Post by RS Davis on Nov 27, 2003 8:44:57 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Jacob Sullum Wrote:[/glow] This is what the Bush administration has reduced me to: The other day, I was rooting for a Ted Kennedy filibuster.
Of course, the Massachusetts senator and I had different reasons for opposing the Medicare bill championed by President Bush and Republican leaders. Kennedy claimed the bill "cynically uses the elderly's need for prescription drugs as a Trojan horse to reshape Medicare," calling it "a calculated program to unravel Medicare, to privatize it and to force seniors into the cold arms of HMOs."
I wish the Republicans were that smart.
Of course, the Massachusetts senator and I had different reasons for opposing the Medicare bill championed by President Bush and Republican leaders. Kennedy claimed the bill "cynically uses the elderly's need for prescription drugs as a Trojan horse to reshape Medicare," calling it "a calculated program to unravel Medicare, to privatize it and to force seniors into the cold arms of HMOs."
I wish the Republicans were that smart.
Me too, Jacob...
- Rick
