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Sunday, November 25, 2007
Huckabee waxes eloquent -- and inaccurate on illegal immigration
by Adam Graham: Mike Huckabee is getting some love from the left side of the blogosphere tonight. You see he's made a statement on illegal immigration that is so sensitive, caring, and according to liberals, so UnRepublican: "If a child is gasping for air, asthmatic, and he's on the hospital steps, what do the other candidates suggest we do, let him sit there and gasp until he doesn't have any air left and he dies?. . .We're a better country than that."
Greg Sargent declares, "Right, but the question is whether the GOP base, not the country as a whole, is "better" than this."Big Tent Democrats says: "Unfortunately for Huckabee and for the Nation, the Republican Party is NOT a better party than that." Sargent's blog isn't called "Talking Points" for nothing.
However, is there a problem with Huckabee's statement? Yes, it's absolute demagoguery, particularly in regards to the bill he called "AntiChristian" and "UnAmerican" in Arkansas. The sponsor of that bill, Senator Jim Holt was clear that not only didn't the bill bar emergency care, it couldn't: Senator Holt has never stated nor implied that he disapproved of giving emergency treatment to anyone in an emergency situation. . . . Emergency treatment was federally mandated by The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, EMTALA in 1986. This law would also cover prenatal care when the prenatal care involves an emergency. The law specifically extends its protection to women who come to the hospital in labor.
I would say a child on the Hospital Steps suffering an asthma attack without medication would qualify as an emergency, wouldn't you? As for his opponents, can Huckabee name one that thinks the kids should die the emergency room steps? . . . No candidate is proposing that emergency care be denied to anyone. Huckabee is either patently ignorant or telling a whopper in order to gain sympathy from a public that's not paying attention to the whole race. Either way, this speaks poorly for his effort. . . . [Read More]Tags:Arkansas, Election 2008, illegal aliens, illegal immigration, Jim Holt, Mike Huckabee, presidential candidateTo share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
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by Adam Graham: Mike Huckabee is getting some love from the left side of the blogosphere tonight. You see he's made a statement on illegal immigration that is so sensitive, caring, and according to liberals, so UnRepublican: "If a child is gasping for air, asthmatic, and he's on the hospital steps, what do the other candidates suggest we do, let him sit there and gasp until he doesn't have any air left and he dies?. . .We're a better country than that."
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