If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all. ~Pearl S. Buck
Do you believe in an afterlife?
Personally, I'm in the traditional camp. White robes, pearly gates and all. Maybe it's my name, or maybe it was the nuns, but I'm convinced that when my time is up, someone, probably St. Peter, is going to pull out a long list of my past transgressions and read them off, one by one. Then, I'm gonna have to pay for them. No golden harps or angels wings or pina coladas on St. Thomas beach until I've done my penance.
Far be it from me to judge who goes up and who goes down, but I do have a suggestion for United States Senators who have the ability to provide healthcare for children, and DON'T.
They must choose. Like Sophie. Pick the ones who get healthcare, individually, and look in the eyes of the ones who don't and tell them no. There are 9 million kids to get through, but if they split them up between the 60 Senators who voted against children yesterday, they should finish up sometime before hell freezes over.
Just a suggestion.
Senator Kerry issued the following statement on the failure of the Senate to pass his amendment:
"Today 36 Senators made it clear that health care for kids is more important than more tax cuts for millionaires, and I'm proud of this fight," Senator Kerry said. "Though our amendment fell short, we must work together to deliver the $35 billion in SCHIP funding. President Bush has made his priorities clear. He’d rather veto kids' health care and try to spin outdated ideological arguments about government health care. He's wrong. The nine million children in our country living without health care deserve more from their President and his Republican allies in Congress than tired political games. It's past time for Senators do the right thing and vote to fund SCHIP."
Comments (5)
Posted by mbk | August 2, 2007 5:55 PM
Nice post, Faith. And fanstic video.And, thank you, once again, Sen. Kerry!
ONly 36 senators voted for this?! Good grief. What is WRONG with those other 60+?
Posted by mbk | August 2, 2007 5:59 PM
PS. Here is the official vote tally,grouped By vote position
YEAs ---36
Akaka (D-HI)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Casey (D-PA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Collins (R-ME)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Tester (D-MT)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
NAYs ---60
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Byrd (D-WV)
Carper (D-DE)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCaskill (D-MO)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nelson (D-NE)
Roberts (R-KS)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)
Webb (D-VA)
Wyden (D-OR)
NOT VOTING - 4
Brownback (R-KS)
Johnson (D-SD)
McCain (R-AZ)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Posted by fedup | August 2, 2007 6:03 PM
I'm with you Faith. I was dumbfounded when I saw 60 Senators vote against ALL the children yesterday. It really made my blood boil when 14 Democrats are among the 60 that voted NO. Compromise or not, they voted for millionaires instead of the children, that is shameful.
Posted by Kerryvisionary | August 2, 2007 9:08 PM
Really great video, Faith, and thanks also to mbk in the comment above for giving us the breakdown on who voted against this. JK's words on the Senate floor and the video you've made lay it on the line -- millionaires or kids? JK has been fighting on this issue forever and I know he won't give up, but we need more like him.
Looking at the Democrats who voted against this makes me wonder, as I always do, what goes into a decision like that? We're used to Landrieu and Nelson of NE (and, let's face it, Byrd) voting with the Republicans, but what's up with Byron Dorgan?!?!? He doesn't strike me as a guy who doesn't want health care for children...
But JK is the one we can rely on ALWAYS to do what's right (Teddy, too!) and that's a good feeling.
Posted by wisteria | August 2, 2007 11:22 PM
Wonderful post. I also believe there will be a judgement day after we die and I also believe that what goes around comes around. Those senator's that put money first and children's healthcare second will come to see how misguided and perhaps for some, greedy, they were. No innocents should suffer or do without necessary medical care because of cost. When it comes to providing what is needed for the most vulnerable in our country, our next generation, cost shouldn't even matter. There are some issues that transcend the mighty dollar.