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Boxer Struggles With Basic Facts About Health Care Bill
Sen. Barbara Boxer appeared on Ed Schultz's MSNBC show earlier, and her performance was a pretty stunning demonstration of how little clue she has about what's actually in the health care legislation she was on air to promote. A frustrated Boxer appeared on the show to defend the bill against attacks from the liberal Schultz, who began the segment by hammering Democrats for caving into moderates and watering down the government-run plan.
In the clip below, Boxer tried to reassure Schultz by touting all of the government programs that are expanded by the bill. But she stumbled when trying to say how many new Medicaid beneficiaries would be added, said she needed to fact check it, looked off camera as if for guidance, and ended up asserting that the Medicaid expansion alone would cover 30 million more people. Yet anybody with an inkling of understanding of the Senate bill knows that the entire bill only covers 31 million according to the Congressional Budget Office. The expansion of Medicaid and SCHIP accounts for 15 million of that. I may sound like I'm nitpicking, but this is not some obscure provision of the bill or esoteric statistic. The coverage provisions account for the bulk of the overall cost of the legislation. It's alarming that a sitting Senator would be this utterly clueless on the most sweeping domestic policy initiative since Medicare was created in 1965.
You can watch the full segment here.
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Richard Baker| 12.3.09 @ 4:55AM
She is typical of so many of the female Senators. Clueless beyond belief and arrogant, to boot. Snowe, Collins, Stabenow, Feinstein, and Boxer, to name a few, are not the sharpest knives in the drawer. Doesn't say much for their respective state electorates.
politicaljules| 12.3.09 @ 8:18AM
I am sorry Mr Richard Baker, but you should clarify that statement. That would be 'liberal' female senators you are referring to. I agree with that statement wholeheartedly. Be sure to add Landeiu (sp) to that list as well. Just trying to keep you from sounding too sexist. ;-)
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Their electorates, Richard? Do you mean actual voters or the ones ACORN made up?
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Boxer is a monumental leftist dunce. The fact that she is clueless on this particular bill is the norm rather than the exception. She's more worried about a General addressing her as Senator. California deserves their place in the ditch. Look at who they put in office.
Sir| 12.3.09 @ 11:51AM
I'll fix the headline:
"Boxer Struggles with Synapse Firing"
There. That's more accurate. Don't forget, people, that modern liberalism/leftism is a mental disorder.
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You are correct. I should have clarified. However, since most of the women in the Senate are liberals, wouldn't that be redundant? Oh, for a Margaret Chase Smith, instead.
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