A Little Wednesday Afternoon Rage

Just in case there was any doubt left regarding whether the Current Occupant had any goodness in his soul, we now have our answer:

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

This is the worst part:

"The public can see that we're playing more political 'gotcha' than we are at really solving problems," said Rep. Todd Akin, R-Missouri, who said the legislation contained "all of these little hidden gizmos, among other things that we're going to provide health care to the children of illegal immigrants." ...

Democrats denied the bill would provide coverage to illegal immigrants."

1) Todd Akin is a moron. "Children of illegal immigrants" are often U.S. citizens with the same rights to be elected to the House of Representatives and make asinine comments on the House floor as he is. Even the ones that are here illegally did not choose to enter this country, and guess what, genius? Kids that have crossed the border illegally still get sick. While Akin may tell his constituents that the Rio Grande serves as a catch-all baptismal font to cleanse children of all childhood sickness, it just isn't true. They are still going to get ear infections and strep throat and the flu, and since they will be uninsured, guess what happens then, Mr. Akin? A trip to the Emergency Room. It will cost at least $500.00, probably more. And, do you think the family can pay for it? NO. Again, despite what Akin probably believes, wages are not that great for farm workers and the McDonalds kitchen staff. So, the buck is passed, and we all end up paying more for medical care to cover the costs.

2) Shame on you Democrats. In the face of such stupid and hateful remarks, it would have been a great opportunity to stand up and say: "No child should be uninsured, regardless of how they entered this country. Period."

3) "Hidden gizmos" doesn't mean anything. Missouri should be embarrassed. For a lot of reasons, but most especially today because they elected an idiot with no vocabulary to actually describe the underdeveloped and sophomoric thoughts he wishes to convey. Also, it must be noted that when spellchecking this entry, even blogger.com knows that "gizmos" is not a real word. I hereby endorse blogger.com to replace Todd Akin in the U.S. House of Representatives.