McCain backs Bush on Health Bill Veto

Surprise, surprise! John McCain rears his ugly Bush-lovin' side again!

"Right call by the president," the Republican White House hopeful told CNN's John King... "The American people have rebelled against out-of-control spending. If they can find a legitimate way to pay for it, I would consider it," he said.

Oh, ok. So paying billions of dollars for some chicken shit war in Iraq is ok, but a new health insurance bill which would provide health insurance for 10 million children over the next 5 years is somehow unsatisfactory? Clearly, this would have at least been a decent step towards a new and improved American healthcare system, but Bush has used his veto power for the second time of his Presidency (his first was for a stem cell research bill).

The American political system is pretty much fucked until 2008, and perhaps beyond if we get another republican in office. The now majority-democrat congress has the ability to check-and-balance the president, but it's visa versa for the president -- so in other words, basically any bill that the democrats propose and sign off on will likely be vetoed by the president (actually, the healthcare bill was really a bi-partisan bill).

The stubbornness of George W. Bush is almost unparalleled. This is the same man who said he wanted to work together with Republicans, Democrats, the congress, and the American people to make things happen. Well, it's been 7 years into his presidency, and he's yet to do any of those things. How is it possible that he can propose and sign off a bill for "No Child Left Behind," which everybody with half a brain knows is a sham, but won't sign off on a bill to support the health of America's impoverished youth? I mean, I'm not saying I expect much from the president, but come on!

John McCain has also recently come under fire for some pretty controversial comments concerning faith. Apparently, McCain stated on a website that America is a "Christian nation" and that he would "prefer a Christian president." Fan-fuckin-tastic. Yeah, there aren't any Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, or any other religion here. None at all. And isn't it amazing how the "separation" in 'Separation of Church and State' just seems to keep diminishing? It's a part of the constitution for a reason! McCain, right now, stands at about a 9.8 on the doucheometer, and will probably be at a 10 by 2008.