Barry: You might want to screen your people props a little better...

First, I offer my prayers for a complete and full recovery for Natoma Canfield. But it would be remiss not to mention (as the President opted not too) that she is in the hospital getting the treatment she needs and is all but certain to get financial assistance through the hospital or charity group and/or Medicaid. And the Cleveland Clinic is not going to force her to pay or die, nor choose between her home or medical treatment.

Natoma Canfield, the cancer-stricken woman who has become a centerpiece of President Obama's push for health care reform, will not lose her home over her medical bills and will probably qualify for financial aid, a top official at the Cleveland medical center treating her told FoxNews.com. [note: I made a quick search of the other major news outlets and it doesn't appear any of them are eager to knock off Obama's halo on this story ~ Kevin]

Though Canfield's sister Connie Anderson said her sibling is afraid she’ll lose her house and Obama warned at an Ohio rally Monday that the patient is “racked with worry” about the cost of tests and treatment, she is already being screened for financial help.

Lyman Sornberger, executive director of patient financial services at the Cleveland Clinic, said “all indications” at the outset are that she will be considered for assistance.

“She may be eligible for state Medicaid … and/or she will be eligible for charity (care) of some form or type. … In my personal opinion, she will be eligible for something,” he said, adding that Canfield should not be worried about losing her home.

“Cleveland Clinic will not put a lien on her home,” he said. [note: Cleveland Clinic is a NOT for profit hospital, but no hospital will turn you away for inability to pay in an emergency situation and in a case like Natoma's every hospital will work with you to find financial aid or charity or get you on medicade. ~ Kevin]

Mr. President, you might want to ask your staff (such as it is) to screen these people a little better before you stir the pot at these rallies. I know, I know the only thing that matters is that the story sounds good. Alright then... go for it.

via Ace of Spades HQ

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Oh Harry... Thanks For The Campaign Ad...

It takes a special kind of arrogance (and ignorance) for the democrat Senate majority leader to make this statement:

“You think you've heard these same excuses before?” Reid said during remarks on the floor of the Senate. “You're right. In this country there were those who dug in their heels and said, 'Slow down, it's too early. Let's wait. Things aren't bad enough' — about slavery.” ~ Harry Reid

He should know though, he is a member of the Democrat Party. You know them, they're the ones that "dug in their heels" about slavery; FOR it not to end it.

Considering his party fought to defend slavery, legislated Jim Crow laws, boasts the longest serving Senator... former sheet-wearing Klan leader Robert Byrd, and opposed the voting rights act (Senate vote count: Democrats: 47 against –17 for [73%-27%], the GOP was 94% in favor), I'd be a bit ashamed if I were good ol' Harry. The GOP should of course thank him, because you can't buy that kind of political advertising.

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Speaking of Liberal Lies...

(Posted at QNA Refugees)

They can't find evidence on the right of racists and violent acts so they have to stage their own. To whit:

Black man pleads guilty to posing as a "white supremacist" threatening to kill blacks:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,539445,00.html?test=latestnews

Note the Associate (with terrorists) Press credit in the dateline before you get all pissy about Fox News.

Transgender radical gay vandalizes Denver democrat HQ:

http://www.denverpost.com/recommended/ci_13199902

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2009/08/attention_all_pundits_democrat.php

The death threat against Rep. Baird (d, WA) turns out to be BS:

http://www.clarkblog.org/vBulletin/showthread.php?t=5083

Folks with signs with Obama as Hitler turn out to be liberals:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8uQJt-Ewfc&feature=player_embedded

http://tinyurl.com/m5u3v2


Remember the fake noose incidents on college campi?

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/04/01/fertile-ground-for-fake-hate/

Remember the PMS-NBC-BS story about "racists" with assault weapons, nevermind said racist was black?

Remember Mike Nifong and the Duke Lacrosse Players?

So when liberals start squealing like Ned Beatty about people on the right being violence prone racists, your best bet is to really look at the ones making the allegations. You'll be smarter for it.

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How Very Post-Partisan of the Senator

What Ted Kennedy Wants

Senator Ted Kennedy, who is gravely ill with brain cancer, has sent a letter to Massachusetts lawmakers requesting a change in the state law that determines how his Senate seat would be filled if it became vacant before his eighth full term ends in 2012. Current law mandates that a special election be held at least 145 days after the seat becomes available. Mr. Kennedy is concerned that such a delay could leave his fellow Democrats in the Senate one vote short of a filibuster-proof majority for months while a special election takes place.

"I therefore am writing to urge you to work together to amend the law through the normal legislative process to provide for a temporary gubernatorial appointment until the special election occurs," writes the Senator. [...]

What Mr. Kennedy doesn't volunteer is that he orchestrated the 2004 succession law revision that now requires a special election, and for similarly partisan reasons. John Kerry, the other Senator from the state, was running for President in 2004, and Mr. Kennedy wanted the law changed so the Republican Governor at the time, Mitt Romney, could not name Mr. Kerry's replacement.

FYI: Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment on this story...

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Words & Deeds

I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody. ~ Barack Obama

Obama's Aunt Resurfaces in Boston Public Housing

President Obama's Kenyan aunt has returned to public housing in South Boston as she awaits a deportation hearing early next year, the Boston Herald reported Friday.

Zeituni Polly Onyango, the half-sister of Obama's father, been staying with relatives in Cleveland but moved back to Boston late last year. She moved into her current complex this month.

"Beggars can't be choosers," Onyango, 57, told the newspaper Thursday.

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Obama: Flippin' & Floppin' and Wafflin' & Weaselin'

All for the common good you see. Obama had to change his positions and renege on some promises (come on... grow up, that was just campaign talk anyway!) - he had no choice. Just shut up and stay out of his way.

Ace has more.

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Torture By Haute Cuisine...

A Growing Threat at Guantanamo? Detainees Fatten Up

Most of the prisoners arrived at the military prison in southeast Cuba slightly underweight but have since gained an average of 20 pounds (9 kilograms), and most are now "normal to mildly overweight or mildly obese," Navy Cmdr. Robert Durand, spokesman for the detention facilities, said Monday.

Said Ann Coulter: "If you think Allah is great, you should try these dinner rolls." They're living better in captivity than in the wild. The article points out that they're being fed better than actual Americans in our prison system — or rather over-fed and under-exercised. Of course if we were to cut their caloric intake and organize daily calisthenics we'd be hearing about how they were being starved and... you got it: tortured. It's a classic no-win situation with the libs. The only thing that would make them happy is to give Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his cohorts a green-card, public housing, unemployment benefits, a single payer health plan, and of course, a private chef.

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Start Packing Nance...

Pelosi Fuels Fire on Interrogations

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (Calif.) assertion at a press conference this morning that the Bush administration and the Central Intelligence Agency misled her and the Congress regarding the treatment of suspected terrorists adds further fuel to the fire on an issue that has been on a low boil for weeks.

Asked whether she was accusing the CIA of lying to her during a 2002 briefing on the use of so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques," Pelosi said: "Yes, misleading the Congress of the United States, misleading the Congress of the United States. I am."


It's time for you to leave Nancy. At least the Speaker's office at minimum...

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Liberals — Still Just As Nasty & Biased As Ever

This is funny: Obama laughs at [Wanda Sykes'] Rush "Oxycontin" Jab

She finished her Rush bit with: "l hope this country fails?" I hope his kidney fails!"

This requires an apology: Golf Analyst Feherty Sorry for Pelosi Joke in Dallas Magazine

"From my own experience visiting the troops in the Middle East, I can tell you this though," Feherty wrote toward the end of his column.

"Despite how the conflict has been portrayed by our glorious media, if you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Osama bin Laden, there's a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death."

Feherty, a former Ryder Cup player who grew up in Northern Ireland, has gone to Iraq over Thanksgiving the past two years to visit with U.S. troops, and he created a foundation to help wounded soldiers.

In case you're keeping score...

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