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Left: Republicans love swine flu or something
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... flu prep in the stimulus is supposed to vindicate. Is it that conservatives don’t take biological threats seriously? The meta-narrative about us for the past eight years was, I thought, that we take threats too seriously and spend our days in the icy grip of hysterical fear (except over global warming, natch). Is it that Collins symbolizes the GOP’s mindless “party of no” opposition to spending? Can’t be — she voted for the stimulus, of course, and in any case, Chuck Schumer shed no tears about the flu money being stripped out. Is it that we’ve now been left dangerously ...
Politicized Environment Turns News Issues Into Ammunition
The Radio Equalizer: Brian Maloney —
... Savage over swine flu comments deemed offensive, particularly those who might dare to criticize the Obama Administration's handing of the crisis. Attacking talk radio is only half of the strategy, however: in addition, Republicans are being blamed for opposing pandemic funding in the pork-laden stimulus bill. Complicating that message, however, is the fact that some Democrats voiced the same objection, including Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY). That could make the partisan blame-game a bit tricky. The left-wing Talking Points ...
CHUCK SHUMER CALLS PANDEMIC FLU FUNDING A “porky little thing.” Well, then. Plus, a cautionary note…
Instapundit —
... CHUCK SHUMER CALLS PANDEMIC FLU FUNDING A “porky little thing.” Well, then. Plus, a cautionary note on efforts to make political hay out of flu, at ...
Political Pandemic
The Nation: Top Stories —
... , said after the pandemic preparedness money was stripped from the stimulus. "We are extremely concerned about the diminishing funding for state and local preparedness as well as the removal of all funding for pandemic flu, and the decrease in funding for hospital preparedness," Dr. Jarris added. "Along with the state budget cuts, this is a matter of losing the infrastructure created over the past several years." Collins and her desperate apologists also attempted on Monday with some success to peddle the fantasy that the needed money was included in the omnibus ...
The Daily Grind
Weekly Standard Blog —
... are, and to claim otherwise robs the word, and the idea of American exceptionalism, of any meaning."
The Cheney 2012 bandwagon continues apace, in the pages of the New York Times.
Administration that buzzed the Manhattan skyline with Air Force One tailed by F-16s without informing the public will totally protect you from swine flu. Do not worry.
Bush preparations for the outbreak are now bearing fruit.
Michelle Malkin spots an intellectually honest Daily Kos diarist schooling his buddies.
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4/28: Sue And The Swine Flu
Blogometer —
... "how utterly absurd and non-substantive her stimulus posturing was." Meanwhile, conservative bloggers are pointing out that Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) also ...
