When the S-CHIPs are down, the moonbats in Congress go wild:
The outburst from Rep. Pete Stark as the House debated a children’s health bill drew immediate condemnation from Republicans who demanded he retract it.
Instead Stark, known for his liberal views and volatile temperament, issued a statement saying Republicans should apologize for voting against an expansion of children’s health care.
By a vote of 273-156 the House failed Thursday to override President Bush’s veto of legislation to expand the popular State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Stark, who’s in his 18th term representing the liberal East Bay near San Francisco, took to the floor to accuse Republicans of funding the Iraq war but not children’s health.
“You don’t have money to fund the war or children,” Stark declared. “But you’re going to spend it to blow up innocent people if we can get enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the President’s amusement.”
A White House spokesperson was not immediately available Thursday afternoon to respond to Stark’s comment.
S-CHIP was vetoed because the Democrats wanted to expand the program to cover middle-class kids whose parents can afford health insurance for them. The program was started to help provide health insurance coverage to poor and needy children. Period. Expansion of S-CHIP would send the nation down the slippery slope towards socialist medical care.
Of course, Democrats like Pete Stark prefer to whine and throw temper tantrums when they don’t get their way — just like little children.
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