die. If we cannot die in dignity what rights do we have left? I am afraid opponents of abortion, assisted suicide and hospice will use this law to dismantle these freedoms. Hospice is not a bad thing, I just went thru this with my aunt at the beginning of the year and I do not think keeping my aunt alive would help her improve. What I don't understand is that Terri Schiavo's medical bills fall under Medicade the same program Bush plans on cutting funding this year. Will this case give him a change of heart, I doubt it, Medicare and Medicade will both be on the table for cuts this year and its all just political theatre to score a few points with the conservatives out there.
Bush Rushes Back To DC! Ends Vacation! by Michael in New York - 3/21/2005 01:46:00 AM
Yes, as you already know, Bush ended his vacation early -- a virtually unprecendented act for a President who spends a LOT of time on vacation -- and rushed back to DC so he could score political points on the painful private decision surrounding Terri Schiavo. Obviously, this took hours and hours of time when the papers he went to sign could have been flown to him in Texas without much difference. But this issue was too important and he wanted to spend hours flying there to emphasize to the far right how he had come through for them.Now let's think about the many other times when Bush couldn't be bothered to spend an hour or two on an issue and decide if any of them were more important.
1. The tsunami victims -- More than 100,000 people died in the worst natural disaster of our lifetime. Millions were left homeless. It happened just after Christmas and hit hard our staunch ally, Thailand. (Many, many Muslims were devastated by this disaster.) Bush couldn't be bothered to step outside for FIVE minutes and offer his heartfelt sympathy to an event that had the rest of the world riveted and shocked. It took Bush DAYS to do anything, even after his aides had bungled our first offer of aid.
2. Investigating 9/11 with Congress -- Bush spent months hemming and hawing and avoiding having to meet with the bipartisan panel trying to look into the worst attack on US soil in history. He finally, grudgingly, spent a few hours but insisted he appear with Cheney by his side, cause they were busy and needed to get this over with.
3. Heck, 9/11 itself -- On the day of the worst attack on US soil in our history, Bush spent hours and hours flying around the country when he could have just spent a few minutes to get in front of a camera and reassure the nation that he was in charge and we'd get through this.
4. Military funerals -- Bush is the first President in US history during wartime (and presumably peacetime as well) who has refused to attend a SINGLE military funeral to honor one of our fallen soldiers. It's not just the couple of hours he can't be bothered to spend; Bush thinks it would be bad politics to remind people that young men and women die in war, so why bother honoring them? They can take a hit on the battlefield, but Bush won't risk taking a hit in the polls. And if things are going so swimmingly in Iraq, why does he STILL refuse to honor our military?
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