Exploiting The Kids
by digby
Via Media Matters I see that Neil Cavuto is worried about the Democrats exploiting children — to pass health care coverage for children:
CAVUTO: …Remember that picture of Saddam posing with a little boy right before the start of the first Gulf War? Now, some Democrats are using kids to strong-arm President Bush into approving a very costly health care bill.
Nice. They juxtaposed the picture of Saddam with a picture of some kids and red wagons in front of the white house, too.
I think we can all agree that both parties have kissed babies since time began, as Julian Epstein went on to point out in that segment. But you’d have to search long and hard for a more exploitative use of a kid than this rank piece of treacly emotional manipulation from the 2004 election.
That’s the picture that should have been juxtaposed with Saddam’s.
Update: From Southern Beale in the comments:
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