September 3, 2007
RE MAX:
With a New Speech, Clinton Lays Out Goals as President (PATRICK HEALY, 9/03/07, NY Times)
In laying out her four goals, Mrs. Clinton did not announce any major new policy initiatives, though she did say she would unveil her universal health insurance plan in two weeks.The four goals were largely thematic: “restore America’s standing in the world,” “rebuild America’s middle class and the economy to support it,” “reform our government” and “reclaim the future for our children.”
On the last goal, Mrs. Clinton turned more personal, saying she wanted her presidency to be a means of helping parents raise their children. “I want to be able to say to you as your president, ‘Our children are well,’ ” she said.
Rebuild a $14 trillion economy? Posted by Orrin Judd at September 3, 2007 7:25 AM
“restore America’s standing in the world” ?
Like Americans really give a rat's patootie what the rest of the world thinks of us? Like the rest of the world isn't trying to immigrate to America?
It used to be that the most chilling sentence in the English language was, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
That sentence has now been lapped by, "It's for the children."
Posted by: Ibid at September 3, 2007 10:06 AMAs parents are probably the least likely group to vote for her, you've got to wonder what she's trying to accomplish with that last point. What parent wants Hillary! to come storming in and Help! them raise their kids?
An excellent counter for Republicans to universal(ly bad) health care would be to offer health insurance assistance to parents so that live births would be affordable and any complications would be taken care of by the state.
Add to this a big blitz on the benefits of HSAs and being able to inherit them to those kids would be very hard for the pro-death Democrats to fight, especially if they're returning to the "it's for the children" campaign.
Posted by: Randall Voth at September 3, 2007 8:27 PM