Graeme Frost’s parents on Countdown tonight.
By on Oct 15th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
Graeme Frost’s parents on Countdown tonight.
The parents of 12-year old SCHIP recipient Graeme Frost will be featured on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann this evening. Two weeks ago, Frost delivered the Democratic Radio Address, pleading with President Bush to expand SCHIP funding. Subsequently, Frost was viciously attacked by the right wing for his efforts.
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Wait, strange disconnect. Is Graeme going to be on the show, or his parents? Headline says one thing, screen grab says something else.
October 15th, 2007 at 1:05 pmThose vicious reichers ought to be ashamed of themselves for their attack on this child and his family.
October 15th, 2007 at 1:06 pmThe neocons really shot themselves in the foot when they rushed to smear this kid and his family.
October 15th, 2007 at 1:06 pm“shot themselves in the foot” - and they’re covered by Lame Duck Insurance Industries, LLC
October 15th, 2007 at 1:08 pmAhhhh, the freekin’ Republicans! Devouring a sick child in broad daylight! And to think, just a few short years ago, Graeme Frost was a fetus - worthy of bombing a clinic over. These people are deranged.
October 15th, 2007 at 1:08 pmPlease help.
http://www.hopeingrace.com/
October 15th, 2007 at 1:09 pmpleading with a psycho?
how’d that work out for ya?
October 15th, 2007 at 1:11 pmtom tomorrow has a terrific observation on the entire graeme frost smear up today on salon…
And, yes, I DO take it personally
October 15th, 2007 at 1:22 pmMalkin should apoligize.
October 15th, 2007 at 1:23 pmNeocons are known for eating their own, but they usually don’t
have a poor kid as an appetizer. Maybe Michelle Malkin can be
there to really give this kid a whipping for being poor. Yeah, that
will serve him right. How dare he get in a car accident and
make our Presidunce look bad!
October 15th, 2007 at 1:24 pmStalkin Malkin will be staking out the dumpsters behind the MSNBC studios to “report” on what they were served in the Green Room.
October 15th, 2007 at 1:26 pmMalkin should apoligize.
Comment by Xisithrus
That’ll happen when hell freezes over. But, you never know, the Eagles did a reunion album even though hell had not frozen over, so anything is possible.
October 15th, 2007 at 1:26 pmWait, strange disconnect. Is Graeme going to be on the show, or his parents? Headline says one thing, screen grab says something else.
Comment by slappy magoo
No “disconnect” here.
The headline says….Graeme Frost’s parents on Countdown tonight.
The screen grab also says…..The parents of Graeme Frost
October 15th, 2007 at 1:27 pm“Hang ‘em, Publically. Let ‘em twist in the wind and be eaten by ravens. Then maybe the bunch of socialist patsies will think twice.”
October 15th, 2007 at 1:28 pm~From Redstate
Malkin should apoligize.
Comment by Xisithrus — October 15, 2007 @ 1:23 pm
Yeah , for her birth and continuing pathetic existence ………
October 15th, 2007 at 1:28 pmMaybe Michelle Malkin can be
there to really give this kid a whipping for being poor. Yeah, that
will serve him right. How dare he get in a car accident and
make our Presidunce look bad!
Comment by Zimzone
Malkin and the NeoCONS were not after this family for being poor. They were after them for not being poor. Apparently they all thought it would be just ducky for this family to have to sell all their assets to pay off the huge medical bills their children ran up and then still have to declare bankruptcy. And in the end the doctors and hospitals would be stiffed, but I guess that’s ok with the NeoCONS too.
October 15th, 2007 at 1:29 pm“Hang ‘em, Publically. Let ‘em twist in the wind and be eaten by ravens. Then maybe the bunch of socialist patsies will think twice.â€
~From Redstate
Comment by Dr. Matt —
Now imagine this kid was black.
October 15th, 2007 at 1:34 pmThe headline says….Graeme Frost’s parents on Countdown tonight.
The screen grab also says…..The parents of Graeme Frost
Comment by Trizza — October 15, 2007 @ 1:27 pm
The original headline, when I first responded, read “Graeme Frost on Countdown tonight.” They must’ve revised it.
October 15th, 2007 at 1:35 pmThe right-wing assault on Graeme Frost is illustrative of their broader assault on all young people. They don’t even want them to be engaged in the political process or to vote:
Tucker Carlson Is Afraid Of Young People Voting
It’s really unfortunate that elitist cretins like Carlson can go on TV and purposefully discourage youth participation in government. He is working against the sort of good citizenship that democracy requires.
October 15th, 2007 at 1:42 pmMan these here elephants sure are afraid of leetle mice.
October 15th, 2007 at 1:55 pmWhat..again???? You mean no one saw the “interview” with these poor parents (now used by the left) on the Hour Of Spin last week???
No, wait a minute! Dummy me. I keep forgetting not many people even knew who comedian Olbermann is anyway.
October 15th, 2007 at 2:03 pmNo problem Slappy. You’re probably right.
October 15th, 2007 at 2:05 pmTrace the rightwing GOP smear job against Graeme Frost and his family straight to the office of So far, no statement from his office about the email, written by Don Stewart, with specific talking points about the Frosts. This email was sent out to the media and GOP cronies last Monday 10/8.
Ole Mitch was greeted at his condo in Louisville last night 10/14, with signs that said, “Ky Sen. Scrooge Slimes Sick 12 Year-Old.” He spoke at UofL this morning where protesters met him with signs.
Heckuva Job, Mitch. Call his Louisville office to demand the truth: 502-582-6304.
October 15th, 2007 at 2:18 pmGrame Frost = Al Gore
Attempt to undermine the credibility of the messenger so you can dismiss the message and then the original issue.
October 15th, 2007 at 2:23 pmThis family is trying their best to NOT go on public welfare but who can predict a 5 1/2 months hospitalization for one child and another one seriously hurt. So should we expect to wipe them out ? This SCHIP Bill only covers twice poverty level which is $20,000.00.
So, Republicans, you help people a little so they can continue to work and pay taxes or you wipe them out and they end up on welfare. Now which is the better option. Can anyone Republican see beyond their own mean spirit ?
October 15th, 2007 at 2:24 pmCan anyone Republican see beyond their own mean spirit ?
Comment by texaslady
Apparently a lot can since they have enough Republican support in the Senate to override the veto and are rapidly gaining enough Republican support in the House to override. I actually think that the Republicans shot themselves in the foot with this one. This mean spirited attack on the Frost family seems to be turning some Republicans towards supporting the bill who voted against it to begin with. Otherwise their constitutes are going to be very unhappy with them!
October 15th, 2007 at 2:28 pmHardly nobody outside of the fringe left watches that show anyway.
-Comment by TCDon
Hmmm, could these oracle like words belong to the well known chest thumper, ‘Tamapchessdon’? ‘Hardly nobody’?
Hardly nobody watches Fox Noise, anyway?
Better, Don?
Why do you hate kids? Or better yet, why do you hate disabled kids?
October 15th, 2007 at 2:35 pmHardly nobody outside of the fringe left watches that show anyway.
Comment by TCDon
Sorry Right Wing Loon, but Countdown has been pulling a larger audience than Billo lately and Countdown consistently beats Billo in the target audience of the 25-50 year old’s.
So if that’s hardly nobody (good English BTW) watches Countdown that would mean that hardly anyone outside the fringe right watches Billo.
October 15th, 2007 at 2:41 pmThey’d go on Faux Network, except the llikelihood of Graeme being cut up and devoured on live TV is too great.
October 15th, 2007 at 2:45 pm#31 First I agree some Federal programs need more oversight or accountability, ie Medicare however, Social Security is working the checks come on time every month. As for future fund problems, how about repaying the funds borrowed by past administrations? Wouldn’t be a problem then. Many programs were working until this administration cut personnel and funding.
Since when should a cancer patient be sent home after 24 hours after surgery with drain tubes? Insurance companies dictating to doctors the type and length of hospital stays. Drug companies and hospitals over charging and billing errors. There is enough fault everywhere to go around.
Again, keeping a population healthy, keeps a population working and paying taxes, therefore everyone pays their share.
October 15th, 2007 at 3:05 pm“have seen how much the federal government can botch health care, e.g. Medicare, VA,”
Couldn’t let this one pass.
Remember the Walter Reed scandal? How the soldiers loved the work done at the Walter Reed hospital, but not the ancillary facilities? Right? Well, the truth is that Walter Reed is still run by the government (the good part) and the moldy, rat infested after care facilities are run by, drumroll please…
Private healthcare providers. Yep, that’s right, the government had already outsourced Walter Reed after care to private companies.
So. Government run Walter Reed good. Private run Walter Reed aftercare bad. Very bad.
October 15th, 2007 at 3:07 pmWhy should middle men make profits off of health care anyway? This makes no sense to me. We don’t expect the police or fire departments to make money for middlemen, why health care? Why do we buy into this lie?
October 15th, 2007 at 3:09 pmWho cares about a brain-damaged 12 year old child, eh, TCDon…?
According to Republicans, he has no value, so he might as well just go ahead and die - and decrease the surplus population and cut those welfare rolls!!
You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
October 15th, 2007 at 3:30 pm#34 Ours is a capitalist society which means companies are allowed to make money. However, when drugs manufactured here and sent to Canada,then politicians refuse to let people by the same drugs “because they can’t ensure quality”. That is BS.
When Medicare is not allowed to negotiate for the lowest cost of drugs like Walter can that’s BS.
If a company can’t stand competition then they need to go. And after the committee that Bush assigned to clean up Walter Reed gave him recommendations, he said, ” I have no immediate plans to make any changes.” So it is soldiers and public go to hell, now we can add an children as well.
One thing good Bush has done, no one will ever be President again with a name of Bush. Hope Jeb has stolen all he can from Florida.
October 15th, 2007 at 3:35 pmIf I have to pay taxes I want them to pay for this boy’s catastrophic health care costs not more bullets, guns and bombs on the other side of the planet.
October 15th, 2007 at 3:36 pmLet’s hope that they expose the RiechWing Fascist Brownshirters for what they truely are -
The lowest form of scum on the planet.
Hate is great.
Corruption is profit.
Lies are Lovely.
Slander is poetry.
Slime is fine.
War is peace.
Spying is security.
Red is right.
They should be embarrassed of themselves, but they have no morals, nothing human about them at all, just a sickly, slimmy mentality.
Buck Fush
October 15th, 2007 at 3:51 pmCall McConnell to find out about Don Stewart, his communication director who sent the email on 10/8 with talking points for the GOP and right wing media to slime Graeme Frost.
McConnell now denies any involvement. Call and demand the truth and demand that Don Stewart be fired:
DC Office: 1-800-828-0498
October 15th, 2007 at 4:37 pmLouisville Office: 502-582-6304
All it will do is buy some votes from those who are naive enough to believe that tax and spend is the answer to all.
Comment by TCDon — October 15, 2007 @ 2:47 pm
Tax and spend to help keep the nation’s children healthy = entitlement program & very bad.
Tax and spend on an open-ended occupation that has already killed and maimed thousands in a country that posed no threat = sound policy & perfectly ok.
That’s the Bush cult logic. War is Peace.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:20 pm