Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Sliming Graeme Frost

["Scott Hussey" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On 10/12/07, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> N.Y. Times
> October 12, 2007
> Op-Ed Columnist
> Sliming Graeme Frost
> By PAUL KRUGMAN
>
> Two weeks ago, the Democratic response to President Bush's weekly radio
> address was delivered by a 12-year-old, Graeme Frost. Graeme, who along

[yada yada yada]

> All in all, the Graeme Frost case is a perfect illustration of the modern
> right-wing political machine at work, and in particular its routine
> reliance on character assassination in place of honest debate. If service
> members oppose a Republican war, they're "phony soldiers"; if Michael J.
> Fox opposes Bush policy on stem cells, he's faking his Parkinson's
> symptoms; if an injured 12-year-old child makes the case for a government
> health insurance program, he's a fraud.

I've read a bit about this, but I didn't see any details on the
response by young Mr. Frost. Was it self-written and self-motivated or
was he just a "guest speaker" for the Democrats. Assuming the latter,
where is Krugman's attack on the Dems for putting a 12 year old in the
middle of partisan politics? There is no defense for the Republicans
attacking the kid or his family (of course there is rarely a defense
for any politician), but the Democrats really should be better behaved
than to put children and their families in the spotlight in political
debates.

And for the record, I'm an opponent of socialized health care in
general but a proponent of socialized child health care. The son
should not pay for the sin of his father and so forth.
-- 
Scott Hussey
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http://www.alexusstudios.com

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